The thread where we volunteer football cliches/redundancies that must be discontinued IMMEDIATELY

"[Player X] is a clever, he drops deep into that pocket between midfield and defence, which makes him very hard to pick up"

oops midfield and ATTACK

Like, yeah, some players do this but I think maybe opposing defensive players might have figured this out by now too

but they get dragged out of position attempting to mark players that do it

Point taken - it is a skill, but it's more the fact that the above is repeated so often and in a way that indicates that it is some entirely new concept

Like, we can retire this whole phrase and just use one word for this now

"davidsilva"

I watch all my football in foreign these days; the only cliche I'm aware of is 'goooooooool' and I don't want that to be retired.

lol @ foreign

Actually, 'rabona' or any other term that lends credibility to pointless fannydangle, they can all go.

I noticed watching the world cup on Univision here that Spanish-speaking announcers have a particular way of saying "Simao....Sssssssssssssabrossssaaa". Could anyone elucidate?

http://www.spanishdict.com/translate/sabrosa

the list on the Wiki "rabona" page that begins Well known players who have used the skill effectively in competition include was too tempting not to edit

Are you responsible for Cattermole as well or just the Wolves entry?

Like, we can retire this whole phrase and just use one word for this now

Inbetweener! Coined by Martin Tyler during the Bolton-Man City match this afternoon.

is martin tyler a real person? i thought it was a cliché describing the typical nasal whining bloviating shithead who gets asked to talk about football on tv

xxp i added 3, try and spot them

oh is dennis wise a genuine one then? clint dempsey surely the other plant. surprised no huddlestone or kitson tbh.

Dempsey is (in)famous for trying rabonas, esp for the US national team. Don't think he's that great at them though.

c'mon: Wise, Cattermole and Big George

Don't think these are cliches but wish these phrases would die

"Makelele position"
tika-taka - fucking hell you aren't talking to a 6 month old baby, think of a tactical name you can say without being embarrassed to have it come out yr mouth
only the english have a speshal quality for ruggedness and strength and puttin' it up them (player you'd least like to deal with in the league atm? dutch big nige de jong imo.)

'maintained their 100% record' to describe a team winning their first two games of the season

I fucking love "Inbetweener".

tika-taka - fucking hell you aren't talking to a 6 month old baby, think of a tactical name you can say without being embarrassed to have it come out yr mouth
only the english have a speshal quality for ruggedness and strength and puttin' it up them

think the word i'm looking for is aporia but idk