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On the Grass
Exiled_Addick
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I admit I am getting old and progressively out of touch with "da yoof" (by which I mean the under 35s), and I know language evolves, but when did "the training pitch" get usurped by "the grass". Seems that all our coaching sessions, returns from injuries etc. now take place "on the grass", or is that we are now using medicinal marijuana to aid players' recovery?
Any other modern football terminology that gets on your goat?
Any other modern football terminology that gets on your goat?
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I’m 36 and feel too old for “limbs” and “baller”.6
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"We go again".4
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It's all gone downhill since "We set our stall out"0
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Top bins0
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All of the above make my teeth itch…1
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Worldy0
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Its just easier for a manager to say "on the grass" so you know how a players recover is going
There are different stages off recovery to every injury, from gym work alone, to back on the grass and other stages.
So if someone asks a manager how a players recovery is going rather than the broad term of he is training which could mean anything, he says he is back on the grass and it is a bit more positive0 -
early doors on the green0
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Group
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So surely you just say, "he's running in the gym" or "he's out running on the training pitch"? In fact, saying "on the grass" is less specific as he could be at home mowing his lawn or in a field worrying some sheep for all we know.paulie8290 said:Its just easier for a manager to say "on the grass" so you know how a players recover is going
There are different stages off recovery to every injury, from gym work alone, to back on the grass and other stages.
So if someone asks a manager how a players recovery is going rather than the broad term of he is training which could mean anything, he says he is back on the grass and it is a bit more positive11 - Sponsored links:
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I think 99% of fans know what the manager means when he says he is "on the grass" and that is alot easier to say than "he's out running on the training pitch"Exiled_Addick said:
So surely you just say, "he's running in the gym" or "he's out running on the training pitch"? In fact, saying "on the grass" is less specific as he could be at home mowing his lawn or in a field worrying some sheep for all we know.paulie8290 said:Its just easier for a manager to say "on the grass" so you know how a players recover is going
There are different stages off recovery to every injury, from gym work alone, to back on the grass and other stages.
So if someone asks a manager how a players recovery is going rather than the broad term of he is training which could mean anything, he says he is back on the grass and it is a bit more positive1 -
As I said in a post a few weeks back "I reckon it's a word he's picked up along the way & throws it in whenever he can much like "on the grass". I've never heard that phrase as much in my whole life as I have the last few weeks. Maybe I've led a sheltered life "paulie8290 said:
I think 99% of fans know what the manager means when he says he is "on the grass" and that is alot easier to say than "he's out running on the training pitch"Exiled_Addick said:
So surely you just say, "he's running in the gym" or "he's out running on the training pitch"? In fact, saying "on the grass" is less specific as he could be at home mowing his lawn or in a field worrying some sheep for all we know.paulie8290 said:Its just easier for a manager to say "on the grass" so you know how a players recover is going
There are different stages off recovery to every injury, from gym work alone, to back on the grass and other stages.
So if someone asks a manager how a players recovery is going rather than the broad term of he is training which could mean anything, he says he is back on the grass and it is a bit more positive
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And I think it makes 99% of fans teeth itch. It’s a shit vacuous phrase, up there with “we go again” and it’s use is lazy.paulie8290 said:
I think 99% of fans know what the manager means when he says he is "on the grass" and that is alot easier to say than "he's out running on the training pitch"Exiled_Addick said:
So surely you just say, "he's running in the gym" or "he's out running on the training pitch"? In fact, saying "on the grass" is less specific as he could be at home mowing his lawn or in a field worrying some sheep for all we know.paulie8290 said:Its just easier for a manager to say "on the grass" so you know how a players recover is going
There are different stages off recovery to every injury, from gym work alone, to back on the grass and other stages.
So if someone asks a manager how a players recovery is going rather than the broad term of he is training which could mean anything, he says he is back on the grass and it is a bit more positive
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Fuck me is the season over already?2
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Pretty much…Wheresmeticket? said:Fuck me is the season over already?3 -
I’ve never heard “on the grass” in my life.2
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Nor meValleyGary said:I’ve never heard “on the grass” in my life.0 -
From a time when skill, intelligence and effort are OK words, but organisation is not ... and as for the fellow in Birmingham who writes about flair - he can shove it up his arse.
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minutes, low block, high press - used to be - fitness, sitting deep and closing down4
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'Rapid' jars on me. 'Fast' is a much nicer, simpler word.0
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the one I most hate is Group. What is wrong with squad?1
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Everytime I hear back on grass I think they are some kind of livestock0
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Appleton and Andy Scott have used it in almost every interview they have done at Charlton. Quote from the OS today:ValleyGary said:I’ve never heard “on the grass” in my life.
Asked for the latest on Camará, Appleton said: “He has been on the grass with the [sports science] lads doing some ball work."
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The way midfield positions are now talked about with a number, as if the positions had always been defined by that number.
10 - goalscoring, highly creative midfielder
8 - the box to box midfielder
6 - the holding, defensive midfielder
"Declan Rice been playing as a 6, but I think long term he will play as an 8."7 -
Yes, especially as, imo, a 6 was traditionally a centre back and 4 would be a defensive midfielder (although I must admit I do use "10" but kind of hate myself for doing it!).killerandflash said:The way midfield positions are now talked about with a number, as if the positions had always been defined by that number.
10 - goalscoring, highly creative midfielder
8 - the box to box midfielder
6 - the holding, defensive midfielder
"Declan Rice been playing as a 6, but I think long term he will play as an 8."4 -
There are so many terms that seem to have crept into the game that didn't exist. Many of them mentioned above and some new created bollocks such as "on the grass".
Im surprised no-one has mentioned the false 9.
I played football for 25 years and couldn't tell you what a 9 was supposed to do anyway, false or true.
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I’ll say false , I don’t think you have played that long without a break .SporadicAddick said:
I played football for 25 years and couldn't tell you what a 9 was supposed to do anyway, false or true.6 -
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Amateur wanna be coachy types describing good players as being 'decent' has always made my skin crawl. They all seem to deliver this phrase with a super serious look on their faces as if they've just discovered the lasting solution to Middle East conflict just to add to the annoyance.2
