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On the Grass

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  • CAFC69
    CAFC69 Posts: 19
    ‘Project’ and ‘the group’
  • throughthickandthin
    throughthickandthin Posts: 943
    edited October 2023
    I hate the unnecessary addition of the word Football in front of the words Club and Matches, as if if a manager needs to clarify that he's talking about Football as opposed to the other sports the Club plays???

    I realise this thread is bemusing to younger contributors, just take it as a little window into what lies ahead as you get older.
  • AFKABartram
    AFKABartram Posts: 57,820
    edited October 2023
    ValleyGary said:
    I’ve never heard “on the grass” in my life.
    Nor I had I till an Andy Scott interview. Apparently Appleton is very good on the grass. 

    So was Rodney, but I wouldn’t want him as our manager. 
  • Redhenry
    Redhenry Posts: 5,357
    Pockets
  • queensland_addick
    queensland_addick Posts: 7,546
    Just more dumbing down of the English Language.
    Just use one extra word "training pitch".
    Another one that drives me crazy is "in terms of", Brownie being one of the worst offenders, in terms of saying it too often 😂
  • grumpyaddick
    grumpyaddick Posts: 6,596
    On the booze
    On the razz
    On the make
    On the up
    On the wagon
    On the side
    On the turn
    On the road
    On the fags
    and now
    On the grass too.

  • iaitch
    iaitch Posts: 10,217
    You won't win anything with top players you need top top players.
  • killerandflash
    killerandflash Posts: 69,835
    When did "low block" become the technical term for teams just putting lots of players behind the ball? I preferred "parking the bus" anyway!
  • DOUCHER
    DOUCHER Posts: 7,893
    'profile' is one that apples seems to have introduced - 'our players dont have the right profile to be able to sit in and defend a game out' - whats that mean? we've got a shit defence?
  • DOUCHER
    DOUCHER Posts: 7,893
    killerandflash said:
    When did "low block" become the technical term for teams just putting lots of players behind the ball? I preferred "parking the bus" anyway!
    i think the womens game have introduced these new terms - some of the women pundits are like walking coaching manuals - blocks, press, between the lines, transition - bring back big ron i say 
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  • Stig
    Stig Posts: 29,018
    grumpyaddick said:
    On the booze
    On the razz
    On the make
    On the up
    On the wagon
    On the side
    On the turn
    On the road
    On the fags
    and now
    On the grass too.

    Great piece of prose, best read in the voice of John Cooper Claaaarke
  • Stig
    Stig Posts: 29,018
    Clear his lines. Quick it's raining, get the washing in.
  • iaitch
    iaitch Posts: 10,217
    DOUCHER said:
    killerandflash said:
    When did "low block" become the technical term for teams just putting lots of players behind the ball? I preferred "parking the bus" anyway!
    i think the womens game have introduced these new terms - some of the women pundits are like walking coaching manuals - blocks, press, between the lines, transition - bring back big ron i say 
    Talking of Big Ron what was his term for the midfield thug? Was it enforcer, reducer or something else, cheers.
  • grumpyaddick
    grumpyaddick Posts: 6,596
    Stig said:
    grumpyaddick said:
    On the booze
    On the razz
    On the make
    On the up
    On the wagon
    On the side
    On the turn
    On the road
    On the fags
    and now
    On the grass too.

    Great piece of prose, best read in the voice of John Cooper Claaaarke
    I love John Cooper Claaaaaaarke. 
  • Cafc43v3r
    Cafc43v3r Posts: 21,600
    iaitch said:
    DOUCHER said:
    killerandflash said:
    When did "low block" become the technical term for teams just putting lots of players behind the ball? I preferred "parking the bus" anyway!
    i think the womens game have introduced these new terms - some of the women pundits are like walking coaching manuals - blocks, press, between the lines, transition - bring back big ron i say 
    Talking of Big Ron what was his term for the midfield thug? Was it enforcer, reducer or something else, cheers.
    https://youtu.be/wGR4ICQaGgE?si=15aJxqps__-mGQ6g

    Need to get the reducer in on Souness early doors 
  • iaitch
    iaitch Posts: 10,217
    Thanks 
  • cafcfan
    cafcfan Posts: 11,198
    Wasn't being "on the grass" the problem that Lee Bowyer and Dean Chandler had back in 1994?
  • Wheresmeticket
    Wheresmeticket Posts: 17,304
    ValleyGary said:
    I’ve never heard “on the grass” in my life.
    I've heard "up the..." oh no that's something else entirely 
  • Big William
    Big William Posts: 3,837
    Big Ron committed a few crimes against the English language "Denilssons' lollipopped him" for example.
  • SporadicAddick
    SporadicAddick Posts: 6,842
    Big William said:
    Big Ron committed a few crimes against the English language "Denilssons' lollipopped him" for example.
    not the one he'll be remembered for...
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  • Six-a-bag-of-nuts
    Six-a-bag-of-nuts Posts: 8,127
    Cafc43v3r said:
    iaitch said:
    DOUCHER said:
    killerandflash said:
    When did "low block" become the technical term for teams just putting lots of players behind the ball? I preferred "parking the bus" anyway!
    i think the womens game have introduced these new terms - some of the women pundits are like walking coaching manuals - blocks, press, between the lines, transition - bring back big ron i say 
    Talking of Big Ron what was his term for the midfield thug? Was it enforcer, reducer or something else, cheers.
    https://youtu.be/wGR4ICQaGgE?si=15aJxqps__-mGQ6g

    Need to get the reducer in on Souness early doors 
    That's one that always got me, "early doors".
    Why doors?
  • Hex
    Hex Posts: 1,886
    X (insert any player) has signed a new contract which will keep him at Y (insert any ground rather than club) until Z (a far off year).  Oh no it won’t !  In reality X will be long gone from Y well before Z.
  • Wheresmeticket
    Wheresmeticket Posts: 17,304
    edited October 2023
    Six-a-bag-of-nuts said:
    Cafc43v3r said:
    iaitch said:
    DOUCHER said:
    killerandflash said:
    When did "low block" become the technical term for teams just putting lots of players behind the ball? I preferred "parking the bus" anyway!
    i think the womens game have introduced these new terms - some of the women pundits are like walking coaching manuals - blocks, press, between the lines, transition - bring back big ron i say 
    Talking of Big Ron what was his term for the midfield thug? Was it enforcer, reducer or something else, cheers.
    https://youtu.be/wGR4ICQaGgE?si=15aJxqps__-mGQ6g

    Need to get the reducer in on Souness early doors 
    That's one that always got me, "early doors".
    Why doors?
    From pub licencing opening hours I think. Getting in early before usual door opening at 11am?
  • Starinnaddick
    Starinnaddick Posts: 4,342
    From the getgo. Where does this come from? 
  • iaitch
    iaitch Posts: 10,217
    Hex said:
    X (insert any player) has signed a new contract which will keep him at Y (insert any ground rather than club) until Z (a far off year).  Oh no it won’t !  In reality X will be long gone from Y well before Z.
    That's done me, I was never any good at algebra.
  • YTS1978
    YTS1978 Posts: 1,700
    Was watching some analysis a while back and I think it was Eniola Aluko chatting. They were talking about a player on the  "overlap" a phrase we all know...overlapping fullbacks etc. She then started talking about "underlaps" as basically the winger/fullback had cut inside! I'm not having that. No way!
  • iaitch
    iaitch Posts: 10,217
    Sure she didn't mean underflaps?
  • 9goalswentpastperry
    9goalswentpastperry Posts: 1,109
    Wheresmeticket? said:
    Six-a-bag-of-nuts said:
    Cafc43v3r said:
    iaitch said:
    DOUCHER said:
    killerandflash said:
    When did "low block" become the technical term for teams just putting lots of players behind the ball? I preferred "parking the bus" anyway!
    i think the womens game have introduced these new terms - some of the women pundits are like walking coaching manuals - blocks, press, between the lines, transition - bring back big ron i say 
    Talking of Big Ron what was his term for the midfield thug? Was it enforcer, reducer or something else, cheers.
    https://youtu.be/wGR4ICQaGgE?si=15aJxqps__-mGQ6g

    Need to get the reducer in on Souness early doors 
    That's one that always got me, "early doors".
    Why doors?
    From pub licencing opening hours I think. Getting in early before usual door opening at 11am?
    I think it was cinemas as opposed to pubs. It got debated on the letters' page of WSC for many months. 
  • Wheresmeticket
    Wheresmeticket Posts: 17,304
    Starinnaddick said:
    From the getgo. Where does this come from? 
    And while we are at it an old favourite:  "Can I get a (coffee / pint etc)?"  No you can't - you can ask me and I can get it for you.
  • Scoham
    Scoham Posts: 37,364
    “Recycle possession”… you mean a team are keeping the ball.

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