Following on from babyhornetdan's request for "managers" interviews for the Fun League, I got thinking about footballing clichéâs. I hate them. As soon as I hear someone say, "At the end of the day..." I switch off, and come to the conclusion that the said person doesn't actually have a clue what they are talking about, but is instead attempting to construct a sentence in their mind that actually bears no relevance to the given question, but is sufficiently long enough for the questioner to assume they have answered. What is the point in post-match comments when all you get is, "they came out fighting", or "It was a game of two halves"?! What does that tell someone about a particular game of football?! So, what are your favourite/most hated football clichéâs, and who is the biggest culprit of these?
My biggest ones are "He's given 110%". The fact you can only give 100%, for a start... and one's like "He's left it all on the pitch" I also don't like "He's got 2 good feet" or "he's got good feet for a big man" The you have the ones like "At the end of the day", "Sick as a parrot", "on paper...."
