| Football terms 14:36 - Jan 28 with 7304 views | PinnerPaul |
On the break - is now in transition
Made a goal - is now an assist
Injury time - is now added time
Linesman - Assistant Referee
4th official - What?!
VAR - Double What?!
Anymore that if, I could, mention to my Dad today he wouldn't have a clue what I was on about despite being a fan his whole life? |  | | |  |
| Football terms on 14:41 - Jan 28 with 3297 views | longbottom |
Inside right. What? |  | | |
| Football terms on 14:43 - Jan 28 with 3292 views | CliveWilsonSaid |
Physicality. |  |
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| Football terms on 14:49 - Jan 28 with 3267 views | BrianMcCarthy |
Anchor - now CDM
No 10. - now CAM
Winning the ball - now 'First contact'
Broken ball - now 'Second Contact' |  |
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| Football terms on 14:52 - Jan 28 with 3262 views | Ashdown_Ranger |
The 'high press' wasn't a thing when I was playing... |  | | |
| Football terms on 15:00 - Jan 28 with 3238 views | BrianMcCarthy |
| Football terms on 14:52 - Jan 28 by Ashdown_Ranger |
The 'high press' wasn't a thing when I was playing... |
Never, but then 'goalkeeper distribution' was one or two bounces and a ginormous hoof. | |
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| Football terms on 15:08 - Jan 28 with 3223 views | flynnbo |
Contested drop ball.
GK four step rule? |  | | |
| Football terms on 15:13 - Jan 28 with 3213 views | LongsufferingR |
Here's one I miss:
The referee's decision is final |  | | |
| Football terms on 15:18 - Jan 28 with 3200 views | Myke |
ACL - unheard of, never mind injuring them
Never hear of a metatarsal either until Beckham broke one | | | |
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| Football terms on 15:26 - Jan 28 with 3185 views | stowmarketrange |
Chris Waddle’s favourite saying of “They’ve come off of the pace.” |  | | |
| Football terms on 15:42 - Jan 28 with 3163 views | ted_hendrix |
'The group' is a phrase invented by Sean Dyche. |  |
| My Father had a profound influence on me, he was a lunatic. |
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| Football terms on 16:04 - Jan 28 with 3121 views | Stanisgod |
| Football terms on 14:52 - Jan 28 by Ashdown_Ranger |
The 'high press' wasn't a thing when I was playing... |
Wasn't it just known as closing down? |  |
| It's being so happy that keeps me going. |
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| Football terms on 16:04 - Jan 28 with 3119 views | rsonist |
Nice long thread's chuntering about this yesterday:
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| Football terms on 16:08 - Jan 28 with 3106 views | EastR |
| Football terms on 14:52 - Jan 28 by Ashdown_Ranger |
The 'high press' wasn't a thing when I was playing... |
When I was growing up in Ireland we had a high press in our kitchen
It was where all the goodies were kept so us kids couldn't reach them
False 9 - a striker playing deep
Looking after the football - keeping possession [Post edited 28 Jan 2021 16:27]
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| Football terms on 16:08 - Jan 28 with 3106 views | QPRSteve |
Sweeper keeper. What was wrong with rush goalkeeper? | | | |
| Football terms on 16:12 - Jan 28 with 3097 views | Ashdown_Ranger |
| Football terms on 16:04 - Jan 28 by Stanisgod |
Wasn't it just known as closing down? |
Yes, or the manager bellowing from the sidelines,
"Get in his pocket!" | | | |
| Football terms on 16:18 - Jan 28 with 3075 views | MrSheen |
Fanny merchants - Tiki Taka |  | | |
| Football terms on 16:20 - Jan 28 with 3072 views | DavieQPR |
Ah! When Crystal Palace was a jam jar and Fanny was a girls name. |  | | |
| Football terms on 16:24 - Jan 28 with 3065 views | TheChef |
Warbs has loads of them but they've slipped my mind right now. |  |
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| Football terms on 16:34 - Jan 28 with 3048 views | hantssi |
| Football terms on 16:12 - Jan 28 by Ashdown_Ranger |
Yes, or the manager bellowing from the sidelines,
"Get in his pocket!" |
Or “letting him know you are there”! | | | |
| Football terms on 16:38 - Jan 28 with 3032 views | stowmarketrange |
“What do you mean when you say that fans used to be allowed into grounds?” | | | |
| Football terms on 16:38 - Jan 28 with 3029 views | Wren67 |
Offside. What's that?
Handball. How does that happen?
Ah well, it is what it is | | | |
| Football terms on 17:04 - Jan 28 with 2983 views | TGRRRSSS |
Minutes - in terms of time a player is getting on the pitch.
Wasn't this getting games under their belt or such like some years ago now it's "minutes" |  | | |
| Football terms on 17:05 - Jan 28 with 2982 views | PinnerPaul |
| Football terms on 16:24 - Jan 28 by TheChef |
Warbs has loads of them but they've slipped my mind right now. |
" We need to look at the loading on the players very carefully indeed"
Don't think Dad would have been impressed with that! | | | |
| Football terms on 17:08 - Jan 28 with 2976 views | PinnerPaul |
We used to be told that footballers would be taking a 'fitness test' before KO to see if they could play.
Now, '"We have to look at the data, talk to the medical people, see how they 'present' in the morning" !!!!!!! | | | |
| Football terms on 18:28 - Jan 28 with 2916 views | R_from_afar |
The one which really grinds my gears is: "There was contact". So what? If a fly lands on my arm, there is contact, but not necessarily enough to render me incapable of what I was doing and make me collapse in a heap.
Ashley Young, I am looking at you. |  |
| "Things had started becoming increasingly desperate at Loftus Road but QPR have been handed a massive lifeline and the place has absolutely erupted. it's carnage. It's bedlam. It's 1-1." |
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