Ban one word

The Cross Bar
#1

100% stealing this from Arseblog Patreon content.

If you could ban one word from the world of football what would it be?

I’d go with overrated. I think it gets completely misused basically every time it’s said.

What “football” word drives you nuts?

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#2

“Swoop”

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#3

VAR

#4

Flamengo

(After seeing what they’ve just done on BBC2)

#5

What have they just done on BBC2?

#6

“Ace” but that’s all sports.

It’s just all shitty tabloid lingo tbh.

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#7

Scored twice at the end of the game of the Copa Libert…you know the CL equivalent of South America

Think Man U in 1999 (only better)

#8

“I”
“don’t”
“like”
“seeing”
“a”
“manager”
“lose”
“his”
“job”

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#9

But why does that make you want to ban the word?

#10

Cos I’m an idiot who believes no other football fan deserves happiness.

#11

Yes :cowboy_hat_face:

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#12

“Class”

(I have definitely used this. A lot.)

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#13

Ahh Gillian Anderson :heart_eyes:

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#14

penalty

(we cant conceed one a match if the damn word cant be spoken)

#15

You have weird taste

#16

Sumptuous

Or indeed any word related to the taste of food

#17

Potential

#18

Dirty, filthy, disgusting or any other such word when talking about a good skill, tackle, goal etc. STOP IT.

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#19

Ahhh, Jade :heart_eyes:

#20

I’d throw in philosophy as well. It’s fucking football. It’s jus tactics anything else is pretentious bollocks.

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