what is the most annoying phrase in the AFL?

[Orange crush]

oh god i hate that one

poor old Mabior Laconic Chol

 

[Rod Stroker]

"Running on top of the ground"

As opposed to running underneath the ground?

 

[MagpieExcalibur]

"athletic"

 

[StillAtLarge]

'lower the eyes', 'quarterback' and 'intent' (which has also crept into cricket commentary and is ridiculously overused)

 

[Corkintheocean]

"Superstar" which means in you are in the top 3 best 26 players at your club according to afl.com.au.

 

[cherrypie]

This thread is just Dwayne quotes. As it should be

 

[Magma]

also 'the carpet' and anything involving golf references.

 

[Cleavy]

the 1-wood

 

[RWnBluey]

“marks the ball at its highest point”

I wasn’t aware that humans had 30m vertical leaps?
It should be “marks the ball at his/their highest point”

 

[situationz]

Insufficient intent

Merits of the rule aside, "insufficient intent" is such a mouthful. Just say "deliberate" for god's sake.

 

[Corkintheocean]

"Insufficient intent"
"Back to the nine"
"Not 15"

All blights on the game.

 

[Rich01]

Merits of the rule aside, "insufficient intent" is such a mouthful. Just say "deliberate" for god's sake.

They changed the wording on purpose and it’s officiated as such.

 

[situationz]

Also "it's been an entertaining quarter of footy"... meanwhile it's 1.3 to 0.2

 

[Plugger35]

"connection piece"

James Brayshaw just used it when referring to Melbourne and other commentators, coaches and players have started using it too.

What is wrong with just saying connection like people used to do? There is no need to attach piece to it.

 

[Struggle]

Stand
STAND
STAAAAAAAND

 

[Wojcinski]

Also "it's been an entertaining quarter of footy"... meanwhile it's 1.3 to 0.2

"It's not over yet!" as a team kicks their second goal in a row to bring the margin down to 36 with 8 minutes left in the fourth

 

[Corkintheocean]

Speed on the ball.

 

[Rod Stroker]

Speed on the ball.

"leg speed"

as opposed to arm speed?

 

[Billy ray]

football club

as in "a great piece of play by the Collingwood football club"
no shit, as opposed to the Collingwood train station

JB is guilty every game

 

[Mr.X]

not the worst, but up there with the best

“stick fat”

Very interchangeable and can be used widely

 

[north_lad]

football club

as in "a great piece of play by the Collingwood football club"
no shit, as opposed to the Collingwood train station

JB is guilty every game

JB would surely say Collingwood Footy Club no?

 

[brmi]

"Conduit"

 

[Howard Littlejohn]

"Running on top of the ground"

As opposed to running underneath the ground?

Some of the muddy bogs in the old days, or bush footy, yes.

 

[Howard Littlejohn]

"leg speed"

as opposed to arm speed?

Or just speed when Ben Cousins was playing

 

[Clark G]

JB saying ‘dumping ball.’