what is the most annoying phrase in the AFL?

[FreddyTwoShoes]

That is/isn’t our DNA

 

[Scotland]

'Football program'.

 

[FreddyTwoShoes]

What does (insert club) stand for?

What is their identity as a club?

 

[kickazz]

We gave them some easy looks.

 

[Howard Littlejohn]

Why? It's a key skill to have, especially if you're a marking player...

You literally get coached to do it as a kid.

If the ball nearly hits the roof nobody is taking it at its highest point.

 

[Boxhead_31]

"And we go now to your commentators Brian Taylor and James Brayshaw."

 

[PhatBoy]

It’s literally the player taking the ball at HIS highest point

 

[WillHayward]

Fascinating

All the tools to be a star

Superstar

Brave

 

[WillHayward]

When they say "football club" after the team name like it somehow makes it have more seriousness.

 

[WillHayward]

"the boys were unbelievable"

I mean is it really that hard to believe?

How many games have there been before this where something similar happened.

 

[Roobs321]

“it’s only West Coast”

Whateley & Hill: “fossicking”

 

[WillHayward]

That is/isn’t our DNA

Or when a team gets thrashed and they it's "unacceptable".

What does that even mean?

Especially when it happens several times per season.

 

[UltraEgo]

"Coalface"

 

[situationz]

Gerard Healy - "The GWS"

Also "The Gold Coast" and "The West Coast".
Adding "the" makes sense for the actual geographic area in those cases, but still doesn't make sense for the footy team. No one ever says "the Essendon" or "the Fremantle" or "the Collingwood".

 

[PhatBoy]

Elect/choose to bump. F**k off

 

[Johnny Bananas]

Foot candy. I mean, what the f***?

 

[Johnny Bananas]

(insert here) winds back the clock with (event) annoys me to no end lol especially if its a reasonably young player 30+ players i can understand but if its Rachele "winding back the clock" it loses the legitimate meaning to the phrase

I reckon it can be forgiven if they're bringing back the torp/barrel, which is far too rare in the modern game for my liking.

BT saying ‘electric’ or ‘electricity.’

How about BT saying DANGER DANGER DANGER DANGER DANGER BUTLER BUTLER BUTLER BUTLER BUTLER?

 

[Billy ray]

Also "The Gold Coast" and "The West Coast".
Adding "the" makes sense for the actual geographic area in those cases, but still doesn't make sense for the footy team. No one ever says "the Essendon" or "the Fremantle" or "the Collingwood".

But JB always says THE Collingwood football club

 

[demondavey]

Obviously.

3/4 of the time what said player or coach etc is talking about isn’t obvious at all.

 

[demondavey]

 

[Romano]

"one wood" - Talking about your biggest strength.

"gone to work" - What the hell does that even mean ?

Luke Hodge ‘the quarterback’

 

[Rabish Binney]

Overused by all the TV footy shows;

‘The best news breaker in the business’

 

[Rabish Binney]

Why? It's a key skill to have, especially if you're a marking player...

You literally get coached to do it as a kid.

How can a player take the ball at its highest point when (for example) it was kicked to him from 40 metres away?

Its highest point would have been when it was at its apex after being kicked, not when it is marked.

I get what the commentators mean but the phrase is clearly incorrect and therefore shouldn’t be used in the context that it is.

BTW, in 22 years of playing footy, I never heard the phrase mentioned from either a team mate or a coach.

 

[Johnny Bananas]

When they say "football club" after the team name like it somehow makes it have more seriousness.

I don't know, I found it funny when Fages said "we aren't the Harris Andrews Football Club" and then freodokers called us that for the rest of the season.

 

[situationz]

Luke Hodge ‘the quarterback’

cos he keeps throwing the ball?
Oh wait, he never played for the Bulldogs