Declining/extinct footy terms

[Balance]

"Lays an egg".

 

[Spoon_Man]

I haven't heard "the vortex pocket" mentioned this year...

 

[JUBJUB]

I haven't heard "the vortex pocket" mentioned this year...

Is that because Jakovich has gone ?

 

[*Crash*]

"kicks long to a contest"

 

[MarkCatsFan]

James Hird

 

[lloydbraun]

"Dances on a dollar"

 

[amer]

"and he has been rewarded with the free kick"

Players are punished for traditionally good football acts now.

 

[SuperSub17]

"What a good bump that was".

 

[Falchoon]

defence has become Dee Fence

 

[Feraligatr]

I haven't heard the term "Hip and Shoulder" for ages or "Sheppard" for that matter.

 

[SaintLex]

"Ben McEvoy" with no 'big boy' preceding it

 

[Doss]

defence has become Dee Fence

That's a classic Americanism for you. That many people watching basketball has to have an effect eventually.

 

[Jatz]

"Ben McEvoy" with no 'big boy' preceding it

That annoys me so much. I've got nothing against St Kilda or Ben but i hate it when channel 7 broadcast those games.

 

[millsy29gopies]

4th interchange player
"Umpire bounces the ball down in the forward pocket"
Red time/Time on
"On the practice wicket area of the MCG"

 

[clogged]

"Baulk"

Now it is "sold some candy".

 

[Oneiros]

"Holding the Ball"

 

[The old campaigner]

Push in the back is now hands in the back.

 

[scout]

Utility

 

[westy1]

stacks on the mill

 

[Stromageddon]

Illegal disposal.

Now players can just drop it and it's play on.

Sorry, what? Didn't Simon Black win a Brownlow doing that 11 years ago?

 

[Harris Specter]

Sorry, what? Didn't Simon Black win a Brownlow doing that 11 years ago?

He won a Brownlow by being the best footballer in the calendar year. Cry away your tears someplace else.

 

[Stromageddon]

He won a Brownlow by being the best footballer in the calendar year.

And to become the best footballer he perfected the illegal "not-so-illegal-but-frowned-upon" disposal. Besides, I've been hearing the term more and more lately, so your first post is largely incorrect anyway.

 

[Stromageddon]

"Baulk"

Now it is "sold some candy".

And somewhere in between it was "sold the dummy". When did candy start?

 

[treefingers]

'tunnelling' - what a fun few weeks that was

 

[Dirty_banchez]

"He's been coathangered...."