what is the most annoying phrase in the AFL?

[JM#1]

Anything with the word "pressure."
Also constantly referring to certain players as the champ or superstar.

 

[Liam Boy]

I really hate "get the chocolates". Such a stupid ****ing phrase, I don't know where it came from but it's just a longer way of saying "win"

 

[LightTower4]

Not a phrase, but every rhetorical question to players and coaches during 1/4, half & 3/4 time breaks.
I was going to say every predictable rhetorical question, but on reflection they all are.
Why do they bother.
Thanks for your time.

 

[Romano]

‘Getting to work’

 

[Cleavy]

Hun/News Ltd/Fox like to use "team x has a 'cheat code' " a bit

 

[Liam Boy]

Not a phrase, but every rhetorical question to players and coaches during 1/4, half & 3/4 time breaks.
I was going to say every predictable rhetorical question, but on reflection they all are.
Why do they bother.
Thanks for your time.

that's not what a rhetorical question is

 

[Big Blood]

I really hate "get the chocolates". Such a stupid ****ing phrase, I don't know where it came from but it's just a longer way of saying "win"

Definitely, something really cloying and irritating about this phrase. No one ever says it in real life, not even after they've bought chocolate.

Two words that should be banished:
'clubland' - reeks of people around AFL House showing how remote they are from actual clubs, who they imagine to be living in a separate country.

'wantaway' - journos should be required to punch themselves in the face every time they use this odious non-word in a trade story.

 

[TubbsFarquhar]

Casual, leisurely, lackadaisical.

I think it was Richo who tried to correct BT and suggest lackadaisical was the correct term and he got made fun of.

Lackadaisical is obviously too much of a mouthful for them to handle.

 

[TubbsFarquhar]

"Player x likes a goal"

No ****ing shit!

 

[DangerSloane]

“He just needs to compete”

This is a real thing in modern footy though.
Ensuring the ball hits the ground and you arent outmarked by a defender in F50 is vital.

Sincerely
Crows fan who has endured almost a decade of non-competing forwards

 

[fnerd]

Commentators-
“ that could be the fire starter “
“Boy oh boy wowee”

or basically anything BT and derwayne says

Coaches-
“player x now gets his lick of the ice cream”
“We’ll wrap our arms around him”

Or basically anything Simon Goodwin

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[L_W_P]

Any time a coach says "I haven't seen it" following a clear head high hit or off the ball incident.

 

[Rabish Binney]

‘Long levers’

 

[Billy ray]

Coming up is Roaming Brian

 

[VinnieB]

He’s a ‘unicorn’

 

[PowerfulPies2023]

Back ourselves in.

 

[Cam Payne]

Clutch
Lock
Squibbed
Generational

 

[Woody15]

Note unique to the AFL but used often, but I despise the saying "Father time remains undefeated"

Vomit.

 

[Howard Littlejohn]

that's not what a rhetorical question is

 

[voorhees]

just taking it one week at a time...

 

[PowerfulPies2023]

Goalled it

 

[Shane Heard]

Squeezes it ..and everything that moron D.Russel utters

 

[Custard Guts]

"turns on the afterburners"

 

[Woody15]

Mark Howard was calling the defensive 50 the 'D50" last night. That annoyed me.

Also the little chip kicks now have become a "9 iron into the forward line". Come on now.

 

[FrankDrebin]

Mark Howard was calling the defensive 50 the 'D50" last night. That annoyed me.

Also the little chip kicks now have become a "9 iron into the forward line". Come on now.

For some players their 9 iron is their 1 wood...


What f*cking sport are we playing here?!