what is the most annoying phrase in the AFL?

[Franc de Borges]

Coalface. **** face.

 

[DangerSloane]

the 1-wood

Took 3 pages but the winner was finally crowned.

 

[cactuscall]

Further to this, why the **** do some clubs get their full name on the ladder, scores during the game etc. Its always Collingwood V Geelong Cats. We know theyre the ****n Cats stop wasting space on the screen

I've wondered the same thing. It looks amateurish and hard to believe whoever is handling that stuff at their level can get it so wrong.

Fox get it right. Bulldogs is the only one complicating things, but still good they just chose one word.



The AFL site has a mish mash of names that looks messy and makes zero sense. Why tf is Suns and Giants in capitals??

Plus the graphics aren't good. Lose the shadowing and the dash after the number. Also get rid of the red 'top 8', most of us can count. Have the top 8 shaded darker. Rant over.

 

[Romano]

‘The locals’ is condescendingly used to describe non-Victorian crowds disagreeing with something.

Can’t remember the last time Collingwood or Richmond supporters were described as ‘locals’ by commentators.

 

[rapidfire7]

'I think it will be a lot closer than PEOPLE think.'

 

[PhatBoy]

Ground ball gets.

‘The hard ball.’

I was at a function once at a local footy club and these two w***ers were giving it to each other about something while they were setting up the room, good natured banter and all of that. One of them concluded the discourse with ‘well I’ve never seen YOU get the hard ball.’

F**k off idiot.

 

[Pistol Night]

Ground ball gets.

‘The hard ball.’

I was at a function once at a local footy club and these two w***ers were giving it to each other about something while they were setting up the room, good natured banter and all of that. One of them concluded the discourse with ‘well I’ve never seen YOU get the hard ball.’

F**k off idiot.

Was one guy 99% of Bigfooty posters and the other guy Nick Daicos?

 

[Woody15]

I hate the Grand Final being referred to as "The Big Dance".

 

[Pistol Night]

I hate the Grand Final being referred to as "The Big Dance".

Sydney have danced like me at weddings their past few attempts

 

[Makka]

"Cometh the man, cometh the moment". I just think it sounds stupid.

 

[timokane]

has to bt's wow wee sounds like a jerk

 

[tropicaltiger]

90% of all players interviewed

yeah, to be perfectly honest,
yeah, to be brutally honest:-

blah, blah blah

 

[Pistol Night]

Every single player interview-

“Thanks fellas, thanks for having me on”

For once I’d like to hear “Make it quick campaigners, I’m only doing this because the club told me I had to”

 

[Cleavy]

Further to this, why the **** do some clubs get their full name on the ladder, scores during the game etc. Its always Collingwood V Geelong Cats. We know theyre the ****n Cats stop wasting space on the screen

pretty sure they (the club) trademarked Geelong Cats as their official name.

 

[Pistol Night]

pretty sure they (the club) trademarked Geelong Cats as their official name.

Yeah I’ve since discovered this. Just makes the ladder and that look weird though

 

[010203]

Mark Howard does this with Collingwood players, for some reason. Just a way of telling us plebs that he's a 'part of it'.

Howie calling a fellow human an 'operator' annoys me.

 

[Mr Meow]

Yeah I’ve since discovered this. Just makes the ladder and that look weird though

Absolutely. I feel physically sick when I look at it, so generally try to find an alternative source.

 

[nahnah]

nice and hard - James Brayshaw

 

[Bunk Moreland]

Every single player interview-

“Thanks fellas, thanks for having me on”

For once I’d like to hear “Make it quick campaigners, I’m only doing this because the club told me I had to”

Great quote on The Grade Cricketer podcast (I forget which player said it).

“Thanks for your time today”

“No worries, it’s great to contractually obliged to be here”

 

[Howard Littlejohn]

"first goal in footy" ..... very rarely that might be true, but there wouldn't be too many in the AFL system that haven't kicked goals in juniors or state/suburban leagues before the first AFL goal is lauded their first in footy.

"took it at its highest point" ..... he took the ball at 3.5 to 4 metres high, its highest point was 20+ metres; took it at his maximum height, sure, but not the ball's highest point

 

[Howard Littlejohn]

World record pace…
I love our game. But we’re the only ones in the world that play it.

And its normally not even an Australia record, only a professional level one.

 

[Yellow Feathers]

2025 saw the birth of the term "transition".

Transition this. In transition that. Nobody knows what it means but it sounds good.

 

[Howard Littlejohn]

2025 saw the birth of the term "transition".

Transition this. In transition that. Nobody knows what it means but it sounds good.

Transition, except in North's midfield, has been around for years. Very handy to be able to swap your structure quickly on turnovers, etc. It might be an over-used word, but (and of course its all only opinion) I don't mind it.

 

[Footy_Fan2007]

“He just needs to compete”

 

[FreddyTwoShoes]

“the way he goes about it”