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Regularly throughout the year clubs take a break from the taxing business of playing football, grab a rope, and pull with all their might in order to secure a signing. The tug of war certainly sounds exciting, and potentially a great way of resolving disputes over players if performed literally. But how is the term [...]
Continuing our round-up of terms that get thrown around all too readily, this week we turn our attention to the ‘come-and-get-me plea’. It’s hardly common usage in any other walk of life; have you ever given your dream employers a come-and-get-me plea, or did you just submit a CV and covering letter? Has a significant [...]
You’re the manager of a football club. You decide you need a new player. You scour the divisions, and listen to the sage words of your scouts. You make an enquiry. But oh no! “Hands off!”, you’re warned. By all rights you should slink back to the hole from whence you came, but you’ve read [...]
Eight teams. 28 possible permutations. And some potentially predictable previewing. That’s the Champions League quarter-final draw.
This is a little bit of fun in anticipation of the draw tomorrow - a run-down of the phrases and angles we think might turn up in the write-ups and previews tomorrow. We’ll keep an eye open for it as the [...]
Noun - Red alert - the highest level of alert when an attack by the enemy seems imminent (or more generally a state of alert resulting from imminent danger) - The Free Dictionary
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Noun - Red alert - when not very much generates huge excitement about a prospective transfer which would be significant were it to materialise [...]
