http://languagecaster.com Fri, 03 Feb 2012 21:13:42 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 Welcome to all English language learners and teachers to languagecaster.com and its free football podcast. Every week a new soccer show complete with language support for students who wish to improve their English language skills. languagecaster.com no languagecaster.com admin@languagecaster.com admin@languagecaster.com (languagecaster.com) Copyright © by languagecaster 2006-2011 Free football podcast for learners of English brought to you by Damian and Damon. Interviews, match reviews, predictions all with full language support for soccer fans around the world who wish to improve their English language skills. football, soccer, free football podcast, English language, football language, soccer vocabulary, learn English, Learning English football language http://www.languagecaster.com/wp-content/uploads/site_images/languagecasteritunes.jpg http://languagecaster.com/category/football-cliches/ http://languagecaster.com/football-language-quiz-4/ http://languagecaster.com/football-language-quiz-4/#comments Mon, 30 Jan 2012 10:04:08 +0000 grell http://languagecaster.com/?p=18848 http://languagecaster.com/football-language-quiz-4/feed/ 0 http://languagecaster.com/weekly-football-phrase-a-sweet-strike/ http://languagecaster.com/weekly-football-phrase-a-sweet-strike/#comments Wed, 25 Jan 2012 22:51:55 +0000 grell http://languagecaster.com/?p=18808 http://languagecaster.com/weekly-football-phrase-a-sweet-strike/feed/ 0 http://languagecaster.com/football-language-quiz-3/ http://languagecaster.com/football-language-quiz-3/#comments Mon, 23 Jan 2012 12:00:23 +0000 grell http://languagecaster.com/?p=18743 http://languagecaster.com/football-language-quiz-3/feed/ 0 http://languagecaster.com/football-language-quiz-2/ http://languagecaster.com/football-language-quiz-2/#comments Mon, 16 Jan 2012 12:00:36 +0000 grell http://languagecaster.com/?p=18674 http://languagecaster.com/football-language-quiz-2/feed/ 0 http://languagecaster.com/football-language-quiz-1/ http://languagecaster.com/football-language-quiz-1/#comments Sun, 08 Jan 2012 22:50:06 +0000 damianf http://languagecaster.com/?p=18390 http://languagecaster.com/football-language-quiz-1/feed/ 0 http://languagecaster.com/weekly-football-phrase-stay-the-course/ http://languagecaster.com/weekly-football-phrase-stay-the-course/#comments Thu, 05 Jan 2012 11:46:48 +0000 grell http://languagecaster.com/?p=18411 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http://languagecaster.com/english-for-football-expression-have-one-foot-in/#comments Wed, 07 Sep 2011 11:45:43 +0000 grell http://languagecaster.com/?p=16290 http://languagecaster.com/english-for-football-expression-have-one-foot-in/feed/ 0 http://languagecaster.com/languagecaster-football-phrase-to-cancel-out/ http://languagecaster.com/languagecaster-football-phrase-to-cancel-out/#comments Sat, 09 Jul 2011 16:43:12 +0000 damianf http://languagecaster.com/?p=15730 http://languagecaster.com/languagecaster-football-phrase-to-cancel-out/feed/ 0 http://languagecaster.com/languagecaster-weekly-football-phrase-the-cliche-leave-everything-on-the-pitch/ http://languagecaster.com/languagecaster-weekly-football-phrase-the-cliche-leave-everything-on-the-pitch/#comments Fri, 27 May 2011 12:06:14 +0000 grell http://languagecaster.com/?p=15500 http://languagecaster.com/languagecaster-weekly-football-phrase-the-cliche-leave-everything-on-the-pitch/feed/ 1 http://languagecaster.com/languagecaster-weekly-football-phrase-be-up-for-it/ http://languagecaster.com/languagecaster-weekly-football-phrase-be-up-for-it/#comments Thu, 05 May 2011 23:05:11 +0000 grell http://languagecaster.com/?p=15187 http://languagecaster.com/languagecaster-weekly-football-phrase-be-up-for-it/feed/ 0 http://languagecaster.com/weekly-football-phrase-the-red-mist/ http://languagecaster.com/weekly-football-phrase-the-red-mist/#comments Thu, 21 Apr 2011 06:02:17 +0000 grell http://languagecaster.com/?p=14923 http://languagecaster.com/weekly-football-phrase-the-red-mist/feed/ 0 http://languagecaster.com/languagecaster-weekly-football-phrase-to-crumble/ http://languagecaster.com/languagecaster-weekly-football-phrase-to-crumble/#comments Thu, 07 Apr 2011 09:48:00 +0000 grell http://languagecaster.com/?p=14296 http://languagecaster.com/languagecaster-weekly-football-phrase-to-crumble/feed/ 0 http://languagecaster.com/languagecaster-weekly-football-phrase-pull-the-trigger/ http://languagecaster.com/languagecaster-weekly-football-phrase-pull-the-trigger/#comments Fri, 01 Apr 2011 00:53:20 +0000 grell http://languagecaster.com/?p=14057 http://languagecaster.com/languagecaster-weekly-football-phrase-pull-the-trigger/feed/ 0 Football Cliches,football for english,football phrases,pull the trigger | Subscribe: Weekly Football Phrase Every week during the 2010-11 season, the languagecaster team explain a football phrase or cliché for learners of English who love the sport. Click on the link below to hear the word or phrase and you can also... | (../wp-content/uploads/2009/02/feed-icon-28x281.png) Subscribe: Weekly Football Phrase Every week during the 2010-11 season, the languagecaster team explain a football phrase or cliché for learners of English who love the sport. Click on the link below to hear the word or phrase and you can also read the transcript below that. You can find many more examples by going to our football phrase page here (../football-language-resources/football-phrases/) football clichés here (../football-language-resources/football-cliches/) and our huge football glossary (../football-language-resources/football-glossary/)here. Listen here: To pull the trigger.mp3 (http://languagecaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/eff34.1011.mp3) | See the complete list here (../2010/08/21/weekly-football-phrases-full-list-2010-11/) This week's English for football is 'to pull the trigger'. The trigger is the part of a gun that you pull to fire the bullet. In football, when a player pulls the trigger he or she shoots. Usually the shot is a powerful one from around the edge of the area. This phrase is often used when a player has been running or dribbling with the ball for quite a long period of time and everyone is waiting or expecting a shot. Fans might shout 'Come on pull the trigger!'. Commentators might say, 'He's got to pull the trigger soon,' or if the player is tackled before shooting, 'He should have pulled the trigger earlier.' To pull the trigger languagecaster.com no http://languagecaster.com/weekly-english-for-football-phrase-to-hold-the-ball-up/ http://languagecaster.com/weekly-english-for-football-phrase-to-hold-the-ball-up/#comments Thu, 10 Mar 2011 22:56:30 +0000 grell http://languagecaster.com/?p=13780 http://languagecaster.com/weekly-english-for-football-phrase-to-hold-the-ball-up/feed/ 0 http://languagecaster.com/languagecaster-weekly-predictions-barcenal-can-the-london-side-do-it/ http://languagecaster.com/languagecaster-weekly-predictions-barcenal-can-the-london-side-do-it/#comments Thu, 03 Mar 2011 09:58:39 +0000 grell http://languagecaster.com/?p=13613 http://languagecaster.com/languagecaster-weekly-predictions-barcenal-can-the-london-side-do-it/feed/ 0 http://languagecaster.com/weekly-english-for-football-phrase-off-the-ball-incident/ http://languagecaster.com/weekly-english-for-football-phrase-off-the-ball-incident/#comments Wed, 02 Mar 2011 07:40:54 +0000 grell http://languagecaster.com/?p=13611 http://languagecaster.com/weekly-english-for-football-phrase-off-the-ball-incident/feed/ 0 English for football,Football Cliches,football phrases,languagecaster,off the ball,Wayne Rooney | Subscribe: Weekly Football Phrase Every week during the 2010-11 season, the languagecaster team explain a football phrase or cliché for learners of English who love the sport. Click on the link below to hear the word or phrase and you can als... | (../wp-content/uploads/2009/02/feed-icon-28x281.png) Subscribe: Weekly Football Phrase Every week during the 2010-11 season, the languagecaster team explain a football phrase or cliché for learners of English who love the sport. Click on the link below to hear the word or phrase and you can also read the transcript below that. You can find many more examples by going to our football phrase page here (../football-language-resources/football-phrases/) football clichés here (../football-language-resources/football-cliches/) and our huge football glossary (../football-language-resources/football-glossary/)here. Listen here: Off the ball incident (http://languagecaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/pod-30.mp3) | See the complete list here (../2010/08/21/weekly-football-phrases-full-list-2010-11/) This week's English for football is 'off the ball incident'. Most of the action on the football pitch takes place near the ball, when players are controlling the ball, passing it, shooting or tackling, but sometimes there is action away from the ball. This action is 'off the ball'. Usually, the referee does not see this action as he or she is watching the players near the ball. An off the ball incident often involves foul play. Two players may come to blows, or a player may insult the crowd or the opposing bench. Last weekend, England and Manchester United striker, Wayne Rooney, elbowed Wigan's James McCarthy in the face in a Premier League game off the ball. The referee did not clearly see the incident and only awarded a free kick. Most people expected a red card for this off the ball incident. Example: 'Wigan boss Roberto Martinez said Rooney deserved a red card after an early off-the-ball incident with James McCarthy.' www.caughtoffside.com (http://www.caughtoffside.com/2011/02/27/wayne-rooney-elbows-wigan-midfielder-james-mccarthy-ref-does-nothing-video/) Off the ball incident languagecaster.com no http://languagecaster.com/weekly-english-for-football-phrase-to-draw-a-blank/ http://languagecaster.com/weekly-english-for-football-phrase-to-draw-a-blank/#comments Sat, 26 Feb 2011 00:47:59 +0000 grell http://languagecaster.com/?p=13385 http://languagecaster.com/weekly-english-for-football-phrase-to-draw-a-blank/feed/ 0 draw a blank,English for football,football cliche,football phrase,languagecaster | Subscribe: Weekly Football Phrase Every week during the 2010-11 season, the languagecaster team explain a football phrase or cliché for learners of English who love the sport. Click on the link below to hear the word or phrase and you can als... | (../wp-content/uploads/2009/02/feed-icon-28x281.png) Subscribe: Weekly Football Phrase Every week during the 2010-11 season, the languagecaster team explain a football phrase or cliché for learners of English who love the sport. Click on the link below to hear the word or phrase and you can also read the transcript below that. You can find many more examples by going to our football phrase page here (../football-language-resources/football-phrases/) football clichés here (../football-language-resources/football-cliches/) and our huge football glossary (../football-language-resources/football-glossary/)here. Listen here: To draw a blank.mp3| See the complete list here (../2010/08/21/weekly-football-phrases-full-list-2010-11/) Transcript This week's English for football is 'to draw a blank'. This phrase originates in 17th century Britain and is a kind of lottery. Tickets were picked out of a pot. Some were winning tickets and had the name of the prize written on them, some had nothing written on them - they were blank and you won nothing. Another verb meaning to pick or choose something out of a pot for example is, to draw. So to draw a blank meant to win nothing, to not be successful. In football a team or a player can draw a blank, meaning they cannot score, they get no goals. This week in the Champions League, Manchester United drew a blank against Marseilles, they didn't score and the game ended 0-0. To draw a blank languagecaster.com no http://languagecaster.com/weekly-english-for-football-phrase-to-hit-on-the-break/ http://languagecaster.com/weekly-english-for-football-phrase-to-hit-on-the-break/#comments Thu, 17 Feb 2011 08:33:09 +0000 grell http://languagecaster.com/?p=13205 http://languagecaster.com/weekly-english-for-football-phrase-to-hit-on-the-break/feed/ 0 AC Milan,English,football cliche,football phrase,hit on the break,hit on the counter,language,Tottenham | Subscribe: Weekly Football Phrase Every week during the 2010-11 season, the languagecaster team explain a football phrase or cliché for learners of English who love the sport. Click on the link below to hear the word or phrase and you can als... | (../wp-content/uploads/2009/02/feed-icon-28x281.png) Subscribe: Weekly Football Phrase Every week during the 2010-11 season, the languagecaster team explain a football phrase or cliché for learners of English who love the sport. Click on the link below to hear the word or phrase and you can also read the transcript below that. You can find many more examples by going to our football phrase page here (../football-language-resources/football-phrases/) football clichés here (../football-language-resources/football-cliches/) and our huge football glossary (../football-language-resources/football-glossary/)here. Listen here: To hit on the break.mp3 (http://languagecaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/eff28.1011.mp3)| See the complete list here (../2010/08/21/weekly-football-phrases-full-list-2010-11/) Transcript This week's English for football is 'hit on the break' or 'hit on the counter'. Both these phrases mean the same thing - to attack the other team quickly after defending for a long period. Many teams sit back in defense and wait for an opportunity to hit their opponents on the break. They see that the other team has too many players committed to attack and, with two or three quick players, move from defence to attack with a few quick passes. The opposing team is thrown on to the back foot (has to defend) as they are hit on the counter. This week in the Champions League Tottenham were under a lot of pressure playing away at AC Milan. Milan were attacking and camped around Tottenham's box, but a quick break from Lennon who squared the ball to Crouch saw Tottenham score on the counter. To hit on the break languagecaster.com no http://languagecaster.com/weekly-football-phrase-top-drawer/ http://languagecaster.com/weekly-football-phrase-top-drawer/#comments Thu, 03 Feb 2011 04:21:46 +0000 grell http://languagecaster.com/?p=12910 http://languagecaster.com/weekly-football-phrase-top-drawer/feed/ 0 English for football,football cliche,football phrase,top drawer,Torres | Subscribe: Weekly Football Phrase Every week during the 2010-11 season, the languagecaster team explain a football phrase or cliché for learners of English who love the sport. Click on the link below to hear the word or phrase and you can als... | (../wp-content/uploads/2009/02/feed-icon-28x281.png) Subscribe: Weekly Football Phrase Every week during the 2010-11 season, the languagecaster team explain a football phrase or cliché for learners of English who love the sport. Click on the link below to hear the word or phrase and you can also read the transcript below that. You can find many more examples by going to our football phrase page here (../football-language-resources/football-phrases/) football clichés here (../football-language-resources/football-cliches/) and our huge football glossary (../football-language-resources/football-glossary/)here. Listen here: Top Drawer (http://languagecaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/eff26.mp3)| See the complete list here (../2010/08/21/weekly-football-phrases-full-list-2010-11/) Transcript This week's English for football is 'top drawer' and 'out of the top drawer'. This phrase has been used since the beginning of the 20th century to mean high class, very good. The top drawer in a chest of drawers was used by rich people to keep their finest jewelry or most expensive clothes, so to say something is top drawer means it is one of the best. In football it is often used as a noun to describe a save with the verb 'pull': The goalkeeper pulled that one out of the top drawer; or as an adjective to describe a player: Chelsea have bought a top-drawer striker in Torres. Top drawer languagecaster.com no http://languagecaster.com/weekly-football-phrase-to-dump-out-of/ http://languagecaster.com/weekly-football-phrase-to-dump-out-of/#comments Fri, 21 Jan 2011 10:31:24 +0000 grell http://languagecaster.com/?p=12770 http://languagecaster.com/weekly-football-phrase-to-dump-out-of/feed/ 0 Barcelona,Copa del Rey,dump out of the cup,English for football,FA Cup,football phrase,football phrases,languagecaster.com Weekly Football Phrase: To dump out of... | (../wp-content/uploads/2009/02/feed-icon-28x281.png) Subscribe: Weekly Football Phrase Every week during the 2010-11 season, the languagecaster team explain a football phrase or cliché for learners of English who love the sport. Click on the link below to hear the word or phrase and you can also read the transcript below that. You can find many more examples by going to our football phrase page here (../football-language-resources/football-phrases/) football clichés here (../football-language-resources/football-cliches/) and our huge football glossary (../football-language-resources/football-glossary/)here. Listen here: To dump out of (http://languagecaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/eff24.mp3) | See the complete list here (../2010/08/21/weekly-football-phrases-full-list-2010-11/) Transcript This week's English for football phrase is 'to dump out of'. This phrase is usually used when talking about cup competitions, such as the FA Cup (England), the Copa del Rey (Spain), or the Champions League (Europe) and so on. To dump something means to throw it away, and to dump a team out of the cup means to knock them out of the competition - to beat them. When used it usually has the added meaning that the losing team were embarrassed by the defeat. Last week, in the FA Cup, Stevenage dumped Newcastle United out of the cup by beating them 3-1. And, in Spain in the Copa del Rey, Barcelona avoided being dumped out of the competition even though they lost 3-1 to Betis - they had already beaten Betis 5-0 in the first leg. To dump a team out of the cup. languagecaster.com no http://languagecaster.com/weekly-football-phrase-to-be-in-the-dark/ http://languagecaster.com/weekly-football-phrase-to-be-in-the-dark/#comments Thu, 13 Jan 2011 10:50:47 +0000 grell http://languagecaster.com/?p=12690 http://languagecaster.com/weekly-football-phrase-to-be-in-the-dark/feed/ 0 be in the dark,English for football,football cliche,football phrase,languagecaster.com,meaning,weekly football phrase | Subscribe: Weekly Football Phrase Every week during the 2010-11 season, the languagecaster team explain a football phrase or cliché for learners of English who love the sport. Click on the link below to hear the word or phrase and you can als... | (../wp-content/uploads/2009/02/feed-icon-28x281.png) Subscribe: Weekly Football Phrase Every week during the 2010-11 season, the languagecaster team explain a football phrase or cliché for learners of English who love the sport. Click on the link below to hear the word or phrase and you can also read the transcript below that. You can find many more examples by going to our football phrase page here (../football-language-resources/football-phrases/) football clichés here (../football-language-resources/football-cliches/) and our huge football glossary (../football-language-resources/football-glossary/)here. Listen here: Be in the dark (http://languagecaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/eff23.1011.mp3) | See the complete list here (../2010/08/21/weekly-football-phrases-full-list-2010-11/) Transcript (http://languagecaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/18945.2-300x247.jpg)This week's English for football phrase is 'to be in the dark'. A few days ago on languagecaster.com we had a new football phrase 'by mutual consent', used when managers leave a club or are sacked. This week's phrase is also used when talking about managers of clubs, usually before they lose their job or move to a new job. When you are 'in the dark', literally, you cannot see, so this phrase means you do not know what is going to happen because you do not have enough information. Managers are often asked if they think they will be sacked. When they say they do not know, or are unsure the newspaper's headlines often say that they are in the dark - they do not know what their boss is thinking. Recently, Avram Grant of Premier League side West Ham has been under a lot of pressure and many people believe he will lose his job soon. Headlines said (http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story/_/id/864385/?cc=4716) he was in the dark about his future. To be in the dark languagecaster.com no http://languagecaster.com/weekly-football-phrase-a-wake-up-call/ http://languagecaster.com/weekly-football-phrase-a-wake-up-call/#comments Thu, 30 Dec 2010 07:31:05 +0000 grell http://languagecaster.com/?p=12548 http://languagecaster.com/weekly-football-phrase-a-wake-up-call/feed/ 0 English for football,Football Cliches,football glossary,football phrase | Subscribe: Weekly Football Phrase Every week during the 2010-11 season, the languagecaster team explain a football phrase or cliché for learners of English who love the sport. Click on the link below to hear the word or phrase and you can als... | (../wp-content/uploads/2009/02/feed-icon-28x281.png) Subscribe: Weekly Football Phrase Every week during the 2010-11 season, the languagecaster team explain a football phrase or cliché for learners of English who love the sport. Click on the link below to hear the word or phrase and you can also read the transcript below that. You can find many more examples by going to our football phrase page here (../football-language-resources/football-phrases/) football clichés here (../football-language-resources/football-cliches/) and our huge football glossary (../football-language-resources/football-glossary/)here. Listen here: A Wake Up Call.mp3 (http://languagecaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/eff.mp3) | See the complete list here (../2010/08/21/weekly-football-phrases-full-list-2010-11/) Transcript This week's English for football is the phrase 'a wake up call'. This phrase is sometimes used with the verb to receive, to receive a wake-up call. Basically, this means to get a shock, a warning, or an alarm, that warns that something needs to change quickly, that action to avoid disaster is needed. This week, Arsenal thrashed Premier League Champions, Chelsea, 3-1, which made it one win in six games fro the Blues. The team and coach need to stop this bad run of form. The defeat was a wake-up call for Chelsea, Ancellotti received a wake up call. A wake up call Are you in favour of the snood? (http://polldaddy.com/poll/4287073/)survey software (http://polldaddy.com/features-surveys/) languagecaster.com no http://languagecaster.com/weekly-football-phrase-week-19/ http://languagecaster.com/weekly-football-phrase-week-19/#comments Thu, 16 Dec 2010 12:07:11 +0000 grell http://languagecaster.com/?p=12402 http://languagecaster.com/weekly-football-phrase-week-19/feed/ 0 football cliche,football English,football phrase,languagecaster,weekly | Subscribe: Weekly Football Phrase Every week during the 2010-11 season, the languagecaster team explain a football phrase or cliché for learners of English who love the sport. Click on the link below to hear the word or phrase and you can als... | (../wp-content/uploads/2009/02/feed-icon-28x281.png) Subscribe: Weekly Football Phrase Every week during the 2010-11 season, the languagecaster team explain a football phrase or cliché for learners of English who love the sport. Click on the link below to hear the word or phrase and you can also read the transcript below that. You can find many more examples by going to our football phrase page here (../football-language-resources/football-phrases/) football clichés here (../football-language-resources/football-cliches/) and our huge football glossary (../football-language-resources/football-glossary/)here. to slam.mp3 (http://languagecaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/eff19.201011.mp3) | See the complete list here (../2010/08/21/weekly-football-phrases-full-list-2010-11/) Transcript This week on languagecaster's look at footballing language we focus in a footballing cliché often used in newspaper headlines. The cliché is - to slam. To slam means to criticise heavily, to attack verbally. This week there have been two examples in which to slam has been used in football news headlines. The first example is connected with the disagreement between the Argentinian and Man City forward Carlos Tevez and his club - Tevez agent slams City's Cook. So this means that Tevez's agent has attacked or disagreed with Manchester City's owners and administrators. It can also be used in the passive form as in this example: Blatter slammed by gay groups. This refers to FIFA's President, Sepp Blatter's comments that homosexuals should refrain from 'sexual activities' during the World Cup in Qatar in 2022 - homosexuality is illegal in the country. In this headline gay rights groups criticise the comments of the head of FIFA. To slam or be slammed by languagecaster.com no http://languagecaster.com/weekly-football-phrase-a-slump/ http://languagecaster.com/weekly-football-phrase-a-slump/#comments Thu, 09 Dec 2010 05:43:24 +0000 grell http://languagecaster.com/?p=12330 http://languagecaster.com/weekly-football-phrase-a-slump/feed/ 0 football language,football phrase,languagecaster,slump,soccer cliches | Subscribe: Weekly Football Phrase Every week during the 2010-11 season, the languagecaster team explain a football phrase or cliché for learners of English who love the sport. Click on the link below to hear the word or phrase and you can als... | (../wp-content/uploads/2009/02/feed-icon-28x281.png) Subscribe: Weekly Football Phrase Every week during the 2010-11 season, the languagecaster team explain a football phrase or cliché for learners of English who love the sport. Click on the link below to hear the word or phrase and you can also read the transcript below that. You can find many more examples by going to our football phrase page here (../football-language-resources/football-phrases/) football clichés here (../football-language-resources/football-cliches/) and our huge football glossary (../football-language-resources/football-glossary/)here. A slump.mp3 (http://languagecaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/eff.slumpweek18.1011.mp3) | See the complete list here (../2010/08/21/weekly-football-phrases-full-list-2010-11/) Transcript This week's English for football phrase is a slump, or to slump. As a noun, a slump, this phrase is used to say that a team has not won a game for a long time. The team may have lost or drawn several games in a row. In this situation we say the team is in a slump. We can also say a player is suffering a slump in form - the player is not performing very well. The word slump is also used as a verb. In this case it means to fall down the table after losing a game or several games. We might say the team slumped to 11th place. Now, Chelsea playting in the Premier League are in a slump. They have not won a game in the league for four matches. A slump. languagecaster.com no http://languagecaster.com/football-cliches-a-manager-speaks/ http://languagecaster.com/football-cliches-a-manager-speaks/#comments Sat, 04 Dec 2010 21:01:19 +0000 damianf http://languagecaster.com/?p=12282 http://languagecaster.com/football-cliches-a-manager-speaks/feed/ 0 Damian Fitzpatrick,Damon Brewster,Football Cliches,football language,football manager,football phrases,football vocabulary,soccer language,soccer phrases,soccer terms | Football Phrases | Football Clichés Continuing with our look at the world of football language, we post an interview from 2007 that we carried out with manager Adrian Byrne on what kind of clichés he uses and why. | Football Phrases (http://languagecaster.com/category/football-phrases/)| Football Clichés (http://languagecaster.com/football-language-resources/football-cliches/) Continuing with our look at the world of football language, we post an interview from 2007 that we carried out with manager Adrian Byrne on what kind of clichés (http://languagecaster.com/football-language-resources/football-cliches/) he uses and why. You can listen to the interview by downloading the file above and you will find explanations of key vocabulary (in bold) at the foot of the post. Transcript Damian: Yes, so on today’s show we are talking about footballing clichés (http://languagecaster.com/football-language-resources/football-cliches/) and to help us understand a little bit more about what they are we interviewed a manager from England, a non-league manager, about what kind of clichés (http://languagecaster.com/football-language-resources/football-cliches/) he uses and why. (http://languagecaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/damnedunitedsheen-300x183.jpg) Damian: Adrian, how are you doing? Adrian: Yes, very well thanks, Damian. Damian: OK, talk a little bit about clichés. Adrian: Well, cliches, I mean they’re … I think the general public they watch ‘Match of the Day’, you know, players tend to come out with the same things, managers tend to come out with the same things. Clichés (http://languagecaster.com/football-language-resources/football-cliches/) you hear them again and again and, you know, it kind of … people think, ah, stupid footballers, stupid managers, but to be perfectly honest I think the thing about clichés is they’re clichés because they are very often true and they’re very often right. Gareth: Which is a cliché (http://languagecaster.com/football-language-resources/football-cliches/) in itself Adrian …in itself. Damian: Can you give us an example? Adrian: Well, you know, ‘over the moon’ I mean, you know, the elation of scoring, the elation of winning, you know, that’s how you feel ‘over the moon’. Damian: And the opposite of that of course is … Adrian: The classic, ‘sick as a parrot (http://languagecaster.com/2010/08/16/football-cliche-sick-as-a-parrot/)’. I mean, I’m not sure how parrots, you know, generally feel but ‘sick as a parrot’ has kind of come into the, you know, into the sort of the language of football. Everyone knows what you mean by it, you know, you’ve just lost a penalty shoot-out, you’ve just been knocked out of the Cup in the semi-final, you’ve lost the League on goal difference, you’ve just missed the play-off place – ‘sick as parrot’. Everyone knows what it means, you know, and really it’s almost … it’s so cliched it just … it just, there’s nothing else you can say that would better it almost. Damian: I then asked Adrian what kind of clichés (http://languagecaster.com/football-language-resources/football-cliches/) he uses with his team. Adrian: I know I fall into the traps when I’m on the sideline or in the changing rooms before with my…they’re amateur players but it still means as much to them as it does to Real Madrid, Man United players. You hear yourself saying the same things, you know, you get a bit of ribbing about it but, you know, half time … Damian: For example? Adrian: You know pre-match, you’re trying to wind them up, you’re trying to get them going, you know, ‘there’s no place for losers’; you know, ‘winning is an attitude’; ‘when you cross the white line’, you know, ‘you leave it all on the pitch’; I don’t want anyone coming off that pitch thinking they haven’t ‘given 100%’; ‘110%,’ you know, I’m no mathematician but I don’t think you can give 110% but I often ask my players to give me 110% and they very often do, you know. ‘You only get out what you out in’; Or maybe you will have a go at them, I mean, languagecaster.com no 3:20 http://languagecaster.com/can-we-translate-the-language-of-football/ http://languagecaster.com/can-we-translate-the-language-of-football/#comments Sat, 04 Dec 2010 12:19:34 +0000 damianf http://languagecaster.com/?p=12227 http://languagecaster.com/can-we-translate-the-language-of-football/feed/ 2 http://languagecaster.com/weekly-football-phrase-to-lose-the-plot/ http://languagecaster.com/weekly-football-phrase-to-lose-the-plot/#comments Wed, 24 Nov 2010 00:35:37 +0000 grell http://languagecaster.com/?p=12072 http://languagecaster.com/weekly-football-phrase-to-lose-the-plot/feed/ 0 English,football cliche,football language,football phrase,to lose the plot | Subscribe: Weekly Football Phrase Every week during the 2010-11 season, the languagecaster team explain a football phrase or cliché for learners of English who love the sport. Click on the link below to hear the word or phrase and you can als... | (../wp-content/uploads/2009/02/feed-icon-28x281.png) Subscribe: Weekly Football Phrase Every week during the 2010-11 season, the languagecaster team explain a football phrase or cliché for learners of English who love the sport. Click on the link below to hear the word or phrase and you can also read the transcript below that. You can find many more examples by going to our football phrase page here (../football-language-resources/football-phrases/) football clichés here (../football-language-resources/football-cliches/) and our huge football glossary (../football-language-resources/football-glossary/)here. To lose the plot (http://languagecaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/effpod16.1011.mp3) | See the complete list here (../2010/08/21/weekly-football-phrases-full-list-2010-11/) Transcript This week's English for football is 'to lose the plot'. A plot is the main events of a story, it explains what will happen. It can also refer to a secret plan. To lose the plot means to do something unexpected, unplanned, and a little bit crazy. The actions are strange and indicate that the person is not rational, not thinking clearly. Joey Barton, an English footballer playing for Newcastle is an example of someone who lost the plot. Over the past few years, he has been in trouble with the police for a violent attack, and in trouble on the field several times for dangerous tackles and violent conduct. Recently, however, he has been playing well and sensibly - until early this month in a game against Blackburn he punched an opposing player in the stomach off the ball. He has been banned for three games and he definitely lost the plot in that match. languagecaster.com no http://languagecaster.com/weekly-football-phrase-to-fear-a-backlash/ http://languagecaster.com/weekly-football-phrase-to-fear-a-backlash/#comments Wed, 17 Nov 2010 06:04:13 +0000 grell http://languagecaster.com/?p=11983 http://languagecaster.com/weekly-football-phrase-to-fear-a-backlash/feed/ 0 backlash,cliche,football phrase,languagecaster,soccer,to fear a backlash | Subscribe: Weekly Football Phrase Every week during the 2010-11 season, the languagecaster team explain a football phrase or cliché for learners of English who love the sport. Click on the link below to hear the word or phrase and you can als... | (../wp-content/uploads/2009/02/feed-icon-28x281.png) Subscribe: Weekly Football Phrase Every week during the 2010-11 season, the languagecaster team explain a football phrase or cliché for learners of English who love the sport. Click on the link below to hear the word or phrase and you can also read the transcript below that. You can find many more examples by going to our football phrase page here (../football-language-resources/football-phrases/) football clichés here (../football-language-resources/football-cliches/) and our huge football glossary (../football-language-resources/football-glossary/)here. To fear a backlash (http://languagecaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/file0270.mp3) | See the complete list here (../2010/08/21/weekly-football-phrases-full-list-2010-11/) Transcript This week's English for football phrase is to fear a backlash which means to be provoked into a reaction after something strange or surprising has taken place. So after their shock defeat at home against Sunderland, the reigning champions Chelsea are hoping to bounce back against Birmingham next weekend. Indeed, the Birmingham side fear a backlash as the wounded Chelsea look to demonstrate to their rivals that last weekend's game was only a blip. To fear a backlash. languagecaster.com no http://languagecaster.com/weekly-football-phrase-form-is-temporary-class-is-permanent/ http://languagecaster.com/weekly-football-phrase-form-is-temporary-class-is-permanent/#comments Wed, 10 Nov 2010 08:00:32 +0000 grell http://languagecaster.com/?p=11886 http://languagecaster.com/weekly-football-phrase-form-is-temporary-class-is-permanent/feed/ 0 English,football cliche,football phrase,form is permanent,languagecaster,soccer | Subscribe: Weekly Football Phrase Every week during the 2010-11 season, the languagecaster team explain a football phrase or cliché for learners of English who love the sport. Click on the link below to hear the word or phrase and you can also r... | (../wp-content/uploads/2009/02/feed-icon-28x281.png) Subscribe: Weekly Football Phrase Every week during the 2010-11 season, the languagecaster team explain a football phrase or cliché for learners of English who love the sport. Click on the link below to hear the word or phrase and you can also read the transcript below that. You can find many more examples by going to our football phrase page here (../football-language-resources/football-phrases/) football clichés here (../football-language-resources/football-cliches/) and our huge football glossary (../football-language-resources/football-glossary/)here. Form is temporary, class is permanent (http://languagecaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/effpod14.m4a) | See the complete list here (../2010/08/21/weekly-football-phrases-full-list-2010-11/) Transcript This week's English for football is a cliche - 'Form is temporary, class is permanent.' This cliche is made up of two short statements. The first, form is temporary, means that form, or a player's current level, their recent performances, are transitory, or will change soon, are not lasting. The second statement, class is permanent, means that class, or natural ability, skill, a player's real level, is permanent. Permanent means unchanging, something that lasts forever. So when you put these two statements together in the cliche, 'Form is temporary, class is permanent', you are emphasizing the fact that we shouldn't judge a player on their recent games, but on a longer look at their playing history. A good player, doesn't change into a bad player suddenly. An example of this is Fernando Torres of Liverpool, who has suffered poor form for some months now, but who scored two great goals against Chelsea and played very well indeed. He showed us that form is temporary, class is permanent. // languagecaster.com no http://languagecaster.com/weekly-football-phrase-to-pull-out-of-the-bag/ http://languagecaster.com/weekly-football-phrase-to-pull-out-of-the-bag/#comments Thu, 16 Sep 2010 09:31:28 +0000 grell http://languagecaster.com/?p=10482 http://languagecaster.com/weekly-football-phrase-to-pull-out-of-the-bag/feed/ 0 | Subscribe: Weekly Football Phrase Every week during the 2010-11 season, the languagecaster team explain a football phrase or cliché for learners of English who love the sport. Click on the link below to hear the word or phrase and you can also ... | (http://languagecaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/feed-icon-28x281.png) Subscribe: Weekly Football Phrase Every week during the 2010-11 season, the languagecaster team explain a football phrase or cliché for learners of English who love the sport. Click on the link below to hear the word or phrase and you can also read the transcript below that. You can find many more examples by going to our football phrase page here (http://languagecaster.com/football-language-resources/football-phrases-2009-10/) football clichés here (http://languagecaster.com/football-language-resources/football-cliches/) and our huge football glossary (http://languagecaster.com/football-language-resources/football-glossary/)here. Listen here to the Main Report Here (http://languagecaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/eff.pod6_.1011.mp3) | See the complete list here (http://languagecaster.com/2010/08/21/weekly-football-phrases-full-list-2010-11/) Transcript This week's English phrase for football is 'to pull something out of the bag'. This phrase is used when a team 'saves' the game by winning or avoiding defeat in a surprising way - the team pulled a victory out of the bag. last weekend Manchester United visited Everton and were winning the game 3 - 1 with 90 minutes played. But Everton pulled a draw out of the bag with two goals in extra time. To pull something out of the bag. See also last week's 'to spare your blushes' // languagecaster.com no http://languagecaster.com/weekly-football-phrase-to-spare-your-blushes/ http://languagecaster.com/weekly-football-phrase-to-spare-your-blushes/#comments Wed, 08 Sep 2010 12:43:08 +0000 damianf http://languagecaster.com/?p=10352 http://languagecaster.com/weekly-football-phrase-to-spare-your-blushes/feed/ 0 english soccer vocabulary,football language,spare your blushes,weekly football phrase | Subscribe: Weekly Football Phrase - Every week during the 2010-11 season, the languagecaster team explain a football phrase or cliché for learners of English who love the sport. Click on the link below to hear the word or phrase and you can als... | (http://languagecaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/feed-icon-28x281.png) Subscribe: Weekly Football Phrase Every week during the 2010-11 season, the languagecaster team explain a football phrase or cliché for learners of English who love the sport. Click on the link below to hear the word or phrase and you can also read the transcript below that. You can find many more examples by going to our football phrase page here (http://languagecaster.com/football-language-resources/football-phrases-2009-10/) football clichés here (http://languagecaster.com/football-language-resources/football-cliches/) and our huge football glossary (http://languagecaster.com/football-language-resources/football-glossary/)here. Listen here to the Main Report Here | See the complete list here Transcript This week’s English for Football phrase is ‘to spare your blushes‘. This phrase can be broken down into two parts: To spare which here means to prevent and blushes which is a word used to describe someone turning red in the face due to embarrassment. So, when we put these two together the phrase spare your blushes means to prevent embarrassment. In football this is used when a team that is heavily expected to win struggles to do so until the very end of the game and this is what happened with Scotland in their game against minnows Liechtenstein. Trailing 0-1 the Scots came back to win in the 97th minute thanks to a goal from Stephen McManus which spared his team's blushes. To spare your blushes. languagecaster.com no