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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