Here are some of the words and phrases that we used on this weeka€™s show. Check out the BBCa€™s football vocabulary page here
The NFL game at Wembley cut up the pitch badly.
- a thunderbolt – a really strong shot
Nani scored with a thunderbolt shot against Middlesbrough last week.
- to steal (your) thunder – to take the limelight away from (you)
Nani is stealing Ronaldo’s thunder.
- to be thumped – to be badly beaten
Manchester City were thumped 6-0 by Chelsea last week.
- under performing – not playing well
Tottenham have been under performing all season.
- to incur the wrath of – to make the players feel really angry
Lee incurred the wrath of the senior players.
- managerial casualty – a manager that lost his job
I think Benitez will be the next managerial casualty.
- tripled – three times as much
Juande Ramos has tripled his salary after his move to Spurs.
- for the chop – to be fired
Which manager is next for the chop?
- a host of – a large quantity
There are a host of top managers waiting in the wings
- to put up a fight – to do well
Manchester City did not really put up a fight against Chelsea.
- to turn the corner – to start playing better
We thought that Milan had turned the corner but they were defeated again.
- to stem the tide – to stop a team from playing well
Liverpool stemmed the Arsenal attacking tide.
- to be hovering – to be just under
Newcastle are hovering under the European places in the league.
- five-horse race – five teams have a chance of winning the league.
In Spain it is a five-horse race with Madrid, Espanyol, Villareal, Barcelona and Valencia.
- to flog a dead horse – to continue tipping a team even though they are playing badly.
Damon continues to flog a dead horse by tipping Juventus.
- sour grapes – to be bad losers
Barcelona showed sour grapes by suggesting that Rangers played anti-football.
