10 annoying things football pundits say

Football pundits do talk rubbish. Here are a few things they say, which just don't make much sense to me. I know this has been done before but here goes.

     •   It is a game of two halves

We know all the rules already. If it was only one half I am sure many people would be complaining.

• He is great at arriving late in the box

If a player arrives later how is that great. If the midfielder gets there on time and evades the marker then that is good timing.

• The first five yards are in the head

Really? I have never seen a player move in his head. I understand the idea of 'reading the game well' but this is just a way to say that someone is too SLOW

• That is awful, he has got to do better there

This is one from former players who weren't that great. I'm thinking of Robbie Savage or Clark Carlisle. What gives them the right to say that another professional should do better?

• The Premiership is the best league in the world

What is the criteria here? It may be really exciting, but the proof is in the pudding of who is winning the European trophies and International Competitions. The premiership is my favourite but probably not the best quality.

• Too many foreigners ruining the league

Not all, in fact they have made it better and increased the quality of the English players in the league. If there are not enough English players coming through and playing in the first team it is because they are not good enough.

• Six to one and half a dozen of the other

I guess I just never understood what this meant. The fact that pundits and commentators say it so much annoys me too.

So it wasn't ten in the end- but football pundits do say silly things.
Let me know what annoys you.

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