The footballing lexicon
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- Written by David Moftakhar
Football as a sport isn’t synonymous with a wide and varied diction. Unlike cricket with its articulate commentators and university educated players, football doesn’t lend itself quite so readily to eloquence.
The consequence of such a stunted vocabulary is that the few words in common parlance have a greater depth of meaning. Here are a few terms used to describe players and their deeper connotations.
Playmaker [noun]: Doesn’t defend but doesn’t score many either.
Typically English [adjective] (1. He’s a typically English centre-forward): Lacking in technical and tactical know-how.
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