Football fan expressions you hear again and again

There’s more to football than the action that takes place on the pitch. That might be the star of the show, but it’s not the whole game. A big draw of the sport takes place in the stands, in the pubs, and in homes up and down the country. Conversations between fans are the lifeblood that keeps the sport intriguing, interesting, and outright entertaining, even when it’s the off-season or when we’re in the middle of one of the other dreaded breaks from football.

While there are plenty of unique views and opinions shared by fans, there are also those expressions again and again. Indeed, some comments seem timeless — you can imagine that emotional fans have been saying them for as long as there’s been professional, competitive football. In this blog, we’re going to run through six of the most common, which we can almost guarantee that you’ve heard (or said yourself) in the not too distant past.

‘We was robbed’

Ah, football. It’s a beautiful game when your team wins; an outright miserable experience when your team loses. While it’s hard to find any excuses for a 5- 0 drubbing, you can always console yourself following those narrow defeats by blaming the referee or unsportsmanlike behaviour for the loss. This is, admittedly, becoming a little more difficult following the introduction of VAR technology (though you still get some highly contentious decisions). But as a general way to avoid the pain and disappointment of a defeat, it’s still pretty solid. It’s not easy to accept when things have gone your way, but thanks to the power of ‘we was robbed,’ you don’t have to!

‘Put your money where your mouth is’

Making predictions is an integral part of football life, but they can cause some controversy among friends. Indeed, who hasn’t had a disagreement with a friend about their outlook for their team? While most people are happy to let outlandish predictions fade into memory, others can be a bit more challenging, suggesting that you ‘put your money where your mouth is.’ If you find yourself in this position, then you can save face by actually putting a bet on: just be sure to check OLBG to get a free bet offer beforehand. Even if you don’t end up winning, at least you’ll be able to hold your head up high in front of your friends.

‘He’s the worst player in the world’

Every club has its star players, the ones that are beloved by fans and which you wish would stay with the club forever. But not every signing can be a superstar. Even ones who were world-beaters at their previous club can turn out to be a dud signing once they’re a new club’s books. Football fans are not well-known for their nuance and subtlety. A player who has failed to live up to the hype could be confidently labelled as ‘the worst player in the world.’ We think this is probably always an incorrect assessment, however. There can only be one worst player in the world, and a striker who has scored at least one goal in the Premier League is unlikely to be it, even if it took twenty appearances to get that one goal. A better way to describe that type of player is ‘he’s not the best player in the world,’ which is something that even he would probably agree with.

‘It’s our year’

Are you even a football fan if you’re spending the preseason dreaming of all the famous victories and trophies that’ll come your way in the following campaign? The heady days of August can be enough to cause fans to forget all of their team’s problems, remove all logic from their analysis of the teams’ forthcoming performance, and predict big things in spite of the overwhelming evidence that points to the contrary. But who are we to judge? As a loyal fan that follows a team through thick and thin, you’re allowed to dream big from time to time. And who knows, it might just happen!

‘I’m done with this team’

There is, however, so much that a loyal fan can take. While the preseason may be driven by optimism, at some point, reality can set in. A dreary 3 – 0 defeat at home to a team that really has no business winning 3 – 0 could be the catalyst for the infamous ‘I’m done with this team’ rant. We’ve all been there. And we’ve all gone back on that promise, too. A football team is, alas, for life.

Football fan expressions you hear again and again