I understand that the routine of football can be mundane. After a win, and nowadays, even after a loss, microphones are placed at the chin of exhausted athletes who must scramble for the words to describe the two hours of combative and demanding exercise they have completed mere moments ago.
It's a perfect storm for players to wield ol' reliable adages, but if I may be so blunt, we've heard them all before.
Here's a list of some of those that grind my personal gears.
2"Gut running."
In a similar vein is this bad boy. I'm still yet to have this one explained to me. I dabble in a bit of running, and when it gets difficult, or even when I feel like I'm motoring, my gut is one of the few places I do not feel the burn. One that's joined the lexicon, the broader footy public's vernacular, if you will, without a whole heap of thought going into what it could actually mean.
The use of nomenclature from other sports is one of the most annoying issues there is, Leading Lanes, One Wood, 9 Iron, Pull the Trigger are just a few of the many crap American sayings that have infiltrated out game.
I put it down to the pathetic state of commentary by people who really are illiterate bogans who reach for anything they think will make them sound smart. Can you ever imaging an Ameran sport using nomenclature from Aussie Rules – it would never happen, so why do we do it?