We're now a Football cliche...
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We're now a Football cliche...
It appears that we've entered the world of footballing phrases, joining " box to box player ", " good blend of youth and experience ", and many, many others....
" Will they be up for it, on a cold Tuesday night at Burnley ? " .......
" Will they be up for it, on a cold Tuesday night at Burnley ? " .......
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Re: We're now a Football cliche...
"Cold Tuesday night in Burnley" is an oxymoron.
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Re: We're now a Football cliche...
I’m just waiting for the old Arsenal chant “boring boring Burnley” as we win 1-0 AGAIN. If we became that cliche it would make me exceptionally proud.
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Re: We're now a Football cliche...
How so?Rowls wrote:"Cold Tuesday night in Burnley" is an oxymoron.
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Re: We're now a Football cliche...
Rowls wrote:"Cold Tuesday night in Burnley" is an oxymoron.
No it isn't.
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It's always cold in Burnley on a Tuesday night.
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Re: We're now a Football cliche...
We should start introducing the ‘1-0 to the Burnley’ chant.Winstonswhite wrote:I’m just waiting for the old Arsenal chant “boring boring Burnley” as we win 1-0 AGAIN. If we became that cliche it would make me exceptionally proud.
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Re: We're now a Football cliche...
"Cold Tuesday night in Burnley" is an example of Tautology or Redundancy
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Re: We're now a Football cliche...
Rowls wrote:It's always cold in Burnley on a Tuesday night.
Truism.
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Re: We're now a Football cliche...
I think you're mixing up oxymoron with pleonasm(or tautology/redundancy, as mentioned above).Rowls wrote:It's always cold in Burnley on a Tuesday night.
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Re: We're now a Football cliche...
calling Spades for an adjudication!Lord Beamish wrote:I think you're mixing up oxymoron with pleonasm(or tautology/redundancy, as mentioned above).
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Morning clarets4me never mind the football cliches the pasta bake you threw together yesterday for the poorly old people, went down very nicely, anyway the old people are still ill any chance of putting one of your excellent beef bouginone together and this time dear boy don’t forget the wine.
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He's a habit of finishing a bottle or two off when we keep winning!I luv my wife wrote:Morning clarets4me never mind the football cliches the pasta bake you threw together yesterday for the poorly old people, went down very nicely, anyway the old people are still ill any chance of putting one of your excellent beef bouginone together and this time dear boy don’t forget the wine.
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Tim-noone
In our experience clarets4me doesn’t need the excuse of seeing Burnley win or even watching sport in general to finish a bottle or two off
In our experience clarets4me doesn’t need the excuse of seeing Burnley win or even watching sport in general to finish a bottle or two off
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None whatsoever, but I'm glad you're feeling better !I luv my wife wrote:Morning clarets4me never mind the football cliches the pasta bake you threw together yesterday for the poorly old people, went down very nicely, anyway the old people are still ill any chance of putting one of your excellent beef bouginone together and this time dear boy don’t forget the wine.
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I can see a trip to the Higher Buck coming up to say thank you when we get rid of these nasty germs
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Re: We're now a Football cliche...
A tropical Tuesday night in Burnley ... that’s an oxymoron.
Re: We're now a Football cliche...
I've noticed over the last few years, quite a lot of pundits have described "can they do a Burnley?"
Usually aimed at an unfashionable club with the potential to have a good season under the radar
Prime examples:
Huddersfield
Bristol City
sheffield Utd
Usually aimed at an unfashionable club with the potential to have a good season under the radar
Prime examples:
Huddersfield
Bristol City
sheffield Utd
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Re: We're now a Football cliche...
No adjudication necessary, Rowls is plain wrong.claretblue wrote:calling Spades for an adjudication!
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Re: We're now a Football cliche...
I thought an oxymoron was a stupid acne-plagued teenager.