Goal.com produced a list of the top 10 most annoying things coaches say. Our favorites: No. 9: “At the end of the day.” Every day ends, we know this. There is no need to tag this onto the start of a sentence.
No. 6: “We showed character.” Translation: We played absolutely rubbish, the opposition hit the woodwork five times, and then we scored a fluky injury time equalizer off a corner that shouldn’t even have been awarded.
No. 5: “We’ve got a good crop of youngsters coming through.” Translation: The first team’s awful, the reserve and youth teams are pretty average, but there’s no money available for transfers and we need to keep the fans’ spirits up somehow.