"If they look like they might go down this year the fans will be queuing up to give them a hard time"
"They won't just lie back and take this. They're skilled at coming from behind you know."
"there is no greater ignominy than someone shooting from the edge of the box when you're unprepared to deal with it."
"He shoots! And the rival fans really look like they've got egg on their faces now"
"They'll be on the receiving end of a tongue lashing come half time."
"This is an opportunity they simply must take, split between two legs""
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And also
"And with the gaping goal at his mercy, somehow he still conspired to miss from less than six inches..."
Closet poo-poker, clearly.
Also, as a marker of potency - "Shooting boots"
And when a team has had no Goal Joy for a few matches, the "Ugly girls will do" - "Shoot-on-Sight" policy
"Ramming home the rebound" to, another favourite.
The keeper (jealous father or so on) was dragged out of position (nice work) and blocked the first shot, but was powerless to stop the unmarked X from ramming home the rebound (Oh, do we like that)
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