Apr 16, 2016 16:13
8 yrs ago
English term
bullied off the ball
English
Other
Sports / Fitness / Recreation
football documentary
Hello everyone,
From a football documentary.
Phil Jones has already taken a few pages out of John Terry’s gaffe book in his short and promising career with injuries caused by clumsy tackles.
Both Terry and Jones can’t be bullied off the ball. But both can be blockheads.
According to the dictionary:
http://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/bully-of...
verb bully off
(intransitive, adverb) to restart play after a stoppage with a bully-off
It seems to me that the defenition related to hockey doesn't apply in the football context above.
I would think the text implies it is very difficult to take the ball from them, but they are defenders/backs and it is their job to take the ball from the other team's attacking players, not vice versa.
Thank you.
Thank you.
From a football documentary.
Phil Jones has already taken a few pages out of John Terry’s gaffe book in his short and promising career with injuries caused by clumsy tackles.
Both Terry and Jones can’t be bullied off the ball. But both can be blockheads.
According to the dictionary:
http://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/bully-of...
verb bully off
(intransitive, adverb) to restart play after a stoppage with a bully-off
It seems to me that the defenition related to hockey doesn't apply in the football context above.
I would think the text implies it is very difficult to take the ball from them, but they are defenders/backs and it is their job to take the ball from the other team's attacking players, not vice versa.
Thank you.
Thank you.
Responses
+3
2 mins
Selected
it is almost impossible to take the ball away from them
P
--------------------------------------------------
Note added at 6 mins (2016-04-16 16:19:37 GMT)
--------------------------------------------------
However, they can make stupid mistakes at times and lose posession of the ball as a result.
--------------------------------------------------
Note added at 20 mins (2016-04-16 16:34:11 GMT)
--------------------------------------------------
Blockhead a stupid, doltish person - DUNCE.
--------------------------------------------------
Note added at 22 mins (2016-04-16 16:35:59 GMT)
--------------------------------------------------
...lose POSSESSION of the ball - sorry for the slip of the keyboard.
--------------------------------------------------
Note added at 6 mins (2016-04-16 16:19:37 GMT)
--------------------------------------------------
However, they can make stupid mistakes at times and lose posession of the ball as a result.
--------------------------------------------------
Note added at 20 mins (2016-04-16 16:34:11 GMT)
--------------------------------------------------
Blockhead a stupid, doltish person - DUNCE.
--------------------------------------------------
Note added at 22 mins (2016-04-16 16:35:59 GMT)
--------------------------------------------------
...lose POSSESSION of the ball - sorry for the slip of the keyboard.
Peer comment(s):
agree |
Frank Szmulowicz, Ph. D.
: to have someone take the ball away by using his/her body against the player/to be pushed off the ball
24 mins
|
Thank you, Frank!
|
|
agree |
Yasutomo Kanazawa
28 mins
|
Thank you, Yasutomo!
|
|
agree |
philgoddard
2 hrs
|
Thank you, Phil!
|
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Many thanks to everyone.
Thank you, Dariusz."
25 mins
take the ball away from them
they've got the ball and no way anybody is going to get it from them no matter what
--------------------------------------------------
Note added at 39 mins (2016-04-16 16:52:39 GMT)
--------------------------------------------------
implies aggressive play
--------------------------------------------------
Note added at 39 mins (2016-04-16 16:52:39 GMT)
--------------------------------------------------
implies aggressive play
5 hrs
can't be scared away from going after the ball
bullied off the ball => can't be scared away from going after the ball
they are defenders/backs and it is their job to take the ball from the other team's attacking players, not vice versa.
they are defenders/backs and it is their job to take the ball from the other team's attacking players, not vice versa.
12 hrs
Prevented from going after the ball by very physical means
I concur with airmailrpl's reading, but for me "bully" doesn't just mean "scare", it has the connotation of using very physical means to either prevent or intimidate another player from going after the ball.
Discussion