Brit dopers, just wth does that actually mean?
Its been creeping into sports commentator’s vocabularly over the last year when discussing a football players performance on the pitch.
But its use seems inconsistent with what I think they are trying to say. Google seems as vague and confused as well. Is it just sports hack viral idiocy?
What do you understand it to mean? Have you even noticed it?
Well, the meaning of it is kinda obvious, ie ‘saying good things about something not that great, in order to suck up’, more or less.
Why, are people trying to make the Chargers’ kicker feel better or something?:dubious:
But I have heard it said or used in this way.
“Gary O Neil’s performance as the captain, flatters to deceive, He should concentrate more on his own game”
So its still not obvious to me what the hell they are speaking about. I know its negative but don’t get the connection with what they say and what I think they mean.
Hehe, that makes two of us. I could GUESS but still…yah. The whole ‘he should concentrate on his own game’ makes it sound like he’s dissing other performances when his own isn’t that great, but…yah. Doesn’t mesh with the other phrase.
I agree,very odd.
In the context of the quote,
it means that O Neil’s performance as captain looked good, but personally he did not actually deliver the results that a really good performance would have. A good team performance reflects well on the captain, but does not cover his own shortcomings.
Si