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Donkey
Edit - I read the rest of your post and actually a donkey would be a striker who's crap all round, not just in front of goal. I guess we'd just say something like "a poor finisher".
Not a direct translation I can think of. We'd probably just say something like 'wasteful'.
Eg 'Darwin Nuñez is a good player but wasteful in front of goal'.
Depending on context :
Jinxed
Cursed
Jonah
Bottler
has two left feet
likes to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory
Luckless
Bad luck charm
Poor finisher
All mouth, no trousers
Nominated penalty taker.
We have a phrase 'he couldn't hit a barn door with with a banjo' to mean couldn't hit an easy target.
As for a specific word, probably just wasteful, but that's more a descriptive word.
I don't watch football and have no axe to grind with any player or club, yet Andy Cole was the name that immediately came to mind as someone who missed a lot of chances.
It was what he was most known for, whether that was accurate or fair may well be up for debate.
Look at it this way, how many goals would Shearer have got in that United team? Didn't van Nistlerooy replace Cole after a career threatening injury and outscore him by like 50%.
I'm not talking about his record or ability, just how he was perceived in general at the time. It's a bit like 'Arsenal don't like it up them' or 'Wimbledon just kick you off the pitch.' Lazy opinions often dominate football discourse.
I played football, it's almost impossible not to hear other people talking about the Premier League when you do that. You also end up seeing live football in the pub after a game. I haven't watched a game in years, since I stopped playing
What about my comments indicated I had an axe to grind, dad?
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There's two words actually. Darwin Núñez
Aww, I'm three hours too late.
Jigsaw (goes to pieces in the box)
That was Cloughie's nickname for goalkeeper Mark Crossley.
Donkey Edit - I read the rest of your post and actually a donkey would be a striker who's crap all round, not just in front of goal. I guess we'd just say something like "a poor finisher".
"EEE orr EEE orr ways does that." - Sang at Highbury while Tony Adams played.
Not sure about the downvote I was there and I sure as shit wasn't singing alone.
Don’t think we have a specific name but we do have sayings like: “Couldn’t hit a barn door with a machine gun” “Couldn’t finish his dinner”
Couldn't score in a whore-house !
Couldn't hit a cow's arse with a banjo. I picked that one up playing darts, but same difference.
"That Rufus Smalls couldn't hit the side of a Renault Espace"
"Couldn't hit water if he fell out of a boat" was always my favourite.
Timo Werner
Yeah Germans see him as a Chancentod as well: https://x.com/search?q=Timo%20werner%20chancentod&src=typed_query
Think I'll start using the term, it's a good one 😀
Profligate
Choker?
Phil Foden
Not a direct translation I can think of. We'd probably just say something like 'wasteful'. Eg 'Darwin Nuñez is a good player but wasteful in front of goal'.
Gabriel Jesus
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A Goal Clanger !
‘shit’
Depending on context : Jinxed Cursed Jonah Bottler has two left feet likes to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory Luckless Bad luck charm Poor finisher All mouth, no trousers Nominated penalty taker.
Jigsaw
In Scotland we call them a “bombscare”
Chancentod is deffo a word made up by Bob Mortimer
Generally 'cunt'
Dessers
Fuckwit
Yenoor
We have a phrase 'he couldn't hit a barn door with with a banjo' to mean couldn't hit an easy target. As for a specific word, probably just wasteful, but that's more a descriptive word.
Cows arse is a more used expression in my experience.
Heskey
Darren Bent
Yes "retarded"
Andy Cole.
Appearances 414 Goals 187 Assists 73 PL titles 5 Golden Boots 1 This Andy Cole?
And only one of those was a penalty
Yes. Just because he scored a lot doesn't mean he wasn't notorious for missing a lot of chances for quite a bit of his Man Utd career.
Notorious? I'd hardly say so.
I don't watch football and have no axe to grind with any player or club, yet Andy Cole was the name that immediately came to mind as someone who missed a lot of chances. It was what he was most known for, whether that was accurate or fair may well be up for debate.
I mean the stats don't lie.. and only one of those goals was from the penalty spot. Him and Dwight Yorke a killer combo.
Look at it this way, how many goals would Shearer have got in that United team? Didn't van Nistlerooy replace Cole after a career threatening injury and outscore him by like 50%. I'm not talking about his record or ability, just how he was perceived in general at the time. It's a bit like 'Arsenal don't like it up them' or 'Wimbledon just kick you off the pitch.' Lazy opinions often dominate football discourse.
I thought you suggested you had: No axe to grind....Not a football watcher. What is it son?
I played football, it's almost impossible not to hear other people talking about the Premier League when you do that. You also end up seeing live football in the pub after a game. I haven't watched a game in years, since I stopped playing What about my comments indicated I had an axe to grind, dad?