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Rice is restricted by Southgate but he still played well last night
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I didn't agree with his assessment of the game
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You have to feel sorry for Dec. Playing turgid, functional football at club level and turgid, functional football with England.
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Vic_Watson wrote: Sat Sep 24, 2022 4:41 pm You have to feel sorry for Dec. Playing turgid, functional football at club level and turgid, functional football with England.
He could always do what Kalvin Phillips has done and give up his playing career in return for some trophies.
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HammerMan2004 wrote: Sat Sep 24, 2022 5:23 pm He could always do what Kalvin Phillips has done and give up his playing career in return for some trophies.
Has he given it up?
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HammerMan2004 wrote: Sat Sep 24, 2022 5:23 pm He could always do what Kalvin Phillips has done and give up his playing career in return for some trophies.
Bit unfair when he is likely facing surgery on his shoulder.
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Vic_Watson wrote: Sat Sep 24, 2022 4:41 pm You have to feel sorry for Dec. Playing turgid, functional football at club level and turgid, functional football with England.
He does seem to have got over his obsession of directing traffic which used to really annoy me.
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Declan is getting some stick from a lot of other club supporters, things like over rated , not worth 50 mil, up himself, the rubbish that comes with playing for England, A lot digging him for speaking up after the match, which should have been the manager and captains role. lets hope playing for his country does not affect him as a person and player.
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Vic_Watson wrote: Sat Sep 24, 2022 4:41 pm You have to feel sorry for Dec. Playing turgid, functional football at club level and turgid, functional football with England.
I feel more sorry for people that use the word turgid, when really they mean tepid - because no definition of turgid fits the context in which it is frequently used on this forum and elsewhere...
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-DL- wrote: Sun Sep 25, 2022 8:16 pm I feel more sorry for people that use the word turgid, when really they mean tepid - because no definition of turgid fits the context in which it is frequently used on this forum and elsewhere...
that misuse is not just on this site, it seems to be across football - but I always thought people really meant torpid "lacking in energy or vigor" .
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northiron wrote: Sun Sep 25, 2022 8:20 pm that misuse is not just on this site, it seems to be across football - but I always thought people really meant torpid "lacking in energy or vigor" .
Tepid does mean lacking in enthusiasm, among other definitions, so it could be either.

Unlike turgid, which is:

adjective
1.swollen and distended or congested.
"a turgid and fast-moving river"

2. (of language or style) tediously pompous or bombastic.
"some turgid verses on the death of Prince Albert"

Similar:
bombastic, pompous, overblown, overripe, inflated, high-flown...
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https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictio ... ish/turgid

turgid

adjective

UK 

 /ˈtɜː.dʒɪd/ US 

 /ˈtɝː.dʒɪd/

turgid adjective (TOO SERIOUS)

 

formal

(of speech, writing, style, etc.) boring and too serious about its subject matter:

a couple of pages of turgid prose

 Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples

not interesting or exciting

boring - That was such a boring film I nearly fell asleep during it.

excruciating - She went over the plot of the book in excruciating detail.

deadly - His latest film was just deadly. I left after the first hour!

mind-numbing - The incident was described in a mind-numbing, 400-page report so dense that no one read it.


I make it spot on from the Cambridge Dictionary. :thup:
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The grammar police are out again, I see. Very turgid people (sense 2).
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That must be a new addition, cos we went through this a couple of years ago :grin:

I now stand corrected :newthumb:
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Vic_Watson wrote: Sun Sep 25, 2022 10:18 pm The grammar police are out again, I see. Very turgid people (sense 2).
Thing is though, we have no choice but to read your turgid stuff day in and day out Vic, so you're getting off lightly :blowkiss:
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I think the word they're looking for is torpid, but it's rarely used. But, as language has always done, it evolves with use.
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Vic_Watson wrote: Sun Sep 25, 2022 10:18 pm The grammar police are out again, I see. Very turgid people (sense 2).
Strictly speaking this is about semantics not grammar :twisted: :winker:
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Wilko1304 wrote: Sun Sep 25, 2022 11:30 pm I think the word they're looking for is torpid, but it's rarely used. But, as language has always done, it evolves with use.
Torpid, functional football doesn't have the same ring to it. I'm sticking with turgid. Especially as it annoys certain elements! :crossed:
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Vic_Watson wrote: Sun Sep 25, 2022 11:36 pm Torpid, functional football doesn't have the same ring to it. I'm sticking with turgid. Especially as it annoys certain elements! :crossed:
Yes, I never use it in my match reports because it isn't a particularly pleasant sounding word, and its use is rare enough that it would just distract
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How about just **** and functional? That perfectly describes our current football being served up of late.
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