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Okay. On today's show, we are looking at
a phrase
that comes from farming. Yes. That's right. A
football phrase
using the language of farming,
which is to shepherd.
We then will hear from Damien who will
give his predictions for this weekend's big games
in the Premier League.
Okay. The word we are looking at today
is the verb to shepherd.
Now in farming, this means to look after
sheep. A person who
looks after sheep is called a shepherd and
their work is
shepherding
sheep,
caring for them, protecting them, etcetera.
If we add an object
and the direction,
the meaning is to guide something to a
specific
place. So to shepherd a sheep into a
field,
to move a sheep into a field.
In football,
the object is usually the ball
or a player,
and the direction is often out of play
or wide or away from goal.
Here are some examples.
First,
Palmer was played through again minutes later
running onto a pass from Rice,
but the attacker was shepherded
wide of the target
by the onrushing,
and that's from englandfootball.com.
So Palmer,
an attacking player,
was pushed wide,
shepherded
wide away from the goal by the defender.
In this example,
a run out wide from Bowman saw him
latch on a kena pass with just 3
minutes on the clock,
and his center had to be shepherded behind
by Lavelle.
That's Carlisle United's home page match report.
In this example, the centre, the cross,
was shepherded behind, so
out of play across the byline.
We could say Lavelle
shepherded the ball over the byline.
This means the defender didn't touch the ball
as that would give a corner away.
The defender instead put his body in the
way of an opposing player
as the ball rolled over the line. He
protected the ball without touching it.
And finally,
the first chance fell to Dundee as Zac
Robinson
went through on goal.
But the Falkirk defense shepherded him wide,
and his effort was held by Nicky Hogarth.
That's Volker FC's homepage match report.
Again, this is a player being moved,
forced wide of the goal so that the
attacker's shot is weak or less dangerous.
So to shepherd is used with a ball
or player and usually
involves a defender
protecting the ball as it rolls out of
play or
a defender
forcing an attacker
away from goal
or wide of the goal.
Languagecaster.com.
And before we finish this section, there are
other words from farming sheep used in football.
The verbs to hook and to pen in.
Come along to our site to check these
out. Just search for hook,
pen in, and language cast, and you'll find
a link to the post and podcast.
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As well as those phrases, you can find
out more about 100 more words and phrases
used in football including cliches
by coming along to our football language glossary.
And if there's a word you think we
should add, let us know.
Right. Next, we're going to hear from Damien
who is based in London. I wonder how
he is and how the weather is over
there.
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Hi, everyone. Yep. This is Damien from a
very cold London.
Right. Let's take a look at, this week's
predictions in which our main focus will be
on the Premier League.
Let's start with a big derby between Manchester
United and Manchester City.
Two teams that are not in the best
of form. They are out of form in
fact.
City will look to bounce back
after a bad defeat
away at Juventus in the Champions League this
week. While United
will be hoping to put their home defeat
to Nottingham Forest last weekend
behind them.
I think City will have too much
for their city rivals.
I'm going for a 2 nil Manchester City
win. Another
derby
this time in West London
sees Chelsea take on Brentford.
Chelsea are in great form
having won their last 4 league matches
while as we mentioned in this week's football
expression
Brentford
have an amazing home record
but really struggle away.
So, on paper, this should be a home
win. A home banker.
But I think Brentford could cause an upset
and surprise Chelsea.
1 nil to the bees.
That's the nickname of Brentford, of course.
Another game filled with rivalry
also takes place on Sunday
when Brighton faced Crystal Palace.
And although Palace have improved recently,
I think Brighton will win this one. A
home win. 2 1.
I also think there will be another
home win in the game which features Arsenal
and Everton.
The Toffees, that's Everton,
are not so strong on the road and
Arsenal
seem to be hitting form
maybe 3 or 4 nil to the Gunners.
And finally, Damon's favorite side Liverpool host Fulham
on Saturday.
Liverpool
have just won their 6th
Champions League game in a row
to top the Champions League standings
and will be favorites to defeat Fulham.
But the West London side have hit form
and will be a tricky opponent.
They might
scrape a draw here
11.
Sorry, Damon.
What about you? What do you think will
happen in this week's games?
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from Tashkent.
I will tell you now you are listening
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site in the podcast.
Thanks for that, Damien, and thank you for
that final message, which was in Uzbek. We
also had messages in Persian, Mongolian, Norwegian, and
Spanish.
Today, we looked at how farming is connected
with football with the phrase to shepherd.
Remember to also check out our podcast on
to Peninn and to Hook.
Let us know if you hear these expressions
in any language during this week's football.
Enjoy all the football this weekend and we'll
be back early next week with our weekly
football language expression.