1 00:00:08,400 --> 00:00:11,939 Hello, everyone. This is Damien from the LanguageCaster 2 00:00:12,400 --> 00:00:15,380 team, and, I hope you're all doing well. 3 00:00:15,755 --> 00:00:19,035 And welcome to our latest football phrase of 4 00:00:19,035 --> 00:00:19,695 the week. 5 00:00:21,595 --> 00:00:24,094 How did your team do at the weekend? 6 00:00:25,274 --> 00:00:26,734 My favorite team, Tottenham, 7 00:00:27,195 --> 00:00:30,474 finally won a game after a poor run 8 00:00:30,474 --> 00:00:31,214 of form 9 00:00:31,809 --> 00:00:32,789 when they defeated 10 00:00:33,329 --> 00:00:34,869 bottom of the table Southampton 11 00:00:35,729 --> 00:00:36,630 5 nil. 12 00:00:37,809 --> 00:00:40,609 A heavy defeat like this is known as 13 00:00:40,609 --> 00:00:41,429 a thumping 14 00:00:41,969 --> 00:00:43,189 or a thrashing. 15 00:00:43,969 --> 00:00:45,989 So we can say that Spurs 16 00:00:46,344 --> 00:00:48,604 thrashed Southampton 5 nil. 17 00:00:50,104 --> 00:00:50,925 This result 18 00:00:51,304 --> 00:00:54,125 led Southampton to sack their manager. 19 00:00:54,664 --> 00:00:57,725 And another word for sack, of course, is 20 00:00:58,105 --> 00:00:59,804 fire, so to be fired. 21 00:01:00,105 --> 00:01:00,605 They 22 00:01:00,960 --> 00:01:03,219 fired Russell Martin, their manager, 23 00:01:03,760 --> 00:01:05,219 after this heavy defeat. 24 00:01:06,400 --> 00:01:08,799 We can say that he was sacked after 25 00:01:08,799 --> 00:01:09,540 the defeat, 26 00:01:09,840 --> 00:01:13,540 or he was sacked after the Tottenham defeat. 27 00:01:14,645 --> 00:01:16,724 In other words, he was sacked because his 28 00:01:16,724 --> 00:01:18,344 team were badly beaten. 29 00:01:18,805 --> 00:01:21,944 And another phrase we sometimes use instead of 30 00:01:22,005 --> 00:01:24,584 after is in the wake of. 31 00:01:25,125 --> 00:01:28,239 So Russell Martin was sacked in the wake 32 00:01:28,239 --> 00:01:29,939 of the thrashing by Spurs. 33 00:01:31,439 --> 00:01:34,799 The word after is linking 2 parts or 34 00:01:34,799 --> 00:01:36,099 clauses of the sentence. 35 00:01:36,640 --> 00:01:39,920 Number 1, the team lost badly. And number 36 00:01:39,920 --> 00:01:42,020 2, the manager was sacked. 37 00:01:42,484 --> 00:01:43,385 He was sacked 38 00:01:43,765 --> 00:01:44,905 after the defeat. 39 00:01:46,004 --> 00:01:48,564 We could also use the word after at 40 00:01:48,564 --> 00:01:49,944 the start of the sentence. 41 00:01:50,884 --> 00:01:54,265 After the thrashing, the Southampton manager was sacked. 42 00:01:55,520 --> 00:01:58,400 Wolves were the other Premier League club to 43 00:01:58,400 --> 00:02:01,040 sack their manager after a bad defeat at 44 00:02:01,040 --> 00:02:01,700 the weekend. 45 00:02:02,880 --> 00:02:05,939 Wolves were beaten by fellow strugglers Ipswich 46 00:02:06,400 --> 00:02:08,580 in the final minute of their match, 47 00:02:09,284 --> 00:02:11,925 And this led to the club sacking Gary 48 00:02:11,925 --> 00:02:12,425 O'Neil. 49 00:02:13,844 --> 00:02:15,705 So in the BBC report, 50 00:02:16,004 --> 00:02:17,384 we can read the headline, 51 00:02:18,004 --> 00:02:20,344 Wolves sack manager O'Neil 52 00:02:20,884 --> 00:02:22,504 after Ipswich defeat, 53 00:02:23,430 --> 00:02:25,209 which means he lost his job 54 00:02:25,509 --> 00:02:27,610 after wolves were beaten by Ipswich. 55 00:02:27,909 --> 00:02:30,949 Wolves lost the game, and then afterwards, the 56 00:02:30,949 --> 00:02:32,090 manager was sacked. 57 00:02:33,349 --> 00:02:35,830 Of course, this phrase is not always followed 58 00:02:35,830 --> 00:02:36,889 by defeat 59 00:02:37,384 --> 00:02:40,025 as there are many other reasons that someone 60 00:02:40,025 --> 00:02:41,644 might lose their job in football. 61 00:02:42,984 --> 00:02:43,724 For example, 62 00:02:44,424 --> 00:02:47,724 number 1. She was sacked after a poor 63 00:02:47,784 --> 00:02:48,844 run of form. 64 00:02:49,560 --> 00:02:50,300 Number 2, 65 00:02:50,680 --> 00:02:53,819 he was fired after losing the dressing room. 66 00:02:54,360 --> 00:02:57,719 And number 3, the manager was sacked after 67 00:02:57,719 --> 00:02:59,580 criticizing the club owner. 68 00:03:01,735 --> 00:03:04,534 Sometimes the word that follows after is not 69 00:03:04,534 --> 00:03:06,795 related to a reason for the sake, 70 00:03:07,175 --> 00:03:09,895 but instead describes other things such as the 71 00:03:09,895 --> 00:03:11,435 amount of time involved. 72 00:03:13,590 --> 00:03:16,810 So, for example, League 1 side Bristol Rovers 73 00:03:17,189 --> 00:03:18,330 sacked Taylor 74 00:03:18,629 --> 00:03:20,170 after a year in charge, 75 00:03:20,710 --> 00:03:22,790 which means that he was the manager for 76 00:03:22,790 --> 00:03:23,770 only a year. 77 00:03:24,230 --> 00:03:26,490 But then the report goes on to state, 78 00:03:26,875 --> 00:03:29,775 Bristol Rovers have sacked boss, Matt Taylor, 79 00:03:30,314 --> 00:03:32,014 after their defeat by Birmingham. 80 00:03:33,834 --> 00:03:36,235 Can you think of any other examples like 81 00:03:36,235 --> 00:03:36,735 this? 82 00:03:37,034 --> 00:03:39,354 And how would you say this expression in 83 00:03:39,354 --> 00:03:41,055 another language that you know? 84 00:03:41,770 --> 00:03:43,930 Let us know by dropping a line at 85 00:03:43,930 --> 00:03:44,430 admin@languagecastr.com. 86 00:03:50,569 --> 00:03:52,270 Yes. You are listening to LanguageCaster, 87 00:03:52,650 --> 00:03:54,830 and that message was in French. 88 00:03:55,375 --> 00:03:57,614 And we'll be back with some more football 89 00:03:57,614 --> 00:03:59,155 language in our podcast 90 00:03:59,455 --> 00:04:01,074 later on in the week. 91 00:04:01,694 --> 00:04:04,435 I wonder, will there be any more managerial 92 00:04:05,055 --> 00:04:05,555 casualties, 93 00:04:06,014 --> 00:04:06,514 dismissals, 94 00:04:06,894 --> 00:04:07,794 or sackings 95 00:04:08,360 --> 00:04:09,180 before then. 96 00:04:09,799 --> 00:04:11,019 Enjoy all the football. 97 00:04:11,479 --> 00:04:12,219 Bye bye.