Americanisation of Football

[Bunzo]

This is a pet hate of mine & I´ve noticed it getting more & more common on here & also on Top eleven Facebook groups.
Ok " Roster "nobody has that they have a Squad A Squad of players
" Draft" It´s not the Draft list & you don´t "draft" a player …it´s a Transfer list & you sign a player
"Overtime" Overtime is never played ..it´s Extra time (AET)………
There´s others but I´ve lost interest now…but really do we have to americanize things ?

Ok rant over….

[Cloverfield]

forgot the worst. Soccer.

[Bunzo]

I will not even say that word

[gizzmo]

This is a pet hate of mine & I´ve noticed it getting more & more common on here & also on Top eleven Facebook groups.
Ok " Roster "nobody has that they have a Squad A Squad of players
" Draft" It´s not the Draft list & you don´t "draft" a player …it´s a Transfer list & you sign a player
"Overtime" Overtime is never played ..it´s Extra time (AET)………
There´s others but I´ve lost interest now…but really do we have to americanize things ?

Ok rant over….

Neither "Roster" nor "Squad" belong to my mother tongue. I may use either of them just to make myself understood and both have exactly the same meaning to me. Funny to see someone from Norway fighting for english language as I do not see it (american or english) in great danger at this stage of World's history.

[Bunzo]

Neither "Roster" nor "Squad" belong to my mother tongue. I may use either of them just to make myself understood and both have exactly the same meaning to me. Funny to see someone from Norway fighting for english language as I do not see it (american or english) in great danger at this stage of World's history.

You assume because I live in Norway Im Norwegian ?

I will assume you´re French so you will have a basic grasp of the english language

[LeManiaque]

All y'all very particular bout some synonyms.

When Nord starts swapping Anglo terms into the alternative language, then I'll be onboard the Défense de Langue bandwagon

[LeManiaque]

"Roster" nor "Squad" ... both have exactly the same meaning to me.

A roster is a list or non-physical representation of players currently assigned to a team. While a roster can describe all members of a team, a squad represents the physical members; one can "check the roster" to verify if Messi was transferred, but the roster describes the squad, not vice versa. A squad can have a full roster, a roster can "show" or describe, but not "be" a squad. Squad may also indicate a smaller subsection of a larger group, "Les blues really have a strong Cup squad this season," indicating they may field a weaker squad during friendly play.

I will say that a "draft" describes a particular method of player transfer, and it's not what we have in any case in T11.

[gizzmo]

You assume because I live in Norway Im Norwegian ?

I will assume you´re French so you will have a basic grasp of the english language

Both of your assumptions are perfectly correct. "Basic" being more than a nice definition.

[Bunzo]

I´m not concerned with the meaning of the word Im more on about it not being a footballing term.
I´ve never heard the word roster used in any footballing term in the UK. Unless you know different?


edit: " Sir Alex checked the roster"… no Im just not going to buy that one

[Cloverfield]

Yes let's philosophise a bit more about football

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ur5fGSBsfq8