Solano to Hull

[drummindefender]

Ok my link was meant to be this
http://www.hullcityafc.net/page/NewsDetail/0,,10338~2085723,00.html

 

[Lako42]

It does at the Walkers.

If king passes a 10 yard ball to Dyer and ****s it up, I would not class that as a 'Hollywood' ball.

 

[drummindefender]

a hollywood ball is basically instead of attempting the simple pass, going for a long distance one when the odds of pulling it off aren't that high. Beckham does it all the time.

 

[drummindefender]

(come on someone say scoop or its like groundhog day)

 

[Blue Maniac]

Lee Morris. Pickled onion. Laptop. Draws system. Where's my arse? Etc etc.

 

[Macky]

a hollywood ball is basically instead of attempting the simple pass, going for a long distance one when the odds of pulling it off aren't that high. Beckham does it all the time.

The thing is d, I think we've established that this bizarre phrase originates from the arse of Mark Lawrenson.
Which, obviously, means that it has no logical explanation whatsoever. It can mean whatever you want it to mean.

 

[Jeff]

The thing is d, I think we've established that this bizarre phrase originates from the arse of Mark Lawrenson.

I don't know if it is Lawrenson who originated it, but he does use it a lot these days. I can find evidence of the term being used online as far back as 2003.

 

[Hector]

I don't know if it is Lawrenson who originated it, but he does use it a lot these days. I can find evidence of the term being used online as far back as 2003.

Actually I think you'll find the origin goes back to Elizabethan times:

"We are merely the stars' hollywode-balls, struck and bandied which way it please them"

John webster, The Duchess of Malfi

 

[Macky]

I don't know if it is Lawrenson who originated it, but he does use it a lot these days. I can find evidence of the term being used online as far back as 2003.

Hmmmm, that's as may be Jeff, but it doesn't really fit with my dislike of Lawrenson.
I'm sticking with my theory

 

[Macky]

Actually I think you'll find the origin goes back to Elizabethan times

That still doesn't preclude Lawrenson from being responsible