True Believers will know most of these, but for those who are just coming to OGG for the first time, here’s some translations.
AWS – As We Speak
BIT – Back in Town
BKIBF - Bad Kicking Is Bad Football
BSOOTF - Best Side Out Of The Finals
CBF - Career Best Form
DG – Danger Game
GDTTW – Go Down to The Wire
GOFF - Good Old-Fashioned Football
GOTH – Game of Two Halves
GSWTCO - Good Sides Win The Close
GTWTCO – Good Teams Win The Close Ones
IGTCSAFOD - It’s Going to Cost Someone a Flag One Day
ITCOTG – In the Context of The Game
JTIOWAAT – Just taking it one week at a time
LME – Loose men everywhere
NPM - Narrowest Possible Margin
OGG - Our Great Game. If this is not the game they play in Heaven there’s no point in going, eh?
OTR – On The Rebound
OTTG – Ornament to The Game
PATHL - Play at The Highest Level
PCUF - Playing Catch-Up Football
POSA – The Pride of South Australia
RAM - Rabid Adelaide Mob
SDE – Season Defining Effort
SDM – Season Defining Match
SOTG – Student(s) of The Game
SOTL – Season On The Line
TAGLLAT – Take a Good Long Look at Themselves
THOF – The Home of Football: The MCG
TKWTA - They Know Who They Are
TLSASF – The Long Suffering Arden Street Faithful
TLSPRF – The Long Suffering Punt Road Faithful
TLSRF – The Long Suffering Redleg Faithful
TLSSKF – The Long Suffering St Kilda Faithful
TLSWOF – The Long Suffering Whitten Oval Faithful
TMITB – The Match In The Balance
TNPM – The Narrowest Possible Margin
TPTG – The Paddock That Grew
TPTGATHL- To Play The Game At The Highest Level
TRP – The Reigning Premiers
TTSA – Turn Their Season Around
TSLFTE – They Should Learn From The Experience
TSOTL – Their Season On The Line
TTSA – Turn Their Season Around
TTTBFTF - The Team to Beat for The Flag
TTTBFTWS - The Team To Beat For The Wooden Spoon
VGV – Very Good Value