Extra Time Beckons Penalties Loom

<P><B>The long-awaited follow-up to </B><I><B>Football Clich¿</B></I><B>Adam Hurrey''s cult classic about the language of football.</B><br><br><I>Does language evolve? Yes, it does.<br></I><br><I>Will it ever be acceptable for a football commentator to call a shot that bounces before it goes in ''a screamer''? No, it will not.<br></I><br>As the self-appointed world expert on the subject, Adam Hurrey sets off to define the definitive rules of the language of football.<br><br>He will answer the big questions such as: is it acceptable to say a player is ''breaking their silence'' (it''s complicated), can headers can be ''lashed'' (anatomically impossible), whether a penalty shootout could ever be described as ''late drama'' (truly abhorrent), how many games constitute a ''bumper'' day of Premier League action (minimum of eight) and just how big a deficit constitutes ''a mountain to climb'' (certainly not Liverpool going 1-0 down at home to Wolves in the third minute, Sky Sports).<br><br>A