barrack-room lawyer

Far too many people today are what we called in my service days "barrack-room lawyers" who seem to think they can sort things out by quoting a few facts.

Others, though, are barrack-room lawyers and have an opinion on everything from ping-pong to politics.

Then again, dressing rooms are filled with barrack-room lawyers who may see what is after all a rookie manager as someone who can be manipulated.

What he didn't need was militant action prompted by barrack-room lawyers designed to give England players the easy escape route normally achieved by holding fake conversations on mobile phones that haven't even been switched on (trust me, I've seen it countless times).

Sparky, one of football's most feared competitors in ANY era, shook off his softly-spoken demeanour to slam the barrack-room lawyers who he feels are undermining him.

But barrack-room lawyers are not just confined to dressing rooms and the reader can bet his bottom Euro that the smart thinkers among local ground authorities will still try to second-guess the selection thoughts of visiting clubs.

Mumping like barrack-room lawyers about mysterious verbal agreements which allegedly haven't been kept is a bore.

Yes, there are a lot of barrack-room lawyers among footballers, blokes who want to sound off and believe they know better about what is going on than anyone else.

They are the compensation payouts which prove indisputably just how active on the legal battlefield "barrack-room lawyers" have been in the past financial year.

No barrack-room lawyers these, but people who love the game and are profoundly concerned at the effect the seventh day is having on their lives and the disappearing opportunities to live them.