Now, if a centre back made a marauding run for the opposition penalty box, it's safe to assume that his manager has given him permission - or rather, a 'license' to sack off his boring role and get involved in the action. This cliche, however, is uniquely applied to strikers. Thus there are few things more irritating in British football than hearing a commentator declare that a centre forward, whose job it is to get forward, insist that he has 'a license to get forward'. Well, doh. What else is he going to do? Suddenly decide upon the sixty minute mark that he'd be better off in goal? This cliche is among the more inane and must die quickly.
