Fans only just realised EFL manager constantly uses ‘cringe’ phrase leaving followers ‘shuddering’ with embarrassment

WE’RE not sure if this is a new saying that we are slow to pick up or whether Cambridge United manager Neil Harris is just trying to get it off the ground! But “mugged off dot com” is the manager’s new favourite saying and he has dropped it in two interviews so casually it’s baffling us all. Neil Harris has been going viral on social media thanks to one of his favourite phrases Credit: Getty He’s managed to drop it in two interviews this season already Credit: Alamy Harris, who started his career as a player at Cambridge before scoring a truckload of goals for Millwall among other sides, is in his second spell in charge of The Us. In just two interviews already this season, he has got everyone puzzled. Sign up for the Football newsletter Thank you! Harris has left all of social media laughing with his usage of the strange term – certainly in the football world! Who knows – he might just be doing it for a bet. One X user said: “The shudder I had listening to that was through the roof.” A second wrote: “Pretty sure he used it in two separate interviews as well which means it wasn’t spur of the moment and he actually thinks it’s not a horrendously embarrassing and cringe thing to say.” A third commented: “Jay from the inbetweeners vibes.” A fourth posted: “Horrendous phrase.” Most read in Sport BEST ONLINE CASINOS – TOP SITES IN THE UK Harris’ deadpan delivery of it is almost as funny as the phrase itself! Credit: Shutterstock Editorial One, solitary person in the comments did insist the phrase was around 25 years old. We’re not sure if that is a defence or not. After three games in League One, Cambridge have one victory, one draw and one loss for an even start. Fans might start hoping for their fortunes to sour if we are going to get some more of the mugged off dot com chronicles. Comment now