Players you like

therokerroar

starbelgrade wrote: »

Neither really, were Gazza & Collymore. You could hardly call them assholes either.

Collymore used to beat his lass, he's certainly not 'a decent person' in any way, shape or form.

starbelgrade

therokerroar wrote: »

Collymore used to beat his lass,

He also used to beat his lad on the dogging scene.. neither acts are highly regarded in society, but that doesn't mean he's not a nice person at heart.

starbelgrade

CHD wrote: »

Just don't keep clicking refresh, waste of time.

? I just clicked into the soccer forum?!! :eek:

orourkeda

Robbie Savage and yer oul one

lordgoat

starbelgrade wrote: »

What makes a decent person? George Best seemed like a decent person - afflicted by alcoholism & depression - but not a bad soul. And he's not of "this era of agents, publicists & player greed". Neither really, were Gazza & Collymore. You could hardly call them assholes either. It's not like they murdered anyone, committed crimes against humanity or destroyed life as we know it.

They may have been courted by the press or courted them in equal or unequal measures, but who cares? They were all talented & flawed people. And people like to read about successful & trainwrecked people in equal and or unequal measures.

Again.. what makes a decent person? Up until a few weeks back, Tiger Woods was the "perfect" role model for a "decent, straight & narrow" sportsperson, who did his talking on the field. Apparently his balls were also landing off the course.. somewhere outside the woods, so to speak. But so what? Where do you draw the line at "decency"? And furthermore, how do you gauge it & how do you know that your gauges have not been breached?

Daft idea.

But if you must... King Eric. How more decent can you get than to kung-foo a racist, english, fat pr*ck in the face, then shake it off to the press with a throwaway comment about seagulls, then leave what was a PLC, at the time, because they made him into a doll / Man U brand-ite?

How decent is anything?

Decent schemeecent.

Westlife are "decent". But they are also very, very boring, my dear.

Let's have a poll for the Daniel O'Donnell of football instead. Just to liven things up.

There's so much wrong with this post. The three players you named have all been convicted of spousal abuse (over a period of time). Something which no matter what you might say definitely puts them in the 'not decent' category. If you need a yard stick for what is and is not decent, here it is simplified animaniacs style: Good idea - not beating your wife. Bad idea - beating your wife.

And Eric Cantona did not leave united due to a doll. This is just a downright stupid thing to say. Almost as stupid as the first part of your post.



Players i like:

Scholes
Ole
Ronaldo
Giggs
El Diego

Instant Karma

Steven 'Superman' Ireland
Shaun 'The Goat' Goater
Georgi 'Kinky' Kinkladze
Craig 'Bellers' Bellamy

and not least -
Jimmy 'The Legend' Bullard

Xavi6

Ha ha epic bumpage is epic.

tdv

Riquelme
Cafu
Juninho
Costacurta
Maldini
O'Shea
Serginho
Giggs

starbelgrade

Players I like....

Being a Utd fan & biased to f*ck..

1. Bestie (pure rock n'roll)
2. Cantona (posing genius)
3. Keane (leg / heartbreaking genius)

All "decent" chaps too.

Holsten

Loads of players I like who seem to be nice people.

Fernando Torres being at the top of the list.

starbelgrade

Holsten wrote: »

Loads of players I like who seem to be nice people.

Fernando Torres being at the top of the list.

Savage striker too.

Seaneh

Maldini
Weah
Boban
Costacurta
Kaka
Ronaldo (the real one)
Shevchenko
Inzaghi
Leonardo
Serginho
Maurizio Ganz
Fernando Redondo
Rod De Khors
Andy Meyler
Conor Frawley
Adrian Carburry.

MrStuffins

Arjan De Zeeuw

Always a very dependable player, seemed like a gent on and off the pitch and a model professional!

kida

Holsten wrote: »

Loads of players I like who seem to be nice people.

Fernando Torres being at the top of the list.

yeah right, hes sly and prone to leaving the odd elbow or foot in as well as constant whinging to refs and waving imaginary cards to get players booked.

~Rebel~

kida wrote: »

yeah right, hes sly and prone to leaving the odd elbow or foot in as well as constant whinging to refs and waving imaginary cards to get players booked.

...way to get into the spirit of the thread...


...now, back to players we like and spousal abuse.

Nalz

Deegan - you'll be missed.

3 in a row here we come

kida

~Rebel~ wrote: »

...way to get into the spirit of the thread...


...now, back to players we like and spousal abuse.

Truth can be hard to take - similar feelings were made by pool fans in the pool thread - good player he might be but hes not nice.

Rekop dog

I think this thread shows that a player can really change with age. From the 2006 posters Rooney comes in for a bit of harsh treatment, but I think he's shown himself to be a really decent guy over the past few years.

Also for those saying crouchy, I think he's just happy he's not a virgin!

~Rebel~

kida wrote: »

Truth can be hard to take - similar feelings were made by pool fans in the pool thread - good player he might be but hes not nice.

Oh, I dont like his moaning and whinging which he does at times when he gets frustrated on the pitch, but come on, does that mean he's not a nice guy?! Absolutely every single thing i've ever seen from him off the pitch has had him come off in a fantastically good light. Every interview, every story you hear about him putting time in at Alder hey hospital, everything he's done for folks back home - everything points to him being a pretty nice, down to earth guy.

kida

~Rebel~ wrote: »

Oh, I dont like his moaning and whinging which he does at times when he gets frustrated on the pitch, but come on, does that mean he's not a nice guy?! Absolutely every single thing i've ever seen from him off the pitch has had him come off in a fantastically good light. Every interview, every story you hear about him putting time in at Alder hey hospital, everything he's done for folks back home - everything points to him being a pretty nice, down to earth guy.

fair enough - my points all refer to his behavior on the pitch

MrJoeSoap

Rekop dog wrote: »

From the 2006 posters Rooney comes in for a bit of harsh treatment, but I think he's shown himself to be a really decent guy over the past few years.

Apart from the diving.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zm5-zLu8S9U

http://vodpod.com/watch/2686033-wayne-rooney-dives-vs-aston-villa

DazMarz

Players who I often view as good role-models and seem to be decent, 'nice' guys:

-Paolo Maldini
-Gianfranco Zola
-Roberto diMatteo
-Ole Gunnar Solskjær
-Gary Pallister
-Nicolas Anelka
-Pavel Nedvěd
-Kaka
-Andriy Shevchenko
-Andrei Arshavin
-Petr Cech
-Brad Friedel
-Peter Crouch
-Fernando Torres
-Xavi Hernandez
-Lionel Messi
-Shay Given
-Michael Essien

And then, there are a few players who I like and in a twisted way admire, for being the rebels of the game, the ones unafraid to show a violent passion and do whatever it takes to win. Victory at all costs, who dares wins, kind of stuff. The bad boys of football. (Or that's the excuse these violent headcases use). That or they can be just nasty people, but I still like them.

-Marco Materazzi (The Darth Vader to Shevchenko's Luke Skywalker....)
-Jens Lehmann
-Roy Keane
-Dennis Wise
-Ron Harris
-Claudio Gentile
-Ashley Cole
-Harald Schumacher
-Cyril Rool
-Kevin Muscat
-Patrick Blondeau
-Vinnie Jones
-Paul Gascoigne (the best footballer England ever produced???)
-Oliver Kahn

And of course, my all time favourite: Diego Armando Maradona. Overweight, on cocaine, drinking etc.... and still as good a player as there is ever likely to be.