Advertisement
If you have a new account but are having problems posting or verifying your account, please email us on hello@boards.ie for help. Thanks :)
Hello all! Please ensure that you are posting a new thread or question in the appropriate forum. The Feedback forum is overwhelmed with questions that are having to be moved elsewhere. If you need help to verify your account contact hello@boards.ie
Hi all! We have been experiencing an issue on site where threads have been missing the latest postings. The platform host Vanilla are working on this issue. A workaround that has been used by some is to navigate back from 1 to 10+ pages to re-sync the thread and this will then show the latest posts. Thanks, Mike.
Hi there,
There is an issue with role permissions that is being worked on at the moment.
If you are having trouble with access or permissions on regional forums please post here to get access: https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058365403/you-do-not-have-permission-for-that#latest

A player all fans love and respect?

  • 13-09-2008 11:13am
    #1
    Chong
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,677 ✭✭✭


    Ok so I was thinking is there any player that all fans can admire for being an excellent footballer and genuine good bloke all round.

    When I think of this question, I think Matt Le Tissier, or maybe Bobby Robson.

    Ok Bobby may have not been the top class footballer seems a genuine bloke though.


«1345

Comments

  • #2
    CHD
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 6,956 ✭✭✭CHD


    Gianfranco Zola!!


  • #3
    Xavi6
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 40,909 ✭✭✭✭Xavi6


    Jimmy Bullard

    Ole Gunnar Solskjaer


  • #4
    eddiehead
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,493 ✭✭✭eddiehead


    Bergkamp


  • #5
    CiaranC
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,300 ✭✭✭CiaranC


    Pele


  • #6
    Savman
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,323 ✭✭✭Savman


    Save for one bad incident, Zinedine Zidane.


  • Advertisement
  • #7
    Chong
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,677 ✭✭✭Chong


    Excellent nommos there lads.


  • #8
    Princess Consuela Bananahammock
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 33,677 ✭✭✭✭Princess Consuela Bananahammock


    Giggs - for his all-round professionalism.

    Everything I don't like is either woke or fascist - possibly both - pick one.



  • #9
    CiaranC
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,300 ✭✭✭CiaranC


    Roy Keane


  • #10
    Chong
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,677 ✭✭✭Chong


    CiaranC wrote: »
    Roy Keane
    Very Contentious with Roy Keane, not many like him as a person.

    I will also say I am not so sure about pele.


  • #11
    Pepe LeFrits
    Users Awaiting Email Confirmation Posts: 15,001 ✭✭✭✭Pepe LeFrits


    Paolo Maldini.


  • Advertisement
  • #12
    copacetic
    Subscribers Posts: 16,593 ✭✭✭✭copacetic


    eddiehead wrote: »
    Bergkamp

    bergkamp!??! you must be joking, skillful but sneakily dirty and
    cowardly player with a poor attitude.

    could see Pele or Zidane, maybe someone like lineker or hoddle as a player.

    Solksjaer? does anyone love and respect him? He is more of the kind of
    player that all fans couldn't care less about.


  • #13
    Dave147
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,235 ✭✭✭Dave147


    Shay Given, Les Ferdinand, Raul.


  • #14
    leninbenjamin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,983 ✭✭✭leninbenjamin


    Pepe LeFrits wrote: »
    Paolo Maldini.

    agreed. no football fan on the planet can credibly say anything bad about him. legend.


  • #15
    Xavi6
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 40,909 ✭✭✭✭Xavi6


    CiaranC wrote: »
    Roy Keane

    Troll tbh
    Dave147 wrote: »
    Shay Given, Les Ferdinand, Raul.

    There's a LOT of people in Spain who don't like him.


    Cafu?


  • #16
    tribulus
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,635 ✭✭✭tribulus


    Henry?

    Can't remember him being involved in much controversy, seems like a decent bloke too.


  • #17
    Xavi6
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 40,909 ✭✭✭✭Xavi6


    tribulus wrote: »
    Henry?

    Can't remember him being involved in much controversy, seems like a decent bloke too.

    Ah yes but he's French, and no one likes the French.


  • #18
    Dave147
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,235 ✭✭✭Dave147


    Agree with Cafu, what about Roberto Carlos?


  • #19
    Chong
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,677 ✭✭✭Chong


    Yup Paulo Maldini is an utter legend, great player , and one of the most loyal footballers to play the game. At Milan for 24 years, be great if he took up coaching and went on to coach the rossoneri.


  • #20
    PHB
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,617 ✭✭✭✭PHB


    Paulo Maldini, Le Tiss, Zidane, Ronaldinho, Ole, Scholes


  • #21
    Daemonic
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,508 ✭✭✭Daemonic


    Pepe LeFrits wrote: »
    Paolo Maldini.

    +1


  • Advertisement
  • #22
    p.pete
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,267 ✭✭✭p.pete


    CHD wrote: »
    Gianfranco Zola!!
    +1


  • #23
    Xavi6
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 40,909 ✭✭✭✭Xavi6


    PHB wrote: »
    Paulo Maldini, Le Tiss, Zidane, Ronaldinho, Ole, Scholes

    Lol I'm sure there are a few people who have been on the receiving end of his 'tackles' that don't like him.

    Jari Litmanen


  • #24
    copacetic
    Subscribers Posts: 16,593 ✭✭✭✭copacetic


    PHB wrote: »
    Paulo Maldini, Le Tiss, Zidane, Ronaldinho, Ole, Scholes

    scholes? feckin hell. he is a dirty player, would be surprised if anyone outside of utd loves or respects him.

    didn't suggest a liverpool player above, but if we are wearing our blinkers.

    Hansen,Daglish or Torres?


  • #25
    PHB
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,617 ✭✭✭✭PHB


    Xavi6 wrote: »
    Lol I'm sure there are a few people who have been on the receiving end of his 'tackles' that don't like him.

    You'd figure that wouldn't you, but whenever anyone in the game talks about him, they all seem to forgive him, its weird :) When commentators talk about Scholes, when any footballer talks about Scholes, if they are talking about his tackling, its pretty much a joke that after 20 years he still hasn't learn to tackle


  • #26
    Dancor
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,624 ✭✭✭Dancor


    Giggs, I never heard a bad word spoke about him.


  • #27
    CHD
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 6,956 ✭✭✭CHD


    +1 on Ryan Giggs


  • #28
    m@cc@
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,526 ✭✭✭m@cc@


    Mr. X wrote: »
    Very Contentious with Roy Keane, not many like him as a person.

    I will also say I am not so sure about pele.


    Keano can be hit and miss. But his latest comments about Jack Warner are spot on.


  • #29
    35notout
    Registered Users Posts: 596 ✭✭✭35notout


    Van Basten


  • #30
    m@cc@
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,526 ✭✭✭m@cc@


    Clayton Blackmore.


  • Advertisement
  • #31
    Charlie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,815 ✭✭✭Charlie


    Barton.


  • #32
    m@cc@
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,526 ✭✭✭m@cc@


    charlie mchugh wrote: »
    Barton.

    I take it you mean Warren? His dress sense alone was worthy of admiration.


  • #33
    Tom65
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,685 ✭✭✭Tom65


    charlie mchugh wrote: »
    Barton.

    I don't think love and respect really covers it.


    I've never heard much ill will towards Steve Coppell. Anyone care to prove me wrong?


  • #34
    irishpartyboy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 330 ✭✭irishpartyboy


    Dinny Irwin.


  • #35
    Pigman II
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,921 ✭✭✭✭Pigman II


    Mr. X wrote: »
    Ok so I was thinking is there any player that all fans can admire for being an excellent footballer and genuine good bloke all round.

    Kilbane* and Beckham

    * = moreso the latter of the two qualities I guess.


  • #36
    Dave147
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,235 ✭✭✭Dave147


    I hate Steve Coppell so much I cry to sleep sometimes.. :D

    Yeah Irwin was my favourite player growing up, even had a Man Utd jersey just so I could have his name on the back, and a few Irish jerseys. He used stop into my pub for a pint every now and again, hence the hero worship lol :D


  • Advertisement
  • #37
    Victor McDade
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 710 ✭✭✭Victor McDade


    +1 on Dinny Irwin, even Pool fans dont mind him

    Batistuta


  • #38
    vestanpance
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 355 ✭✭vestanpance


    Redondo


  • #39
    SantryRed
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,224 ✭✭✭✭SantryRed


    charlie mchugh wrote: »
    Barton.

    Yes, he's a player all fans would love to see his face punched in and then respect the man who did it.

    Just a slight variation on the thread title;)


  • #40
    m@cc@
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,526 ✭✭✭m@cc@


    Stoichkov


  • #41
    kensutz
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,198 ✭✭✭kensutz


    Dion Dublin


  • Advertisement
  • #42
    bohsman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,881 ✭✭✭bohsman


    Kevin Hunt.


  • #43
    SectionF
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,890 ✭✭✭SectionF


    bohsman wrote: »
    Kevin Hunt.
    +1

    Ryan Giggs +1

    Paulo Maldini +1

    Jimmy Bullard +1


  • #44
    SantryRed
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,224 ✭✭✭✭SantryRed


    bohsman wrote: »
    Kevin Hunt.

    Definitely don't love him.

    I do have lots of respect for him though.


  • #45
    Xavi6
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 40,909 ✭✭✭✭Xavi6


    Tom65 wrote: »
    I've never heard much ill will towards Steve Coppell. Anyone care to prove me wrong?
    Us City fans HATE him. Walked out on us a month into the job and was (allegedly) embroiled in a scandal involving someone young at the club. A very unsavoury incident.


  • #46
    copacetic
    Subscribers Posts: 16,593 ✭✭✭✭copacetic


    Xavi6 wrote: »
    Us City fans HATE him. Walked out on us a month into the job and was (allegedly) embroiled in a scandal involving someone young at the club. A very unsavoury incident.

    agree, shocking rumours about him.


  • #47
    Headshot
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 54,678 ✭✭✭✭Headshot


    can't believe no one mentioned

    paul scholes


  • #48
    Mushy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 21,521 ✭✭✭✭Mushy


    {(-_-)}HeadShoT** wrote: »
    can't believe no one mentioned

    paul scholes

    Did you even read the thread?

    Gary Mccalister would be a nomination of mine.


  • #49
    copacetic
    Subscribers Posts: 16,593 ✭✭✭✭copacetic


    {(-_-)}HeadShoT** wrote: »
    can't believe no one mentioned

    paul scholes

    he was mentioned, it was also noted that outside of utd fans, no-one loves or respects him


  • #50
    Headshot
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 54,678 ✭✭✭✭Headshot


    sorry lads never saw the post


  • #51
    Mushy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 21,521 ✭✭✭✭Mushy


    copacetic wrote: »
    he was mentioned, it was also noted that outside of utd fans, no-one loves or respects him

    Prob gonna be vilified for this, but even as a Leeds fan, I have quite a lot of respect for him. Keeps to himself, hard worker, down to Earthplayer...no wonder Ferguson loves him, he's not in the media every other day. Thats why I respect him.


  • Advertisement
Advertisement