Football's nicest guy

gosplan

Probably Tomassi for me, or perhaps Drogba considering what he's done.

Kaka seems nice but maybe a bit Ned Flanders.

Ole Gunnar seems a thoroughly likeable bloke too.

There's probably some guy that gave everything he had to charity that I'm missing.

RasTa

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G_GGTGuNcyg

monkey9

Luis Suarez. A gent.

Panthro

Terry.
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Kankan14

Jimmy Bullard

weldoninhio

RasTa wrote: »

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G_GGTGuNcyg

What a hero, refuses to swap shirt with Israeli players because of their governments actions, which they have nothing to do with.

SlipperyPeople

Zola

mooseknunkle

Michael Laudrup always comes across as a nice guy

user2011

Chicarito

monkey9

weldoninhio wrote: »

What a hero, refuses to swap shirt with Israeli players because of their governments actions, which they have nothing to do with.

Haha!! Priceless. Liverpool Villa thread becomes even funnier.

J. Marston

Antonio Di Natale, what a guy.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/competitions/serie-a/9206293/Udinese-captain-Antonio-Di-Natale-to-look-after-disabled-sister-of-Piermario-Morosini-following-players-death.html

RasTa

monkey9 wrote: »

Haha!! Priceless. Liverpool Villa thread becomes even funnier.

Why is that being mentioned in here?

monkey9

RasTa wrote: »

Why is that being mentioned in here?

Because of his posts in the Liverpool Villa thread.

Too Tough To Die

Hard to gauge. Some of the most detestable characters on the pitch like Drogba and Bellamy do a lot of great work off it.

mav79

Bellamy can be little f*cker on the pitch, but off the pitch he has a charity set up in Sierra Leone.

yohan the great

Impossible question to answer. Its all about the public perception of players really. We really don't have a clue what they're like

mikeym

Neil Lennons a gent despite being the most hated man in Scotland by jealous non Celtic fans.

Turtyturd

It's a bit pointless saying X is the nicest guy because he does charity work off the pitch, while in the other thread Suarez and referees are getting stick because of what they do on the pitch, and nobody has a clue what they are like off it.

That's down to the lack of context in the OP's though.

Left Back on the Bench

Niall quinn surely

Giggsy11

Ole Solskjaer, Javier Zanetti, Kaka..

GillespieRoad

Roberto Martinez seems an all round good guy

Fr Tod Umptious

mooseknunkle wrote: »

Michael Laudrup always comes across as a nice guy

Did he not play for Rangers ?
Surely that rules him out ?

Richard Hillman

Drogba

Diabhal Beag

Stern John once signed a programme for me and said I could keep the pen. True story.

Boskowski

Luis Suarez anyone?

dfx-

monkey9 wrote: »

Haha!! Priceless. Liverpool Villa thread becomes even funnier.

The Liverpool Villa thread has nothing to do with this thread. Continuing arguments and hostility from it in this thread may be considered trolling from now on.

Furthermore, for everyone, trolling in particular applies to this thread along with the rest of the charter. Pay heed to all of it.

titan18

Zola and Xabi Alonso have always struck me as very nice guys. Both on and off the field

oldyouth

Would have to have been the late Sir Bobby Robson, true football man

snowblind

Never heard anything but great stuff about Del Piero - playing Shamrock Rovers in Tallaght all the other players left the pitch after the whistle but he stayed to chat and sign stuff for kids. At least that's what I've heard, didn't get to the match myself.

niallo27

Rafa benetiz always came across as a nice bloke to me. I never understood the hate for him. Didn't he even make a cup of tea for reporters waiting outside his house.

monkey9

snowblind wrote: »

Never heard anything but great stuff about Del Piero - playing Shamrock Rovers in Tallaght all the other players left the pitch after the whistle but he stayed to chat and sign stuff for kids. At least that's what I've heard, didn't get to the match myself.

Completely true. Swapped jerseys as well and wore the Shams jersey on the pitch as he walked off.

He's decent, but he's no Keith Fahey.

DrumSteve

niallo27 wrote: »

Rafa benetiz always came across as a nice bloke to me. I never understood the hate for him. Didn't he even make a cup of tea for reporters waiting outside his house.

Wasnt that zola?

Either way both top blokes.

Surprised beckham wasnt mentioned, seems a decent sort.

Too Tough To Die

titan18 wrote: »

Zola and Xabi Alonso have always struck me as very nice guys. Both on and off the field

Alonso seemed to have a real nasty streak in him while playing under Mourinho. Only noticed it against Barca though, i should add.

titan18

DrumSteve wrote: »

Wasnt that zola?

Either way both top blokes.

Surprised beckham wasnt mentioned, seems a decent sort.

Both have done it. A very nice thing to do, Zola had the sacking rumours aswell at the time

bohsboy

Chris hughton. We spent hours outside finnstown house in the hope of an autograph just before euro88. He was the only one to come out, signed everything and told us to go on home that our parents would be worried about us. Lovely man.

Packie bonner was one of the rudest. As they say, you should never meet your heroes.

LiamoSail

gosplan wrote: »

Ole Gunnar seems a thoroughly likeable bloke too.
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I would have thought similar, prior to him agreeing to take the Cardiff job while MM was still there. Bad form IMO, and something which should be stigmatised more widely

Kirby

LiamoSail wrote: »

I would have thought similar, prior to him agreeing to take the Cardiff job while MM was still there. Bad form IMO, and something which should be stigmatised more widely

I understand the sentiment of what you are saying but lifes too short for stuff like that. Are you supposed to turn a job down because some guy you don't even know that well will lose his? The chairman will just go on to the next man who wont say no. He did what anyone else would have done.

It's the same with players. They would never say it publicly as it would be career suicide, but if your rival in the team gets sold or gets injured and it affords you a run in the team....you are rightfully going to be pretty happy about it. It's not that you wish them ill....its just that you want whats best for you. That's human nature.

When players say stuff in interviews like "Oh it doesn't matter that I scored today....it all about the team" you can tell its complete nonsense. Drogba, brilliant player that he was, always used to come out with guff like this but all he cared about was scoring himself and about his own legend. You could see it when he had that temper tantrum when lampard wouldn't let him take the penalty on the last day of the season and he thought he was going to miss out on the golden boot. And he's not alone, 99% of players think the exact same way.

I wouldn't be criticising Solskjaer for taking the opportunity to further his career. You would have done the same if given the chance.

LiamoSail

Kirby wrote: »

I understand the sentiment of what you are saying but lifes too short for stuff like that. Are you supposed to turn a job down because some guy you don't even know that well will lose his? The chairman will just go on to the next man who wont say no. He did what anyone else would have done.

It's the same with players. They would never say it publicly as it would be career suicide, but if your rival in the team gets sold or gets injured and it affords you a run in the team....you are rightfully going to be pretty happy about it. It's not that you wish them ill....its just that you want whats best for you. That's human nature.

When players say stuff in interviews like "Oh it doesn't matter that I scored today....it all about the team" you can tell its complete nonsense. Drogba, brilliant player that he was, always used to come out with guff like this but all he cared about was scoring himself and about his own legend. You could see it when he had that temper tantrum when lampard wouldn't let him take the penalty on the last day of the season and he thought he was going to miss out on the golden boot. And he's not alone, 99% of players think the exact same way.

I wouldn't be criticising Solskjaer for taking the opportunity to further his career. You would have done the same if given the chance.

I agree with you on the players.

On managers, plenty do it. There was a good article recently about Roy Keane's refusal to speak to clubs that still had a manager, and how he had suffered as a result, while Wolves really suffered by sacking Mick McCarthy a few years back without having a replacement lined up.

It's obviously quiet common, but I don't think its right. It's something I believe the LMA should involve themselves in. Obviously they can't influence clubs, but there should at least be some action taken against its members found to be guilty of it.

As you say though, with plenty doing it, its a vicious circle. I'm probably being a bit harsh on Sholskjaer in that regard

Duff

Buffon comes across as very likeable.

Francie Barrett

Luis Suarez certainly in with a shout.

Pique

Whenever I see Clarence Seedorf as a pundit it cheers me up. He has a very happy demeanour and seems a very cheery fellow.

grohlisagod

Zabaleta always comes across well.

weldoninhio

Craig Bellamy and Didier Drogba stand out with all of the charity work they do outside of football.

Wilson Palacios also, to be so humble, that you sit in the hotel reception all night, waiting for your manager to wake, to ask permission for compassionate leave, after learning your brother has been murdered is unreal.

BNMC

David Beckham.

Donating his PSG wages to a children's hospital in France and generally comes across as really nice guy.

fozz10

BNMC wrote: »

David Beckham.

Donating his PSG wages to a children's hospital in France and generally comes across as really nice guy.

u do why he really done it thou yea? and your just jokin....

Skylinehead

fozz10 wrote: »

u do why he really done it thou yea? and your just jokin....

Has anyone really been far even as decided to use even go want to do look more like?

Pique

fozz10 wrote: »

u do why he really done it thou yea? and your just jokin....

What? If he donated what would have been a massive amount of money to a children's hospital, regardless of what ulterior motive he had (and I doubt there was one, he's minted and didn't need any more), who cares why he did it.

fozz10

Skylinehead wrote: »

Has anyone really been far even as decided to use even go want to do look more like?

you should see someone about that

fozz10

Pique wrote: »

What? If he donated what would have been a massive amount of money to a children's hospital, regardless of what ulterior motive he had (and I doubt there was one, he's minted and didn't need any more), who cares why he did it.

look it up. it would of cost him money the because government there wanted tax from his other incomes worldwide if he was paid his wages there. google it. im not putting a link for u.

Moneymaker

fozz10 wrote: »

u do why he really done it thou yea? and your just jokin....

LiamoSail

Pique wrote: »

What? If he donated what would have been a massive amount of money to a children's hospital, regardless of what ulterior motive he had (and I doubt there was one, he's minted and didn't need any more), who cares why he did it.

It was something along the lines of had he taken the salary, he'd have been liable for tax on his world wide income at French rates, in addition to his PSG salary. With the high income tax rates in France, and his level of foreign earned income, it'd have been a substantial tax liability

As you say though, irrespective of motivation, it was great that a children's hospital got what they did. Beckham has always come across as a decent guy IMO