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Post by chuffedstokie on Jun 21, 2016 5:46:33 GMT
Prompted mainly by seeing Cantona doing his thing in the advertising world recently. Decent player but quite a character. (seagulls, trawlers etc).
Inevitably during my chat with my mate Arnie cropped up, bit of an enigma type of person, decent footballer and brings bit of character to the game.
We then tried to pick a few others that fell into the same sort of remit from the present crop doing the rounds, and came up wanting.
Discounting the likes of Wilshite etc, who's out there at the moment providing the occasional smile or in times gone by.  |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 21, 2016 8:06:34 GMT
Zlatan Ibrahimovic - His best quotes include:
Talking about his loan offer from Arsenal at 17 - "Zlatan doesn't do auditions"
"Now I am here, the people of Paris will have more to look at than The Mona Lisa"
When asked what he bought his wife for her birthday - "Nothing, she already has Zlatan"
Commenting on his role as second Striker to Messi "You don't buy a ferrari and drive it like a fiat"
He's also scored some unbelievable goals in his career too, one that Ryan probably still sees in his dreams.
I'm kind of hoping he signs for United just to see him at the Brit in person.
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Post by JoeinOz on Jun 21, 2016 8:25:54 GMT
It's a different nastier world now. A 'character' now would be figure of hate and face book groups saying what a c**t he is.
David Bentley had a lot of spark about him. When he joined Spurs he did an interview and was bristling with excitement about his new club and what geeat players were there. It was refreshing to see a footballer clearly enjoying his job. The response from the public was derision and bile. Modern fan hate culture it is. Hate first think second.
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Post by FriendlyLCFC on Jun 21, 2016 8:33:17 GMT
Our manager Claudio Ranieri. Absolute chap.
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Post by werrington on Jun 21, 2016 8:34:53 GMT
Charachters are always much better when looked at nostalgically
We look back at the 80s as a great era but back then we looked at the 60s....Vinnie Jones was a defender people laughed at saying as a hard man he couldn't compete with Norman Hunter etc etc but now we have him held up as the toughest of the tough when compared with today's tough players
It's the same at work ...people saying it wasn't like this 20 years ago when we could have a laugh etc when in reality it was ....it was as shite back then as it is now in fact it was no different
Nostalgia eh ....it's a load of bollocks
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Post by ElworthPotter on Jun 21, 2016 8:35:46 GMT
It's a different nastier world now. A 'character' now would be figure of hate and face book groups saying what a c**t he is. David Bentley had a lot of spark about him. When he joined Spurs he did an interview and was bristling with excitement about his new club and what geeat players were there. It was refreshing to see a footballer clearly enjoying his job. The response from the public was derision and bile. Modern fan hate culture it is. Hate first think second. The other David Bentley one I like was he and Jimmy Bullard in England training playing a game to see how loudly they could get away with saying 'Postman Pat' whenever Capello was around, culminating in Bentley shouting it in his face |
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Post by JoeinOz on Jun 21, 2016 8:38:02 GMT
Our manager Claudio Ranieri. Absolute chap. Good point that is mate. His eccentricity looks unfathomably wise when things go well. When they don't go well (as they often haven't) it's hard to dislike him. |
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Post by JoeinOz on Jun 21, 2016 8:39:51 GMT
It's a different nastier world now. A 'character' now would be figure of hate and face book groups saying what a c**t he is. David Bentley had a lot of spark about him. When he joined Spurs he did an interview and was bristling with excitement about his new club and what geeat players were there. It was refreshing to see a footballer clearly enjoying his job. The response from the public was derision and bile. Modern fan hate culture it is. Hate first think second. The other David Bentley one I like was he and Jimmy Bullard in England training playing a game to see how loudly they could get away with saying 'Postman Pat' whenever Capello was around, culminating in Bentley shouting it in his face Would Capello have known who postman pat was?? ☺ |
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Post by Theninjabadger on Jun 21, 2016 8:44:12 GMT
Always found Jimmy Bullard quite amusing. The two that spring to mind are laughing in Duncan Fergusons face when he got himself send off and when he ran in and dived over a group of players during a goalmouth scrambled
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Post by Deleted on Jun 21, 2016 8:45:55 GMT
Jimmy Bullard - legend! Just had fun playing the game!
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Post by ElworthPotter on Jun 21, 2016 8:52:34 GMT
The other David Bentley one I like was he and Jimmy Bullard in England training playing a game to see how loudly they could get away with saying 'Postman Pat' whenever Capello was around, culminating in Bentley shouting it in his face Would Capello have known who postman pat was?? ☺ Doubt it, which probably made it all the funnier! |
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Post by JoeinOz on Jun 21, 2016 9:01:06 GMT
Jimmy Bullard - legend! Just had fun playing the game! He did the question and answer thing in 442 and he is a fucking nob. He went on about his laughs but bloody hell it was the kind of banal rubbish a 10 year old might like. Mind you he is a footballer. |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 21, 2016 9:16:45 GMT
Jimmy Bullard - legend! Just had fun playing the game! He did the question and answer thing in 442 and he is a fucking nob. He went on about his laughs but bloody hell it was the kind of banal rubbish a 10 year old might like. Mind you he is a footballer. What was it you said before Joe? "Modern fan hate culture it is. Hate first think second. "  |
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Post by marwood on Jun 21, 2016 9:18:12 GMT
Jimmy Bullard - legend! Just had fun playing the game! He did the question and answer thing in 442 and he is a fucking nob. He went on about his laughs but bloody hell it was the kind of banal rubbish a 10 year old might like. Mind you he is a footballer. I hear you. Im a big fan of the way he played football with fun. On the back of that he earned himself a media career. I listened to a couple of his Magic Sponge podcasts, basically him giggling like a schoolgirl and saying bottom and willy a lot |
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Post by JoeinOz on Jun 21, 2016 9:38:55 GMT
He did the question and answer thing in 442 and he is a fucking nob. He went on about his laughs but bloody hell it was the kind of banal rubbish a 10 year old might like. Mind you he is a footballer. What was it you said before Joe? "Modern fan hate culture it is. Hate first think second. " Ha ha!! ☺ But I don't hate him. I just don't find him very funny. But the equivalent for me thinking he is an unfunny nob for a lot of persons is to scream about hom being a c**t and hope he gets his legs broke eyc. |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 21, 2016 9:43:53 GMT
What was it you said before Joe? "Modern fan hate culture it is. Hate first think second. " Ha ha!! ☺ But I don't hate him. I just don't find him very funny. But the equivalent for me thinking he is an unfunny nob for a lot of persons is to scream about hom being a c**t and hope he gets his legs broke eyc. Very true, I do find some of his humour quite immature. But it's nice to see somebody having fun on the pitch! |
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Post by chuffedstokie on Jun 21, 2016 10:11:04 GMT
Wonder who could stagger on to the set of Parkinson half pissed and still try to do an interview. A certain irishman springs to mind.
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Post by Staying up for Grandadstokey on Jun 21, 2016 11:17:15 GMT
Our manager Claudio Ranieri. Absolute chap. Good point that is mate. His eccentricity looks unfathomably wise when things go well. When they don't go well (as they often haven't) it's hard to dislike him. Very likeable character, no mean Manager either. |
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Post by Staying up for Grandadstokey on Jun 21, 2016 11:23:22 GMT
Wonder who could stagger on to the set of Parkinson half pissed and still try to do an interview. A certain irishman springs to mind. Ah yes the great George Best. "What did you spend all your money on George?", "Fast cars, booze and women.....the rest I squandered". |
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Post by haway on Jun 21, 2016 11:41:47 GMT
Managers:
Claudio Ranieri (Dilla ding Dilla dong is one of the best things I've heard)
Big Sam (Bias maybe, but he's a character - dancing in Marbella, pushing opposition players out of the way, laughing at Chico diving)
Alan Pardew (Despise him but he has funny moments - that dance in the cup final man)
Ian Holloway (Bit in the past but he was always entertaining to watch/listen to)
Di Canio (See Holloway)
Can't think of a lot of players who are good characters - Bullard was definitely one of them, but it's sad that I don't know a lot of players who are eccentric/entertaining.
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Post by foster on Jun 21, 2016 13:08:41 GMT
Crouchy.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 21, 2016 13:09:23 GMT
Muni does some horrendous dance moves, does that count?
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Post by Deleted on Jun 21, 2016 13:18:51 GMT
Muni does some horrendous dance moves, does that count? Character. Loveable nice guy. The way modern fans drone on and critique every club decision as if they are geniuses, and tear their own players apart it's no wonder there's no characters in the game. |
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Post by outspaced on Jun 21, 2016 13:32:47 GMT
Buffon is a fair character in the modern game.
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Post by RichJonesy on Jun 21, 2016 13:43:16 GMT
Zlatan Ibrahimovic - His best quotes include: He's also scored some unbelievable goals in his career too, one that Ryan probably still sees in his dreams. More like his nightmares!! Was it the Barcelona team that recently let a load of kids have a kick around with them when they got into their training pitch? |
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Post by johnnysoul60 on Jun 21, 2016 14:51:17 GMT
Bilic is impressing me with his punditry
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Post by PotterLog on Jun 21, 2016 15:20:32 GMT
It's a different nastier world now. A 'character' now would be figure of hate and face book groups saying what a c**t he is. David Bentley had a lot of spark about him. When he joined Spurs he did an interview and was bristling with excitement about his new club and what geeat players were there. It was refreshing to see a footballer clearly enjoying his job. The response from the public was derision and bile. Modern fan hate culture it is. Hate first think second. The other David Bentley one I like was he and Jimmy Bullard in England training playing a game to see how loudly they could get away with saying 'Postman Pat' whenever Capello was around, culminating in Bentley shouting it in his face In other words behaving like absolute fucking children |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 25, 2016 10:18:58 GMT
Seen another Ibrahimovic quote this morning to add to my previous post....
"What Carew can do with a football, I can do with an orange"
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Post by JoeinOz on Jun 25, 2016 10:29:29 GMT
Seen another Ibrahimovic quote this morning to add to my previous post.... "What Carew can do with a football, I can do with an orange" Zlatans bombast is ace when he's on form and preening. Right now it looks a bit silly. He went with a whimper really. |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 25, 2016 15:31:07 GMT
Seen another Ibrahimovic quote this morning to add to my previous post.... "What Carew can do with a football, I can do with an orange" Zlatans bombast is ace when he's on form and preening. Right now it looks a bit silly. He went with a whimper really. I agree Joe. Swedish team as a whole looked below average. It would be interesting to see if he can do it in the PL if he joined United. |
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