Individual footballers you would pay to watch
Three for me, and two for them.
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The whole Beckham thing and people only going to watch him got me thinking, what footballers (or sportsmen in general i spose) would you pay to watch just for them.
Here's my provisional list:
Zinedine Zidane
Thierry Henry
Dennis Bergkamp
Robert Pires
Ronaldo (The Real one)
Juan Roman Riquelme
If i was to pick a few other sportsmen i would probably throw Tiger, Nadal and Tendulkar in there.
Buffon II2008-12-04 23:09:22
Here's my provisional list:
Zinedine Zidane
Thierry Henry
Dennis Bergkamp
Robert Pires
Ronaldo (The Real one)
Juan Roman Riquelme
If i was to pick a few other sportsmen i would probably throw Tiger, Nadal and Tendulkar in there.
Buffon II2008-12-04 23:09:22
Three for me, and two for them.
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Agree with Tiger, Nadal and Tendulkar, add in for me Usain Bolt, Michael Phelps and im sure there are others. But none that come to mind right now
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Sachin Tendalkar, Ronaldinho at his prime, Warne if I was in india during the ICL lol. Lewis Hamilton, Tiger, Both Nadal and the Fed express. Possibly even Chris Gayle who is IMO the most underrated player in world cricket. Kallis and Andrew Johns aswell.
Gangsta!2008-12-04 23:33:52
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Most of who have been said plus Lampard and Federer.
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Jay Jay Okocha in an exbitition match cause i bet he would pull out the part tricks.
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Daniel Jourdain.
ive got a song that wont take long, Adelaide are rubbish.. the second verse is same as the first.. ADELAIDE ARE RUBBISH
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Manny Pacquiao
Miguel Cotto
Chad Dawson
I like tautologies because I like them.
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I'm with you Buffon!!!!
Queenslander 3x a year.
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Slightly off topic but here goes anyway.
Jag2008-12-05 09:14:48
99.99% of you will never have heard of him (Ginger Eejit will have!) but there's a guy who used to play for Partick Thistle called Chic Charnley. Possibly one of the most gifted players I have ever seen in all my time of watching football. Unfortunately, he was also completely bonkers. Among his claims to fame are that he holds the British record for the amount of red cards received! Now retired, but the money I spent watching him was well worth it.
There are hundreds of stories about Chic but here's a certified one.
'The Jags are playing Falkirk away, and in the warm-up some foul-mouthed teenage fan is belabouring the maestro about his ability. Chic is idly caressing the ball with his left peg. "Go on, f****** hit me," shouts the callow youth. Chic slams the ball, from 30 yards, smack into his face. "Hah," responds the lad, spitting out teeth, "bet you couldn't do that again." Exit remaining dentures.'
Apparently I'm apathetic, but I couldn't care less.
"Being a Partick Thistle fan sets you apart. It means youre a free thinker. It also means your team has no money." Tim Luckhurst, The Independent, 4th December 2003
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Not sure why you would pay to see an Individual play football when it is a Team sport!
C-Diddy2008-12-05 11:24:29
I saw Francis Lampard play for West Ham and while he was good he didn't look anything special.
Also when you look back to the successful Real Madrid sides over past 10 years and Chelsea's Premier League successes of the 2000's theres one name that barely ever gets a mention yet he, for mine, was the reason both sides were so damn good to watch and that was Geremi!
"Ive just re-visited this and once again realised that C-Diddy is a genius - a drunk, Newcastle bred disgrace - but a genius." - Hard News, 11:39am 4th June 2009
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Not sure why you would pay to see an Individual play football when it is a Team sport!
To analyse and study the individual on his own and what he does throughout a match that makes him so successful and brilliant to watch. I remember a few years back a movie/doco was made on Zidane which was about his final game at Madrid, it was just the camera following him for 90 minutes, it was brilliant.
Three for me, and two for them.
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Purely hypothetical but would Zidane have been as good as he was for Real Madrid if he were to have played at say Derby or Coventry?
Awesome player I agree but the players around him did contribute somewhat to his brilliance!
"Ive just re-visited this and once again realised that C-Diddy is a genius - a drunk, Newcastle bred disgrace - but a genius." - Hard News, 11:39am 4th June 2009
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No, but he still would of been brilliant. He was amazing during Euro 2000, not since Maradona in 86 had anyone dominated a single tournament so much. World Player of the Year 3 times, 3 goals in 2 WC Finals, That goal in the 2002 Champions League final. By no means a big match bottler.
Best player of the current generation and i'd probably gamble that if he came down here a la Beckham that everyone on here would love to see him in the flesh.
Best player of the current generation and i'd probably gamble that if he came down here a la Beckham that everyone on here would love to see him in the flesh.
Three for me, and two for them.
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Not sure why you would pay to see an Individual play football when it is a Team sport! ...
Think the crowd for the Galaxy game in Wellington shows that it happens, C-D
Apparently I'm apathetic, but I couldn't care less.
"Being a Partick Thistle fan sets you apart. It means youre a free thinker. It also means your team has no money." Tim Luckhurst, The Independent, 4th December 2003
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Not sure why you would pay to see an Individual play football when it is a Team sport! ...
Think the crowd for the Galaxy game in Wellington shows that it happens, C-D
I didn't pay!
"Ive just re-visited this and once again realised that C-Diddy is a genius - a drunk, Newcastle bred disgrace - but a genius." - Hard News, 11:39am 4th June 2009
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Vivian
(of the Sir variety - not the young ones variety)
(of the Sir variety - not the young ones variety)
E + R + O
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Purely hypothetical but would Zidane have been as good�as he was for Real Madrid if�he were to have played at�say Derby or Coventry?
Awesome player I agree but the players around him did contribute somewhat�to his brilliance!
Of course he would have. He wouldn't have won as many trophies (if any) but his skill and ability would have still been clearly evident. Guess a bit like Ronaldinho at PSG.
Personally think Zidane's one of the best footballers ever.
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A good example of fans who went to see Beckham in Wellington.
When we saw the La Galaxy team hotel everyone was waiting outside for Becks right, while Donovan was causally leanin out on the balcony on the first floor. Good time to jump in and throw stuff up for a signature then as he was practically invisible to most there!
When we saw the La Galaxy team hotel everyone was waiting outside for Becks right, while Donovan was causally leanin out on the balcony on the first floor. Good time to jump in and throw stuff up for a signature then as he was practically invisible to most there!
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What amazed me about Becks visit last year was the ignorance shown towards utter legend Ruud Gullit.
Three for me, and two for them.
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Purely hypothetical but would Zidane have been as good as he was for Real Madrid if he were to have played at say Derby or Coventry?
Awesome player I agree but the players around him did contribute somewhat to his brilliance!
if that had been his fate he would probably have resorted to headbutting concrete walls
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...Ronaldinho at his prime, ...
If we're looking at players in their prime, I'd take a look at Puskas, Garrincha, Pele, Maradona, Zico, Eusebio, Duncan Edwards, Best and Cruyff, to name a few.
You know we belong together...
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anyone who was part of the Tigers march to visibilty
scholes giggs and (reluctantly) rooney
gerrard, torres, alonso (on a good day)
walcott,
ryan nelsen
dietmar hamman
(slightly reluctantly) jeramine defoe
as for previous generations - yep Berkamp and a few hundred others
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Quaresma would be wicked, in fact just get Zlatan, Adriano et al over here and the Nix can hammer inter
You know we belong together...
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Stu Kelly.
ive got a song that wont take long, Adelaide are rubbish.. the second verse is same as the first.. ADELAIDE ARE RUBBISH
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Zinedine Zidane
Nuno Gomes
Patrick Kluivert
Michael Ferrante
Adrian Mutu
Ryan Nelsen
Tomas Rosicky
Oliver Kahn
Scottie Pippen
Shaun Kemp
Gary Paston
Nuno Gomes
Patrick Kluivert
Michael Ferrante
Adrian Mutu
Ryan Nelsen
Tomas Rosicky
Oliver Kahn
Scottie Pippen
Shaun Kemp
Gary Paston
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Gary Paston
Mark's younger brother?
Surely you mean Payton.
And Kemp's name was spelt Shawn.
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Payton. That's the one, got my wires crossed between Gary Payton and Mark Paston.
And Shaun, Shawn, Sean I don't care lol.
loyalgunner2008-12-07 17:09:33
And Shaun, Shawn, Sean I don't care lol.
loyalgunner2008-12-07 17:09:33
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...Ronaldinho at his prime, ...
If we're looking at players in their prime, I'd take a look at Puskas, Garrincha, Pele, Maradona, Zico, Eusebio, Duncan Edwards, Best and Cruyff, to name a few.
Would of been the greatest of all time if not for the Munich tragedy.
Three for me, and two for them.
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The Bulls of 96/97 when they went 72/10 would have been a decent side to watch. The Yankees of the early 2000s would have been a bit special to but thats all a bit off topic
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Barry Lewis.
Incredible stamina. No shame. Yellow Fever.
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Hard News.
You know we belong together...
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Hard News.
Any of the fever mods, or you and stefan.
ive got a song that wont take long, Adelaide are rubbish.. the second verse is same as the first.. ADELAIDE ARE RUBBISH
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News is more football than footballer.
And if any of you gave a donation to Lei Lei Gao's charity game then you have paid to see both Feverish and Cnut play.
And if any of you gave a donation to Lei Lei Gao's charity game then you have paid to see both Feverish and Cnut play.
Incredible stamina. No shame. Yellow Fever.
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News is more football than footballer.
And if any of you gave a donation to Lei Lei Gao's charity game then you have paid to see both Feverish and Cnut play.
And if any of you gave a donation to Lei Lei Gao's charity game then you have paid to see both Feverish and Cnut play.
Who?
ive got a song that wont take long, Adelaide are rubbish.. the second verse is same as the first.. ADELAIDE ARE RUBBISH
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Possibly even Chris Gayle who is IMO the most underrated player in world cricket.
$15 a day starting on thursday at the uni oval
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