ANOTHER EPISODE OF FOOTBALL’s BAD BOYS
Into the gallery and current, starring...
George Best
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| THE ORIGINAL BAD BOY: Best in his heydays. http://www.georgebest.com/ |
He is literally best remembered in Manchester, at Old Trafford where his career reached a climax after being scouted at 16. However his career lasted until the age of 26- very short considering longest campaigners e.g. Oliver Kahn, Ryan Giggs etc. This was all due to his love for the bottle and the lavish lifestyle, his good looks with the Beatles haircut made him an instant hit with the ladies too.
• His heavy drinking through the years caught him off-side at old age; he was in and out of hospital for severe liver damage. In ’02 he had a liver transplant, unfortunately it only carried ‘till ’05 when he finally succumbed.
• He raised funds for the liver research and today his family got a foundation running to continue his legacy. http://www.georgebest.com/foundation.
Wayne Rooney
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| FATHER & SON: Rooney with son Kai Guardian.co.uk |
Alan Shearer was good, but Rooney is special. He’s not just a prolific goal machine, but his defensive ability is no different from that of the stone wall of Berlin, and he doesn’t look to crumble any soon. Though his temperament has been a focal point:
• In ’06 World Cup he stepped on Portugal’s Carvalho’s private parts.
• He had a go at our local referee Jeff Selogilwe at a practise match in Rustenburg.
• A €500/hr escort Jenny Thompson claimed to have slept with Rooney seven times when the stars wife was pregnant.
Such mishaps are not only a blow to a player as a brand, but can be suicidal to the image of the team under. Scandals as this could cause a huge PR crisis and hefty financially there-of.
THE SOPRANOS OF ITALIAN FOOTBALL
Genaro “The bull dog” Gattuso
He plays with his mind, body and soul-probably he takes it a bit further; 9/10 he gets into fights either officials & the opposite camp players. He has been a loyal servant of the “Nastro Azzuri”, without him Italy would be like mozzarella without cheese.
• Despite being recently diagnosed with double vision he still insists on playing.
-Funny when it happened he claimed to have seen teammate Zlatan “TWICE” aha-ha that’s Gattuso for you!!!.
• He’s a rare breed-he covers ground of 10-13km/match.
Antonio Cassano
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| JUBLIANT: Cassano ready to get jiggy with it, only he knows with who. |
Another remarkable player in his own right. Now 29, when he appeared on the scene at 17 was uncontrollable. He boasts about to have slept with 600-700 women, yeah right actually think he’s just trying to shadow Garrincha. He had numerous fall outs with almost every coach-apparently Marcello Lippi didn’t include him in the last edition of the World Cup because he beat up Lippi’s son at a night club. He also stole a motor cycle in his village.
This one pains my heart, at first he chose Italy over Ghana. Now he publicly discredits his biological parents, wonder how he sleeps at night. The less said about his week in, week out blunders. Please follow this link and be the judge. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-1300427/Mario-Balotellis-double-life-The-bitter-family-feud-haunts-29m-Manchester-City-target.html.
Video link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BZBZths9OB8
Video link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BZBZths9OB8
Marco Matterazi
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| Statue in NYC depicting the infamous incident between the Frenchman & Italian. upall.co |
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| SAY WHAT?: Zidane headbutting Matterazi at the '06 World Cup. footballitaliano.co.uk |
• He cried like a baby when Coach Jose Mourinho left Inter Milan.
Prodigal sons of South African football: Jabu Pule (Mahlangu), Tso Vilakazi, Patrick Mbuthu, Naughty Mokoena, Scara Ngobese, Sipho Nunens, Junior Khanye
12 comments:
as far as i know football players are taught on how to behave on and off field,but their strange behaviors amazes me they are forgetting that they are also a brand of the club they represent therefore if they act as if they are pre- school kids they are damaging their club's image.
it is never been easy in the men's game,history and memories are made each and every game.Its easy to say they are baving like kids but when you are on the everything chages,you get emotional.
As a football blogger does'nt this bring embarresment to the game. i mean not being able to behave off the field is childish and immature. do you think they deserve the salaries they are getting paid ? YES/NO
That's true lucky, of recent the team management spends money on experts to equip players with life skills etc.
Do agree Vongz that emotions can shoot up in a game but doing it almost every game is not on eg. history proves that Suarez has had a bad behaviour record from his time in Holland, he should take a self introspection of himself really now.
Thabang it is really the beautiful game but all that glitters is not always gold, mean there's an ugly side of the game and we must not shy away from. Yes they do.
@Lucky yes they are thaught to behave professional but when you're in the field anything can happen players turn to disrespect each other and that's where emotions intervine. Indeed the beautiful game comes with good and bad memories.
@Lucky yes they are thaught to behave professional but when you're in the field anything can happen players turn to disrespect each other and that's where emotions intervine. Indeed the beautiful game comes with good and bad memories.
@Lucky yes they are thaught to behave professional but when you're in the field anything can happen players turn to disrespect each other and that's where emotions intervine. Indeed the beautiful game comes with good and bad memories.
I think when you are passionate about something, in this case, soccer, you should be expected to lose your mind when things don't go your ways. It doesn't make them bad boys, they just have lots of love for the beautiful game. It's the passion acting up, not them.
I hope these soccer players clean up their acts, because they are setting a bad example to their fans who concider them as their role models
caged bird let's take John Terry's case for example, this weekend Chelsea is playing QPR, promise you all eyes will be focused on John Terry & Anton Ferdinand whether the two will shake hands before the match. Remember Terry is still to attend a trial in Jul 9after calling Anton a "BLACK CUNT". Such behaviour can't be tolerated.
boys will be boys. the play the game for us but we must remeber they human. rules are their but what thier own image is like out in the public i dnt think they care much what someone thinks.cause they given alot to the game
Ramaranka well to an extend you correct. They should probably play like boys but think like men!!.
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