Which player do you most play like?

[Brownie]

I am small, skillful, very quick and play out wide on the right... problem with me is I never track back and have been regularly lynched and sworn at in the dressing room for not helping out when we are under pressure.

 

Played at a decent level up until aged 19 and a double leg break by a frustrated left back left me in a heap. Have played Sunday league on and off until aged 28 when I hung my blue boots.

 

I don't think i've ever been less surprised about anything!

[Anny Road]

George Weah's cousin.

[Red Squirrel]

I'd like to think i'm like Zinadine Zidane but i'm more like Zinadine Kilbane

[Trumo]

ifithadnebeenferkneeinjury, I would have songs sung about me containing the words "He drinks Sangria".

 

I was a l'il Luis back in the day, right down to the frustrating inconsistency and the "piss your own teammates off for 89 minutes before popping up with the winner."

 

Also, I can still shoot from halfway. Actually, I have a left foot to make Maradona weep.

[Yerma'satexan!]

Ronnie Whealan

[JohnnyH]

Andrés Escobar.

 

I've no idea who he is, but my teammates regularly say I'll end up like him.

[ToxtethTerror]

Does anybody here play like Dirk Kuyt? One of my mates does, and he always got games despite not being able to do the things some of us could do. He ran all game and played wide left, he had no pace and no skill. Frustrating wasn't the start of it. But he used to pop up with goals on freezing December mornings while I was blowing hot air onto my freezing hands.

[Catch22]

Larry Lloyd.

 

In my head, as he was when we won the League & Uefa in '72-3; to others more like he is now whilst running a bar in Marbella.

[Manny]

Heruelho Gomes.

[Acid]

Alonso, always looking for a pass, I hate having the ball is it really.

[Dracco]

Andrés Escobar.

 

I've no idea who he is, but my teammates regularly say I'll end up like him.

 

Columbian player, I think defender. He scored an own goal in World Cup 94 and because of that goal Colombia did not pass the group stage.

 

When he returned home, he was killed in front of a night club by angry fan because of that OG.

[Unrighteous]

Lucio, from Bayern Munich... errm... if he was an unskilled clogger.

[RedKnight]

Robbie Savage, complain like fuck at the ref and dive whenever I get the chance.

[JohnnyH]

Columbian player, I think defender. He scored an own goal in World Cup 94 and because of that goal Colombia did not pass the group stage.

 

When he returned home, he was killed in front of a night club by angry fan because of that OG.

 

I was joking.

[Guest TK-421]

In my hey day I could dribble and skin people for fun but couldn't shoot for shit, so it has to be Steve McManaman.

[robslappa]

The best player in the world..............without the ball?

 

That's the fella.

[Kevin D]

Does anybody here play like Dirk Kuyt? One of my mates does, and he always got games despite not being able to do the things some of us could do. He ran all game and played wide left, he had no pace and no skill. Frustrating wasn't the start of it. But he used to pop up with goals on freezing December mornings while I was blowing hot air onto my freezing hands.

 

Disappointing to see you bringing Dirk into this. 'Tis a bit unnecessary.

[wiiksie]

Columbian player, I think defender. He scored an own goal in World Cup 94 and because of that goal Colombia did not pass the group stage.

 

When he returned home, he was killed in front of a night club by angry fan because of that OG.

I think he knows who he was mate, that's how he setup the gag. It was a joke, see? "End up like him"? i.e. dead?

[Dan Vito Corleone]

My goalkeeping style is similar to Jussi Jaaskelainen, very unorthodox and happy to push things away and let my defenders deal with the rebounds. I also can't do a thing with the ball at my feet.

 

I don't look like a hobo though.

[Whelan]

I am small, skillful, very quick and play out wide on the right... problem with me is I never track back and have been regularly lynched and sworn at in the dressing room for not helping out when we are under pressure.

 

Played at a decent level up until aged 19 and a double leg break by a frustrated left back left me in a heap. Have played Sunday league on and off until aged 28 when I hung my blue boots.

 

haha, you do realise this explains a lot?

 

Basically you are Quaresma!

[ToxtethTerror]

Where is Mr Heaton? Isn't he supposed to be a good goalkeeper? Massimo Taibi or Pepe Reina; Andy?

[Code]

Vision and passing like Alonso, crossing like Barnes, finishing like Fowler, workrate like Cisse and lifestyle like Itandje.

[jackofdk]

In shape, I was a much worse version of Gerrard (burst of pace, good engine, hard tackling, versatile and scoring screamers). Now, I'm more like a less technical Mølby, I guess.

[Stu Monty]

Like Brownie says, you need someone else to say really. If I had to pick a player it would probably be something like Mascherano; although I can pass and shoot it's my workrate, tackling and reading that probably stand out.

[Whelan]

On a slightly different tangent, does everybody find themselves favouring those players that play in a similar position/role that they did?

 

I always swayed towards defenders and defensive mids, which is why I prefer Carragher and Mascherano more than others.