Which footballer do you hate and why?

By Ed Gallois on 2011-11-21 10:46:25

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Sitting in the pub on Saturday night having a few drinks with friends, it came to my attention that most people have a footballer that they hate. Not dislike, but genuinely, actually hate. Someone who’s mere mention results in the veins on the aggrieved person's head starting to throb and a cachophony of expletives coming out of their mouth.

The names that kept on coming up at the weekend were:

John Terry
Wayne Rooney
Luis Suarez
Carlos Tevez
Joey Barton
Joe Cole

Personally, I still can’t forgive the Brazilian player Rivaldo (currently on loan at Sao Paulo) for his infamous simulated dive in the 2002 World Cup that got a Turkish player sent off. For me it ranks as one of the worst moments of gamesmanship that I’ve ever seen in any sport and for that reason – and for that reason alone – I hate him.

Which footballer do you hate and why? Please leave your comments below.

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robalexander says:

As a Scotland fan there are a couple of hate figures at the moment, Kevin Blom the dutch ref who gave Czech Republic that last minute penalty and Jan Rezek who dived for the penalty. The hate will wane though as the ref just had a bad game and players get away with diving all the time.

Don't think I hate anyone else just now but I agree Rivaldo's dive was a terrible act but he was right beside the linesman who should have acted on it. Also John Terry and Ashley Cole are C***s

Comment posted at: 2011-11-21 11:32:38

Ed The Head says:

I think Cashley would figure very strongly in - and possibly even win - a national poll.

Comment posted at: 2011-11-21 11:42:14

ArmchairJockey says:

It's gotta be Mathieu Valbuena, the diving pr!ck.

On a totally unrelated note..... Nicolas Anelka is signing for Chinese club Shanghai Shenshua in January. Money talks.

Comment posted at: 2011-11-22 10:11:47

declanmorrison says:

For me it has to be Suarez. The handball was of course a truly awful example of sportsmanship but one can just about understand that in a world cup knockout stage, playing for your country you might do something stupid, however the way he celebrated when the poor Ghanaian missed the penalt was for me unforgivable.

How can you hate Rooney, he's adorable

Comment posted at: 2011-11-25 03:14:39

Ed The Head says:

Hear what you're saying Declan. Didn't pretty much all the Uruguayan players celebrate though when Gyan missed the pk?

Comment posted at: 2011-11-25 09:53:55

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