Who can be an English football role model?
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paul robinson. as far as i know he's not done anything dodgy, other than fall foul to a cruel back pass incindent. this knocked his confindence, he was (still is) a competent keeper with a very good attitude. i can't blame him for knocking back capello. i remember when united put 4 past him and the chants of ''englands number one'' started from them. i'd have felt sorry for any keeper in that position but for it to happen to robinson was doubley hard. nice, decent, down to earth bloke who just wants to play.
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Big lol's!
Agreed on Owen, I think we've found a role model
Agreed there, shame he turned a bit s*** due to injury as his career went on.
Seems to have a brain on him too, made quite a lot of money outside football too for himself.
Agreed on Owen, I think we've found a role model
who knows what hes does with his horses though
It's just a matter of time before some kind of sex cheat scandal comes out about Adam Johnson. I can tell. The lad's clearly a wrong 'un.
Wait, so it's ok if Bullard holds a club to ransom over money, but not when Barry does it?
Apart from being a mercenary of course...
Just for ***** and giggles! I hope it involves Richards ! haha Them two ! Who would have guessed
Agreed on Owen, I think we've found a role model
He's always bloody injured though so how are we going to see him enough to hold him up as a role model!
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He - allegedly - is one of the other players recently granted a super injunction. You sure can pick 'em.
Hmm the only other options seem to be Milner,Hart,Walcott but there too young to be considered really
His mate hit a guy, who raised his arms to fend off blows, and Gerard's defence (which worked) was that he thought the guys was going to hit him so he Gerard hit first.
Legally you can still claim self defence if someone is aggressive towards you and you hit them pre-emptively.
Not defending captain fantastic, just saying.
To answer the original question - I don't think you will ever have much luck looking to footballers for role models. It's not like they actually do anything to benefit society- they just kick a ball around which is enjoyable to watch.
Yep, that's because they are the same as the rest of us. They just get far far more offers and eventually give up resisting. They are stupid thinking they can get away with it, like they could if they were a nobody.
I can't believe how thick Rooney was getting married, he will now be supporting her family forever. The only reason the family didn't care about his last whore was if coleen had walked the rest of the family was getting nothing.
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not like captain marvel (beckham) he was great, and a managed to drag the team through some rough matches almost single handedly.
Oh god why do people get caught up on that one game against greece. Beckham dragged england through a grand total of 1 game. Most games after Greece he was as non existent as the rest of them. He was awesome in that game and never got to within half as good ever again. He lived off that game almost as long as John Barnes lived off that goal against Brazil and Owen the goal against the Argies.
Beckham didn't have enough about him to be England Captain, he rarely said anything, he just frowned a bit.
Is he a good role model. Well he got caught cheating once and away with it a few more times I'm sure, but he was a young man away from home and thick enough to think he wouldn't get caught as one of the biggest stars on the planet. To be fair most kids that have or idolise him probably don't even know or care about that stuff.
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Tosh. Ecuador/Argentina/Germany (setup 3 of the six goals)/Greece - that's just off the top of my head.
I'd rather have 11 Beckham's in my England team than most of the current crop of *****.
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Gave it some thought, and the last person I can really think of with enough fame / time in the lime light and the right image is probably Gary Lineker?
Yes, but one of the more guilty ones who misses a lot of England games during the domestic season (don't blame him personally). He's a heavy simulator as well, so for that on the pitch alone you can't really count him.
In terms of the nightclub incident, well, to be honest, Liverpool's golden boy was never really going to be punished in Liverpool was he now?
Also don't forget that his marriage is a joke as well.
So no, by a long way Gerrard really isn't a role model.
Yes, but one of the more guilty ones who misses a lot of England games during the domestic season (don't blame him personally). He's a heavy simulator as well, so for that on the pitch alone you can't really count him.
In terms of the nightclub incident, well, to be honest, Liverpool's golden boy was never really going to be punished in Liverpool was he now?
Also don't forget that his marriage is a joke as well.
So no, by a long way Gerrard really isn't a role model.
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no way , there were very few occasions when beckham did not perform or did not come through for the team, be it with a crucial assist or free kick goal.
id take him over many of our current crop any day of the week.
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Oh and in terms of Michael Owen, doesn't he have a bit of a gambling problem? Or used to?