Those sports stars you just can't warm to
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<p>Who really cares about "charismatic" captains? As long as they conquer all on the field they can stare blankly at the microphone for all I care. Remember McCaw playing the 2011 RWC on one leg? Remember him getting up at the end of the final after being eye gouged? I'll take that over witty one-liners any day.</p>
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<p>That was kind of the point of my post. The AB captain has never been there to entertain on the microphone or in post try celebrations on the field. McCaw was the epitome of that and Read is a worthy bearer of the torch.</p>
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<p>If it were up to me the ABs would be fourteen silent, focused killers... and a halfback.</p> -
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<p><span style="color:rgb(40,40,40);font-family:helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">If it were up to me the ABs would be fourteen silent, focused killers... and a halfback.</span></p>
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<p>14 ninjas & Piri Weepu?</p> -
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<p>Well when you put it that way.......</p>
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<p>I just don't reckon he's quite the character that people make out, he just seems so in comparison to the "Game of two halves/full credit/take each game as it comes" monotone shit you usually get in interviews.</p>
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<p>quite possibly, but it's all those other boring fluffybunnies you should be giving a hard time.</p> -
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<p>A lot of people seem to love him when all he does is sprout a bunch of shit you'd expect Crocodile Dundee to say and have an 80s rocker hairdo.</p>
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<p>I loved his post match comment after a narrow, come from behind victory - "Yeah mate, I was sweating like a gypsy with a mortgage".</p>
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<p>Not sure what Marler thinks of that one though.</p> -
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<p>He's easily my favourite English football player.</p>
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<p>Loved how he would never give up on the feild. That qualifyer v Geece circa 2001/ when he put the cross onto Sheringham for the equliser and then free kicked the winner (or equaliser) to qualify. One of my favourite ever games</p>
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<p>Yeah totally, but I did say it was irrational dislike.</p> -
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<p>Well when you put it that way.......</p>
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<p>I just don't reckon he's quite the character that people make out, he just seems so in comparison to the "Game of two halves/full credit/take each game as it comes" monotone shit you usually get in interviews.</p>
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<p>He a real rent a quote I reckon, mind you his old man a bit of a dick in my opinion too.</p> -
<p>Oh I see someone said something about Dawn Fraser, the woman who thinks she is spokesperson for olympic sports in Aus I think, she certainly got an opinion about them all anyway!!</p>
<p>I laughed when she got stuck into Adam Scott for not playing golf in the olympics , saying how she was disgusted and she worked ever so hard etc etc to make the olympics. The only problem is noone is ever going to care who wins gold in golf at olympics, but will take notice who wins a major, Dawn had to work hard to get into the olympics or noone would even know who she is!</p> -
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<p>From what I've heard, the Cummins shtick is 100% genuine. Apparently the bloke is a real oddball, and it's not just something he turns on for the cameras.</p>
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That makes me like him so much more, would be disappointing if it was all an act.</p> -
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<p>Really surprised Mike Brown has not been mentioned yet. I can't help but support whoever is playing against that guy. </p>
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<p>That's quite a rational dislike though. He's one of those players that if the grumpy, snarling little bastard is on your side you sort of love him but anyone supporting any other team will just see him for the grumpy snarling little bastard that he is.</p> -
<blockquote class="ipsBlockquote" data-author="Catogrande" data-cid="594711" data-time="1467875783"><p>I loved his post match comment after a narrow, come from behind victory - "Yeah mate, I was sweating like a gypsy with a mortgage".<br>
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<blockquote class="ipsBlockquote" data-author="Hooroo" data-cid="594587" data-time="1467843907"><p>He's easily my favourite English football player.<br>
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Loved how he would never give up on the feild. That qualifyer v Geece circa 2001/ when he put the cross onto Sheringham for the equliser and then free kicked the winner (or equaliser) to qualify. One of my favourite ever games</p></blockquote>
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I'm more of a Rooney disliker. Last tournament aside where no one played well, he usually works his nuts off for the team, will play in any position etc but the pubic hair on his head makes him look even more like a baby elephant and he'll be the size of one as soon as he stops playing. -
<p>On the flipside I really wanted to dislike Dennis Rodman, then was forced into reading his autobiography (Bad as I Wanna Be) when backpacking in pre-kindle days & he comes across incredibly well & really intelligent, a genuinely well rounded bloke.</p>
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<p>This was before he became US ambassador to North Korea obv. </p> -
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<p>Well rounded => becomes US ambassador to North Korea. You can see why some people might have a few problems with that one!</p>
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<p>He went a bit off the path later.</p> -
Carlos Spencer - A legend to some but not a guy I warm to. An arrogant show pony who was looking to add to his highlights reel but was not a team man, made lots of mistakes on big occasions especially the horrible Mortlock intercept, the All Blacks got a lot better once they got shot of him.
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<p>point is someone you don't like, but you cant quite put your finger on why, not post up a bunch of reasons....</p>
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On Calos , I still think he could've run amok in that game in question had the forwards turned up , selecting him in the first place had to be about front foot ball first and formost .
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<p>On Calos , I still think he could've run amok in that game in question had the forwards turned up , selecting him in the first place had to be about front foot ball first and formost .</p>
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<p>Yep, and he got us back into the game by handing the ball to Suitcase to fall over the line. That intercept shouldn't have ended our chances in that game (and TBH that pass worked successfully for us most of that year) and we would have still been in with a shot if as you say the forwards had turned up.</p>
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<p>Sparky's reasoning is flawed, we didn't get better because of Spencer left we got better all over the bloody field. We actually had our most success in nearly 5 years with Spencer at 10.</p>
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<p>Maybe we should have a thread of irrationally disliking players for irrational reasons.</p>
