Those sports stars you just can't warm to

mariner4life

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Cameron Smith - excellent league player and seems to be a good guy off the field from all those I know close to the Storm organisation, but I just can't stand him when he plays. Maybe it's the way he's hyped and then is a grub out on the field. 
Mark Worthington - NBL player 
John Eales - I was a fan of Burke and Gregan, but this guy just irritated me with his interviews and sour looks on his face. Perhaps it was the whole Qld, Brothers, Marist thing that I couldn't stand.... 
Marion Jones - before the drug scandal. She was the darling of track, I couldn't stand her and I was a great fan of the US track team, even the arrogant ones!
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I fucking hated Wortho before. But not so much now...
 
In keeping with the theme of the thread, in the NBL it's the non-entities i hate for some reason. Schenscher, Wagstaff etc
 
 
Eales is the Aus equivalent of McCaw, great player, no personality. And played for the wrong teams.

antipodean

This may come as a shock, but based on his public persona I find Pocock to be an insufferable twat.
 
And it may be heretical for someone from Crosby Park to suggest it, but John Eales has the personality of roadkill. Nice guy but after 30 seconds you're looking for anyone else to chat to.
 
I find tennis boring so anyone who looks like they're enjoying themselves I'll prefer, but Tomic and Kyrgios could save a bus full of orphans on their way to adopt puppies and kittens from the pound and I'd still hate them. A mate's son went to school with Nick and says he was a fluffybunny back then too.
 
Lewis Hamilton - I don't know why, I just want anyone else to win.
 
And any American that believes making noise and shameless self promotion is a substitute for talent.

NTA

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but Tomic and Kyrgios could save a bus full of orphans on their way to adopt puppies and kittens from the pound and I'd still hate them. A mate's son went to school with Nick and says he was a fluffybunny back then too.
 
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Obviously this is different to hating on say Gregan cos he was so damn good.
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But I think time is a factor there - how did you feel about him after "Four more years, boys!" for example? :)
 
Once an opposing great retires I think we learn to appreciate their game more. No doubt Gregan was one of our greatest ever halfbacks, but there were still two seasons where Chris Whitaker was the best 9 in Australia and still got shafted.

MajorRage

Serena Williams. Never liked her, never will. Was a big fan of Venus though.
 
Shane Warne. Is just a classic bogan, who was fucking excellent at cricket.
 
Woodward. Did meet him, he was a prat, which was in some ways, good to discover.
 
Jamie Roberts. Was easily my favourite NH rugby player, but then he openly cheered for Australia in the WC final, so he can get fucked. :)
 
I quite like Lewis Hamilton, he was bit over hyped to begin with, but I absolutely love watching him race, he gives it his all and isn't afraid to take risks where others wouldn't. And ultimately thats what it should be about. Having Justin Bieber by the podium for his Monaco win this year took him down a peg in my view though.
 
I used to dislike will Greenwood too when he played, but he's a great commentator, and I've come round to him.

MN5

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Serena Williams. Never liked her, never will. Was a big fan of Venus though.
 
Shane Warne. Is just a classic bogan, who was fucking excellent at cricket.
 
Woodward. Did meet him, he was a prat, which was in some ways, good to discover.
 
Jamie Roberts. Was easily my favourite NH rugby player, but then he openly cheered for Australia in the WC final, so he can get fucked. :)
 
I quite like Lewis Hamilton, he was bit over hyped to begin with, but I absolutely love watching him race, he gives it his all and isn't afraid to take risks where others wouldn't. And ultimately thats what it should be about. Having Justin Bieber by the podium for his Monaco win this year took him down a peg in my view though.
 
I used to dislike will Greenwood too when he played, but he's a great commentator, and I've come round to him.
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Woodward. Another glaring omission from me.
 
Can't believe anyone could dislike Will Greenwood though, in a bunch of ever increasing midfield monsters he was an inspiration to skinny white guys everywhere.

canefan

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Can't believe anyone could dislike Will Greenwood though, in a bunch of ever increasing midfield monsters he was an inspiration to skinny white guys everywhere.</blockquote>Rob Andrew must be a grade A carnt

mariner4life

Kyrgios is a massive, massive tool. And what makes it worse is he acts like that, but he quits as soon as it gets tough. And what makes it even worse is he knows he does it, openly admits to it, and can't be fucked correcting it. So he would rather mouth off at officials and journos, then try and develop the mental game to compete. He doesn't want a coach, because some weeks he can't be fucked with tennis, and no coach is going to want to put up with that. 
 
His presser this morning after getting humped by Murray was very honest, but it won't change his attitude.

Baron Silas Greenback

Steph Curry

taniwharugby

Shooter McGavin was a smarmy twat

MN5

Ernie "Big Ern" McCracken
 
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Rancid Schnitzel

I think quite alot of you have missed the original point of this thread. It was basically sportspeople you hate despite them not having done anything controversial or twatish on or off the field. Plenty of those mentioned have been prize piston wristed gibbons both on and off the field/court/track etc. 
Tim Horan's always irritated me for some reason. And that ex-league player Paul Harragon. Probably because he was the unfunniest, least charismatic person to ever appear on TV.

Rancid Schnitzel

Oh yeah, Thierry Dusetois (apologies for spelling). He's an awesome player and could very well be a top bloke, but that Gaelic stare make him look like some of his more arrogant countrymen after they've been told that they were served English wine.

MN5

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Oh yeah, Thierry Dusetois (apologies for spelling). He's an awesome player and could very well be a top bloke, but that Gaelic stare make him look like some of his more arrogant countrymen after they've been told that they were served English wine.
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He's just a Frenchman, they all pretend they don't speak English but they do. They prefer you to make an arse out of yourself trying to ask for directions and where the nearest bar is in your best broken 5th form French.

Siam

Leyton fucking Hewitt

African Monkey

Jamie Soward, Braith Anasta, Lleyton Hewitt, Shane Warne and Matthew Hayden just off the top of my head.

Rancid Schnitzel

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He's just a Frenchman, they all pretend they don't speak English but they do. They prefer you to make an arse out of yourself trying to ask for directions and where the nearest bar is in your best broken 5th form French.</blockquote>
 
To be fair I always found Frenchmen to be extremely helpful and pleasant when I was there. When I played rugby in Oslo the French guys were the nicest and least wankerish of the lot. They do have that dodgy look about them though. 
Most rugby league players make me sick these days. I remember when the money started to role in they were worried that the players would become less working class and more corporate. Well instead of corporate the players appear to have gone a few steps back and embraced the prison population.

NTA

Yeah the NRL is a bunch of decent blokes you never hear about because they just keep their heads down, some superstars who don't seem to do anything wrong even with all that profile, and a shitload of cashed-up-bogans who seem to fail humanity time and time again

Toddy

Roger Federer. Loved watching him play in his prime, but could never watch an interview of his. Such a punchable face.

Tim

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Roger Federer. Loved watching him play in his prime, but could never watch an interview of his. Such a punchable face.
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A Swiss friend of mine hates him, "just because".

jegga

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David fucken Pocock aka saviour of the planet, the Bono of Super Rugby
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Predictably I agree with this to a massive degree, he is to being a self aggrandising arseclown as Richie was to openside play. 
 
Matt Dawson, thinks he is some sort of comedian. Well I'll admit I laughed quite a bit when he was shifted to centre by his club post 2003 rwc to make way for a kiwi who couldn't get a s12 contract.
 
Neil Back. I don't think I need to explain any further.
 
Lleyton Hewitt, rumour has it when his wife was pregnant the doctors gave her a scan and at six months the fetus was showing more maturity than the father.
 
Caleb Ralph, makes me look quick and still managed to win a sevens gold medal , get picked by three different all black coaches and shag a princess. Prick.
 
 
 
Not getting the ill feeling towards Eales, he's pretty dry I'll agree but doesn't totally lack a sense of humour. When he was interviewed on the rock he was asked about the highlights of his playing career and said "Well, I got to meet David Campese".

The Silver Fern

Those sports stars you just can't warm to