Real flair players in football

[Uncle C]

Over the years there have been footballers that were not only very good at their job, or had a great sounding name, but were real entertainers.

Here would be my nomination - Frank Worthington

 

[Super Gus!]

Theres only one winner here

South American - Check
Cartwheel Celebration - Check
Long Sleeved Shirt (2 sizes too big) - Check

I present Faustino Asprilla

 

[Icy Gull]

Rodney Marsh
Tony Currie
Glenn Hoddle
Peter Ward
Stan Bowles
Laurie Cunningham

 

[Mr Everyone]

Paul Gascoigne - before the injury to his knee in the '91 FA cup final, in my opinion, there was no-one better.

 

[turienzo's lovechild]

Djalminha

 

[theonesmith]

That Mexican with the bouncing trick

 

[Mendoza]

Fat - tick
Tekkers - tick
Fixing outcomes of matches for financial reward - tick
Lazy - tick
Ludicrous goals - tick
Rubbish at international level - tick
Foreign Sounding Name - tick

 

[sir albion]

Juninho middlesborough

 

[Brian Fantana]

Fat - tick
Tekkers - tick
Fixing outcomes of matches for financial reward - tick
Lazy - tick
Ludicrous goals - tick
Rubbish at international level - tick
Foreign Sounding Name - tick

This. This. This.

 

[ATFC Seagull]

Fat - tick
Tekkers - tick
Fixing outcomes of matches for financial reward - tick
Lazy - tick
Ludicrous goals - tick
Rubbish at international level - tick
Foreign Sounding Name - tick

Spot on.

 

[tonymgc]

Andrey Arshavin
Looks like a cartoon meerkat
Has skills in his little finger we'd all dream of having
Has a bizarre website where he answers peoples questions about the colour of his bath sponge

 

[Manny]

Johnny Crumplin



Football Genius!

 

[ATFC Seagull]

Italian (must count for extra points), skillful as hell, a complete nutter on the pitch, a complete nutter off it, and could barely stay with a club for more than a year.

 

[skipper734]

This guy was flair before flair was a word! Trevor Brooking.

 

[KZNSeagull]

Columbian Goalkeeper Rene Higuita.



Inventor of Scorpian Kicks
Took penalties and free kicks around the opposition penalty box scoring 30 goals.
Got Columbia knocked out of the world cup by dribbling out of defence and losing the ball.
Shocking hairstyle.
Imprisoned for being involved in a kidnapping whilst acting as a go between for Pablo Escobar!!

 

[Scotty Mac]

“If I had it in my power to introduce a ban on women driving cars and to withdraw all their licences, I would do it without thinking twice. In my opinion a woman and a man are two absolutely different creatures.”

"I would never give driving lessons to women. We need to build new roads for them. Why? Because you never know what to expect from a woman on the road. If you see a car behaving weirdly, swerving and doing strange things, before you see the driver you know it is a woman. It is always a woman."

"Andrey, when you where 13 was you fast?"
"Yes, and even when I was 7. Fast as a lightning"

"Andrey, are you frightened of bears?"
"On the contrary, I like bears."

"Andrey, can you drink a glass of vodka in one gulp?"
"I have tried it once but I wouldn’t agree to repeat it now"

"Hello, Andrey, why did you choose football?"
"I did not choose it. Football chose me."

"Dear Andrey, I have an unusual question for you. I want to marry a football player in the future (they have great legs), I am a boxer. Do you think we’ll manage to find common language?"
"This will be a dangerous mix. I think that your son will become be a kickboxer."

"Hi Andrey! I just wanted to ask, if your daughter decided that her dream was to play professional football, would you encourage/support her in this?"
"I hope it will never happen."

 

[Cullip4]

Overweight ... tick
Flair ...... tick
Has a special trick .... tick

I give you Denny William John Mundee

 

[WhingForPresident]

Batistuta

 

[Reinelt12]

Overweight ... tick
Flair ...... tick
Has a special trick .... tick

I give you Denny William John Mundee

Scorer of one of the best penalty kicks ever against Bristol R (Same game as Parris did his sneaky George thing)... tick

 

[WhingForPresident]

The almighty Facundo Sava