Opposition players who you respect

[tommytowne]

Not in the slightest bit awkward in admitting it but Mo Salah as well as being a fantastic player seems quite a decent bloke, as I've experienced and described in previous posts.

 

[electricblue]

I feel the same way about Gerrard. I have a grudging respect for him because he was such a monster against us.

...I feel unclean typing this.

Please go and have a shower now and make sure you wash your typing fingers.

 

[emir]

Gerrard is definitely far more of a respectable lad than Carragher, there's no doubt about that.

 

[longers]

Another +1 for Mata. Just comes across really well.

Son & Eriksen are a good shout as well

 

[SuperTimCahill]

Demba Ba and Dwight Gayle

 

[raithrovers94]

Henrich Larsson

 

[goodisonopheliac]

Marcus Rashford. And Jesse Lingard is amusing in a Smiffy-from-the-Bash-Street-Kids kind of way.

 

[dead_soft]

Di Canio went up in my estimation after he stopped play at Goodison that time.

He's still mental though.

He’s a snide little fascist. Just because he caught a ball once, in the most overblown act In football, should not mask that

 

[YoboCopter]

Will respect any team or player who wins the championsleague this season aslong as they arent a team from england

 

[KaiserEFC]

Cristiano Ronaldo- simply works harder than anyone else and always delivers when he needs to.

David Villa- ridiculously good player but also a big humanitarian

Buffon- legend of the game

Artiz Aduriz- cracking player who despite being a footballing OAP continues to deliver

 

[Encoder]

Edin Dzeko

 

[Encoder]

Oh and Antonio Di Natale

 

[FC sexy xxx]

Totti for sticking with Roma .
Batistuta too with fiorentina . I know he left in the end but
He stuck with them for years even a spell in serie B .

Italians tend to be a bit more loyal in football terms . Buffon and del piero ( and nedved) stuck with juve in serie b .

 

[Alanbileysfeathercut]

Ally McCoist
Davie Cooper
Henrik Larsson

 

[larbert toffee]

Zola, the best and most consistent import IMO.

Gordon Strachan in his latter playing days, great work ethic, played with a smile was a great wee player well into his thirties.

Viv Anderson at Forrest when he burst on the scene, scored a screamer against us the first year they won the league, he just conducted himself well and got on with his game in the face of racial adversity, I saw him as somewhat of a pioneer for black players in the same vein as Cyrille Regis.