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Vital Football Hero
Not who you think is the best but who has entertained you the most over your life watching sport. You can have 2 for football, one for Villa and one from elsewhere, but only one for the other categories!
Choose your own categories, here's mine -
Football - for Villa Mark Bosnich, his penalty saves give me my fondest memories. Eric Cantona, never a dull moment when that guy was playing!
Snooker - Ronnie O'Sullivan, no explanation needed.
Golf - Severiano 'Seve' Ballesteros Sota, if any sportsman had an aura then this was the man. People also forget how prolific the guy was, 91 professional wins, 5 Majors, 5 World Match Plays, a record 50 European tour victories, to put it in to prospective, those who think Faldo was better because he won an extra Major, Faldo won 40 professional events. But Seve could play on his knees, out of car parks, around tree's hit drivers out of bunkers, the trickery, the finesse and the way he played with a smile on his face, take note Monty! RIP Seve.
Cricket - Brian Lara, not a sport I follow too much, but I remember this guy breaking record after record when I was growing up, the guy was incredible!
Tennis - Tim Henman, stick with me here, he never won a Grand Slam, but the sheer entertainment of watching him try was too much to resist. The year that he lost to Goran Ivaniševic sticks out, if it hadn't rained he would probably have lost in the final, pmsl, but that year Ivaniševic was given a wild card by the All England Club, talk about shooting yourself in the foot!
Rugby Union - Jonny Wilkinson, again not a massive Rugby fan, just doesn't float my boat, but I love my country and would be jumping around if we won the World tiddly winks. Single-handedly (or footedly) made England world beaters. Yes it was a good team but without Jonny's golden kicking foot, we'd never have been World Champions! He was that good that the Australian wanted a rule change to take points away from penalty kick scoring. Him getting underneath the Aussies skins is also a big factor in the entertainment!
Darts - Phil Taylor, arguably the greatest English sports person to ever walk the Earth! Without Taylor Darts would still be exclusively played on the BBC once a year in front of grannies, instead it's a huge public spectacle with football size crowds paying to watch (and get pissed).
Athletics - Usain Bolt, you sit around for ages to watch a man sprint across your telly faster than any other man has ever done it, why? Because it's bloody entertaining!!
Olympian - Steve Redgrave, he can't win another one can he? Oh yes he can! 2, 4's 8's? Redgrave doesn't care! Just put the guy in a boat and he will turn it into gold! FIVE OLYMPIC MEDALS IN FIVE DIFFERENT OLYMPIC GAMES!! ARE YOU NOT ENTERTAINED????
Boxing - Prince Naseem Hamed, okay the guys a bit of a cock, but you can't argue with the entertainment factor, just check out some of his walk on's on Youtube. Someone who stands openly in the middle of a boxing ring and invites people to smack him in the face while he prances around with his guard down, now that takes some balls (or stupidity) but it was priceless entertainment we are unlikely to ever see again. You could argue Eubank got there first but Naseem flipped 360 degrees to enter the ring, Eubank loses points for me!
And the least entertaining sports person I have ever witnessed - Graeme Dott, how that guy ever became World Champion, boring everyone to death I suppose, if it was a choice between watching him play and watching paint dry, well I do enjoy the smell of fresh paint!
Choose your own categories, here's mine -
Football - for Villa Mark Bosnich, his penalty saves give me my fondest memories. Eric Cantona, never a dull moment when that guy was playing!
Snooker - Ronnie O'Sullivan, no explanation needed.
Golf - Severiano 'Seve' Ballesteros Sota, if any sportsman had an aura then this was the man. People also forget how prolific the guy was, 91 professional wins, 5 Majors, 5 World Match Plays, a record 50 European tour victories, to put it in to prospective, those who think Faldo was better because he won an extra Major, Faldo won 40 professional events. But Seve could play on his knees, out of car parks, around tree's hit drivers out of bunkers, the trickery, the finesse and the way he played with a smile on his face, take note Monty! RIP Seve.
Cricket - Brian Lara, not a sport I follow too much, but I remember this guy breaking record after record when I was growing up, the guy was incredible!
Tennis - Tim Henman, stick with me here, he never won a Grand Slam, but the sheer entertainment of watching him try was too much to resist. The year that he lost to Goran Ivaniševic sticks out, if it hadn't rained he would probably have lost in the final, pmsl, but that year Ivaniševic was given a wild card by the All England Club, talk about shooting yourself in the foot!
Rugby Union - Jonny Wilkinson, again not a massive Rugby fan, just doesn't float my boat, but I love my country and would be jumping around if we won the World tiddly winks. Single-handedly (or footedly) made England world beaters. Yes it was a good team but without Jonny's golden kicking foot, we'd never have been World Champions! He was that good that the Australian wanted a rule change to take points away from penalty kick scoring. Him getting underneath the Aussies skins is also a big factor in the entertainment!
Darts - Phil Taylor, arguably the greatest English sports person to ever walk the Earth! Without Taylor Darts would still be exclusively played on the BBC once a year in front of grannies, instead it's a huge public spectacle with football size crowds paying to watch (and get pissed).
Athletics - Usain Bolt, you sit around for ages to watch a man sprint across your telly faster than any other man has ever done it, why? Because it's bloody entertaining!!
Olympian - Steve Redgrave, he can't win another one can he? Oh yes he can! 2, 4's 8's? Redgrave doesn't care! Just put the guy in a boat and he will turn it into gold! FIVE OLYMPIC MEDALS IN FIVE DIFFERENT OLYMPIC GAMES!! ARE YOU NOT ENTERTAINED????
Boxing - Prince Naseem Hamed, okay the guys a bit of a cock, but you can't argue with the entertainment factor, just check out some of his walk on's on Youtube. Someone who stands openly in the middle of a boxing ring and invites people to smack him in the face while he prances around with his guard down, now that takes some balls (or stupidity) but it was priceless entertainment we are unlikely to ever see again. You could argue Eubank got there first but Naseem flipped 360 degrees to enter the ring, Eubank loses points for me!
And the least entertaining sports person I have ever witnessed - Graeme Dott, how that guy ever became World Champion, boring everyone to death I suppose, if it was a choice between watching him play and watching paint dry, well I do enjoy the smell of fresh paint!