June 19, 2002

Which Footballer Are You?: Come on guys, somebody had to lower the tone of this place! Besides, the questions are amusing and the results are not totally off the mark.

posted by Miguel Cardoso to general at 09:50 PM - 20 comments

According to this thing, I am Freddie Ljungberg, which means, again according to this thing, that although I need a new hairdresser, I'm a class player. I'm not a saint but I'm not a hatchet man either. However, unlike a solid Swedish table, I'm a bit unstable (hey, Eminem could use that line). My temper needs to be controlled. This thing is pretty darn accurate.

posted by Bixby23 at 12:02 AM on June 20, 2002

You are Gabriel Batistuta An Argentinian genius. You're one of the highest scorers in Serie A, smacking home 27 goals in 13 games. You're not a bad bloke but you look after yourself. Especially now that you could be past your best.

posted by jbelshaw at 12:28 AM on June 20, 2002

"You are Rivaldo You're one of the best players on the planet. You lead by example and you're way too refined to rake your studs down anyones shins. You do sometimes have trouble passing the ball to lesser players, though." hahahahaha.

posted by worldcup2002 at 01:23 AM on June 20, 2002

You cheated, worldcup2002![How did you do it?]

posted by Miguel Cardoso at 01:36 AM on June 20, 2002

I most certainly did not cheat, Miguel. I took it seriously half the time, and jokingly the other half. Aside from choosing "sleep with the blonde and kick her out of bed in the morning to make breakfast", I was quite the gentleman in my responses. I thought I'd get the mickey taken out of me at the end (e.g., "You're a third division player in Wales.") but I ended up getting Rivaldo. Sometimes, it pays to be nice. What'd you get? Totti? ;-)

posted by worldcup2002 at 01:54 AM on June 20, 2002

Worse, worldcup2002: I got Oliver Kahn. As in "your massive presence fills the goal. Or is it your ego. You frighten your own defenders more than you intimidate the other side's forwards. You're not a vicious man but you are the bully boy at the back." Not very good, huh? Not for a moment did I think you'd cheated. It was just undiluted envy. :)

posted by Miguel Cardoso at 02:27 AM on June 20, 2002

Hmmm. I also got Freddie Ljungberg. About right.

posted by vacapinta at 03:00 AM on June 20, 2002

picked all the mean answers to see what i'd get. apparently that'd be diego simeone. i got batistuta myself.

posted by juv3nal at 04:07 AM on June 20, 2002

I am David Seaman apparently. "You've saved England more times than anyone but unless you're joining Status Quo, you need to lose the ponytail. You're a decent bloke who always does the right thing. But the error-count is slowly on the up." Yay I'm spunky. Hehe. I don't disagree with the analysis. We all make mistakes after all. I lost the ponytail five years ago though.

posted by squealy at 05:22 AM on June 20, 2002

rivaldo. i feel like a better man already.

posted by elsar at 07:35 AM on June 20, 2002

You are Gabriel Batistuta An Argentinian genius. You're one of the highest scorers in Serie A, smacking home 27 goals in 13 games. You're not a bad bloke but you look after yourself. Especially now that you could be past your best.

posted by corpse at 09:34 AM on June 20, 2002

I was Batistuta too!

posted by StarFucker at 10:28 AM on June 20, 2002

Rivaldo! OLE!

posted by junior at 10:32 AM on June 20, 2002

You are Oliver Kahn Your massive presence fills the goal. Or is it your ego. You frighten your own defenders more than you intimidate the other side's forwards. You're not a vicious man but you are the bully boy at the back. Damn straight!

posted by bcb2k2 at 10:43 AM on June 20, 2002

Batistuta!

posted by sauril at 10:52 AM on June 20, 2002

Another Rivaldo here. I remember taking one of these several years ago, and I ended up being David Platt. Reconcile that.

posted by skronk at 12:00 PM on June 20, 2002

Freddie Ljungberg too.

posted by Succa at 01:04 PM on June 20, 2002

The question about your most memorable soccer moment was a tad Anglocentric, but this Brazilian is Rivaldo, so I'll take it. skronk, you've evolved.

posted by liam at 01:52 PM on June 20, 2002

I got Rivaldo, the pub, and the blonde!

posted by Grey at 02:37 PM on June 20, 2002

I also got Rivaldo the pub and the blonde! The best result ever!

posted by trox at 04:07 PM on June 20, 2002

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