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Players who went from hero to zero (or vice versa)
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I can think of a couple in the former category
El Hadj Diouf (Came to prominence at the world cup in 2002 , scored a wonder goal vs France everyone thought he was great, then came to England , sulked spat and generaly was an unpleasant little shit)
Luis Suarez . Was a joy to watch in the group games in South Africa , then disgraced himself vs Ghana with despicable behaviour . Then signed for Liverpool and racially abused Patrice Evra.
El Hadj Diouf (Came to prominence at the world cup in 2002 , scored a wonder goal vs France everyone thought he was great, then came to England , sulked spat and generaly was an unpleasant little shit)
Luis Suarez . Was a joy to watch in the group games in South Africa , then disgraced himself vs Ghana with despicable behaviour . Then signed for Liverpool and racially abused Patrice Evra.
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Ghana should have just scored the penalty. According to the laws of the game Suarez should have been sent off and Ghana should have been awarded a penalty. But thats exactly what happened.
As per the saying, "there is no greater love than to lay down your life (reputation in this case) for your country". That is precisely what Suarez did in that instance, albeit on a smaller scale.
And fans of the Uruguay national team, possibly some Ajax fans too and overall I'm sure there are many footie fans who look up to him as a player. He's certainly not a zero.
I didn't agree with that but he's not the first and he won't be the last. Don't think it means he went hero to zero though, pretty sure he was a hero in Uruguay for that save.
David Beckham is a good example of zero to hero for England.
And not knowing that Diouf didn't actually score against France does render quite a bit of the post void (it takes 2 seconds to check Google)
He should really have been halfway down the tunnel though. Although to hear some people after the Mansfield game, he not only made Gyan miss the penalty but somehow caused them to miss in the shootout as well.
Stephen Ireland
Roy Keane as a manager
Benitez as a manager - seemed pretty despertae to take a short term contract at Chelsea after years of being sidelined for top positions
Roy Keane as a manager? Roy Keane as an international PLAYER went from hero to zero in my book.
For a lot of Man Utd supporters Joey Barton went from zero to hero on the last day of the season.
He actually WAS the Hero to Zero, wasn't that the name of the godawful tv show where he came out of the poster?
Harry Kewell. Zero to hero is not the right phrase but he was a class act at Leeds and although he struggled with injuries at Pool his attitude was questionable. Two nightmare performances in Champs League finals
Suarez is a strange shout. What else was he meant to do? Allow Ghana score and knock his team out? he got punished accordingly. I think he's gained huge respect from footballing fans in general this season. He's been outstanding and everyone recognises that
RVP with Arsenal fans definitely. Ashley Cole too
Rooney for a few days with a selection of United fans
Owen was never really that big a fans favourite at Pool though. He was always overshadowed by Fowler.
While he didn't go from ZERO to hero, Luis Garcia after the latter stages of the CL 05 became a Pool legend all of a sudden with those massively important goals!
Smith & cantona all left Leeds for man utd
Also kewell and his agent the money grabbing mercenary
Then when he went to Galatarsay well that was the last straw
Indeed!
Dirk Kuyt zero to hero?
Obviously zero is not the right word but iirc he was signed in summer 06 as a potential heavy goal scorer ( he had knocked them in for fun for Feyenoord). In his first season he couldn't finish a sentence but after that he developed into a seriously hard working, honest player with an attitude the fans loved.
I think Suarez is getting from Hero to Zero back to Hero again. He is working hard on his attitude, sure there are the odd slips back, but overall I would say he is at least trying hard to 'fit in' to EPL standards - and getting there too. He has the equivalent of Everest to climb, but he's doing it, and I for one have huge respect for that effort.
Hero to Zero? Lineker, for the player he was to the man he's become............................. :eek: