10 Most Hated Premier League Players

[rondwisan]

10 Most Hated Premier League Players
footballtransfertavern.com - 8th September 2010 at 11:57 am


Since its inception back in 1992, the Premier League has seen its fair share of world class footballers, gracing pitches up and down the country. However, while many of them have been technically gifted, the attitudes and personalities other others have been very much at the opposite end of the spectrum.

In 2009 a poll by Premier League fans stated the 10 players who were most hated in the league. Here with go with the countdown:

10. Kevin Davies – Although many can argue that Davies does perform his roll as a physical attacker well, grabbing a number of goals for Bolton that have made many suggest that the former Southampton striker should be part of Fabio Capello’s England side, his physicality at times borders on almost assault and has left many defenders feeling his presence at the end of a game, most notably former Middlesbrough defender Emnauel Pogatetz who endured a horrific tackle at the hands of Davies some seasons ago.

9. Emmanuel Adebayor – Following his move to Manchester City last season, Adebayor has become not only hated by many other clubs within the Premier League, the Togo striker has now become public enemy number one at the Emirates. His actions after his goal for City against former club Arsenal demonstrate the player’s arrogance and lack of respect for his former employers, underpinning why he is despised by many across the country.

8. Rio Ferdinand – Whether it’s his actions on the football pitch or his TV exploits in recent years, the Manchester United defender is a player who has never really been endeared by fans both for club and country. Missing a drugs test 2003 resulted in the player receiving an 8 month ban and while this player likes to keep in touch with his fans through his regular tweets, Ferdinand will have a hard time winning over those who have hated him from day one.

7. Gary Neville – Although Gary Neville has never particularly done anything to make himself hated, the Manchester United defenders perceived stupidity at times has made him a constant thorn in many fans sides. This view is further enhanced through the constant show of man love the player showed to long time friend David Beckham during their time together at Old Trafford and although Neville has been a good servant for United, it seems that it will only be fans of the Red Devils who will remember the former England internationals playing career with fondness.

6. Didier Drogba – When it comes to pure attacking talent, nobody can argue that Chelsea striker Didier Drogba is one of the best strikers to ever lace up his boots in the Premier League. However, the players outspoken and at times childish behaviour while on the field is very much an annoyance to everyone.

5. Craig Bellamy – Craig Bellamy is a player who is universally hated by all fans due to his actions over recent years which saw the player allegedly attack former team mate John Arne Riise with a golf club during his time at Liverpool. There’s no doubting that the Welsh international has a lot of talent with the ball at his feet, but maybe the now Cardiff striker needs to concentrate a little more on his game and less on his golf swing.

4. Ashley Cole – Ashley Cole is a player who once again has all the talent in the world on the football pitch but off the field the Chelsea defender seems to be one of the best when it comes to making the bad move time and time again. His recent divorce of Cheryl Tweedy after allegedly cheating on her, worked wonders in alienating a lot of people who follow Cheryl through her time on the X Factor. However, to some fans, Cole was on their black list a long time ago, particularly those at North London, when Cole’s outrageous wage demands resulted in the player leaving Arsenal for Stamford Bridge.

3. Joey Barton – Joey Barton is without question one of the most hated players to play football in England ever. His past actions have seen the player attack members of the public outside a MacDonalds, assaulting a 15 year old Everton fan and stubbing out a cigar in a youth players eye. These actions very much show why his is hated by many and no positive action on the football field is going to change this image.

2. El Hadji Diouf – While the Senegalese player has seemingly calmed down his behaviour now he is at Blackburn, the player’s antics and general hatred from the public comes from his time spent at Bolton and Liverpool. The biggest incidents which caused this outcry came with Diouf spitting at both Celtic and Middlesbrough fans as well as Portsmouth defender Arjan de Zeeuw, who took the incidence with professional and restraint, which I don’t think many other people would have been able to do!

These actions alone warrant Diouf’s place amongst the most hated and it took someone special to stop him from being at the top.

1. Cristiano Ronaldo – Well yeah you could have guessed before this poll even started that the number one would indeed be Cristiano Ronaldo. These is no question that Ronaldo is probably one of, if not the best, player to ever play in the Premier League. His technical brilliance and amazing goals are a joy to see for many fans across the country. However, this great skill is very much juxtaposed by an arrogance and at times down right cheating behaviour that has saw the Portuguese playmaker dive on numerous occasions, making his wonderful moments pale in significance as many fans remember his for his cheating attitude rather than his technical brilliance.

Well that’s the top 10 as polled by Premier League fans in 2009, but there has been a lot more players to enter the Premier league since then so please feel free to post and thoughts you have or any players who you believe have now worked their way into that list.

[bang_zak]

Buseeetttt...ronaldo masih ada aja??ckckckckckckck.....

[Red Army]

The greatest United's # 7 pulang dari Jerman 2006 sbg public enemy # 1, CR menaklukkan Inggris, kemudian Eropa setahun kemudian

[loveUNITED]

MOST HATED ON BPL 2009/10

S. GERARD from Liverpool

umpan yang sangat terukur tertuju pada drogba menunjukan kehebatan dia yang sebenarnya

[Max25]

Originally Posted by Red Army

The greatest United's # 7 pulang dari Jerman 2006 sbg public enemy # 1, CR menaklukkan Inggris, kemudian Eropa setahun kemudian

heheh betul skali bli, tapi waktu itu publik OT di belakang CR7 yah dengan chants he plays on the left, he plays on the right .. thats boy ronaldo ....

tapi diluar itu CR7 dengan skill dan goalnya memang menjadi bahan booing supporter lawan dah ..

[sellamanyaunited]

woooow Ronaldo most hated in EPL .
iyalah secara dia brilliant, goceknya bagus kayak orang nari, shootingnya akurat apalagi kalo bola bola mati, dan suka sprint juga lagi.
hebatnya winger nyetak 42 gol diEPL wkwkwk
gak salah jadi pemain no 1 yg dibenci haha

[HenryRooney07]

Mario Balotelli setelah final piala FA

[tovanokristan]

Oiya Balotelli apa kabarnya tuh??? Masa ga masuk daftar

[Blacklist7]

Originally Posted by tovanokristan

Oiya Balotelli apa kabarnya tuh??? Masa ga masuk daftar

nah itu dia... mungkin lum di update jajak pendapatnya.. wkwkwkwk...

[marsel david]

MOST HATED ON BPL FOREVER = Jamie Carragher