Footballers who are weirdly good at one specific thing

TwoSheds

More sheds (and tiles) than you, probably
Joined
Feb 12, 2014
Messages
13,127
Nainggolan and long shots that ping off the post.

 

Offside

Euro 2016 sweepstake winner
Joined
Jun 9, 2012
Messages
26,903
Location
London
Rooney and those beautiful angled cross-field passes out to Valencia.
 

Carolina Red

Moderator
Staff
Joined
Nov 7, 2015
Messages
36,774
Location
South Carolina
Cuauhtémoc Blanco

He frequently would use his back to control a long pass and to pass it to a teammate. He also did this a lot...
 

Joga Bonito

The Art of Football
Joined
Jul 14, 2014
Messages
8,253
Denilson and dribbling. Found Darron Gibson distinctly average but he did have a good shot on him from distance.
 

Zlatan 7

We've got bush!
Joined
May 26, 2016
Messages
11,977
Shay given - shot stopping

Tony Yeboah - cross bar challenge
 

Blatzo

Full Member
Joined
Nov 8, 2012
Messages
1,713
Cuauhtémoc Blanco

He frequently would use his back to control a long pass and to pass it to a teammate. He also did this a lot...
You posted a video of the one that everyone has seen and text of the one that is harder to picture
 

Irrational.

Full Member
Joined
Aug 10, 2011
Messages
33,017
Location
LVG's notebook
Axel Tuanzebe. Hungry Hippos.
Incidentally I just came across this story on the Soccer AM Facebook page (Tuanzebe breaking the Guinness World Record in clearing Hungry Hungry Hippos in the quickest time), the first comment on the story floored me:

Bollox...the fastest game of hungry hippos I’ve ever seen is when someone dropped a bag of Maltesers at slimming world
:lol::lol:
 

WR10

Correctly predicted France to win World Cup 2018
Joined
Jul 19, 2009
Messages
5,644
Location
Dream
Matic at close quarters dribbling out of trouble. I think it's the only reason he is as good as he is
 

the_irish123

New Member
Newbie
Joined
Jun 2, 2018
Messages
865
Crespo, Falcao and Icardi are so similar. Amazing at finishing, can’t do anything else.
 

Physiocrat

Has No Mates
Joined
Jun 29, 2010
Messages
9,034
Denilson and dribbling. Found Darron Gibson distinctly average but he did have a good shot on him from distance.
Both very true especially Denilson. Put Thomas Muller's brain in him and you may have had one of the greatest players ever.
 

montpelier

Full Member
Joined
Oct 24, 2011
Messages
10,637
Jamie Carragher - dishing out filthy clogging that the ref pretends he hasn't seem
 

WR10

Correctly predicted France to win World Cup 2018
Joined
Jul 19, 2009
Messages
5,644
Location
Dream
John Terry getting away with everything he did as a cnut
 

Macern

Pee pee pants
Joined
May 11, 2014
Messages
13,648
Location
Oslo, Norway
Ji-Sung Park - running far
Bellerin - running fast
Müller - being in the right place at the right time
Adebayor - playing football at the end of his contract
Ashley Barnes - diving when recieving the ball in front of an opposing defender and getting a free kick from it
Ward-Prowse - set pieces
Young - nutmegs
Yerry Mina - scoring headers from set pieces
 

Burgah

New Member
Newbie
Joined
Apr 11, 2018
Messages
9
Robben cutting in from the right just outside the box
 

Cheesy

Bread with dipping sauce
Scout
Joined
Oct 16, 2011
Messages
36,181
Winston Bogarde at negotiating contracts.