I remember everything laughing at Drogba writhing about on the ground with multiple broken ribs.
Boy who cried wolf for him perhaps.
Boy who cried wolf for him perhaps.
Footballers with low pain thresholds
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I'd say it's more than a cut, but sure take the piss all you like.
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Rashford often looks like he comes off really badly in any challenge and you end up thinking 'feck! hope he's ok' and he usually is.
Drogba and Beckham were two that tended to go to ground a bit. Pires too.
Drogba and Beckham were two that tended to go to ground a bit. Pires too.
Guardiolas Barcelona team was genuinely repulsive in this regard.
Neymar of course.
Neymar of course.
Or it’s a genuine reaction to the pain and suggests you have a lower threshold which is triggered more easily than other players might do?
Whoah. Fecking hell. That’s worse than I remember. Still reckon crying is an unusual reaction. I worked in A&E and don’t think I ever saw a grown man in tears of pain.
Actually, once. Was renal colic.
That is horrific.
Absolutely disgusting. I hate most Barca players for this sort of shit.
Nani was in the form of his life at that point I remember, Carragher obviously decided to kick him out of the game and it was probably the emotional impact of him realising he was going to be out injured that brought on the tears, not the pain of the injury itself. Anyways it was a fecking nasty gash that needed a shit tonne of stitches and a good month or so recovery, not just a little cut for sure.
Eden Hazard at Chelsea was an expert at this. Yes he used to get fouled a lot but the way he went down and rolled over several times in agony (add in some screaming for dramatic effect), followed by a Lazarus-like recovery (the initial walking gingerly, followed by hopping, followed by a full on sprint when Chelsea were on the attack) was a regular occurrence.
Dani Alves. fecking cnut died 3 times during each match and came back from the dead.
Jordi Alba as well the rat faced cnut
Jordi Alba as well the rat faced cnut
I remember that, it was against us! That was odd, I'm sure it hurt like feck but his body was spasming something fierce.
Yeah, was an Evans' flying front kick. Lucky there was no VAR back then!
This. There is only one winner here.
The worst part of it was Pep's Barca team was one of the most talented bunch in club football and some of them would resort to this.
Absolutely this. Ankle still troublesome, and the back injury is something that may quite easily become a persistent one. I never get the feeling that he's making more out of things than he needs to.
@Pogue Mahone You're right, you should hate yourself for saying that
The best part of it was when Drogba got carded and Evans escaped red for it.
I've just rewatched it, Drogba actually got the a yellow card!
Vidic on the sidelines laughing and enjoying the insanity of it all.Yep, just seen it again
. Good bloody times.I've just rewatched it, Drogba actually got the a yellow card!
Martinelli tonight was pathetic, shirt over his head like his career was over, then jumps up ten mins later and plays on, wtf.
I wouldn’t roll around on live TV like that if I’d broken both legs, I’d crawl off and cry in the changing rooms. Precious lil fecker.
I wouldn’t roll around on live TV like that if I’d broken both legs, I’d crawl off and cry in the changing rooms. Precious lil fecker.
Di Maria could spend half the game rolling around
Most of them? A better thread would be footballers with a high pain threshold
https://www.redcafe.net/threads/drogba-drama-queen-spazzing-like-he-was-dying.274800/ Hot takes from when it happened back in 2009.
Anyone remember Rivaldo, the ball hit him so hard in the thigh it actually hurt he's face , cheats
Neymar for sure. Everytime I watch him he seems to have moments where he rolls around in agony, screaming, crying.
That Rivaldo incident where he got the ball kicked at him was ridiculous
I always wonder what the other players say in the changing rooms or when they watch it back and the see a team mate diving around etc, do they laugh themselves at some of the antics?
I always wonder what the other players say in the changing rooms or when they watch it back and the see a team mate diving around etc, do they laugh themselves at some of the antics?
Not really what the thread's about but imagine the reaction if Neymar had been on the end of that Vinnie Jones tackle instead of our Eric.
Stuart Pearce springs to mind. I think I remember him trying to run off a broken leg. I might be wrong though.
Edit. I looked this up apparently he did it twice in six months with the same leg.
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Most players carry on through knocks and injuries a lot more than is spoken about.
They're not wimps, they're cheats!
Suarez with his trademark arm in the air to alert the local emergency services.
Dan james looks like he's suffered a heart attack every game
Jesus
I remember Johnny Evans literally karate kicking him in the chest in one game, and everyone on both teams just ignored it and carried on. Probably because it was about the 400th time in that game that Drogba had been injured.
He's easily the king of this thread.
Nani's probably the worst United player I can remember for it. Although Ashley Young was the stupidest. He used to break his back at least once a game and it would never even be when it made sense tactically or to try and cheat. You would just know that at some random point the game would need to stop for 3 minutes while the medical team surgically rebuilt Young's spine. While most of the other 87 minutes would be spent waiting for him to take throw ins.
To be fair to Neymar in this instance, the injury looked painful but more importantly looked like one that could have him out for months. I think that it why he was crying. Fortunately it turned out to not be as bad.
I once saw Josh McEachran stretchered off being given oxygen while playing for Brentford - thought he was done for the season, he was back next game
Pogba
I injured myself repeatedly while playing football; head split open, MCL, broken hand, groin strain (repeatedly), abdomen, sprained ankles (repeatedly), bruised heel, bruised tailbone, knocked unconscious, you name it. I'd guess, at least in my case, is that adrenaline makes it relatively unnoticeable.
The pain from the MCL was sharp but only for a moment. In every instance the pain from the injury was worse well after the fact, with the worst pain coming from aggravating injured ligaments.
The pain from the MCL was sharp but only for a moment. In every instance the pain from the injury was worse well after the fact, with the worst pain coming from aggravating injured ligaments.
To be fair to everyone else, he cries and whines all the time. This was not the exception.