Footballers who'd thrive in a prison environment

led_scholes

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Thomas Gravesen, Benzema, Tim Wiese, Akinfnwa, Chiellini, Boruc, Vidic, Maradona, Vieira.

Edit: Kolasinac proved to be fearless but not a bully, so he would be respected.
 

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I'm having mine against the setting of the American prison system; no point concerning yourself with fisticuffs...

Los Monos:

Boss - Gabriel Batistuta (full stubble)
Underbosses - Daniel Passarella; Diego Simeone (retired); Antonio Rattin
Accounts & connect: Zanetti
Wildcard - Diego Maradona (essentially Scarface); Gabriel Heinze
Protection: Walter Samuel (has clearly killed a man); Oscar Ruggeri; Javier Mascherano
Soldiers/Shankers: Jaun Pablo Sorin; Carlos Tevez; Ariel Ortega; Claudio Cannigia (essentially Vega)
Bait: Messi (long hair)

Latin Kings:

Boss - Obdulio Varela
Underbosses - Carlos Alberto; Dunga
Accounts & connect: Cafu; Socrates
Wildcard - Diego Costa; Arturo Vidal;
Protection: Luis Pereira; Lucio; Alex; Paolo Montero
Soldiers/Shankers: Rivaldo; Garrincha; Djalma Santos; Rai
Bait: Neymar
 

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Wasn't there a striker in the lower leagues who is about the size of a bungalow? I image he could survive.
 

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Jack Wilshere would be the type to act hard and try and take on the biggest hardest lad it the prison, only to regret doing so.
 

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Benzema is a good mention. Tough kid from one of the toughest quartiers in Lyon. Has many friends in the underworld.
Jack Wilshere would be the type to act hard and try and take on the biggest hardest lad it the prison, only to regret doing so.
Like Peter Schibetta in HBO's OZ. Trying too mess with Adebesi. Yep. He's that type of dude.
 

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Some time in the late 1980s, Internazionale were losing an away match by several goals when in the last minute they were awarded a meaningless penalty. The fearsome Argentine centre-back Daniel Passarella began galloping forward to take it, but before he could get there Alessandro Altobelli, reasoning like any striker that a goal is a goal, stepped up and hit the ball into the net.

A former Inter star who played in that game tells the story that in the changing-room, Passarella threw a fit. "It's always the same!" he screamed. "At 0-0 no-one dares take a penalty, but when it doesn't matter anymore they all do." Grabbing his genitals, he added: "You are cowards! You have no balls, no cojones."

This went on for some time. Most of the Inter players were used to Passarella and paid no attention, but after a while Altobelli could take no more. Striding up to the Argentine, he asked: "You talking about me?"

Passarella knocked him out with a single punch, stripped, and wandered off to the showers. A few minutes later Altobelli came too. He stared about him enraged and then, spotting the fruit bowl customary in Italian changing-rooms of the era, grabbed a little knife meant for peeling oranges. In the shower stalls he found a naked Passarella calmly shampooing his hair. "Come on then!" Passarella cooed at his knife-wielding colleague.

Altobelli didn't know what to do. He didn't really want to stab his team-mate to death like Norman Bates in Psycho. He would probably have been fined, or even transfer-listed. So he just stood in front of Passarella waving the knife for a while until, to his relief, other players dragged him away and he could pretend this was happening against his will. All the while Passarella continued washing his hair.
 

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Ronaldinho. Even in prison, everybody would love him. And he would win cups with the prisoner team.
 

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Graeme Souness
Claudio Gentile
Terry Hurlock
Tommy Smith
Ron Harris
Dave Mackay
Joe Jordan
Billy Whitehurst
 

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Pushing a few people around or being a bully on the footy pitch is a lot different to trying to handle yourself in prison.
I bet the toughest on this list wouldn't fancy it.
 

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Rio strikes me as the type that would have all the connections cause he's got that geezer image he portrays.

Pretty sure I wouldn't wanna mess with him either in fairness.
 

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No offense to the OP, but you can tell football is off with threads like this.

So many threads popping up that otherwise wouldn't.

Again, no offense intended towards anybody. Good to see people being imaginative with creating new threads though.
Check out Buzz Killington over here.

Anyway Vinnie Jones is a lil bitch.
 

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1. None of the mentioned would stand a chance against Chilavert. He was strong both physically and mentally. The latter being (much) more important in prison. Chilavert actually received a couple of suspended prison sentences.

2. Ronaldinho:)) He is a magician.

3. “Winne“ the Jones. living legend of a shady footballer lifestyle.
 

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Juan Mata.

His likability would immediately make him friends with whoever runs the prison. Since he's tiny he'll be protected at all cost while he spends his time studying law in the prison library. He'll immediately pass the exam once he's released and spend the rest of his life fighting for the little man.

I'm sending the script to HBO as we speak, btw.
Juan Year in San Quentin?