Sterling for example
Players with weird running styles
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Robben. Legend.
Jordan Henderson and his 'unnatural gait' or whatever SAF called it.
Michael Johnson, with his erect carriage, had the strangest running style of any athlete though.
Hazard
Harry Maguire, if you can call it running.
Probably because he had to tuck it into his belt
I call it GOATing
Old era: Kubala
I find his form of running very weird. Another one is Schnellinger
I find his form of running very weird. Another one is Schnellinger
Ribery.
Rudiger sometimes runs as if he has a cactus up his bottom
Musiala. Though that is more his dribbling. Bambi throwing legs everywhere.
Might be the hair, but Cucurella and Wan Bissaka seem a bit bouncy to me.
Plenty of other players with longer hair where it doesn't seem to bob up and down as much.
Some players stand out like that in general for their appearance, think Will Hughes at Palace. Sometimes I think their mistakes or their good play can be highlighted more.
Plenty of other players with longer hair where it doesn't seem to bob up and down as much.
Some players stand out like that in general for their appearance, think Will Hughes at Palace. Sometimes I think their mistakes or their good play can be highlighted more.
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Chris Eagles
Cristiano Ronaldo actually runs rather funny when he is chasing the ball. It looks like he's running for his life 
Like that Bolt geezerCristiano Ronaldo actually runs rather funny when he is chasing the ball. It looks like he's running for his life
Lindelof under a high ball.
Vedran Ćorluka
He’s a bit like when Tom Cruise runs. Far too focused, and straining.Cristiano Ronaldo actually runs rather funny when he is chasing the ball. It looks like he's running for his life
Ronaldinho had a funny head bop to his running.
Varane, in spite of being a great defender, kind of looked awkward in the way he moved.
Varane, in spite of being a great defender, kind of looked awkward in the way he moved.
Mazraoui.
Effective but not exactly graceful.
Effective but not exactly graceful.
Craig Bellamy. Maybe it’s because of his short neck
Sylvester Stallone. Angry runner.
Rashford when he’s tracking back. Looks weirdly like he’s walking
Must have picked it up off of Evra.
Speaking of Evra.
Aaron Lennon ran weird, I remember reading an interview with a sprint coach that insisted if he had a better running style he would be Olympic standard.
Aaron Lennon ran weird, I remember reading an interview with a sprint coach that insisted if he had a better running style he would be Olympic standard.
It's Schillinger.
Always thought Declan Rice runs weird. It looks like his legs are two sizes too long.
Asprilia
Poborsky
Amrabat.
They say that if Garrincha dribbled in a straight line in the dead of night, he'd be back where he started by dawn.
Haaland.
He takes those very short strides for his height and pace. It’s very uniqueCristiano Ronaldo actually runs rather funny when he is chasing the ball. It looks like he's running for his life
Runs like he has only a towel on and he doesn't want it to drop off.
Later version of Martial, runs like his boot are made of metal.
How has no one mentioned Foden yet?
Rasmus
Craig Bellamy ran like he’d just broken a classroom window and was running across the playground to hide behind the bike sheds
Steven Pienaar had a unique one when running at full pelt.
Speaking of Pienaar, what did you think of him, @SilentWitness ? He was like a lesser version of a Nasri/Silva to me in that he was deployed out wide, but would cut inside and roam about as a 10. Like them, he was very strong on the ball when pressed, too.
Everyone thinks of his partnership with Baines but he was a good player in his own right.
Speaking of Pienaar, what did you think of him, @SilentWitness ? He was like a lesser version of a Nasri/Silva to me in that he was deployed out wide, but would cut inside and roam about as a 10. Like them, he was very strong on the ball when pressed, too.
Everyone thinks of his partnership with Baines but he was a good player in his own right.