Everyone must have done it, when your a kid - in your mind's eye when you were playing, have a sort of movie reel of a player, thinking you were the living embodiement of them at that moment...

 

Some lads would even vocalize their internal commentary "Oh, what a beautiful goal by...."

 

I used to think I was Michel Platini - he could do no wrong in my eyes, how times change - fat, officious, corrupt frog twat.

 

Who were you? (what am I on about? I'll bet half on here who play 5-side etc. still do it ).

Gazza and Baggio

zidane.

 

in fact i still do that now.

Steve Thompson

Geoff Hurst. I was a kid during the gloruious 60s and dad wouldn't allow me to be Bobby Charlton.

neil whatmore and jim mcdonagh

Roberto Baggio if I skied a penalty

Gianluca Vialli

Del Piero

 

Transworld Sport and football italia was where it was at!

Gary Lineker

Tony Caldwell...also Kerry Dixon for a bit for some strange reason....

Steve Thompson

Same here

 

Then Andy Walker

I was Bobby Stokes after he scored the winner in 76 against "them".

Scored the best goal of my life last night at the soccerdome

 

i was playing it over and over in my mind last night lied in bed

 

bossing that midfield like Zico last night (im carrying a little less weight) tho

tony philliskirk then supa john for me.

Glenn Hoddle for me. Remember seeing that chip he scored with against Watford when I was a kid and that was it. Had no idea where Tottenham was

Super John every time. With a Dave Higson style commentary after every goal.

John McGinlay or Keith Branagan when i was in net.

Which WW poster used to pretend he was Tony Kelly?

Seaman in net, Zola outfield.

I bet diddles is messi

I bet diddles is messi

 

Full kit, name printed on the back?

Ronnie Whelan

 

Cue the abuse!

I remember being Kenny Dalglish putting the ball through ray Clemences legs after a Scotland victory over England.. we must have played for hours taking turns to be Clemence and Dalglish...

 

Happy Days

Nathan Blake!

 

or

 

Super john

Eusabio, kept practicing those narrow angle shots for ages on empty goalposts, pity i only managed it a few times in 5 a side at school.

Honestly, Owen Coyle!

Okocha for the last couple of years of secondary, learnt his signature trick, had him on all my Bolton shirts and well tbh he was the the talk of the school/town.

 

Used have Nathan Blake also and Eidur.

 

Moved onto Ronaldinho, that's when I really stepped up learning all different skills, I got seriously injured doing his flip-flap at Prems/PowerLeague whilst playing for Inter Yamam, had his name on my Yamam and Unreal Madrid shirt along with Didledee at the bottom, but wasn't allowed for Breightmet Utd or Hindley.

 

I've been Quaresm, Messi whilst playing in the hospital cup, Now it's Chungy when I mess about with dog in back garden, I have a bandana in the South Korean colours, I put that on and I have myself made nets, I climb on't garage and practise freekicks, sometimes I'll put a bin infront of the net and pretend it's Buffon, we have floodlights, so it can be like taking freekicks at Wembley and being Beckham.

Edited February 27, 201214 yr by Didledee