Your top 5 most admired and most disliked sporting teams/personalities ?

[Salamuddin]

My Top5 admired :
1) ShahBaz Ahmed - Pakistan hockey forward - greatest hockey player ever IMO
2) Pakistan hockey team
3) Diego Maradona
4) Zinedine Zidane
5) Pakistan cricket team

Hon Mentions: Richie Richardson, Ian Bishop, Wasim AKram, Waqar Younis, Arjuna Ranatunga, Murali

My Top 5 disliked:
1) Ricky Ponting
2) Lleyton Hewitt
3) English Football team
4) Aussie cricket team
5) Martina Hingis

 

[Matt79]

5 most admired:
1. Collingwood FC
2. Aussie Cricket team
3. Roger Federer
4. Tiger Woods
5. Bill Woodful

5 most disliked:
1. Brisbane Football Club
2. Jason Akermanis (recently of the Brisbane Football Club)
3. David Nalbandian
4. Italian soccer team (no good divers)
5. Springboks

If was going to nominate a cricketer, it would be probably Arjuna Ranatunga

 

[Jono]

Nalbandian is a gun.

Is 'admired' the same as having much love for? I mean I love my Richmond Football Club, but by God do I not admire them lol.

Top 5 admired:
1) Roger Federer
2) Tiger Woods
3) Rahul Dravid
4) Muralitharan
5) Jason Akermanis (Oh yeah )

Top 5 Disliked:
1) Lleyton Hewitt
2) Essendon Football Club
3) Ricky Ponting
4) Andrew Lovett
5) Dean Solomon

 

[benchmark00]

5) Dean Solomon

Haha I'll send him your love.

 

[Jono]

Haha I'll send him your love.

Do you reckon he'll be at Essendon next year Benchy? I heard they didn't want to offer him a 2 year contract or something.

 

[benchmark00]

Do you reckon he'll be at Essendon next year Benchy? I heard they didn't want to offer him a 2 year contract or something.

No idea. I know him and Sheedy have a real tight-knit relationship, Solly was his sort of his labour of love for a while. I've heard he's spoken to a few clubs, other than that I have no idea what he's going to do, but I think he should move on. Come play footy with his more talented cousin or something

 

[steds]

Top 5 admired:
1) Jamie Lyon
2) Shane Warne
3) Andrew Johns
4) Ken Doherty
5) Murali

Top 5 Disliked:
1) Wigan Warriors RLFC
2) Liverpool FC
3) Manchester United FC
4) Yorkshire County Cricket Club
5) Paul Cooke

 

[Craig]

My disliked cricket is Carl Hooper. Egostical manic.

 

[Mr Mxyzptlk]

Admired:

1. Roger Federer
2. Andrew Flintoff
3. Dwayne Bravo
4. Michael Jordan
5. Curt Schilling

Hon mention: Australian football team, Chris Birchall, Tom Glavine, Shivnarine Chanderpaul

Disliked:

1. Australian cricket team (bar Martyn, Langer and Hussey)
2. Graeme Smith
3. Inzamam
4. The Yankees
5. Adam Gilchrist (singled out)

 

[alternative]

Admired
Ganguly
Indian Cricket team
Swans
Tiger Woods
Aussie anything except Cricket and Hockey

Disliked
Andrew Johns
Brett Kimmorley
Ben Cousins
Roger Federer
Collingwood AFL team

 

[Mr Mxyzptlk]

Anyone who dislikes Federer is just jealous. That is all.

 

[alternative]

Anyone who dislikes Federer is just jealous. That is all.

Yeh i am.. Freakin lost money betting against him, my fault but still ...

 

[benchmark00]

Admired:
1. North Melbourne FC
2. James Hird
3. Steve Waugh
4. Glenn McGrath
5. Sachin Tendulkar

Disliked:
1. That bloke who dived for Italy in the World Cup
2. Hewitt
3. Irfan Pathan
4. Michael Vaughan
5. Glen Jakovic

 

[cameeel]

Admired

Melbourne Demons FC
Chris Judd
Shane Warne
Justin Langer
Nathan Carroll

Disliked

Lleyton Hewitt
Rafael Nadal
Fraser Gehrig
Barry Hall
Graeme Smith

 

[andyc]

Disliked:
1. That bloke who dived for Italy in the World Cup
2. Hewitt
3. Irfan Pathan
4. Michael Vaughan
5. Glen Jakovic

Good call.

 

[benchmark00]

Admired

Melbourne Demons FC
Chris Judd
Shane Warne
Justin Langer
Nathan Carroll

Disliked

Lleyton Hewitt
Rafael Nadal
Fraser Gehrig
Barry Hall
Graeme Smith

Hahaha admire Nathan Carroll? For his ability to grow a handle bar moustache?

 

[Jono]

What you got against Jako Benchy? One would think the awesome battles he had with Carey would sort of make you appreciate his awesomeness.

 

[benchmark00]

What you got against Jako Benchy? One would think the awesome battles he had with Carey would sort of make you appreciate his awesomeness.

It's not like I don't rate him, I just don't like him, I remember yelling at the TV when Jakovic would be riding Carey's back like a surfboard and not getting a free kick.

 

[Scaly piscine]

Liked is predictable and boring for me so I'll just skip to hated:

1. Pakistan cricket 'team'
2. CDMs
3. Sam 'bungmeister' Allardyce
4. Ganguly
5. Most yank sportsmen

 

[benchmark00]

'Liked' and 'Admired' are two different things it should be noted.