[Archived] Spit The Diouf

[The Harwood Yankee]

Us Rovers fans have certainly had our loyalty tested to the limit with some of the players we've been invited to cheer after previously hating!I think Savage won most of us over (he just looked like a daft but loyal lolloping spaniel most of the time) but there were a few groans when we signed him. Andy Todd was the sort of miserable Yarkshire bugger you'd boo if he hacked one of our players like he did to van Persie etc. Craig Bellamy is an arrogant little sod. I cant say I was ever too fond of lazy dosser Dwight Yorke, either before, during or after he was a Rover.

Having said all of that I think El Hadj Diouf has to take the biscuit. Admittedly he's a very good footballer but his cheating has robbed us before now. His spitting and general arrogance are disgusting. I just wish he could be a good footballer AND a nice bloke. We might be a bit miffed at Friedel, for example, leaving us for another club but the gentleman he always appeared to be, alongside his footballing abilities, mean that he'll always be respected by the vast majority of Rovers fans, and football fans generally. Diouf is tolerated out of loyalty to Rovers but there can be few fans out there who enjoy the fact that such a blatant cheat and apparent scumbag prospers from our club's finances. I'll cheer Diouf the footballer whilst he plays for us, but Diouf the man I'll continue to quietly despise.

[Iceman]

Thats a bit harsh imo. Diouf for all the criticism he gets does alot of good work in his home country, for poor people.

[tony gale's mic]

The only prominent player who would really disgust me if we signed him is Joey Barton.

[Jackson]

Seriously needs to watch thattemper, though...

[Amo]

Not saying it is him lads

But I have heard it and whoever it is says "I'll f*** your kids,if you have a 1 year old daughter I'll F*** her as well"

If it is him that is wrong in anyones eyes.

Here it is but lots of swearwords so be careful.

http://www.101greatgoals.com/videodisplay/2152920/

I can already hear AESF on his typewriter as we speak.

[bluebruce]

Thats a bit harsh imo. Diouf for all the criticism he gets does alot of good work in his home country, for poor people.

I heard about that. And wouldn't be surprised if PART of the reason for it is his PR people suggested it to counteract his demonic public image.

I think he's a decent, but overrated player. And an ABSOLUTE ASSHOLE. It really doesn't sit well with me that he is wearing our shirt, and it never will. If he single-handedly keeps us up, I will tolerate him. But I'll never like him. From what I've seen, he hasn't even played well for us so far. He was woeful against Manure. His passing was atrocious.

[den]

I heard about that. And wouldn't be surprised if PART of the reason for it is his PR people suggested it to counteract his demonic public image.

Or it could be that he is genuinely wanting to help the disadvantaged in our, or his society.

A bit unfair making those allegations BlueBruce.

[Tom]

I'd suggest you watched the wrong game then bluebruce he was one of our best players against United, same with Hull and he certainly looked the most likely against Villa when he came on.

[ABBEY]

worked his bloody bollux off tonight.

[Hughesy]

Correct Abbey. I thought id see alot more positives on here about him but I must admit he works very hard and has that bit of class about him, which allows him to be able to hold the ball up until support arrives.

[grizfoot]

He reminded me a lot of Pedersen in his performance tonight. A lot of running around but never really got in any positions to get a shot on goal.

[Exiled_Rover]

His worst game in a Rovers shirt so far, but he still had an impact. Really good signing for the side, hopefully he's a player we can built around next season.

[bluebruce]

Or it could be that he is genuinely wanting to help the disadvantaged in our, or his society.

A bit unfair making those allegations BlueBruce.

Allegations? I said I wouldn't be surprised if that was part of the reason. I didn't say it was. I obviously don't know whether it was, and neither do you.

Even if he did it out of actually having a soul, he's still an inimitable nob.

TCO- I'd suggest you watched the wrong game too then. He was naff.

[greco]

Allegations? I said I wouldn't be surprised if that was part of the reason. I didn't say it was. I obviously don't know whether it was, and neither do you.

Even if he did it out of actually having a soul, he's still an inimitable nob.

TCO- I'd suggest you watched the wrong game too then. He was naff.

your insinuating, based on his behaviour on the pitch, that the motives behind his charity work, might only be pr related.. thats quite shallow and without much perspective. it resembles the work, of a well known journalist, perhaps you have heard of him, oliver holt..

its totally foundless and without any reasoning..

[chris]

it was pretty predictable that the majority of fans would back Diouf if he worked hard

[Mozzer]

not only does he work hard-you can see the quality he does have..

people have been against his signing since the day he arrived-instead of getting on his back why not back him-hes looking alright so far..

[waggy]

useless

[bluebruce]

your insinuating, based on his behaviour on the pitch, that the motives behind his charity work, might only be pr related.. thats quite shallow and without much perspective. it resembles the work, of a well known journalist, perhaps you have heard of him, oliver holt..

its totally foundless and without any reasoning..

I'm not a well-known journalist. I'm a bloke with an opinion. My opinion is that in every way I'm aware of, excepting this charity work, Diouf is a scumbag. So it doesn't really fit that convincingly that he is humanitarian for humanitarian reasons. I didn't state it as fact, or have it published in a newspaper. And you know less about me than I know about Diouf. So, your insinuations that I resemble Oliver Holt (who?) are equally unfounded.

[cn_barlow]

useless

What a joker...

Anything to get a rise isnt it

[1864roverite]

Perhaps he is just missing Rovers in real life and is getting a touch frustrated at not being able to vent his clear frustration whilst sitting on the ground

Come on Waggy, get back into the groove and get yr ar$e down to Ewood, we are all in it together

[rover6]

Diouf is a workhorse with a modicum of skill. He has improved our team but he's not got it in him to go on to be a top Premier League player. A bolshy Henri Camara, I said before, you can change that to a bolshy Brett Emerton, with perhaps, a bit more vision.

AS much as I don't really rate him, I admit that he's going to be crucial in helping us stay up.

Alan Judge is impressing Plymouth fans with his versatility, energy and dribbling skills. Maybe next season, when we're hopefully still in the Prem, Dioufy can be binned.

[Anti Euro Smiths Fan]

My opinion is that in every way I'm aware of, excepting this charity work, Diouf is a scumbag.

I'm fully in agreement with you bluebruce.

Just to have a little recap on this odious creature from Senegal, he has:

* While at Liverpool, spat at a Celtic fan in a UEFA Cup quarter-final tie at Parkhead. At Liverpool he only managed a meagre 6 goals in 80 appearances and failed to live up to expectations. Liverpool fans grew increasingly unhappy with his performances and he arguably contributed towards Gerrard Houllier being sacked after the Frenchman had blown £10m on signing Diouf.

* After the Celtic incident, Diouf said: "I regret what I did and I shouldn't have reacted as I did." But when he later joined Bolton Diouf spat in the face of Portsmouth's Arjan de Zeeuw and apparently spat at a Middlesbrough fan in the same season.

Is this the actions of a man who is genuinely sorry for the spitting incident at Parkhead or is it in fact the actions of a man who struggles to control his disgusting habit of spitting at people? I'd suggest that it's the latter.

* Before he joined Liverpool, while at French club Rennes, he drove without a licence, smashed into another vehicle and injured a woman passenger in the process. The French courts decided that Diouf would face community service rather than prison. Perhaps a prison sentence at that point might have acted as a wake-up call to the lout.

* He was banned from international football for four matches in 2004 for a verbal assault on a referee.

* In 2005, while at Bolton, Diouf was banned from driving for 12 months after being found guilty of drink-driving and also fined £100 for not having a television licence.

* In 2005, Diouf, who like his former strike partner at Bolton, Nicholas Anelka, is a muslim, blatantly cheated by diving in the penalty box at Ewood Park to wrongly win a penalty. Afterwards both himself and Sam Allardyce refused to apologise for the cheating. As Mark Hughes said after that match: "The referee should have been aware that Diouf has a reputation for diving."

* In 2006, Diouf was arrested by police over allegations that he assaulted his wife.

* He allegedly threatened to have sex with a one-year-old child, while threatening an admittedly foolish idiot who had phoned him up.

* This season Diouf has failed to score in any of the 20 matches he has so far played in for Sunderland and Blackburn Rovers.

* Diouf was sold by Sunderland after allegedly threatening to stab his team-mate Anton Ferdinand. A couple of days afterwards Diouf said: "Anton made me mad for one day, but that's it. When I'm mad I had a problem with him."

I'm of the same opinion as bluebruce, Gav and several others on here that El Hadji Ousseynou Diouf - to give him his full name - is a disgusting scumbag.

Others seem to have the view that because of 'The Dioufy Foundation' he's actually a loveable sweetie. Perhaps he helps little old ladies across the road and offers to do their shopping for them as well.

[Amo]

I don't think people perceive him as a "loveable sweetheart" based on his charity work, but perhaps they don't see him as the one-dimensional villain you and several others do. I won't condone his actions for a second, but it's in the past and doesn't contribute anything to this forum.

[John]

Personally, as stated before, I don't care about his past, as long as he helps us stay up.

[LeChuck]

* In 2005, Diouf, who like his former strike partner at Bolton, Nicholas Anelka, is a muslim

Nice work Smiffy.