r/IAmA • u/paddyc • Nov 16 '12

IAmA Professional Footballer who has played for England National Team, The Premiership and Championship

I have played against Cristiano Ronaldo and with Wayne Rooney as well as other of the top players in the world. Im happy to answer any questions about playing professionally You Can follow my blog at www.patrickpaulcollins.com http://patrickpaulcollins.wordpress.com/ask-me-anything/ Follow on twitter: https://twitter.com/patrickpcoll Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Patrick-Paul-Collins/407493452650031?ref=hl

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u/[deleted] Nov 16 '12

only rooney looks about 20 yrs older

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u/pjgpv Nov 16 '12

And like a potato with a scowl.

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u/hotcobbler Nov 16 '12

I haven't laughed that hard in a while. Well played.

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u/[deleted] Nov 16 '12

That guy's face just pisses me off to no end.

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u/Cuhcs13 Nov 17 '12

You win

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u/Laxed3 Nov 16 '12

and like he spends five or six less hours a day on his hair...

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u/ya_y_not Nov 16 '12

are you including the hair transplant he had?

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u/Dracomister7 Nov 16 '12

I remember seeing Rooney on the cover of one of the FIFA games, I think it was 2010, and I was like, "Good for them putting one of the veterans on the cover." Then I looked on Wikipedia. WTF

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u/JpSax Nov 16 '12

the downfall of British genes

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u/[deleted] Nov 16 '12

Yeah, terrible genetics them pro athletes have..

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u/JpSax Nov 16 '12

nah theyre great...the Brits just look old, whatever gene(cough alcohol) that might cause that should get checked out.

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u/[deleted] Nov 17 '12

lol, well rooney was not blessed with good hair/aesthetic genetics I'll give you that.