Georgi Kinkladze

Some of the comments on here are fucking hilarious! Did many of these posters watch Kinkladze, Genuinely?

Kinkladze was a fabulous player, There was more to Kinkladze than just dribbling, Obviously he's well known for his dribbling skills and going past players with ease but there was more to him that just "moments" in games.

The squad of players we had around that era were nowhere near Kinkladze level, Maybe he did feel at times he's best to go on a run himself.

Kinkladze would walk into today's City's squad absolutely no doubt in my mind about it.
 
SWPISHOME said:
Some of the comments on here are fucking hilarious! Did many of these posters watch Kinkladze, Genuinely?

Kinkladze was a fabulous player, There was more to Kinkladze than just dribbling, Obviously he's well known for his dribbling skills and going past players with ease but there was more to him that just "moments" in games.

The squad of players we had around that era were nowhere near Kinkladze level, Maybe he did feel at times he's best to go on a run himself.

Kinkladze would walk into today's City's squad absolutely no doubt in my mind about it.
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Exactly this.
 
SWPISHOME said:
Some of the comments on here are fucking hilarious! Did many of these posters watch Kinkladze, Genuinely?

Kinkladze was a fabulous player, There was more to Kinkladze than just dribbling, Obviously he's well known for his dribbling skills and going past players with ease but there was more to him that just "moments" in games.

The squad of players we had around that era were nowhere near Kinkladze level, Maybe he did feel at times he's best to go on a run himself.

Kinkladze would walk into today's City's squad absolutely no doubt in my mind about it.
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I agree.
With the likes of Haaland and Foden making runs off the shoulder of the defence Kinky would have had a field day threading passes through. No way was he just a dribbler.
And although he wasn't a great defender he occasionally put the odd little naught dig in.
With the right motivator (Pep) he would have had the ability to fit in to today's team.
I also think Stephen Ireland could too - but maybe I'm being too hopeful there!!
 
SWPISHOME said:
Some of the comments on here are fucking hilarious! Did many of these posters watch Kinkladze, Genuinely?

Kinkladze was a fabulous player, There was more to Kinkladze than just dribbling, Obviously he's well known for his dribbling skills and going past players with ease but there was more to him that just "moments" in games.

The squad of players we had around that era were nowhere near Kinkladze level, Maybe he did feel at times he's best to go on a run himself.

Kinkladze would walk into today's City's squad absolutely no doubt in my mind about it.
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Yes I watched him , every week and no he just wouldn't.
 
route46 said:
Kinkladze would have been a superstar in this team.
Not many better dribblers in the history of the sport then Kinkladze.
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So Good he often managed to dribble past the attempted foul as well as the man
 
SWPISHOME said:
Why do you not think Kinkladze would be in this City squad?
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Sat through at that time nearly every game he was involved in. Without doubt he was one of the most gifted players I have seen (although he was extremely one footed it was a wand of a left). But no , not convinced he would have been welcomed into a Guardiola side as he relied on everyone else to do the rest of the dirty work and put in the hard yards. May well have been the way Ball set us up for him to be the focal point but Royle quickly decided he was a bigger problem to the team overall. The closest I would say anyone has come to remind me of his effect on the team post the big money is Nasri - you know he had the ability but was not convinced he would put in the effort. Might be heresy to say but think we may have been better off without him - like having a supermodel wife but who won't lift a finger in the house, help with the kids or contribute to the running of the house - you'd enjoy the evenings but the rest of the time it would be bloody hard work.
 
Ste68 said:
Sat through at that time nearly every game he was involved in. Without doubt he was one of the most gifted players I have seen (although he was extremely one footed it was a wand of a left). But no , not convinced he would have been welcomed into a Guardiola side as he relied on everyone else to do the rest of the dirty work and put in the hard yards. May well have been the way Ball set us up for him to be the focal point but Royle quickly decided he was a bigger problem to the team overall. The closest I would say anyone has come to remind me of his effect on the team post the big money is Nasri - you know he had the ability but was not convinced he would put in the effort. Might be heresy to say but think we may have been better off without him - like having a supermodel wife but who won't lift a finger in the house, help with the kids or contribute to the running of the house - you'd enjoy the evenings but the rest of the time it would be bloody hard work.
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Kinky was not a good pro, that is pretty clear from how his career panned out.

But his ability when he was with us was elite level. Maradona is the closest to the way he played. Just untouchable with the ball at his feet. Not a grafter in defence though. And Steve lomas couldn't do the work of 2.

He played for our team of cloggers. In a modern outfit with elite level coaching I've no doubts he would be a star.
 
Kinkladze was a luxury at the time we couldn't use, he was our shining light in a poor team but he wouldn't get anywhere near todays team ever, work rate was never there and he became easy to play against by letting someone get physical with him early in the game then he would disappear and this happened a lot especially in Division 1 or Championship as it now is, at the time I loved Kinkladze but looking back he probably played well in 20 games over 3 seasons, management didn't help him giving him special treatment but he never really cut it at Ajax and then ended up at Derby who were also struggling in PL at the time, talented individual but was never a team player IMO
 
uwerosler28 said:
Yes I watched him , every week and no he just wouldn't.
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the delusion here is utterly mental. he didnt even get in city’s team all the time under Royle and we were fucking crap. then he went to Ajax, sat on the bench and ended up at championship Derby where he also couldn’t get in the team a lot of the time.

he was a match of the day player who had occasional genius is his boots (think Bojan for Stoke but he wasn't even that good). another comparison would be Gerard Deulofeu

the idea that Kinkladze could mix it with european champions like city is laughable after he spent most of his career outside the top echelons of european football.
 
Great entertainer, brilliant on occasions , anonymous on others. It will always be what could have been with Kinkladze. We at least doubled our money on him but football is littered with players who could have or should have made more of the talent they had but inherently lacked the drive , work rate or common sense to make the most of it (Duncan McKenzie for those old enough always springs to mind as one of my first football memories was watching him take us apart - thought that's how he played every week but definitely did not). He was a glimmer of hope in a very dismal dark period but ultimately flopped.
 
I met Phil Neal once and he told me they would work on tactics and positions all week then 2 mins into the game Kinky would run all over the place so difficult to manage and he needed to be given a free role that impacted the team.
 
By far the most skilled footballer ever to wear a blue shirt and I have been going since 1982 some proper weird comments again on here Royle threw him under the bus for Jamie Pollock and thought by playing him and Whitley we would stay up .
 
Peterloo said:
I met Phil Neal once and he told me they would work on tactics and positions all week then 2 mins into the game Kinky would run all over the place so difficult to manage and he needed to be given a free role that impacted the team.
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Did you watch the City team of that era? They definitely did not work on tactics or positions all week unless the tactics were devised by General Melchett.
 
Peterloo said:
I met Phil Neal once and he told me they would work on tactics and positions all week then 2 mins into the game Kinky would run all over the place so difficult to manage and he needed to be given a free role that impacted the team.
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Have you watched the Graham Taylor documentary “do I not like that” if so that will tell you all you need to know about Phil Neal , Kinky running all over the place you say , well I watched City week in week out in that era and one thing he never did was run all over the place am not sure the conversation happened if it did it says it all about Phil fucking Neal
 
Alan Harper's Tash said:
Less Messi and more Saint Maximin. Does amazing things, but his teammates don’t know where to be or what he’s going to do, so goals and assists were thin on the ground.

Pep’s having a similar job on with Doku.
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Don't mention Doku in the same sentence as Gio please. Their comparative skill levels are world's apart.
 
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