Anyone who had the pleasure of seeing this guy play for us back in the day should cherish those moments,he was one of the most exciting players we had seen in a blue shirt for ages,anyone who thinks differently is talking out of their arse.......Lee Bowyer I've read ffs
His only problem was chronic laziness.
He was also greedy but that was understandable, as he was so much better than everyone else. If he was 23 he would still be better than everyone else if he played for City tomorrow.
If he came through as a young player at City today & Pep could make him run about a bit, he'd basically be Messi. But making him run about, would be difficult. I think football just came easy to him & was an enjoyable hobby.
He certainly was, been but my Lee Bowyer point remains, as demonstrated by Kinkladze's career after he left City.Anyone who had the pleasure of seeing this guy play for us back in the day should cherish those moments,he was one of the most exciting players we had seen in a blue shirt for ages,anyone who thinks differently is talking out of their arse.......Lee Bowyer I've read ffs
Go and speak to the former ex players you mentioned about Kinky, they are far from complimentary about him and particularly his laziness and attitude.Kinkladze signed for us in 95 when we were in the Prem and there were plenty of other good players in the team at that point, but that aside, no, of course a player like Silva wouldn't have considered signing for us then. The point I'm making is that getting relegated and being a good player are not necessarily mutually exclusive. The club sold Quinn, Beagrie, Filtcroft, Curle, Lomas and Rosler during Kinky's time at the club and we had two terrible managers in Alan Ball and Frank Clark, and IMO that is a far more reliable indicator of why we found ourselves in League One than the perceived shortcomings of Georgi Kinkladze
I agree he did always seem a bit overweight,probably hence the lack of running,but was such a clever player,like I said one of the most exciting we had seen in ages,but you are spot on,he could get away with not doing the nitty gritty stuff as he was exempt I suppose in his eyes,as he was a class above the others,would love to have him on our books now mind
Go and speak to the former ex players you mentioned about Kinky, they are far from complimentary about him and particularly his laziness and attitude.
Most of them are probably standing in their glass houses throwing stones at passing cars these days?Go and speak to the former ex players you mentioned about Kinky, they are far from complimentary about him and particularly his laziness and attitude.
His nickname in the dressing room at the time was tango.....due to his obsession with the said drink of the time....Tango is not the thing to drink as a professional athlete, his time at city , he was constantly having problems with his weight, due to tango and his love of the Chinese takeaway.
His Rooneyesque physique on the video speaks volumes but he is very respectful to City and was indeed a flawed legend.
Unfortunately there was a technical fault on my iPad because I thought I heard him praise Alan Ball.
Fcukin Windows 10!!!
Go and speak to the former ex players you mentioned about Kinky, they are far from complimentary about him and particularly his laziness and attitude.
My favourite player and would easily get in today's team. He was all left foot and maybe didn't do a lot without the ball but I have never seen anyone run at pace with the ball and stop dead like him, leaving defenders clutching at thin air like cartoon characters running over a cliff. People forget how brave he was getting kicked to fuck every week and he still constantly wanted the ball. Goals against Boro, Leicester and Oxford will live long in the memory and the one against Southampton will never be beat for me. He entertained us whilst playing in probably the worst City side ever.
"Gio, Gio, Gio" (bows to the legend)
My favourite player and would easily get in today's team. He was all left foot and maybe didn't do a lot without the ball but I have never seen anyone run at pace with the ball and stop dead like him, leaving defenders clutching at thin air like cartoon characters running over a cliff. People forget how brave he was getting kicked to fuck every week and he still constantly wanted the ball. Goals against Boro, Leicester and Oxford will live long in the memory and the one against Southampton will never be beat for me. He entertained us whilst playing in probably the worst City side ever.
"Gio, Gio, Gio" (bows to the legend)