GIO, GIO, GIO, GIO!
Who cares if he is fat or not? At twenty stone he could probably still run rings round most of the fuckers stealing a living in the Premier League.
And, yes, he would get in this team if he was playing consistently. And, no, there is no player in this team that can do the stuff he could do. In fact, there are few players who have ever played the game who had the close control, acceleration and balance he had. I'm prepared for someone to take the piss, but only the likes of Messi, Maradona and a few others could skin several players with the ball so close. Obviously he had flaws but his talent was immense and it is a crying shame he didn't make the most of it.
I don't care how good the likes of Silva and Yaya are (and they are genuinely in the top world bracket), no player has ever excited a crowd at City like Kinky did. The crowd genuinely got excited when he picked the ball up. A small roar went up and the crowd all sat up.
Get him on the pitch. What a fucking player!
Oh, and I've got a good word for Danny Tiatto too. A nutter but he could play a bit as we were coming back up. Had decent technique and did a good job in the centre of midfield for a while. Funny stuff when he got sent off (against Blackburn) a few minutes after coming on at Maine Road and Keegan went mental, saying he was finished here.
I liked the bloke though.
