Gio Kinkladze Documentary

Never understand the hate from some towards kinky.
During those dark dark days he was a total shining light and where as he may not have dragged the team along like some cult heroes , he still gave us some total magical moments.
Its ok saying he wouldnt survive in todays team. How would you know? Bit easier playing with KDB than ged brannan.

I took a south african guy who was over on business to , i think, a game v villa. Kinky was on form that day, he scored a decent goal following a back heeled pass from Quinny.
This guy, a rugby fan, was then an immediate Blue. I often wonder if he still is!

So, yes gio was lazy, sometimes greedy, his career never kicked on, but he made me smile , A LOT, during a time that on the whole was pretty miserable

GIO GIO GIO GIO
 
Bluesince1979 said:
Never understand the hate from some towards kinky.
During those dark dark days he was a total shining light and where as he may not have dragged the team along like some cult heroes , he still gave us some total magical moments.
Its ok saying he wouldnt survive in todays team. How would you know? Bit easier playing with KDB than ged brannan.

I took a south african guy who was over on business to , i think, a game v villa. Kinky was on form that day, he scored a decent goal following a back heeled pass from Quinny.
This guy, a rugby fan, was then an immediate Blue. I often wonder if he still is!

So, yes gio was lazy, sometimes greedy, his career never kicked on, but he made me smile , A LOT, during a time that on the whole was pretty miserable

GIO GIO GIO GIO
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The fact remains however good he was , we suffered two consecutive relegations with him in the team.

When he was good he was brilliant but when he was not, he was a disgrace for me and sadly that was far too often.
 
Bluesince1979 said:
Never understand the hate from some towards kinky.
During those dark dark days he was a total shining light and where as he may not have dragged the team along like some cult heroes , he still gave us some total magical moments.
Its ok saying he wouldnt survive in todays team. How would you know? Bit easier playing with KDB than ged brannan.

I took a south african guy who was over on business to , i think, a game v villa. Kinky was on form that day, he scored a decent goal following a back heeled pass from Quinny.
This guy, a rugby fan, was then an immediate Blue. I often wonder if he still is!

So, yes gio was lazy, sometimes greedy, his career never kicked on, but he made me smile , A LOT, during a time that on the whole was pretty miserable

GIO GIO GIO GIO
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Everyone remembers Kinky's goals in the PL, away at Boro, Villa and Soton, but they were his only goals in the top flight for us.

He was poor in 97/98, after impressing in 96/97 against the likes of Oxford, Swindon and Southend.
 
Keeper! said:
The fact remains however good he was , we suffered two consecutive relegations with him in the team.

When he was good he was brilliant but when he was not, he was a disgrace for me and sadly that was far too often.
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Does one man make a team? Could he have solely kept us up?

No on both accounts. The club was a basket case at the time and heading in one direction only.
 
Corky said:
Everyone remembers Kinky's goals in the PL, away at Boro, Villa and Soton, but they were his only goals in the top flight for us.

He was poor in 97/98, after impressing in 96/97 against the likes of Oxford, Swindon and Southend.
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I bet eddie mcgoldrick was your favourite player
 
Bluesince1979 said:
Does one man make a team? Could he have solely kept us up?

No on both accounts. The club was a basket case at the time and heading in one direction only.
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The club was a basket case, run by a man who did not keep his word, Lee was a poor chairman.

The team was not a team at all, 11 individuals and a very divided dressing room, Kinky got far too much praise for little contribution and that upset a lot of his teammates.
 
Keeper! said:
The club was a basket case, run by a man who did not keep his word, Lee was a poor chairman.

The team was not a team at all, 11 individuals and a very divided dressing room, Kinky got far too much praise for little contribution and that upset a lot of his teammates.
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Still doesnt take away from him being a rare beacon of shining light. Just dont get the hate. Was eddie mcgoldrick your favourite player ? Or tony vaughan, “cos he gave 100%”.
Never understand anyone who didnt enjoy watching gio
 
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Bluesince1979 said:
Still doesnt take away from him being a rare beacon of shining light. Just dont get the hate. Was eddie mcgoldrick your favourite player ? Or tony vaughan, “cos he gave 100%”.
Never understand anyone who didnt enjoy watching gio
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I watched him home and away for 2 seasons, for every good game there would be 3-4 games of nothing.

In a vast majority of away games he was the invisible man in reality.

There is no hate, just the realisation of a hugely overrated player.
 
Keeper! said:
I watched him home and away for 2 seasons, for every good game there would be 3-4 games of nothing.

In a vast majority of away games he was the invisible man in reality.

There is no hate, just the realisation of a hugely overrated player.
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Youll never convince me he wasnt a joy at times amongst a sea of mediocrity
 
Here's the shirt he scored TAHT wonderful solo effort in against Southampton at Maine Road on 16th March 1996.

Notice the repair stitching job to the right of the Umbro logo after Gio’s shirt had been torn in a earlier fixture that season and simply sewn back up giving this shirt great provenance.

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Bluesince1979 said:
Youll never convince me he wasnt a joy at times amongst a sea of mediocrity
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Absolutely!

I remember the away game at Oxford in particular. I was watching from the home team main sponsors box (actually just a shed with butties), when Gio put on a masterclass.
His ability to change direction was simply epic. Had the defenders all over the shop.
 
ooh vonky vonky said:
Absolutely!

I remember the away game at Oxford in particular. I was watching from the home team main sponsors box (actually just a shed with butties), when Gio put on a masterclass.
His ability to change direction was simply epic. Had the defenders all over the shop.
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Yes just incredible. I remember the commentator saying something along the lines of ‘and kinkladze is marked by two defenders….bye bye’ which summed his dribbling and ball control, an absolute joy to watch. Would love the full video of that match
 
Bluesince1979 said:
Youll never convince me he wasnt a joy at times amongst a sea of mediocrity
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He was fantastic mate. Course he had bad days, you could drop David Silva, KDB or any player in that side as they would have suffered similar levels of despair, despondency and the difficulty of playing within a side with players on a completely different wavelength, Guy was an absolute joy to watch.

People forget players like KDB, Sterling, Silva were not to a similar standard in a Pellegrini side in comparison to Peps side, let alone playing for a club in freefall as a 21 year old, miles from home and without the assistance players get now or the access technology gives you to family and friends.
 
franksinatra said:
He was fantastic mate. Course he had bad days, you could drop David Silva, KDB or any player in that side as they would have suffered similar levels of despair, despondency and the difficulty of playing within a side with players on a completely different wavelength, Guy was an absolute joy to watch.

People forget players like KDB, Sterling, Silva were not to a similar standard in a Pellegrini side in comparison to Peps side, let alone playing for a club in freefall as a 21 year old, miles from home and without the assistance players get now or the access technology gives you to family and friends.
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As i said , ill never understand the hate. But youll find supporters who didnt rate him dont like ‘fancy dans’ and prefer workers. Just the way their brain works.

Also, in contrast to dropping a KDB into the shite side we were then, drop a kinky into todays side. See the difference
 
One of me favourite City players. When we as a family couldn't afford Sky we could watch the City matches just to watch Kinkladze and a bit of Rosler. Everyone would be talking about him who had watched the match.

He was way ahead of his team mates, they weren't even on the same wavelength at times.

I think if he was in today's City team he would have added more to his locker and timed his adventurous runs

I remember him going to Ajax and Derby but can't remember him playing as well unfortunately
 
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