Pablo Zabaleta

[jimharri]

Lucky enough to get invited by Tblisi to Abu Dhabi through club comp few years back
Fantastic few days and on the arranged meet and greet with the players Zabba was first in and last out, says it all about the guy unlike a couple more you could mention!

Come on; name names, dish the dirt!

 

[Dave Ewing's Back 'eader]

Little doubt most have read this at some point but it says so much about him and what kind of man he is.

https://www.theguardian.com/footbal...lo-zabaleta-anti-robinho-manchester-city-hero

I stopped reading this after about two lines or so when I got to 'global-scale wealth squanderers'! We've only squandered a micron of what MANUre have pissed up the wall!

 

[GeorgeHeslop'sTackle.]

Come on; name names, dish the dirt!

If it’s any help, I can tell you that Mick Channon & Trevor Francis were both right stroppy c*nts back in the day, and are still, up to press, the only two city players to ever refuse me an autograph.

 

[Clubber]

Why has he not got a pitch named after him?! I'm still gutted about this. Top man, by all accounts and he deserves a training pitch, if not more.

Seen him with his Mrs and little one, not long since it had been born, in the club shop, getting some stuff. I love the guy.

 

[better dead than red]

I stopped reading this after about two lines or so when I got to 'global-scale wealth squanderers'! We've only squandered a micron of what MANUre have pissed up the wall!

Yeah I understand that. The rest was very complimentary of Pablo.

 

[Sir peace frog]

I've met him a few times when I worked on BA never to much trouble to chat and have a pic, sergio on the other hand not as friendly Seems like a chore to him : ) love them both though

 

[jimharri]

If it’s any help, I can tell you that Mick Channon & Trevor Francis were both right stroppy c*nts back in the day, and are still, up to press, the only two city players to ever refuse me an autograph.

Francis did have a bit of a reputation back in the day, IIRC.

 

[allblackcitizen]

What I loved about Zab was on all the tunnel cam vids he was the only player who consistently, week in week out, would go and say hello and shake the hands of all the people who stand on the doors etc. How you treat the "little people" (or the big bastards when it comes to some of the doormen) in any organisation speaks volumes about you as a person, and Zab is obviously a complete gent.

 

[kun]

Bring him back as a coach

 

[Smoothy B.]

Whilst I may well be getting more emotional in my older age, I just watched Zab on YouTube. Some of you may have seen the clip, it's the one where blues are reading poetry about him, he is hiding behind a curtain, and then mid poetry he comes out to surprise the poets.
At the end of the video, a very young blue, with "mini Zaba" on the back of his shirt starts to talk about Pablo. Pablo comes out from the curtain and.....well watch the you tube clip for yourselves... as I said earlier, I may be getting emotional, but it's really hard not to watching this clip. Zab epitomises everything we want from our players. He is humble, tough skilful, committed and very very obvious as blue as we are. If you haven't seen the clip I am waffling on about, have a look.. see if you are as touched as I most certainly was
Pablo Zab. Once a blue always a blue !!