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Zabba
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Wed Feb 10, 2010 12:12 amby Fidel Castro
Think he deserves his own thread for his performance against Bolton. He was excellent.
Up there with Johnson tonight but probably gets less praise cos he is not an attacking player and doesn't stand out as much.
Re: Zabba
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Wed Feb 10, 2010 1:23 amby john68
I could not agree more Fidel mate. I was really impresed how he took control of a number of situations.
I would nave given him my man of the match.
Much of his work seems to go unnoticed.
WELL IN ZABBA.
Re: Zabba
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Wed Feb 10, 2010 1:40 amby Ted Hughes
Agreed. His best performance in a City shirt imo & didn't give away any goalscoring chances to the oppo. If he can learn to play like that every week he'll end up a genuine top 4 standard fullback.
Re: Zabba
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Wed Feb 10, 2010 1:41 amby StrikeAnywhere
I thought both him and Bridge were decent at fullback, getting up and down the wings with aplomb.
He still worries me going into tackles thou... I think hes played every game so far under Mancini so I wonder if he will keep Micah out when he is fit?
Re: Zabba
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Wed Feb 10, 2010 5:46 amby ant london
Said it in another thread but Pablo was exceptionally good last night both going forward and, most importantly, defending
Lots of situations where I've seen him dive in and concede possession or free kicks in the past he stood up and marshalled his man/won possession firmly but fairly
I agree with the above, that was his best City performance. Absent Adam Johnson he would have got MOTM
Re: Zabba
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Wed Feb 10, 2010 6:13 amby mcfc1632
Agree totally with OP - he was immense
Re: Zabba
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Wed Feb 10, 2010 7:49 amby CityFanFromRome
Yeah, great game by him last night. I am starting to think that Mancini sees in him the City equivalent of Javier Zanetti at Inter, considering also how versatile Zabba is.
Re: Zabba
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Wed Feb 10, 2010 9:36 amby Blue2
Good game and well impressed with his restraint.
Re: Zabba
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Wed Feb 10, 2010 9:37 amby Bingo Lewis
yes he was great.
Whoever said Bridge was good though.... do one.
Re: Zabba
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Wed Feb 10, 2010 3:27 pmby Vhero
Svensational wrote:He had Kevin Davies in his back pocket, made some great tackles, didnt get booked and manned the right wing. Very pleased with him last night.
That's the main point for me as Zabba like his yellow cards. As great as the guy did last night he does normally give away too many free kicks near the box for me normally. I just feel he is normally too hard with tackling but last night I had no complaints did everything great so he's obviously working on it.