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Seriously... how often/much does he bleed? XD

It is not the first time he's forced to the sidelines to stop whatever part of his face he's bleeding from this time. I do think we take to long to mend his injury though. Even last night, he just kept bleeding and Kolarov was forced on.

That was a nasty cut

Mancini made some quip about him always being like that 'every game'.

It shows what he puts on the line every time he plays.

Dameerto wrote:It shows what he puts on the line every time he plays.

his face?

He's a warrior the reason they treat him on the side of the pitch is because unless it's untreatable he will play on,most fanny players would have fucked off down the tunnel and been subbed.

lets all have a disco wrote:He's a warrior the reason they treat him on the side of the pitch is because unless it's untreatable he will play on,most fanny players would have fucked off down the tunnel and been subbed.

Proper old school.
Good man.

Pablo Zaballeta is one tough bastard

Got to love this guy, didn't make a lot of fuzz about it, just felt his face was bleeding, told Crutch to stuff his fucking apology and walked of the pitch to be fixed up. Did anyone else see his reaction when they realized he needed stitching and had to be substituted, he was gutted. And excellent again at left back

i need to eat a bit of humble pie with this fella. ive slagged him off plenty of times in the past but he has been fantastic this year. i love players that put their body on the line. the guy is solid.

Mike J wrote:i need to eat a bit of humble pie with this fella. ive slagged him off plenty of times in the past but he has been fantastic this year. i love players that put their body on the line. the guy is solid.

have to say i gave him serious stick too.
he,s blown me away with his never say die,body on the line,run thru a brick wall style attitude.
fair play pabs!

I've been praising him all season long and last season too. When I read his interview, I just knew; he's one of us:

http://menmedia.co.uk/manchesterevening ... s_your_man

It's an old article, but it made me like Zaba even more.

Martinez wrote:Got to love this guy, didn't make a lot of fuzz about it, just felt his face was bleeding, told Crutch to stuff his fucking apology and walked of the pitch to be fixed up. Did anyone else see his reaction when they realized he needed stitching and had to be substituted, he was gutted. And excellent again at left back

I love Zab's attitude and it's clear he loves playing for us. He has had a good season but he wasn't great last night - Lennon made him look silly on several occasions. As much as Zab's a great man and a very good player, he's still not that top class full back we should be aiming for. He often struggles against pacey players, although admittedly his heart and desire is above almost all others. Definitely a great squad player - we need people like him around, but we still need someone of the Evra/Cole calibre.

aaron bond wrote:

Martinez wrote:Got to love this guy, didn't make a lot of fuzz about it, just felt his face was bleeding, told Crutch to stuff his fucking apology and walked of the pitch to be fixed up. Did anyone else see his reaction when they realized he needed stitching and had to be substituted, he was gutted. And excellent again at left back

I love Zab's attitude and it's clear he loves playing for us. He has had a good season but he wasn't great last night - Lennon made him look silly on several occasions. As much as Zab's a great man and a very good player, he's still not that top class full back we should be aiming for. He often struggles against pacey players, although admittedly his heart and desire is above almost all others. Definitely a great squad player - we need people like him around, but we still need someone of the Evra/Cole calibre.

your talking bollox many times this season hes been outstanding, he will be a city player a long time, you need your flair players, and you need players with guts and zabba has plenty of passion too!!

dick dastardley wrote:

aaron bond wrote:

Martinez wrote:Got to love this guy, didn't make a lot of fuzz about it, just felt his face was bleeding, told Crutch to stuff his fucking apology and walked of the pitch to be fixed up. Did anyone else see his reaction when they realized he needed stitching and had to be substituted, he was gutted. And excellent again at left back

I love Zab's attitude and it's clear he loves playing for us. He has had a good season but he wasn't great last night - Lennon made him look silly on several occasions. As much as Zab's a great man and a very good player, he's still not that top class full back we should be aiming for. He often struggles against pacey players, although admittedly his heart and desire is above almost all others. Definitely a great squad player - we need people like him around, but we still need someone of the Evra/Cole calibre.

your talking bollox many times this season hes been outstanding, he will be a city player a long time, you need your flair players, and you need players with guts and zabba has plenty of passion too!!

Did I not comment on the season he's had, his passion, and that we need do need to keep him? Please read the post properly.

He didn't have a great game last night, but overall this season he has played very well. And if you think that he's in the Evra/Cole calibre of player then 'your [sic] talking bollox'.

i didnt say he was in coles calibre, but when asked to do a job e.g left back, right back or midfield he does it very well!!!
johnson didnt have a good game last night hardly did anything at all..................

Turned up at Carrington this morning as if nothing had happened, just another routine football night for Zaba the warrior.

No doubt at all that he is a great value in the squad and because of his never say die attitude has forced his way to possibly being one of the "best" team we can have playing left back instead of Kolarov.Far from a great full back but you know what you will get from him and that means a lot.

Deserves to start the final, no doubt.

xavi6 wrote:Deserves to start the final, no doubt.

And his first task should be to spit out Pennant!