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WHAT A PLAYER! Getting stuck, putting his head in the way in a situation like that when we're 3-0 up and just entering injury time.

99,999999999999999999% of footballers these days would've cried for weeks for that. he didn't even go down on the ground. was just pissed he can't finish the match. what a lad!

sorry if it was a bit over the top to make a new thread for him. but here we can show our appreciation for this great player who has had a great season overall as well. he has improved so much since he came.

LOVE HIM

Fully agree mate. Probably my favourite player out of current bunch. True cult hero. Man is a fucking monster.

Also, fullback who can actually defend. I know it's old fashioned but that's the way I like them.

He is brilliant, proper hard mad committed sky blue bastard!

LOVE ZABBA

Hard as fookin nails, simple as that AND he he plays for CITY, does his talking on the pitch, love him absolutely love him

I remember wishing on here that he would become our Javier Zanetti (i.e. the manager puts him in a position, doesn't matter if that's RB, LB, DM and he plays consistently). I still wish and I start to believe that Mancini sees him potentially as such a kind of player.

My fav player of our current 25-man roster, full stop (even though in need of a blood transfusion after this game)

ant london wrote:He is brilliant, proper hard mad committed sky blue bastard!

LOVE ZABBA

Haha! I know, he is a nutter isn't he?! Screaming as he goes off with blood pouring from his head! AGAIN! Love him!

Class act zabba more scars than Edward scissor hands.

very easy to have a number of players as our faves after the greatest season I can remember.

I want players to commit to the cause to want to play for the club, and Xabba, for me is spot on, love him.

One thing I have to add is that what a professional he is. ok this season he as featured a lot but even during the times he hasn't he has just kept on going, working hard in training (not that I've seen that with my eyes but I'm certain of it) and kept his mouth shut like they all should!

Niall Quinns Discopants wrote:Fully agree mate. Probably my favourite player out of current bunch. True cult hero. Man is a fucking monster.

If I could love a man Zabba would be that man lol

He was pissed beacuse hes was off again with blood... wasent there a thread here about him bleeding often? :P

Defiantly city through and through give everything on the pitch and was the only first team regular watching EDS match at Hyde the other week

Top man. As I've said before, you can't help but love the guy, As far as I'm concerned he's in the top three with Colin Bell and the Goat.

i thought he was a massive liability last year defending in our box i am now a huge fan

Most improved player at the club this year for me. A red card waiting to happen and always diving in too high up the pitch has turned into a composed and calculated full back who now stands his man up and ensures he no longer gets beaten.

His versatility to play left, right or in midfield combined with his never say die attitude and true grit makes Zaba an essential member of our team nowadays. So happy for him as he comes across as such a good person.

MaineRoadMemories wrote:Most improved player at the club this year for me. A red card waiting to happen and always diving in too high up the pitch has turned into a composed and calculated full back who now stands his man up and ensures he no longer gets beaten.

His versatility to play left, right or in midfield combined with his never say die attitude and true grit makes Zaba an essential member of our team nowadays. So happy for him as he comes across as such a good person.

It's not coincidence that both Zabs and Micah have improved a lot under Mancini, and it's a large part of why I'm not too concerned about Kolarov and Boateng (assuming he stays), since I'm hoping for Mancini to work his magic with them once they've settled and/or recovered.

kennyboy wrote:He was pissed beacuse hes was off again with blood... wasent there a thread here about him bleeding often? :P

No he was pissed because he was cut badly with 89 minutes gone and no subs. The medic wasn't going to able to patch him up in time to bring him back on so he was going to miss the rest of the game. But the doc was rushing to stitch him up anyway, he was obviously still unhappy at the amount of time it took last week to stem the bleeding.

That and he probably wasn't too pleased at the ref not even calling a free.