Another great player, played in the second division in Spain though, but cheers for trying x good old deportivo down in the dumps now
Wouldnโt have had much cop on the ploughed fields of the 70s though
Elite athletes deserved much better
They are better athletes now, but they aren't better ball players. They're not as brave either.
I looked up Zigic's stats at Blues, 159 apps and only 36 goals. Only one prem season and 4 poor years below. That return is over a 1 in 4 average and doesn't put him above Bertschin's, in the all time pantheon of Small Heath wizards.
The trophy, the vile game and the west game do though
As does his heroics at Bolton
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Tam22 teams in the division then, so 42 fixtures if I remember rightly, so more teams finished below us. ๐
No, they were enjoyable times, especially as a kid/young bloke supporting Blues. proper heroes they were (to me anyway), especially the side of the early to mid 70's. It was between 1968 and 1975 that I fell in love with the club, so I'll always look back on that era fondly. Obviously football was very different then - some of it better, some of it worse - but it was what it was, and what it was to me, as a kid, was fantastic.
The DS/DG years were exciting as well, probably up to 2005.
The future promises to be awe-inspiring, and if I can hang on for that long, to have been brought up with the 1970's team and all the excitement of the team and the terraces, and finally get to the world-conquering Blues side of the (hopefully near) future, well, that's the best of both world for me.
Amen to all that Tam ๐
Imagine how many goals he'd have got playing in the swashbuckling 70s Blues Globetrotters, up against the midget defenders with diabetes and the goalkeepers using their bare hands.
Some of the 70s lot were still suffering from shell shock the luftwaffe bombing their family homes and spending nights in bomb shelters as kids
Imagine Air Zigic flying at them
Those diabetic midgets would've marked his card and taken him down a peg or two, before he could start to flex his "skills".
He wouldn't last 5 minutes and there's no way he would even turn up for 70's wages.
Canโt blame him, half a shilling a week is no good to anyone
My Blue HeavenImagine Air Zigic flying at them
Air Zigic!
6'7" standing and around 5'8" jumping.
Dirty BertieMore than enough to outjump hungover cloggers weighed down by betting slips and their packs of fagsMy Blue HeavenImagine Air Zigic flying at them
Air Zigic!
6'7" standing and around 5'8" jumping.
Best day in our clubs history, even taking to account the glorious 70s!
My Blue HeavenIt is, and I do.
Foghorn is very touchy
I just don't get it, they're all Blues players. I loved the Francis/Hatton/Latchford era but there's no way you can compare football back then with football now - it's a different game (not better, not worse, just different).
I struggle to work out who actually thinks this stuff (either way) and who's just yanking chains.
I donโt think Iโve been serious since 2011
The trophy, the vile game and the west game do though
As does his heroics at Bolton
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3 games don't make him a hero. Bolton! you are having a laugh. When all is said and done Ziggy is still on par with Donowa.
KB more than held his own for 3 top flight seasons and was top scorer in a promotion winning season. Legendary
foghorn leghornThose diabetic midgets would've marked his card and taken him down a peg or two, before he could start to flex his "skills".
He wouldn't last 5 minutes and there's no way he would even turn up for 70's wages.
You could elbow any defender you wanted, easy work.
Bertschin (Hogan with a Perm) did ok but we must remember that both yourself and the defenders he played against we're usually drunk on matchdays and fuelled via a diet of lard and Golden Wonders, the England U21s looked like 40 year olds who's been working on the track for 25 years.
Bolton? You aware aware of who scored our first goal and pretty much set up the winner? Yeah?
Zigic drinks your oap tears
As for Keith being a legend ๐
Heโd have been better off entering Fatima whitbread look a like competitions
