Zlatan Ibrahimovic retires
Moderators: Gnome, last.caress, Wilko1304, Rio, bristolhammerfc, the pink palermo, chalks
- ageing hammer
- Posts: 25477
- Joined: Thu Jan 03, 2008 9:04 am
- Location: Cockney Hammer's stunt double
- Has liked: 486 likes
- Total likes: 1492 likes
-
- Posts: 3075
- Joined: Wed Mar 07, 2018 1:37 pm
- Has liked: 588 likes
- Total likes: 1419 likes
Re: Zlatan Ibrahimovic retires
Absolute maverick. Had the lot as a player. Definitely did things his way. Love the guy.
Speaks 6 languages apparently. That's impressive in isolation, let alone for someone who has scored about 600 professional goals
Speaks 6 languages apparently. That's impressive in isolation, let alone for someone who has scored about 600 professional goals
- 'stone hammer
- Posts: 3592
- Joined: Thu Jul 24, 2008 7:28 pm
- Location: Computer chair
- Has liked: 764 likes
- Total likes: 534 likes
Re: Zlatan Ibrahimovic retires
Still can't believe that goal against England. So few players would even try it and even fewer would pull it off.
- NedN
- Posts: 3524
- Joined: Tue Nov 13, 2007 4:03 am
- Location: Denver, USA
- Has liked: 139 likes
- Total likes: 613 likes
Re: Zlatan Ibrahimovic retires
Looking back on his career, he will also be able to say he played for a nice collection of famous clubs…
Ajax, Juve, Inter, Milan, Barca, and PSG is some list…
(Ugh…I guess you can include Man U as well)
He reminds me of the Jaromir Jagr of Football. Just kept playing and contributing at every age, even in his last spell at Milan
Ajax, Juve, Inter, Milan, Barca, and PSG is some list…
(Ugh…I guess you can include Man U as well)
He reminds me of the Jaromir Jagr of Football. Just kept playing and contributing at every age, even in his last spell at Milan
- -DL-
- Bag Man
- Posts: 30097
- Joined: Fri Dec 05, 2008 7:43 am
- Has liked: 834 likes
- Total likes: 4920 likes
- Contact:
Re: Zlatan Ibrahimovic retires
Still can't believe the amount of people on here that said they didn't want him before he signed for Man Utd....'stone hammer wrote: ↑Mon Jun 05, 2023 11:21 pm Still can't believe that goal against England. So few players would even try it and even fewer would pull it off.
- westham,eggyandchips
- Posts: 25271
- Joined: Tue Aug 07, 2007 8:06 pm
- Location: On the tour bus
- Has liked: 2013 likes
- Total likes: 1496 likes
Re: Zlatan Ibrahimovic retires
What a player.
I love the arrogance of the man, as he had the ability to back it up.
Legend.
I love the arrogance of the man, as he had the ability to back it up.
Legend.
Re: Zlatan Ibrahimovic retires
It’s the variety of goals that’s most impressive about this. He could literally score from anywhere, any way.
- norse
- Posts: 7562
- Joined: Tue Jul 13, 2004 8:41 am
- Location: cold north
- Has liked: 380 likes
- Total likes: 838 likes
Re: Zlatan Ibrahimovic retires
A goal threat from anywhere 130-40 feet from the goal at the top of his powers.
"Anything John Carew can do with a football I can do with an orange"
Talk the talk, but walk the walk.
"Anything John Carew can do with a football I can do with an orange"
Talk the talk, but walk the walk.
- last.caress
- Star Raid-er
- Posts: 16755
- Joined: Thu Nov 23, 2006 11:38 pm
- Location: Eyes that shine, burnin' red. Dreams of you all through my head.
- Has liked: 1239 likes
- Total likes: 1648 likes
- Contact:
Re: Zlatan Ibrahimovic retires
One of my favourite non-WHU players ever. Absolutely lethal. We'd have loved him here with his cocksure swagger and sense of theatre but of course we only tend to take flawed geniuses, and Zlatan was flawless.
I've no doubt that, whatever he chooses to do with his retirement - gardening, stamp collecting, BBQs, chartered accountancy, dogging, Rubik's cube speed-solving - he'll be the best in the world at it inside a fortnight.
I've no doubt that, whatever he chooses to do with his retirement - gardening, stamp collecting, BBQs, chartered accountancy, dogging, Rubik's cube speed-solving - he'll be the best in the world at it inside a fortnight.
- Johnny Byrne's Boots
- Posts: 32353
- Joined: Mon Jun 05, 2006 5:19 pm
- Location: Care home dodger
- Has liked: 1852 likes
- Total likes: 2106 likes
- D C
- Posts: 11600
- Joined: Sun Aug 29, 2010 5:14 pm
- Location: More soul than a sock with a hole.
- Has liked: 1120 likes
- Total likes: 1470 likes
Re: Zlatan Ibrahimovic retires
One of the best strikers of his generation, won the league a stupid amount of times in a row with about 5 clubs once
Zero CL’s though…
Zero CL’s though…
Re: Zlatan Ibrahimovic retires
Seems like a massive prick.
undeniably great player though - to have that level physicality and technical ability in the same player is incredibly rare. Got to respect the longevity too.
undeniably great player though - to have that level physicality and technical ability in the same player is incredibly rare. Got to respect the longevity too.
- WebmasterFF
- Posts: 1808
- Joined: Sat Jul 07, 2007 11:31 pm
- Location: Ilford
- Has liked: 29 likes
- Total likes: 136 likes
Re: Zlatan Ibrahimovic retires
I think he is so overconfident in himself and his ability that he comes across as a bellend - The difference is he had the ability to back it up on the pitch with his skill, shooting, power. The guy had it all and to carry on till his age as an outfield player, especially at top level, is a testament to him
Personally I thought he was funny, and his persona was played up at times for the spectacle/humour of it. His reply to what he got his partner for Valentines Day, "Nothing, she already has Zlatan" is a great example of this
- Burnley Hammer
- Posts: 16489
- Joined: Thu Jun 21, 2007 12:19 pm
- Location: was Colne, Burnley, Hull, Colchester, Norwich, Derby.... Now Nottingham
- Has liked: 236 likes
- Total likes: 2572 likes
- Contact:
- ageing hammer
- Posts: 25477
- Joined: Thu Jan 03, 2008 9:04 am
- Location: Cockney Hammer's stunt double
- Has liked: 486 likes
- Total likes: 1492 likes
Re: Zlatan Ibrahimovic retires
After his crutiate injury a journalist was asking him about how his age and the injury would prevent him from bursting at speed into the box.
So he asked him does he think this will stop him from scoring goals now.
Ibrahimovic just shrugged and said " Nah I will just won't run and score from outside the box instead "
So he asked him does he think this will stop him from scoring goals now.
Ibrahimovic just shrugged and said " Nah I will just won't run and score from outside the box instead "
-
- Posts: 329
- Joined: Wed Aug 25, 2021 7:58 pm
- Has liked: 4 likes
- Total likes: 77 likes
Re: Zlatan Ibrahimovic retires
You certainly don’t have to agree with everything he does outside the field, but he has made Sweden (as a country and quite often as a national team) tick for over 20 years! So impressive!
Everywhere any Swede go around the world the first word many, or most, of us will hear is “Zlatan”.
Even if he always went his own individual way, he has been so important for a lot of kids living in the poorer suburbs.
Maybe not better than Messi or Ronaldo, but far more a profile, which Football will miss a lot.
Thanks for the show!
Everywhere any Swede go around the world the first word many, or most, of us will hear is “Zlatan”.
Even if he always went his own individual way, he has been so important for a lot of kids living in the poorer suburbs.
Maybe not better than Messi or Ronaldo, but far more a profile, which Football will miss a lot.
Thanks for the show!