Zoltan retires

Barrett487 · June 29, 2018, 11:23:20 AM

Thanks for your service to the whites, especially on our Europa run! Enjoy your retirement :wine:

He was only 39....... Barry Hayles will be smirking!

http://www.fulhamfc.com/news/2018/june/29/happy-retirement-zoltan-gera

bog · June 29, 2018, 01:07:32 PM

Quote from: Barrett487 on June 29, 2018, 11:23:20 AM
Thanks for your service to the whites, especially on our Europa run! Enjoy your retirement :wine:

He was only 39....... Barry Hayles will be smirking!

http://www.fulhamfc.com/news/2018/june/29/happy-retirement-zoltan-gera

Will never forget Zoltan. :54:

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St. Andrews White · June 29, 2018, 01:13:30 PM

Absolutely adored Zoltan, so crucial in our Europe season.

Frozen out under Hughes which I could never understand, was gutted when he left

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the nutflush · June 29, 2018, 01:30:28 PM

One of my favourites. What a champ.

aaronmcguigan · June 29, 2018, 02:51:06 PM

Who out of that team is still playing league football?
BH Riise, Hughes anyone else?

Maidstone Lee · June 29, 2018, 02:53:38 PM

Quote from: Newry FFC on June 29, 2018, 02:51:06 PM
Who out of that team is still playing league football?
BH Riise, Hughes anyone else?

Think Etuhu is still going, Stockdale, any others?

sunburywhite · June 29, 2018, 02:55:14 PM

One of my all time favourites

Enjoy putting your feet up Zoltan

Tabby · June 29, 2018, 02:56:19 PM

Quote from: Maidstone Lee on June 29, 2018, 02:53:38 PM
Quote from: Newry FFC on June 29, 2018, 02:51:06 PM
Who out of that team is still playing league football?
BH Riise, Hughes anyone else?

Think Etuhu is still going, Stockdale, any others?

Don't think Baird has retired yet.

MJG · June 29, 2018, 02:56:24 PM

Quote from: Newry FFC on June 29, 2018, 02:51:06 PM
Who out of that team is still playing league football?
BH Riise, Hughes anyone else?

Baird, Dempsey

Twig · June 29, 2018, 04:56:00 PM

Great player who thrived on Eoropean competition. Quite why Hughes didn't fancy him was a mystery to me.

MrFFC · June 29, 2018, 08:02:14 PM

Loved Gera one of my favourites! Hugely underrated player

hovewhite · June 30, 2018, 05:06:19 AM

Thought he was brilliant for Fulham.
Enjoy retirement Zoltan.

HatterDon · June 30, 2018, 02:08:43 PM

Had it not been for the Europa League, he'd have left us with a "good riddance" for the vast majority of supporters. He was slammed on these pages more often than was Baird, but the competition turned him into a fan favorite. Just goes to show ya.

Twig · June 30, 2018, 03:43:57 PM

Quote from: HatterDon on June 30, 2018, 02:08:43 PM
Had it not been for the Europa League, he'd have left us with a "good riddance" for the vast majority of supporters. He was slammed on these pages more often than was Baird, but the competition turned him into a fan favorite. Just goes to show ya.

You are kidding me, right?

HatterDon · July 01, 2018, 03:45:04 AM

Quote from: Twig on June 30, 2018, 03:43:57 PM
Quote from: HatterDon on June 30, 2018, 02:08:43 PM
Had it not been for the Europa League, he'd have left us with a "good riddance" for the vast majority of supporters. He was slammed on these pages more often than was Baird, but the competition turned him into a fan favorite. Just goes to show ya.

You are kidding me, right?

Nope! I especially remember the English posters on here telling me that if I knew the game better I'd realize that Gera would never be a Premier League player, that he was rubbish. All that changed with the Europa League run.

Twig · July 01, 2018, 09:31:19 AM

Quote from: HatterDon on July 01, 2018, 03:45:04 AM
Quote from: Twig on June 30, 2018, 03:43:57 PM
Quote from: HatterDon on June 30, 2018, 02:08:43 PM
Had it not been for the Europa League, he'd have left us with a "good riddance" for the vast majority of supporters. He was slammed on these pages more often than was Baird, but the competition turned him into a fan favorite. Just goes to show ya.

You are kidding me, right?

Nope! I especially remember the English posters on here telling me that if I knew the game better I'd realize that Gera would never be a Premier League player, that he was rubbish. All that changed with the Europa League run.

He certainly had a great cup run but in my view had already established himself as an integral part of our midfield unit. His general attacking play and his assists had already marked him out as an important contributor. Oh well I guess some people always see things differently. Now you mention it I vaguely recall a few moaners criticising him.

WhiteJC · July 01, 2018, 10:42:28 AM

my favourite memory of Zolly...

cmg · July 01, 2018, 11:01:22 AM

Quote from: Twig on July 01, 2018, 09:31:19 AM

...Now you mention it I vaguely recall a few moaners criticising him.

What! In these columns? Surely not?

Impressive bloke, not only as a player for club and country but for turning his life around from a youth of hard drug use and proto-gangsterism.

SWSixer · July 02, 2018, 05:08:38 AM

What a fine player. I was blessed that my time living in SW6 coincided with this great team. 049:gif

MJG · July 02, 2018, 08:47:35 AM

One of my all time favourites and would make Fulham XI from the forty years of watching us.
I was so happy when we signed him as I'd liked him when he had payed elsewhere.
To start with he didn't do well, was a mistake to play him wide and we didn't see the best of him until injury to AJ allowed him to move forward.
His best games were clearly in Europe and one down side is how he ended his time at Fulham. Why Hughes kept ignoring him we will never know.

There were fans who didn't like him at first and in some ways it was justified as he did not do well, but as I say that soon changed once he moved.

All the best in the future Zoltan

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