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Bobo Balde

Discussion in 'Ex Players' started by ConnellyBhoy, Sep 24, 2009.

Discuss Bobo Balde in the Ex Players area at TalkCeltic.net.

  1. Twisty Rodgers out !!! Gold Member

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    Absolute beast. Struggle to remember him losing out on headers in any game... maybe against that frankenstein looking * Prso ?

    My favourite Celtic centre half.
     
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  2. TheHolyGoalie

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    First Celtic player I ever met haha, colossal defender.
     
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    I met him once aswell and remember being shocked that he never looked that big. On the park he always looked about 6ft 5 and 18 stone yet in real life he wasnt that tall and was thin.

    Even googling him now, the ESPN website lists him as 1.96m tall 6ft 5. Mad how he always looked much bigger than he was, was probably as he was that dominant on the pitch, fast, strong and just dominated everything near him.
     
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  4. Fanny Chmelar

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    Maybe it was the hoops that made him look bigger,i remember thinking the same about Johan AKA Dolph Lundgren Mjällby :smiley-laughing002:
     
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    Bias aside, a honestly can't think of one player to ever have played the game that would beat him in the air in a 50/50. He was like the man of steel:smiley-laughing002:

    A would of loved to have seen a few training sessions of him and big Hartson going at it.
     
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    was that not michaell mols he tackled there
     
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    Your right Murph, l'm thinking of Paul Elliot against Hateley but it was a tackle similar to the one above.
     
  8. dbhoy72

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    See Stephen McManus saying the Well dressing room was like nothing compared to Big Bobo going berserk after defeats, said players hiding in cupboards, lol.
     
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    Always remember him scoring against the Huns and him whipping his top off and unveild what a * beast he was !
     
  10. King of Kings

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    No way he was 6 foot 5 imo. Footballers, even the more built ones are generally pretty small. I got my photo taken with him and there's no way there was half a foot between us. 6 foot 3 at the most imo.
     
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    Wished we had him now in our defence, we simply don't have anyone like him or his forceful presence, forwards were always scared to face Big Bobo.
     
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    Served him at the drive thru at Macdonalds, 20 chicken nuggets he ordered. Asked for extra bbq sauce, gave him handfuls. One of my all time faves, I was awe struck.
     
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    What a moment:smiley-laughing002:
     
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    Brilliant. :smiley-laughing002:

    Does he still stay in Scotland? Dyou think he could be a coach at Celtic maybe?
     
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    Supposedly he is helping out the Guinea National Team with coaching and organising the travel plans for there players I heard he has a house in Scotland still but I think he would've had to sell it all up when he filed for bankruptcy
     
  16. Henrik 07 Gold Member Gold Member

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    41 today

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    Remember getting a shock a watching the players coming out for training at barrowfield thinking to myself look at the size of bobo ( looked more like a wwe wrestler than a footballer ) then stan varga came out and by * even bobo looked small in comparison in build and height. No wonder we didn't concede many goals with them two in defence.
     
  18. Henrik 07 Gold Member Gold Member

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    On this day in 2001 Celtic sign Bobo from Toulouse
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  19. Taz Blind Justice Gold Member News Writer

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    "Bobo's gonna get ya!"
     
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    Loved the big man,he made strikers pass to him in fear so he wouldn't tackle them.:notworthy