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[Swannyblade]

RIP Alex

 

[Argentinemanager]

RIP Alex , what a player, everything appeared too easy for him, would have been brilliant now but the players around him just didnt play on the same wave length, ill have to change my user name now, gone but not forgotten

 

[SouthEssexBlade]

Very good player, playing in a very poor team. Skill, balance and awareness if he'd had pace he would've been world class.

RIP El Mago

 

[Isar]

RIP Alex
I was on the John Street terrace the day you were presented to the fans and press.
A wonderful player.

 

[Grappler]

What a natural talent ,in today's non tackling game he would have been sensational .r.i.p.alex was a.pleasure to see him play .he could do magic utb

Agree with that mate.

He would have been incredible in the modern game. Great player, very skillful, a hero for Blades fans at the time.

RIP Alex Sabella

 

[Davalon]

Too young to have seen him play for us but remember over 20 years ago chatting to a pig fan in a pub I used to frequent at Ridgeway.

Used to live next to him (in Mosborough I think) and said he was a top young bloke.

 

[Silent Blade]

R. I. P Alex.
What a player.
I remember watching him in an evening away game at Leicester - I think it was the second game of the season 1978.
City had obviously heard about our new star player and they detailed Tommy Williams to man mark him. Poor lad.
Alex made him look like a lost school boy!
He dribbled by him for the umpteenth time and laid the winner (1-0) on a plate.
I forget who tapped it in. Silent Blade?
On his day he was a helluva player.

UTB

John Matthews (on his debut) scored with a powerful drive from inside the box

 

[Silent Blade]

 

[Caveblade]

My childhood hero. Running rings round defender's with his socks rolled down.

2020 is crap.

RIP Alessandro

 

[Cheets]

R. I. P Alex.
What a player.
I remember watching him in an evening away game at Leicester - I think it was the second game of the season 1978.
City had obviously heard about our new star player and they detailed Tommy Williams to man mark him. Poor lad.
Alex made him look like a lost school boy!
He dribbled by him for the umpteenth time and laid the winner (1-0) on a plate.
I forget who tapped it in. Silent Blade?
On his day he was a helluva player.

UTB

No, I don't think it was Silent Blade who tapped it in.

 

[alcoblade]

With woody, my first childhood Blades hero. Sad day.

 

[Worksop II]

A glimpse of Sabella

 

[drblade]

Sad news. My favourite player when I was a lad. Lucky to have seem him play.

RIP.

 

[John Street West Terrace]

Sad news indeed , cracking player on his day in a poor team of the time , a pleasure & privilege to have watched during his time at the Lane RIP Alex

 

[CarlMcBlade]

Just to cap off a very bad year.......

 

[john Mathison]

Was outstanding, his close control, balance was incredible. Forget which team it was, but he had four defenders falling over each other , as he left them in a heap!!!!! oh for that skill today. RIP Alex.

 

[kevreedy]

RIP Alex.
Very sad news. I met him near the old player's entrance on john street.
I called him El Maggio and he gave me a hug. they were a poster of him and written on it,
Alex Sabella sells more dummies than Mothercare. our best player since Currie/Woodward era.

 

[essexblade73]

RIP to a top player, a few years before my time but as my grandad used to say after coming back from the lane when I was little "he's a tricky little bugger that argie lad"

 

[pommpey]

Can remember the song

"Alex Sabella
Naa Na-Na, Naa Nah!"

RIP amigo

Another Blades legend leaves us

pommpey

 

[tincan]

Dreadful news, a very bright light on our dark journey to the 4th . Now a dark year plumbs a new depth - heaven is a richer place with a great man.

 

[BornOnShorehamStreet]

RIP Alejandro Sabella. When you're playing heavenly football with the angels, don't forget to teach them how to bock hill

 

[bramptonblade]

Absolutely gutted to hear this
After Woodward and Currie he's the best I've ever seen in a United shirt.
Unpredictable and on his day unplayable.
V Liverpool 1978 they were league champions. Sabella on the edge of the box, little jink, then the chip, Hamson ran onto it, boom Ray Clemence had no chance.
What a night.
Thank you for some precious memories Alex.
RIP

One of the greatest nights at the Lane.....ever!

 

[bramptonblade]

Being of a younger generation I could only wish to enjoy such a talent in the flesh at the lane. RIP Blade.

Trust me, this man was fookin amazing, RIP Alex

 

[Cutbush City Limits]

Gutted. My first icon and brought something to BDTBL that we had never seen nor maybe ever will again. So skilful and fantastic to watch..... socks rolled down, no shin pads.... brilliant.

 

[itsinyerblood]

Extremely entertaining player, well worth the price of a ticket on his day. If AS had possessed pace we'd have had a genuinely great player on our hands. One of the best Blades I've ever watched.

 

[bramptonblade]

Thank you for the ticker tape days Alex, you were so good, so many great memories, just a shame the rest of the team couldn't live up to your standards. Adios amigo.

 

[HuddersfieldBlade]

RIP Alex

Being 47, he was my 1st United idol as a youngster.

 

[Corkblade]

This is awful news, what a team they must have in heaven. Rip Alex.

 

[Barney Rubble]

Very sad news.. The period when Alex played for us was largely disappointing, but Alex was a joy to watch. A tremendously skilful footballer, RIP Blade.

 

[spacecake]

Very sad to hear this, RIP Alex. I saw him play many times.
It was a bold move from the club and also for Alex.
I remember him as an entertainer first and foremost, beating defenders with his socks rolled down in a team that wasn't great.
One of the good guys he will be sadly missed.