Further to the recent Labadie post on here, I thought I would post this up seeing as he was one of our ex-players too so apologies if this is in the wrong place and would be more suited to the banter bit!!
Always thought he could have gone a lot further in his career than he did if he had really put his mind to it!! Was definitely a bit hot headed but I always rated him. Strong, quick and skilful and on his day he would be unplayable against. In my opinion, one of the best recent wingers/forwards we have probably had!!
To me though, he seemed like the type of person trouble always seemed to follow around. Absolute waste of decent talent!
He was like a magnet for trouble but obviously a somewhat troubled individual himself. Very sad really and hopefully he can turn his life around but its going to be an uphill struggle after a few years onside.
Yes he's had his troubles and difficulties and it sad to see anyone end up in this position, but Chris Zebroski gets little or no sympathy from me. Right from the very first incident at Plymouth W.R.T Wotton, and then the Community service order here at Torquay, to getting sacked at Cheltenham, and I'm in no doubt there has been other issues and incidents along the way, how many chances does one person need to change ? How many roads could he have gone down at any given time to get help with his problems ?
He choose to spit on every chance he was given, he choose not to seek help or if he did, not to put the work in required, he has put himself right where he is today, and now suffers the consequences with only himself to blame, no one else.
Didn't realise the lad was still only 28! Say he does, half his sentence, he could still squeeze in a few more years when he gets out!! Other pro's have managed to resurrect there careers after a spell in the can, some for a lot worse crimes, ala Mr Hughes!!
Alcohol has simply ruined Zebroski life. From what I understand every incident has been alcohol induced.
Not an excuse, but a warning too all "full time" professional players to find something constructive to do when not playing or training , which let's face it is the vast majority of their time.
It always amazes me how few professional players train for careers outside football for when they reach their early 30's....perhaps if Zebs had done that he would not be serving time
MidDevon wrote:It always amazes me how few professional players train for careers outside football for when they reach their early 30's....perhaps if Zebs had done that he would not be serving time
Idiocy of youth. Happens in every job - hell, I didn't start a pension plan or anything like that till I was 30, and I even had at least another 30 years of working left. When you're young you very rarely think about getting older, or having to switch careers, and for footballers the money-earning timeframe is so compressed it's probably a lot to deal with.
For the kids who are getting £50k a week before they're 20, there are probably lots of financial advisors helping them out, but for guys at our level, I bet there's very little. I wonder what sort of advice or assistance the PFA give young pros - that's kinda their job
