zangief doesn't sucks... he doesn't even have a boyfirend for him to suck !
his 360 motion are easy to make on a keyboard and like DX said when you jump it is more easy. i like zangief he has his own style of playing and no one can say:"that char is like zangief so dont put him in the game !" cause no other char are like him.
if you say he sucks then that's only because you aren't able to play him well cause i saw people who sucked with AKUMA or even RYU so in nutshell. no char sucks, the players do !