Welcome Fabinho

[Ombudsam]

Top top performance. 

[Sir Tokyo Sexwale]

he's alright him

[The_Adder]

He might be Virgil’s partner now you know. Mad.

[Sir Tokyo Sexwale]

he's better in mid tho

[The_Adder]

Just now, Sir Tokyo Sexwale said:

he's better in mid tho

Thiago plays in the same position.

And he could potentially be better than Gomez/Matip there, both of whom are excellent.

[muleskinner]

Switches roles with ease, Gomez is a class player by the way, we aren't as short as it looks there.

[D.Boon]

Don't think he's fast enough to consistently play the high line we play. Great option to have though.

[Hassony]

26 minutes ago, D.Boon said:

Don't think he's fast enough to consistently play the high line we play. Great option to have though.

you don't need to be fast if you can read the game as well as he does

[Stevie]

He looked very calm and assured back in defence today. Great performance.

[McBain]

Can't decide whose cause was strengthened yesterday 

The we must buy a cb look at these options made of cabbage 

Or the look how boss Fabinho is we're clearly fine lot

[Leo No.8]

Gomez is great, am a big fan of his but think his form end of last season and early this season has been quite poor - switched off at times and some sloppy mistakes. Which is why it’s great to have options, maybe he’s been suffering from a bit of mental tiredness which is understandable and may happen to others.

Edited September 21, 2020 by Leo No.8

[Swipe]

Been a brilliant signing. 

If he goes on to have a really good season I think we'll be alright. 

[muleskinner]

1 minute ago, Swipe said:

Been a brilliant signing. 

If he goes on to have a really good season I think we'll be alright. 

He is a fantastic footballer. One of our best right now. Couldn't buy better for the price we paid.

[Bootle Buck]

I honestly think he could become a top class CB. His timing and tackling is perfect to play back there. Think he could be a star for club and country as a CB. 

[Conrad]

He's a natural at CB.

[kop205]

Played RB a fair bit for Monaco didn't he? CB would seem a better fit for him than that, certainly in our team.

I think he'd do a very good job there. He certainly doesn't strike you as being massively error prone, even if there would maybe be a danger of him not dominating the very best lads.

My worry would be more what him there means for midfield. Keita, Ox and even Thiago all tend to have periods missing.

[Flasher]

He's our second best centre back. 

[Red]

Loves a tackle, great feet - love him!

Edited October 22, 2020 by Red

[Earl Hafler]

58 minutes ago, kop205 said:

Played RB a fair bit for Monaco didn't he? CB would seem a better fit for him than that, certainly in our team.

I think he'd do a very good job there. He certainly doesn't strike you as being massively error prone, even if there would maybe be a danger of him not dominating the very best lads.

My worry would be more what him there means for midfield. Keita, Ox and even Thiago all tend to have periods missing.

Yeah, he has played right back and I agree about the holes left in midfield if he played centre half this season, as his anticipation and height ( and mobility for a tall player) are definitely strengths there. 

Thiago out, Milner looks shot and that leaves us with Hendo and Gini capable of covering fullbacks, which is essential given our issues in defence 

Trent's reluctance / inability to block crosses is doing my nut in. It's not difficult and Robbo does it well. 

 

[Bogman]

Gonna have to clone him.

[Benzo-13]

He’s excellent. High end talent and a proper Swiss Army knife of a player.

[Hightown Phil]

My only concern is that he's basically playing as defensive midfielder in how he approaches things and someone might work out how to expose that.

[Swipe]

Jurgen will know when to keep him in midfield. 

[Rex Ham]

23 minutes ago, Hightown Phil said:

My only concern is that he's basically playing as defensive midfielder in how he approaches things and someone might work out how to expose that.

Theres definitely a penalty to be won when he goes in to win the ball in the box. He does it so brilliantly though. Immense last night.

[Hassony]

He's played with Matip (against Bayern), VVD (Chelsea) and Gomez (Ajax) and he was arguably the better defender in all three games