city91 said:Bare in mind that in most games this season we had played a 4-2-2-2 and come up against teams playing 3 or 5 in midfield I think Fernandinho has been fantastic for us. We all know that Toure is world class but the one thing he does lack is getting back into position quickly. So for us to have a defensive and possession record as we currently have means Ferna can't be doing a bad job even more so when considering we are normally outnumbered in the middle of the park.
I'll stick my neck out here and say that Fernandinho is the most important player we have signed. A few years ago people wanted to start NDJ and Barry so that Yaya could be pushed forward. Fernadinho alone allows Yaya to push further up. In effect he can do the NDJ and Barry job combined.
Ed68 said:I haven't watched that many full games this season. In the highlights I saw Fernandinho looked pretty average to me. In the last two games though he's shown his quality to me...I think that is mainly due to Kompany being back allowing Yaya to go forward and giving him more responsibility to cover and more space for passing/movement.
FromPollockToSilva said:Ed68 said:I haven't watched that many full games this season. In the highlights I saw Fernandinho looked pretty average to me. In the last two games though he's shown his quality to me...I think that is mainly due to Kompany being back allowing Yaya to go forward and giving him more responsibility to cover and more space for passing/movement.
You can't form an opinion on Fernandinho based on highlights. This is why opposition fans who never watched our games in full (and especially those that never saw us live) tended to think Barry was pretty average (or worse). The kind of work both players are good at doesn't tend to show up on the highlights reel.
I think they mean you don't rate him as a player.mammutly said:Ducado said:It's become his obsessionandrewmswift said:mammutly hates fernandinho. it's totally absurd, ridiculous and at this point borderline pathetic, but he hates him
I love the way some posters try and drag these debates down to playground level.
Yeh. I hate Fernandinho. Never met him, but I bet he smells.
Is that our net losses?adrianr said:Well the man's doing fuck all to help with FFP. At this rate we're going to be buying so many new sets of nets for the Etihad we'll have doubled our losses by Christmas.