Fernandinho

[bluethunder]

he is paul scholes on steroids.

 

[GaudinoMotors]

Outstanding

 

[Citizen of Legoland]

I wasn't convinced with him in the pre-seasons as a comparison to Nigel - but I was very impressed last night. Tougher tests to come though.

 

[Robinho's Subbuteo]

he is paul scholes on steroids.

More like Vieira on steroids

 

[bluemc1]

hadn't seen him really before last night but I'm very very happy with him

 

[CITYROBBO]

He was my MOM outstanding perfomance . i love his link up play and his energy, he reminds me a lot of kompany when he is on the ball so calm and relaxed makes everything look so easy he will be the best summer signing and most important !!

 

[Marvin]

Great energy, but he gave the ball away cheaply at times

 

[zlaz3r]

He was my MOM outstanding perfomance . i love his link up play and his energy, he reminds me a lot of kompany when he is on the ball so calm and relaxed makes everything look so easy he will be the best summer signing and most important !!

+1

The way he slows down before a tackle comes in, makes a simple body feint and slides away just looks to easy. Kompany looks like a worldclass midfielder when he does it.

I was really impressed with how he goes into a tackle with force, yet somehow disposes the ball from the attacker with out giving a hint of fouling him, and his long balls foward to navas and side changes was really what we have been lacking.

Easily the best signing we have done for a long time.

 

[Joburg Hero]

Fernandinho - Provides so much more balance and mobility in the midfield. Keeps in theme with our ability to provide quicker transitions and counter attacks, but also takes some of the creative burden away from Yaya. Over the last two years Yaya has had to create from deep, then be the focal point on the edge of the box too, but Fernandinho's introduction should allow for Yaya to stick to a controlling role from deep, safe in the know that Fernandinho can create in the final third, and can also help back defensively. Also helps us press with much more ferocity.

Said that in a previous topic about our signings, so true. One thing that I did like was that Dinho and Yaya seemed to alternate, both were clearly instructed to make sure that the back four was never left unprotected, there was a lot of interchange between all the players last night but these two fascinated me the most. Saying that, it's still very clear that Yaya's primary role in the side is creator/controller and Dinho's is more box to box. Dinho's pressing last night was what most endeared me to him, we looked like a genuinely top class outfit without the ball, Newcastle really struggled to break into our third and that was largely in part to Yaya-Dinho's pressing centrally, then the enforcement and doubling up/ball winning from Clichy, Zaba and the forwards.

 

[stony]

I thought he was fantastic last night, tenacious, full of energy and some great passing. Some of the passes were sublime.
Bit too early for a full appraisal, but from what I've seen he's worth every penny and then some. He's going to be fucking brilliant for us.

 

[Georgian Maestro]

Great energy, but he gave the ball away cheaply at times

I agree. Not a patch on Garcia :)

 

[Danamy]

Great energy, but he gave the ball away cheaply at times

Which isn't like him to be honest, his pass completion's normally around the 90%.

Just think what he'll be like when he settles in ;-)

 

[johnny on the spot]

That ball over the top for Silva did it for me. He's quality.

 

[Sleeping_Easy]

A lot of fans of other clubs i've spoke to have been impressed by him. That'll do for me as they usually knock us at every opportunity.

 

[NQCitizen]

Obviously brilliant at nearly everything but one thing I really liked (maybe shouldn't have) was the one time our defence was unprotected he slid in with the most cynical trip to kill the attack.

He'll take the odd yellow but a bit of that in big games is the difference between winning and losing.

Quality player, could dominate the league.

Saw a stat this morning that he played the most passes into the final third of any player this weekend. Bodes well.

 

[GeekinGav]

havent seen the game yet, but listening to the radio last night, said he was a bit of a jigsaw every time he got near Newcastle's 18 yard line.

Have no worries, first PL game,he will need a few games and build the match confidence no doubt.

 

[redmizzle]

Definitely an upgrade on De Jong and Barry and he seems to have a good understanding with Yaya with regards to which one goes forward and which one stays back.

 

[Dzekolol]

I thought NBC named him MOTM.. can anyone confirm that

 

[teddykgb]

He did give the ball away cheaply a few times, mainly early, and ran into a few alleys in attack. In spite of that, he was just what the doctor ordered in our midfield, a more engergetic partner to yaya who can really play the ball. The way he kind of glides past other midfielders is a joy to watch, and it really opens up the attack quickly when you've beaten a man like that. He was also interchanging with Yaya quite well as the match went on, early on it looked like he and Yaya were competing for the same space a bit too much. Once they sorted it out we started to have multiple layers of passing available, which got us forward quickly and caused the toon to really struggle.

Even when we got stuck in our pass it between the defenders and holding midfielders routine, Fernandinho was moving the ball quickly so as to make it seem like it might actually bear some fruit. Some of the longer passes on display from both Fernandinho and Yaya were sublime. I'm quite excited about this partnership, and think Fernandinho was very good in a match he didn't actually play to his best in.

 

[Deleted member 52846]

You can tell what Fernandinho has on his mind; "I don't give a fuck what you think you can do, i'm just going to run after you and take the ball off you. I don't care how fast you think you are or how far ahead of me you are, i'm coming and taking the ball off you!"