Fernandinho

[Exeter Blue I am here]

MotM for me today

 

[LoveCity]

No I don't. Because it didn't actually happen.

Err, yes it did, especially in the Ukraine game. Shakhtar were better in both games (despite Moses' jammy last minute winner at the Bridge) and Fernandinho was breaking up play freely and driving forward. He was outstanding.

Have a look at his stats in both games if you don't want to actually watch them. He was more of a Yaya in both games, getting forward but also contributing defensively because he's an all-round midfielder who can tackle and attack... unlike De Jong and Barry who were both good, but less versatile midfielders.

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You're coming across as an egomaniac, because unlike another poster in this thread you refuse to admit you might be wrong about someone and seem desperate... DESPERATE for him to fail so your ego can be appeased. Sad.

I'd be happy to to take issue with you regarding the relative merits of Fernandinho as a player, including his performances against Chelsea in the CL. I would remind you again that I have not said anywhere that he is a poor player.

However, since you personalise the debate and accuse,if not insult me, for no reason, I won't bother.

If you take that as an insult, you really are soft.

Even after an excellent performance today, you can't simply praise him because you've set your stall out now.

A classic case of prematurely judging a player then when he turns out to be good, sticking to it even when everyone else acknowledges how important he is becoming. At least you aren't blightee who outright called him a terrible footballer somewhere earlier in this thread. He is conspicuous by his absence.

 

[blink922]

How am I taking the piss you have a downer on Fernandinho your problem. Where do you propose to play Milner then? Milner is not fit to lace fernandinhos boots there is a very good reason why Mancini, Pelligrini, Hodgeson et al play him out wide

Well there's crap and there's crap. But when I read stuff like that, I think rag.

And a little word of warning don't ever call me a rag again

 

[mammutly]

How am I taking the piss you have a downer on Fernandinho your problem. Where do you propose to play Milner then? Milner is not fit to lace fernandinhos boots there is a very good reason why Mancini, Pelligrini, Hodgeson et al play him out wide

Well there's crap and there's crap. But when I read stuff like that, I think rag.

And a little word of warning don't ever call me a rag again

You're lucky. I'm a reformed character these days. ;)

 

[Utter bobbins]

Well there's crap and there's crap. But when I read stuff like that, I think rag.

And a little word of warning don't ever call me a rag again

You're lucky. I'm a reformed character these days. ;)

Hmmm

 

[Lavinda Past]

And a little word of warning don't ever call me a rag again

You're lucky. I'm a reformed character these days. ;)

Hmmm

Hmmmm indeed... I suspect Mammutly may have been sniffing the barmaid's apron tonight...

 

[Utter bobbins]

You're lucky. I'm a reformed character these days. ;)

Hmmm

Hmmmm indeed... I suspect Mammutly may have been sniffing the barmaid's apron tonight...[/quote

More likely his mother sent him to his room and he has hit the energy drinks

 

[Deleted member 52846]

Thought he was excellent today and did a lot of work on his own in midfield while Yaya's head was in the clouds for twenty minutes mid-game.

 

[mammutly]

Hmmm

Hmmmm indeed... I suspect Mammutly may have been sniffing the barmaid's apron tonight...[/quote

More likely his mother sent him to his room and he has hit the energy drinks

Blunt mentality like this is boring. In days gone by, there were more people actually worth arguing with.

 

[Matt the Giant]

Aguero scoring two goals makes him an obvious winner of motm, but Fernandinho also had a very good game and deserves credit and praise for a performance such as that.

 

[Utter bobbins]

Hmmmm indeed... I suspect Mammutly may have been sniffing the barmaid's apron tonight...[/quote

More likely his mother sent him to his room and he has hit the energy drinks

Blunt mentality like this is boring. In days gone by, there were more people actually worth arguing with.

Grow some mate it's called banter

 

[mammutly]

Hmmmm indeed... I suspect Mammutly may have been sniffing the barmaid's apron tonight...[/quote

More likely his mother sent him to his room and he has hit the energy drinks

Blunt mentality like this is boring. In days gone by, there were more people actually worth arguing with.

Grow some mate it's called banter

And?

 

[Utter bobbins]

Blunt mentality like this is boring. In days gone by, there were more people actually worth arguing with.

Grow some mate it's called banter

And?

You seem to get upset when people disagree with you and take offence.

Your retort is to be insulting and the ultimate no no call some one a rag as I said grow some

 

[mammutly]

Grow some mate it's called banter

And?

You seem to get upset when people disagree with you and take offence.

Your retort is to be insulting and the ultimate no no call some one a rag as I said grow some

Apologies, mate. I thought your comment about Milner not being fit to lick Fernandinho's boots a bit way too extreme and you did have a go at me. But we're all blues here ( well most of us). Don't know if you go to games, but would be happy to say hello and shake hands some day.

 

[Utter bobbins]

And?

You seem to get upset when people disagree with you and take offence.

Your retort is to be insulting and the ultimate no no call some one a rag as I said grow some

Apologies, mate. I thought your comment about Milner not being fit to lick Fernandinho's boots a bit way too extreme and you did have a go at me. But we're all blues here ( well most of us). Don't know if you go to games, but would be happy to say hello and shake hands some day.

Have season card travel every home game fromNewcastle no hard feelingss

 

[andrewmswift]

i'm itching for the match comp :)

 

[QuickSilva]

still in awe of his pass to aguero!

 

[Bluekiwi]

still in awe of his pass to aguero!

Yes, but what an intelligent dummy by the Beast - he just seemed to stand still which must have fooled the defenders allowing Sergio space for the super finish.

 

[ws01]

Starting to prove that minority of haters wrong - he's becoming the heartbeat of the team.

Only wished we could've signed him 2-3 years ago.

 

[Hart of the Matter]

Today was a good performance but it was against a team with no attacker so they were flatter in their approach to goal. This helped our defence fill the gaps behind the midfield, the zone Fernandihno covers. We therefore got to see the best of his game. And it was good, very good.

The problem is that this is not often the case. We have built the DMs roles around Yaya (rightly) so Fred is basically always playing out of position. Still to prove he can do it consistently for my liking but today was class (how was Paulinho against the same team last week?)