Fernandinho

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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.
 
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.
 
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.
 
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.
 
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!"
 
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