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Fabio on the run

By Terry Phillips

It’s good to see the Brazilian back. He had played only 19 minutes Championship football in 2015 before given the nod to start at Brentford on Saturday. He stayed in against Bournemouth and the left-back can reflect on the two matches with satisfaction.

I love watching Fabio bomb on down the wing and he thrives on the challenge of running at defenders. The only weak area for Fabio has been his defensive work, but he’s working hard on that and the Bluebirds coaches and working to ensure he becomes a better all-round player.

It's about as much slade can offer in terms of sexy football, having a Brazilian with a name like Fabio already his natural instinct to bomb forward is being coached out of him. Does it make him a better player? Time will tell

[quote="ThomasC"]It's about as much slade can offer in terms of sexy football, having a Brazilian with a name like Fabio already his natural instinct to bomb forward is being coached out of him. Does it make him a better player? Time will tell[/quo


Maybe its a case of adapting his forward instincts to benefit team? As you say time will tell hopefully now get run to end season see what he can do to benefit us going forward!

It's about as much slade can offer in terms of sexy football, having a Brazilian with a name like Fabio already his natural instinct to bomb forward is being coached out of him. Does it make him a better player? Time will tell[/quo


Maybe its a case of adapting his forward instincts to benefit team? As you say time will tell hopefully now get run to end season see what he can do to benefit us going forward!

Agree he is great to watch at times.
Charges around like a headless chicken too much, and is prone to hurting himself the way he goes into challenges uncontrolled. Too injury prone to get a long run of games.
Always looks like a red card is about to happen for him.
But (and why I want him in the team) he looks like he cares and gets the fans going with his attitude.

Work rate and commitment not to be questioned

It's about as much slade can offer in terms of sexy football, having a Brazilian with a name like Fabio already his natural instinct to bomb forward is being coached out of him. Does it make him a better player? Time will tell[/quo


Maybe its a case of adapting his forward instincts to benefit team? As you say time will tell hopefully now get run to end season see what he can do to benefit us going forward!

Agree he is great to watch at times.
Charges around like a headless chicken too much, and is prone to hurting himself the way he goes into challenges uncontrolled. Too injury prone to get a long run of games.
Always looks like a red card is about to happen for him.
But (and why I want him in the team) he looks like he cares and gets the fans going with his attitude.

I like him and he leads by example

Annis I couldn't disagree more. He's a hot head, no composure, gets booked easily, poor positionally, lacks vision and distribution, poor in the air and no end product when he does bomb forward. The one thing he has got is pace and that gets him out of trouble and why he looks good going forward but for me he's a liability. Cash in now IMO

Just had two cracking games despite little game time, was man of the match several times at the start of the season, learned with the best, started a champs league final yet he is not good enough to play in a very very average championship team and still only 24?????

Just had two cracking games despite little game time, was man of the match several times at the start of the season, learned with the best, started a champs league final yet he is not good enough to play in a very very average championship team and still only 24?????

Good point

He's right footed. Should be right back or winger.

Fabio on the run

By Terry Phillips

It’s good to see the Brazilian back. He had played only 19 minutes Championship football in 2015 before given the nod to start at Brentford on Saturday. He stayed in against Bournemouth and the left-back can reflect on the two matches with satisfaction.

I love watching Fabio bomb on down the wing and he thrives on the challenge of running at defenders. The only weak area for Fabio has been his defensive work, but he’s working hard on that and the Bluebirds coaches and working to ensure he becomes a better all-round player.

"The only weak area for Fabio has been his defensive work" - I say that's pretty damning for a defender. It's like saying the only weak point for a striker is he can't score. Ffs