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Sun Jan 03, 2016 11:05 am

Fabio, not just one of City's best players/but also has all the time in the world for City fans :ayatollah: :ayatollah:


Fabio with my Daughter Alexandra aged 10 yesterday, Fabio and Gunnarsson are her favourite players and Fabio made her day yesterday, chatting to her for ages and even in Spanish.


Alexandra idolises him and the players mixing with our fans means so much :ayatollah: :ayatollah:

Fabio has promised Alexandra one of his shirts.

To be fair to Fabio, always claps our fans home and away :ayatollah: :ayatollah:

Our club virtually stopped all this and need to do more to get a close relationship again with our fans.
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Re: ' Fabio, not just one of City's best players/but also ha

Sun Jan 03, 2016 11:10 am

Great - the club needs to do more of this - and if they are - then they need to publicise it , Fabio always wears his heart on his sleeve and never gives anything less than 100% , so do most of the other players though as well.

Re: ' Fabio, not just one of City's best players/but also ha

Sun Jan 03, 2016 11:21 am

True Professional :bluescarf:

Re: ' Fabio, not just one of City's best players/but also ha

Sun Jan 03, 2016 11:34 am

how the hell is he on the bench!!!!! :old:

Re: ' Fabio, not just one of City's best players/but also ha

Sun Jan 03, 2016 11:38 am

Brilliant pro,always has time for fans especially the kids,great to see

Re: ' Fabio, not just one of City's best players/but also ha

Sun Jan 03, 2016 11:57 am

Chatting to him in Spanish is impressive.

Re: ' Fabio, not just one of City's best players/but also ha

Sun Jan 03, 2016 12:39 pm

The Club have never stopped doing this, certain big headed players just weren't interested.
It doesn't need the club to publicise it either, that then becomes a stunt.
Cardiff city fc is still there, you just gotta dig a little deeper to find it.

Re: ' Fabio, not just one of City's best players/but also ha

Sun Jan 03, 2016 12:42 pm

spinks wrote:Great - the club needs to do more of this - and if they are - then they need to publicise it , Fabio always wears his heart on his sleeve and never gives anything less than 100% , so do most of the other players though as well.


Here Here. :thumbright: :ayatollah:

Re: ' Fabio, not just one of City's best players/but also ha

Sun Jan 03, 2016 1:24 pm

If I was a player and I was getting booed off at half time just because we didn't have a great half, I wouldn't want to clap the fans either. We should clap the players for putting in a shift for the team like they did yesterday on a difficult pitch the same as they should clap us WHEN we support which isn't all the time. There's more criticism these days.

Re: ' Fabio, not just one of City's best players/but also ha

Sun Jan 03, 2016 2:08 pm

Pontypool_Bluebird wrote:If I was a player and I was getting booed off at half time just because we didn't have a great half, I wouldn't want to clap the fans either. We should clap the players for putting in a shift for the team like they did yesterday on a difficult pitch the same as they should clap us WHEN we support which isn't all the time. There's more criticism these days.

Quite the contriary. This is exactly the thing they should be doing. It's their job to interact and build bridges, not the fans.

Re: ' Fabio, not just one of City's best players/but also ha

Sun Jan 03, 2016 2:09 pm

Pontypool_Bluebird wrote:If I was a player and I was getting booed off at half time just because we didn't have a great half, I wouldn't want to clap the fans either. We should clap the players for putting in a shift for the team like they did yesterday on a difficult pitch the same as they should clap us WHEN we support which isn't all the time. There's more criticism these days.


I think that about some of our fans.

Rhys Weston and Josh Low are just two of our players who suffered from our fans getting on at them. Left them petrified to do anything.

Re: ' Fabio, not just one of City's best players/but also ha

Sun Jan 03, 2016 2:24 pm

maccydee wrote:Chatting to him in Spanish is impressive.


:thumbright: :thumbright:

Neil, Brazilian is virtually Spanish, I honestly could not tell the difference :ayatollah: :ayatollah:

Spanish is now spoke by 580 million people, 3rd in the world :ayatollah:

Re: ' Fabio, not just one of City's best players/but also ha

Sun Jan 03, 2016 2:41 pm

Tell your mate Carl that :D

Glad your daughter had a great day :bluescarf: :bluescarf: :bluescarf: :bluescarf:

Re: ' Fabio, not just one of City's best players/but also ha

Sun Jan 03, 2016 2:56 pm

bluespeers wrote:Tell your mate Carl that :D

Glad your daughter had a great day :bluescarf: :bluescarf: :bluescarf: :bluescarf:

:lol:

I know Carls not a fan of Fabio :shock: :shock:

She had a great day Thanks and we won :ayatollah: :ayatollah: :bluebird:

Re: ' Fabio, not just one of City's best players/but also ha

Sun Jan 03, 2016 2:59 pm

Not virtually stopped this, I think Cardiff players are the highest in the Football League for community visits? :ayatollah:

Re: ' Fabio, not just one of City's best players/but also ha

Sun Jan 03, 2016 3:05 pm

BlueSince1908 wrote:Not virtually stopped this, I think Cardiff players are the highest in the Football League for community visits? :ayatollah:


I was with one of the head stewards yesterday and when we went to the Prem, our club did stop most of it and the last year they've realised they need to keep in contact with our fans, still a long long way to go.

Re: ' Fabio, not just one of City's best players/but also ha

Sun Jan 03, 2016 5:25 pm

Forever Blue wrote:
maccydee wrote:Chatting to him in Spanish is impressive.


:thumbright: :thumbright:

Neil, Brazilian is virtually Spanish, I honestly could not tell the difference :ayatollah: :ayatollah:

Spanish is now spoke by 580 million people, 3rd in the world :ayatollah:


Spain had quite the empire in their day. Their language extends all over the world. Business is global now. If your daughters are fluent in Spanish it will set them up brilliantly. I bet it made his day too.

When I'm anywhere I always make an effort to learn a bit of the local language. Makes a difference.

Re: ' Fabio, not just one of City's best players/but also ha

Sun Jan 03, 2016 5:30 pm

maccydee wrote:
Forever Blue wrote:
maccydee wrote:Chatting to him in Spanish is impressive.


:thumbright: :thumbright:

Neil, Brazilian is virtually Spanish, I honestly could not tell the difference :ayatollah: :ayatollah:

Spanish is now spoke by 580 million people, 3rd in the world :ayatollah:


Spain had quite the empire in their day. Their language extends all over the world. Business is global now. If your daughters are fluent in Spanish it will set them up brilliantly. I bet it made his day too.

When I'm anywhere I always make an effort to learn a bit of the local language. Makes a difference.


Your right Neil, Spanish is massive now and good for business and their future.
Fabio was laughing and smiling at Alexandra for speaking back to him in Spanish.

Its always polite to try and spk other Countries languages :ayatollah: :ayatollah:

Re: ' Fabio, not just one of City's best players/but also ha

Sun Jan 03, 2016 5:41 pm

Probably our hardest working player alongside Gunnarson :) great player

Re: ' Fabio, not just one of City's best players/but also ha

Sun Jan 03, 2016 5:44 pm

Apparently Portuguese speakers understand Spanish very well but not so much the other way round, don't ask me why though. There was a documentary on the twins when they were still at Man Utd showing their childhood home etc and it is obvious they are very humble , have not forgotten their beginnings and family is everything.

Re: ' Fabio, not just one of City's best players/but also ha

Sun Jan 03, 2016 6:00 pm

Me encanta Espana :ayatollah: en febrero vamos a Barcelona o Lisbon, Portugues para vacaciones. Yo escribo sin Google translate jaja :bluebird:

Re: ' Fabio, not just one of City's best players/but also ha

Sun Jan 03, 2016 6:56 pm

I've tried numerous times to meet City players with my kids, hanging around after matches in the freezing cold and only managed a few autographs and photos. The players haven't shown any interest in talking to my kids, they just want to get into the secure car park and get away.

Re: ' Fabio, not just one of City's best players/but also ha

Sun Jan 03, 2016 7:05 pm

In Brazil they speak Portuguese not Spanish??

Re: ' Fabio, not just one of City's best players/but also ha

Sun Jan 03, 2016 7:15 pm

ianto13 wrote:In Brazil they speak Portuguese not Spanish??


Yep they do.

Re: ' Fabio, not just one of City's best players/but also ha

Sun Jan 03, 2016 7:30 pm

ianto13 wrote:In Brazil they speak Portuguese not Spanish??


Well, Fabio was certainly talking Spanish to my daughter and there was no difference :ayatollah: :ayatollah: :ayatollah:

Re: ' Fabio, not just one of City's best players/but also ha

Sun Jan 03, 2016 7:31 pm

Screaming Blue Messiah wrote:I've tried numerous times to meet City players with my kids, hanging around after matches in the freezing cold and only managed a few autographs and photos. The players haven't shown any interest in talking to my kids, they just want to get into the secure car park and get away.


The players arrive from 12.15pm and have to all be in the ground by 1pm on Match days :thumbright: :thumbright: :ayatollah: :ayatollah:

Re: ' Fabio, not just one of City's best players/but also ha

Sun Jan 03, 2016 9:10 pm

murphy wrote:
ianto13 wrote:In Brazil they speak Portuguese not Spanish??


Yep they do.


Most Brazilians speak perfect Spanish :thumbup:

Re: ' Fabio, not just one of City's best players/but also ha

Sun Jan 03, 2016 9:12 pm

Santa Ponsa Blue wrote:
murphy wrote:
ianto13 wrote:In Brazil they speak Portuguese not Spanish??


Yep they do.


Most Brazilians speak perfect Spanish :thumbup:


Mason, thats what I thought :thumbright: :thumbright: and I was baffled by Ianto coming on here to just spoil a nice topic :roll:

Re: ' Fabio, not just one of City's best players/but also ha

Sun Jan 03, 2016 9:17 pm

Forever Blue wrote:
Santa Ponsa Blue wrote:
murphy wrote:
ianto13 wrote:In Brazil they speak Portuguese not Spanish??


Yep they do.


Most Brazilians speak perfect Spanish :thumbup:


Mason, thats what I thought :thumbright: :thumbright: and I was baffled by Ianto coming on here to just spoil a nice topic :roll:


I have many Brazilian friends here in Santa Ponsa Annis as you already know, and they speak perfect Spanish as its their second language :ayatollah: :ayatollah:

Re: ' Fabio, not just one of City's best players/but also ha

Sun Jan 03, 2016 9:19 pm

Santa Ponsa Blue wrote:
Forever Blue wrote:
Santa Ponsa Blue wrote:
murphy wrote:
ianto13 wrote:In Brazil they speak Portuguese not Spanish??


Yep they do.


Most Brazilians speak perfect Spanish :thumbup:


Mason, thats what I thought :thumbright: :thumbright: and I was baffled by Ianto coming on here to just spoil a nice topic :roll:


I have many Brazilian friends here in Santa Ponsa Annis as you already know, and they speak perfect Spanish as its their second language :ayatollah: :ayatollah:


:thumbright: :thumbright: :ayatollah: :ayatollah:

Mason and Fabio was speaking perfect Spanish :ayatollah: :bluescarf: :bluebird: