Abdul Fatawu Signs

[ARM1968]

Are people really slating Fats?  I thought he was one of the better players in the pitch today. Did some brilliant work. If it wasn’t for the fact Ndidi was dead on his feet some of his passes might have led to something sooner. 

[moore_94]

You would probably be looking at having to pay £20m+ for a player who has just turned 20 with his kind of stats in the Championship

 

With Fatawu it isn't just how good he can be creatively either, he puts in an absolute shift defensively as well which you don't really get with a lot of wingers

 

Just needs to improve on his goalscoring and decision making a bit but he has plenty of years to do that

 

£17m will be a great deal for us

 

Edited 6 April 2024 by moore_94

[MPH]

4 minutes ago, ARM1968 said:

Are people really slating Fats?  I thought he was one of the better players in the pitch today. Did some brilliant work. If it wasn’t for the fact Ndidi was dead on his feet some of his passes might have led to something sooner. 

 

it’s mind boggling.

 

 

also, his defensive work for a winger is top class. You won’t get many in a front 3 track back as much as he does.

[Clever Fox]

If he spent as much time practicing his shoot as he does with his Hair Styles he'd be a fantastic winger.

 

 

Seriously,  He work rate is phenomenal though. And his chasing back to help out in defense is first rate.

 

 

[baldeagle]

Instrumental in the  first goal and a good game I thought 

[Clarkey123]

22 minutes ago, ARM1968 said:

Are people really slating Fats?  I thought he was one of the better players in the pitch today. Did some brilliant work. If it wasn’t for the fact Ndidi was dead on his feet some of his passes might have led to something sooner. 

Wilf was dead on his feet because of the passes 😂

[5waller5]

Just now, Clarkey123 said:

Wilf was dead on his feet because of the passes 😂

Wilf looks very unfit, he made those passes look bad

[adam]

48 minutes ago, MPH said:

 

Where were you when he was playing out of his skin, scoring wonder goals and earning rave reviews?

When was that? November?

[99.1% BLUE]

Fats was frustrating today in a sense of his final ball, but everything else was commendable … can’t hold it against the lad for trying to make shit happen! Go on Fats !! 

[Ric Flair]

Had a brick in his left boot 2nd half, cannot get the weight of pass right for love nor money. 

 

With the right coaching and buy in from his part he is set to become a top player but he's a long way to go.

 

His defensive work is exemplary though, which makes him such an important team player as the creative stuff is ticking over as well.

[MPH]

25 minutes ago, adam said:

When was that? November?

 

how about most of the season?

 

( as quoted above). He’s streets ahead of most wingers in this league.. and he’s only just turned 20..

 

 

 

Edited 6 April 2024 by MPH

[Clever Fox]

39 minutes ago, 5waller5 said:

Wilf looks very unfit, he made those passes look bad

Yes I thought he might have been carrying an injury, Or else it was a hangover from the International Travelling.

[MPH]

Just now, Clever Fox said:

Yes I thought he might have been carrying an injury, Or else it was a hangover from the International Travelling.

 

 

he’s got to start thinking like a number 10 again

[FosseSpark]

Yep, ndidi looked like he couldn't catch a cold when chasing two of those through balls. 

I wouldn't mind seeing mavididi in ndidis position and yunus on the left. I think mavi could be a gun in there. 

 

Ricardo Winks

Fatawu Mavi KDH Yunus

Vardy

[Clever Fox]

13 minutes ago, FosseSpark said:

Yep, ndidi looked like he couldn't catch a cold when chasing two of those through balls. 

I wouldn't mind seeing mavididi in ndidis position and yunus on the left. I think mavi could be a gun in there. 

 

Ricardo Winks

Fatawu Mavi KDH Yunus

Vardy

Yes he looked terrible slow but the passes were so pathetic, A Schoolboy would pass it better.

 

Mav could certainly play the Wilf role especially against thight defences where his quick footwork would cause defenders problems.

We did try Yunus on the left and he was pretty much lost and hopeless there. But I don't see why we don't swap the wingers during games.

Fats would get a real chance to go outside on his left and Mav would be equally as good on the right.

[DennisNedry]

I love the lad but he is developing a bit of a habit of having a poor second half. I thought Birmingham doubled up on him a lot today so he rarely had a chance to take a defender on, and his passing was poor. 

 

I think you have to accept rough spells with a young exciting player though.

[Itsthejoeker]

Looked injured in the first half, was holding his left thigh for a while. 
 

thought he struggled but Brum stuck two defender on him in the second half, one to block the shot on his left and one to stop him driving to the byline

[MPH]

1 hour ago, Itsthejoeker said:

Looked injured in the first half, was holding his left thigh for a while. 
 

thought he struggled but Brum stuck two defender on him in the second half, one to block the shot on his left and one to stop him driving to the byline

 

yeah, a lot of people seem to have missed that you have to try through balls a lot more when you have two people marking you.

 

massive compliment though, isn’t it..

[hejammy]

Yes he's a bit rough around the edges but he's still young. His attitude is top notch and he will be a fans favourite for sure if he signs. 

[cc_star]

19 hours ago, 5waller5 said:

Wilf looks very unfit, he made those passes look bad

Yes, Ndidi looks unfit given he's not played for months but those thru-balls were massively over hit, almost like clearances

 

Fats constantly cutting-in is our biggest source of possession turnover

 

Cutting-in wingers without overlapping fullbacks is odd tactic IMO (moreso when you don't mix it up). When you cut-in, you have the opposition fullback, winger, DM & CB all to beat

[Phenom]

His defensive work rate is going to come in handy in the PL. We need to sign him ASAP. 

[Weller Wing]

Love him but he's got a few things to improve on.

Weight of pass being one of them but he could be pretty special with the right coaching. 

[moore_94]

 

[eblair]

3 hours ago, moore_94 said:

 

Looked like that without him today. Awful decision to drop 

[MalletFox]

It’s great he’s come back into some serious form, the last 2 games and his cameo today he’s been back to his best after some flat, ineffective performances. He’ll undoubtedly start on Friday so here’s hoping he continues his recent resurgence! Was a real threat tonight 👏🏻