Abdul Fatawu

[Lloyd90]

I wouldn’t mind seeing him on the left wing and just running down the touch line and getting some balls in with his left foot. Lloyd dyer style. He’s too left footed to be playing on the right in my opinion. Everyone knows what he’s going to do as he can’t use his right foot

[Dickov22]

He’s probably fed up with that utter dross he’s having to play with every week.

[Corbee]

Think swapping to left occasionally and getting some crosses in would be a good idea. However he's the issue. Who's going to get on the end of these crosses 🤔 🤔 

 

Need a goal scorer in Jan window 

[Stuntman_Mike]

We all knew he was going to be our main/only threat this season.

 

He's clearly frustrated because he's got useless players around him and teams know if they stop him they stop us. 

[moore_94]

1 hour ago, Lloyd90 said:

I wouldn’t mind seeing him on the left wing and just running down the touch line and getting some balls in with his left foot. Lloyd dyer style. He’s too left footed to be playing on the right in my opinion. Everyone knows what he’s going to do as he can’t use his right foot

He used his right plenty before his ACL, would often go to the byline and smash it across the box

[Sol thewall Bamba]

Been properly Leicestered hasn't he.

[Noahfence]

1 minute ago, Sol thewall Bamba said:

Been properly Leicestered hasn't he.

Of you could say, Marti’d 

[RowlattsFox]

Still the odd glimpse of quality and he's often the only one capable of creating anything and the other shite around him means he doubled up quite easily. Rare under lapping runs, never any over lapping, and a never a striker to play off. 

[SafewayFox]

We all know what’s going to happen with Abdul, he’ll continue to be bang average, we’ll need to cash in as our only obvious saleable asset yet he’ll reach lofty new heights at his new club.

[adejo92]

10 hours ago, Collymore said:

Has not only been a poor but been a liability at times for a while now. 

That aerial pass he did to Nelson when under pressure at CB is just another one of his many brain dead moments.

 

I get hes being doubled up on most games, but thats down to him and the manager to combat.

 

Hows about keep switching sides with the other winger to unsettle the opposition,  hows about try and adapt your style of play rather than just repeatedly running into a brick wall hoping to fumble your way through just to rocket one into row Z.

 

Im not having being doubled up on as an excuse.

[James_lcfc]

He can win you a game on his own, but a lot of his decision making just puts us in trouble.

 

It's almost like if he isn't scoring or assisting in a game, he's an actual hindrance to the team rather than a help.

 

Reminds me of early Grealish for Villa. You could tell he was quality, but I always liked him being on the opposite team as he would constantly give the ball away in dangerous areas. 

[coolhandfox]

Other then his worldies, he been pretty poor performance wise.

[moore_94]

13 minutes ago, adejo92 said:

That aerial pass he did to Nelson when under pressure at CB is just another one of his many brain dead moments.

 

I get hes being doubled up on most games, but thats down to him and the manager to combat.

 

Hows about keep switching sides with the other winger to unsettle the opposition,  hows about try and adapt your style of play rather than just repeatedly running into a brick wall hoping to fumble your way through just to rocket one into row Z.

 

Im not having being doubled up on as an excuse.

Both wingers get doubled up on so it makes no difference

 

It is the tactics that need to change to make the wingers more effective

 

If they have two players in front of them and no one under / overlapping, what do you want the wingers to do exactly?

[StanSP]

As much as he's been poor, he really is surrounded by dross and/or players that lack total awareness. Or tactical intelligence (which could also stem from the manager). 

 

Quite a few times he'd get the ball close to the wing. He'd get doubled up on (or tripled up) and the nearest Leicester player was about 10-15 yards away. Static. Our movement from players off the ball can be non-existent at times. It doesn't surprise me he gets so frustrated or tries so hard to make things happen. Not only can we not rely on players to help, but neither can he. 

 

He may be playing out of form right now but a) there's bigger problems out there and b) the manager has to play to the strengths of the strongest players we have (and yes it's barely a handful). 

 

I appreciate Cifuentes tried to change things up yesterday, but he has to react quicker during games to realise why we're looking so flat in the final third and why we're not creating many, if any, opportunities clear-cut or not. 

[Miquel The Work Geordie]

He's not been great but its tricky to have a pop at one of the players who actually seems to have some professional pride and a decent attitude. He's also the only bloke we have who can seemingly move.

[The Doctor]

notable that every time he gets the ball, the opposition put 3 or 4 on the corner of the box to stop the cut in and shoot. Now, if we had a strike force and midfield that could move, there'd be so much space for free players to exploit. 

[SouthStandUpperTier]

Wilt Chamberlain stood on Robert Wadlow's shoulders would struggle to reach most of Abdul's crosses.

[Bezzanator89]

A good player that has been dragged down by the mediocrity around him.

 

Only seems to have the one trick at the moment of cutting inside and trying the classic "Fatawu worldie" but that has been worked out.

 

It's no surprise that he is trying to do more to compensate for the lack of creativity elsewhere, and taking more chances. The offensive stats say it all, both on a club and a league-wide level.

It's now the classic case of trying to do too much, and he looks worse for it. Cuts a very frustrated figure, especially yesterday, but least that shows that he cares.

[lgfualol]

Last player that should be criticised. We give him the ball then everyone runs away, but rarely in a direction that helps him. It’s 4 players on Fatawu while there’s one person in the box maybe (zero if Ayew is striker), someone ready for the back pass and everyone else just stands and watches.

 

If we had a proper game plan and wanted to attack he’d shit on this league. 

 

 

[jimsmallman]

That shot he had in the second half yesterday made me so unbelievably angry.

 

I've got a mate who supports Sporting. Whenever I mention Abdul his immediate response is "good player, too greedy".

 

I do think he's showing signs of having a good relationship with JJ who exploited the space allowed by two men watching Abdul a couple of times yesterday. Obviously then there's nobody to actually get on the end of anything or the Boro LB going down like he'd been shot by a sniper anytime there was even the slightest physical contact.

[South Shire Fox]

The problem with Fatawu is the opposition double up on him as they know how dangerous he is. But we have no one making runs around him like Ndidi did to get in behind or a full back overlapping. So its just sit and watch to see whether he can beat two players or he passes it back. Its shite/non existent tactics from Marti that are stifling him 

Edited 5 November 2025 by South Shire Fox

[CarolinaFox]

8 minutes ago, South Shire Fox said:

The problem with Fatawu is the opposition double up on him as they know how dangerous he is. But we have no one making runs around him like Ndidi did to get in behind or a full back overlapping. So its just sit and watch to see whether he can beat two players or he passes it back. Its shite/non existent tactics from Marti that are stifling him 

Agreed. Marti’s inability to see this and do something about it tactically is the real issue here.

[CarolinaFox]

Fatawu always plays with passion gives it everything he has on the pitch. It’s not his fault Marti has no answer for teams that play smart and take him out of the game. 

[HankMarvin]

60th for creating big chances 

[JonesLCFC]

I’ve never seen a player go from sublime to ridiculous quite like him. His left foot is bipolar.