Abdul Fatawu

[AS78UK]

Just make sure you put a sell on clause in the deal.  

[jv1]

Not having him at all - blah blah he can beat a man and score a couple of worldies - week in week out at a decent level he is absolutely garbage - possibly our most overrated player since harry winks 

 

if we get 10 million ill personally drive him there whilst singing his crap song to him all the way 

Edited 29 May by jv1

[Ian S]

2 hours ago, jv1 said:

Not having him at all - blah blah he can beat a man and score a couple of worldies - week in week out at a decent level he is absolutely garbage - possibly our most overrated player since harry winks 

 

if we get 10 million ill personally drive him there whilst singing his crap song to him all the way 

To be honest I think you are not far off, not a chance he is ever a PL starter.Squad player so we might get £10-12m from some crap team like Cov.

[jv1]

41 minutes ago, Ian S said:

To be honest I think you are not far off, not a chance he is ever a PL starter.Squad player so we might get £10-12m from some crap team like Cov.

The whole lot of them including him have shown they aren’t even good enough for the championship- and yes some players are better with better players meh meh meh - he was absolutely 100% crap this year - honking beyond belief and an attitude to go with it - good riddance 

[bigboylestafan]

I’m sorry but I massively disagree with this. I think he is hugely talented - there a very few players with his ability to breeze past players and score from distance. He can also be excellent defensively, which means he’s got everything he needs to play at a very high level which I still think he will do. 
 

I get that his performances really dropped off as the season went on, but I really can’t blame him. People forget he’s only 22 and he’s had absolutely no support whatsoever. He was never played in behind the defence and there’s little point in crossing the ball into the box with our strikers, so he really didn’t have many options other than to go alone. I think anyone in that position would let their head drop and their performances suffer as time goes on. Under Enzo, he was actually unselfish and showed himself to be a team player. If you put him in a better team, he will flourish.

 

We’ve been waiting for a player like this for years and I for one wish him well. He’s far too good for this level and we to only receive £10m would be shocking for a player of his quality.

[adejo92]

Stick by the fact that a few wonder goals have plastered over a bang average winger. 

 

I think most premier league teams will see past the odd wonder goal.

 

He's got potential for further improvement, but he needs some serious coaching & even then, can't see him as anything more than a back up player at a mid to lower table Prem team.

 

He's predictable, clumsy and on many occasions, an absolute liability. His Ego needs a serious check too.

[Silebyfox_89]

36 minutes ago, adejo92 said:

Stick by the fact that a few wonder goals have plastered over a bang average winger. 

 

I think most premier league teams will see past the odd wonder goal.

 

He's got potential for further improvement, but he needs some serious coaching & even then, can't see him as anything more than a back up player at a mid to lower table Prem team.

 

He's predictable, clumsy and on many occasions, an absolute liability. His Ego needs a serious check too.

He's not an average winger at all.

 

He's got pace, strength and ability and his finishes show he class about him.

 

He needs a decent to rein his ago in and work on his decision making and off ball play.

Once He's fixed though issues He's a top 10 prem player for me.

[Chelmofox]

4 minutes ago, Silebyfox_89 said:

He's not an average winger at all.

 

He's got pace, strength and ability and his finishes show he class about him.

 

He needs a decent to rein his ago in and work on his decision making and off ball play.

Once He's fixed though issues He's a top 10 prem player for me.

You cant create him a football brain. He is lacking so many mental attributes that would help him get to the top. I do agree though that he will be in the PL at some level, but the flaws in his game aren't necessarily fixable.

 

[Silebyfox_89]

2 minutes ago, Chelmofox said:

You cant create him a football brain. He is lacking so many mental attributes that would help him get to the top. I do agree though that he will be in the PL at some level, but the flaws in his game aren't necessarily fixable.

 

I think his issues are concentration and application for 90 mins. Tbf it's hard to keep motivated when the rest of the squad have been dogshite all season. 

Under the right coaching setup I think he'll shine, can see do well under Moyes type manager.

[adejo92]

19 minutes ago, Silebyfox_89 said:

He's not an average winger at all.

 

He's got pace, strength and ability and his finishes show he class about him.

 

He needs a decent to rein his ago in and work on his decision making and off ball play.

Once He's fixed though issues He's a top 10 prem player for me.

Absolutely no way.

[Chelmofox]

4 minutes ago, Silebyfox_89 said:

I think his issues are concentration and application for 90 mins. Tbf it's hard to keep motivated when the rest of the squad have been dogshite all season. 

Under the right coaching setup I think he'll shine, can see do well under Moyes type manager.

This is just an excuse. Final 3rd of the season he was giving the ball away and snatching at shots from anywhere. He was as un disciplined as anyone and cost as points.  A 'better' playing doesnt do this. 

 

Now - i will say he was a million miles away from bring the biggest problem. But we were let down by his poor attitude.

[MrsJohnMurphy]

Aaaahhhh....the he's leaving us so he's shit brigade are out. I just hope we include a sell on clause cos in a couple of years with decent coaching he's gonna be worth alot more

[jv1]

Just now, MrsJohnMurphy said:

Aaaahhhh....the he's leaving us so he's shit brigade are out. I just hope we include a sell on clause cos in a couple of years with decent coaching he's gonna be worth alot more

Nope - he’s been shit full stop - staying and leaving 

[MrsJohnMurphy]

46 minutes ago, jv1 said:

Nope - he’s been shit full stop - staying and leaving 

Just let it go.....it just eats you up inside 

[CornwallFox]

16 hours ago, jv1 said:

Not having him at all - blah blah he can beat a man and score a couple of worldies - week in week out at a decent level he is absolutely garbage - possibly our most overrated player since harry winks 

 

if we get 10 million ill personally drive him there whilst singing his crap song to him all the way 

I think it's hard to know. I think he had zero trust in any of our other forwards and ended up feeling like he had to do it on his own. Possibly coupled with buying into his own hype. On his day with better players around him he could be a real weapon as part of a decent strikeforce. But, yeah, last season he tried too much, too often, and we incredibly frustrating as a result. 

[shailen]

9 goals 7 assists last season in a team that showed nothing. That's a good return considering most of his goals were all his own making. He'll be an asset for a mid table premier league team at a min.

[smudger63]

3 hours ago, bigboylestafan said:

I’m sorry but I massively disagree with this. I think he is hugely talented - there a very few players with his ability to breeze past players and score from distance. He can also be excellent defensively, which means he’s got everything he needs to play at a very high level which I still think he will do. 
 

I get that his performances really dropped off as the season went on, but I really can’t blame him. People forget he’s only 22 and he’s had absolutely no support whatsoever. He was never played in behind the defence and there’s little point in crossing the ball into the box with our strikers, so he really didn’t have many options other than to go alone. I think anyone in that position would let their head drop and their performances suffer as time goes on. Under Enzo, he was actually unselfish and showed himself to be a team player. If you put him in a better team, he will flourish.

 

We’ve been waiting for a player like this for years and I for one wish him well. He’s far too good for this level and we to only receive £10m would be shocking for a player of his quality.

He was scoring some worldies at the start of the season in particular, but his overall performances were never great all season, and got worse the longer the season went on. By Christmas he had totally checked out and couldnt give a toss.

 

[oldbluefox]

8 hours ago, smudger63 said:

He was scoring some worldies at the start of the season in particular, but his overall performances were never great all season, and got worse the longer the season went on. By Christmas he had totally checked out and couldnt give a toss.

 

Jordan James shone in a poor team and showed what quality he had. If Fatawu were that good he too would have stood out but he was just as poor as those around him. He clearly had talent but for a professional footballer his attitude was as poor as the rest and his heart was elsewhere certainly not at LCFC. Get rid. 

[LCFCCKEANO]

He isn’t world class nor do I believe he ever will be but let’s not lose the distinction between that and not being prem level. Being rapid with a good strike and cross, which he currently has, will be enough for him to be a functional prem winger. If he had everything he’d be playing for Real Madrid, he is still absolutely a class above us and has been for a while, he will go to a mid table club and build a very good top flight career for himself once he gets out of our mess, if you don’t think he will play in a top 5 European division I think you are a bit nuts 

[Finnegan]

Some of you are absolutely embarrassing yourself with the levels of criticism and, frankly, personal abuse for Fatawu. 

 

[Brizzle Fox]

Fatawu will have a good top flight career, either here or in Europe.

 

People seem to forget he's still very young, was out for about a year with a bad injury and still got decent stats in an awful team.

 

Also from a managerial perspective he's been working for morons post-Maresca.

 

Once he joins a good club, with better coaches and better team mates he'll do very well indeed.  Just a shame it won't be with us.

 

Good luck to him.

Edited Sunday at 09:19 by Brizzle Fox

[SafewayFox]

Fatawu was extremely frustrating for most of last season but before his injury in the PL, didn’t he have the highest numbers of completed successful take ons?

 

He will have a very good PL/top European career, whilst we’ll likely be bouncing around League One/Championship during this time period.

 

Some people on here need to give their head a wobble about Abdul - he’s our only senior player, who will make us even a smidge of profit.

[MPH]

4 hours ago, Finnegan said:

Some of you are absolutely embarrassing yourself with the levels of criticism and, frankly, personal abuse for Fatawu. 

 

 

just imagine what he could do in a semi decent team where they can’t afford to double mark him…  and that he gets a bit of space as the defender can’t take his eyes off the player running through for the under lap..

[ALC Fox]

We didn't play to our wingers' strengths last season.

 

We allowed teams to double up on them.

 

Under Maresca, as it was for De Zerbi's Brighton, it was about finding your wide forwards at the point of maximum opportunity. That's half the reason for playing around in what looks like boring possession for possession's sake.

 

It's no coincidence that under Maresca, both wingers shone. Granted, we had KDH and Ndidi supporting them, which helps. But under Cooper, RVN, Cifuentes and Rowett, we essentially just gave the ball to whatever wingers were playing and asked them to do something magical.

 

Fatawu has the materials to be a very good player. In a good team under a competent coach, he'll fly.

[oldbluefox]

There is talent in Fatawu but it will not develop at Leicester unless there is a distinct change in culture at the club and that culture needs to change all the way through. Over the past few years our approach to game management, fitness levels, strategy and most importantly in my mind commitment and application have been abysmal and Fatawu has suffered as a consequence.

When Tielmanns was with us it was plain to see he was overweight and unfit, as were many of the players. Do we necessarily blame him. As a professional yes but there is more to it than that. He went to Villa and within months he was playing and being effective in their first team, looking slimmer and fitter.

For a long time now Fatawu's body language has said that he feels no commitment to club or fans. He has faded in the last quarter of the game and provided nothing of any value. It looks like he has given up and just wants away. Given proper training he could be a great asset but likewise he could just drift into obscurity. He could go either way.