Fabio "FABINHO" TAVARES: 2022/23

Embarrassing article.

Feels like it was written by one of those kids who want a Ferrari.

Klopp will surely not move on his only injury free midfielder.

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Mate theyā€™re coming our of the woodworks like the house is on fire!

So thatā€™s what David Davis has been doing since he fucked up Brexit.

Explains a lot.

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One more yellow would mean a 2 game suspension.

So the 2 games after forest :thinking:

  1. wrong player/thread
  2. I dont understand the idea that the amount of games heā€™s getting is a surprise given the number of players we have. He is talented, but young and inexperienced. The only shock would be treating this lack of games this year as a reason to junk him off

But that conversation should be had here - Fabio CARVALHO: 2022/23 - #80 by Retro_Helix

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Sorry. Thanks for pointing it out @Limiescouse. My eyesight is not that great on small screen phone

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Doesnā€™t miss Westham

Interestingly didnā€™t have a single booking and only Neco had one.

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For me we need a replacement for Fab, he is just way too slow, we ainā€™t winning nothing with him as a 6 for the upcoming season

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Yep if he is our starting no.6 next season with Hendo as his backup weā€™ve not learnt a fucking thing. He canā€™t run ffs.

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The new system has helped him tremendously but the weaknesses remain. We know he canā€™t cope with covering big open spaces, but he also canā€™t track runners or win second balls as often as he should. His play with the ball has undoubtedly stepped up though, he has looked more confident recently.

Heā€™s improved enough that he isnā€™t a liabilty anymore, unlike in january when he couldnā€™t be trusted to play 10 minutes, but now heā€™s just another mediocre midfielder.

He and Henderson can count themselves lucky theyā€™ll probably be in the squad next year, both have had absolutely rank awful seasons that wouldnā€™t have looked out of place across Stanley Park.

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There are heaps of players that could play Fabā€™s role on the ball as you say it is mediocre, it is his defensive side of the game that has plummeted off the scale. The way we play we need an intelligent 6 that has recovery pace and can tackle, but he also needs to be able to progress us up the pitch as more and more teams will press us.

My only hope is Bajacetic

I think he will be around next season, and his form has really improved since his nightmare winter.

But he does need to be transitioned out of the side into a squad role.

The biggest problem I have, and itā€™s one that quite a few seem to suffer from, is the tendency to turn into smoke what there is a 50/50 to be won.

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I lost it yesterday when he let Sulemana run past him for their third. At the very least, he ought to have brought him down. Heā€™s committed so many fouls by being late all season, but this time he couldnā€™t be bothered to do even that and prevent a dangerous situation which ended up in a goal.

He needs to be phased out of the starting XI.

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There was certain improvement, together with the team, but individually from him it was nothing special. Not like par example Salah and Trent. Weā€™ll see what happens with him this summer and with his position in the team/squad next season, if heā€™s still here.

If we are really interested in Barella i wonder could we include him in the deal. :frowning:

Klopp could find him in bed with his wife and would still only bench him for a week.

I said in another thread that its hard to earn Kloppā€™s trust but even harder to lose it and I stand by that.

Watching interviews with Gerrard where Klopp is nitpicking Jonesā€™ performances, where he describes Diaz as ā€œhaving things to work onā€, how he hasnā€™t used Carvalho at all despite some good impacts early in the season and how heā€™s bombed Nunez out the team - its hard to be someone he really trusts.

On the flip side once you are trusted you can do practically anything on the pitch and heā€™ll stick with you. Fabinho has been shockingly bad for nearly 2 years, and the run of form 2 years ago was itself a small purple patch with another 6 months of bad form before that. Still gets picked every game, no competition signed - nothing to suggest his place is on danger. Similar story for Henderson while he wanted to give Milner another contract, who has been so bad over the past two years its hard to believe he really is a tee-totaller.

It should be hard to earn the trust of the manager, so I agree with that side of his management but I think sometimes he needs to be a bit more ruthless with the older members of the team. Fabinho is lucky to have a role here, nevermind a regular starter but Iā€™ll be shocked and amazed if he isnā€™t in there next season being slow as fuck yet again.

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Senora Rebeca wouldnā€™t be so forgiving.