Fabio Borini

[BigStu]

Last suggestions:

Defo:
He plays as a support striker running around the centre forward (gabbiadini, macheda) in u-21, moving a lot with the ball and often looking for the assist. In roma he will make a different job however, given that:
- Great speed over long distances, 85 TS would be fair
- His agility can look impressive at times, his turnings are smooth and he's able to turn his body very quickly in a towel-sized portion of the field. Given his height and weight, he's 85 to me but i'll wait too see more matches in the serie a.
-His short passing is not so shitty, during the matches i've seen he managed to put well-calibrated passess "on the run" of his team mates, so they could shot with their heads up. All of this done in different positions and situations (back to the goal, front to the goal etc). Maybe a green value is too much but a 73/74 is more appropriate.
-1-touch pass, he often goes for them. Smartly executed 1-2 with his team mates, especially this evening when he put gabbiadini in front of the keeper 2 times (both screwed).
-WFA, can be a 6 judging from what I've seen but I'll wait to see more of him in a competitve tournament, like about AGI.

[Vickingo]

Great set BigStu, I was watching this season the whole games of Roma and he is playing regulary. I've realized each time in him a great, but GREAT acceleration, today he hounded a lot of times to the defenders and Atalanta's keeper, and in the first metres he was simply amazing, he reaches his top speed very quickly. It's just a note to the future, but can be upgraded in some time if he continues showing this. I don't know what think the rest (crisfar?).

[crisfar]

Yes the set looks quite accurate, he is playing quite regularly but I need to see him more of him to judge if some changes can be applied...

[Epsi]

what a burst and what a match!! I feel +1 in TS and CC would be fair..

[crisfar]

Yes and he also looked more responsive on recovering the ball...

[Diego]

thoughts on *reaction? not sure... but definately Res is too low.

Great display vs Inter...

[Defo]

Del Vecchio 2.0!

Summarizing: boost in TS, ACC, RES, *reaction and possibly even AGG by a bit and *lines maybe?. He isn't the most appropriate striker for our style of playing but he's being quite effective recently.

[crisfar]

I have some nunbers
Att 80
def 43
acc 86
res 83
agg 89
reaction

my inputs for now

[Epsi]

Currently updated with cris numbers. Awesome goal today..

[victordrew2011]

need another update,
sa 80/81/82. he is starting to place his shots a little more
att 82/83. his positioning and attack intelligence has improved since his Chelsea times

[čale]

i'd definitely consider those stats, but after a few more games, we're not sure if this is just a patch of good form so to be sure it's best to wait a bit.

and also, please try to make some explanations at least the slightest when suggesting changes to the current set, as posting numbers which can't stand their ground are of no use to anyone.

[antony]

I think the right number for his speed values are 85 for TS and 88 for ACC...on the first metres is really really quick,i suggest to put his acc in pair with Zarate and his TS one point down of him.
*Lines + P13 - Goal Poacher: in the last games he showed a great capacity to play off the shoulder of the last defender and to "play" very well with the opponent's line back also Ancelotti said of him "Borini reminds me Pippo Inzaghi"

[Epsi]

yes, ts and acc values are fair, updated. possibly lines and goal poacher can be added too. if we have to make a comparison with a more famous player I'd say he remembers me the first Owen... really fast and quick and with a good sense of the goal.

[BigStu]

I'd always compared him to Joe Cole rather than owen

Hows he been doing in Italy?

[čale]

he's been doing terrific! one of the best young revelations this season for sure, and he's been scoring a decent amount of goals and always dangerous when near the oppositions box. We'll most definitely keep a close eye on him...

[crisfar]

OMG! Not the best performance tonite vs genoa but in some runs he looked deadly fast...stats are already higher but less da/ds will compensatee e bit

[crisfar]

Some tweaks here and there to reflect his style play like more att, more res, more agi, less da/ds, mre agg...he strong and react so quickly sometime looks like possesed by some demoniac entity...

[Fiddy]

cale made him a CF*...thoughts cisfar?

[Epsi]

he's clearly a SS to me, and I'd say he can have a very good career as a wide second striker, since he has the pace and the agility to make often incisive runs and so being a constant threat for the opponents (as he already is as SS/CF).

[Fiddy]

very true, thats what i think too

Now back to the stats, i don't find him this mediocre at short passing, he can be 74/75 as an SPA/SPS ratio. but i have to say, i am not a big Serie A follower...i just watch a few games per month or so.