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Federico Fazio

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Aug 29, 2011
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Could've done well in a back 5.

We never tried him as a wingback.
 

Kiedis

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Aug 4, 2013
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He's obviously got no future here, but he'd probably look better when playing behind a functioning midfield. The worst partnership of that season was Dier-Vertonghen, who conceded two goals per match on average.

And also, let us never badmouth a bloke that punched Diego Costa in the kidney.
 

ralphs bald spot

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Jul 14, 2015
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He was really disliked on here for a while, but I don't remember him doing much wrong. Other than the time he tried to dribble to ball out, got tackled and then the other team (might have even been Arsenal) went and scored.

He's a good defender, reckon he would have done well in a back 3 as well.

must have forgotten his catch against Benfica having him back would be a gallop backwards poor player imo
 

Woodyy

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About £3m is being reported..

That's £16m for Bentaleb, £3m for Fazio, £50-55m for Walker, £6m for N'jie (according to Transfermarkt although I can't find any reliable info to back that up? https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/clinton-njie/profil/spieler/241119) and then maybe a few million for McGee. Then if Sissoko is out the door for even half what we paid for him that's closing in on £100m. If we reinvest all of that or even just £75m we should be able to significantly improve our squad.
 
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shelfboy68

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About £3m is being reported..

That's £16m for Bentaleb, £3m for Fazio, £50-55m for Walker, £6m for N'jie (according to Transfermarkt although I can't find any reliable info to back that up? https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/clinton-njie/profil/spieler/241119) and then maybe a few million for McGee. Then if Sissoko is out the door for even half what we paid for him that's closing in on £100m. If we reinvest all of that or even just £75m we should be able to significantly improve our squad.

What the fuck have you been drinking today mate :D
 

Westmorland

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About £3m is being reported..

That's £16m for Bentaleb, £3m for Fazio, £50-55m for Walker, £6m for N'jie (according to Transfermarkt although I can't find any reliable info to back that up? https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/clinton-njie/profil/spieler/241119) and then maybe a few million for McGee. Then if Sissoko is out the door for even half what we paid for him that's closing in on £100m. If we reinvest all of that or even just £75m we should be able to significantly improve our squad.
More lgames ke 500k for the keeper plus a sell on n clause...not forgetting 6-8m for Tom Carroll
 

Arthur Hucksake

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Fazio was rated in the top 5 defenders for last season by many. Mainly because he was playing in a slow, limbering league.
 

Cornpattbuck

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Still can't believe he's only 30 (BBC story had 27, whoops). Could have sworn he was already 37 when he was at Spurs - and I didn't think he was half as bad as many on here!
 
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Syn_13

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Jul 17, 2008
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Fazio was rated in the top 5 defenders for last season by many. Mainly because he was playing in a slow, limbering league.

Ah, I see you watch fuck all Serie A then. It's not end to end stuff like the EPL, but it's certainly not slow and lumbering. In fact, Roma love to play at a high tempo themselves. I guess you assume that every game is a 1 nil catenaccio affair too.

You don't need to be quick to be a good CB. Some top CBs in England over the years have not been quick. Vidic and Terry come to mind. Fazio just didn't suit the style we played and the style of the league. It's not so black and white that you can say a slow CB who was poor over here but is doing well in another league must reinforce the idea that that league is slow or even much worse than ours. He was actually very good in Spain too, hence why we signed him in the first place. Just wasn't the right move for him over here.
 
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