"Fabio Borini should never have joined Liverpool"

[DanDanShaw]

Liverpool flop Fabio Borini made a big mistake when deciding to move to Anfield last summer, according to the striker’s agent.

 

Borini has been farmed out on loan to Sunderland after failing to make an impact on Merseyside.

And the Italian’s agent, Marco De Marchi, has admitted his client should have stayed at Roma rather than switching to the Premier League.

 

‘I think Fabio would have been the ideal player for [Zdenek] Zeman [Roma’s former coach] last year,’ De Marchi told Radio Mana Mana.

 

‘But the decision was made to leave Roma. Of course, it all happened very quickly and there was no chance to talk with the coach.

 

‘But having said that, I still think Roma would have been the right team for Fabio.’

The 22-year-old made just 20 appearances for Liverpool last term, scoring two goals in a campaign that was dogged by injury.

[fowler9]

So where in the article does it say he should have never joined Liverpool?

[Bobby Hundreds]

Loaning him out and getting aspas in seems kind of strange they both look similar in terms of being very light weight but have good footballing brains, there's something underlying there in both of them but still can't be sure if it will ever quite bare fruition. I've still hope for aspas though I think his game will look a lot better when he plays alongside Suarez as saurez can carry the ball from midfield and hold it up, at the minute our forwards seem isolated a lot at times that slight problem tactically can unfairly make our forwards look ineffective and if they want to see more of the ball they have to come fairly deep to get it, aspas nor borini look the type to hit you on the break and run with the ball past players.

[Bjornebye]

when did he join?

[Strontium]

Loaning him out and getting aspas in seems kind of strange they both look similar in terms of being very light weight but have good footballing brains, there's something underlying there in both of them but still can't be sure if it will ever quite bare fruition. I've still hope for aspas though I think his game will look a lot better when he plays alongside Suarez as saurez can carry the ball from midfield and hold it up, at the minute our forwards seem isolated a lot at times that slight problem tactically can unfairly make our forwards look ineffective and if they want to see more of the ball they have to come fairly deep to get it, aspas nor borini look the type to hit you on the break and run with the ball past players.

 

I also find it odd, Aspas doesn't look appreciably better than Borini, but Aspas is older and therefore less likely to improve.

[DooooodekNo5]

Still think Borini will be a good striker, probably not for us though.

[Newport]

I also find it odd, Aspas doesn't look appreciably better than Borini, but Aspas is older and therefore less likely to improve.

Unless Aspas was brought in to cover for Borini being loaned out and that the club was just waiting for the Moses deal to come through before Borini was loaned.

 

I'm pretty sure he's coming back next season and that he wouldn't have been at Sunderland this season if his last season hadn't been marred with injuries. He's got a lot of talent, but he needs to play regularly to develop it instead of being a bit-part player for a top club.

[Hermes]

Still think Borini will be a good striker, probably not for us though.

 

 Doubt if he'd accept the wages on offer in the Conference.

[Gym Beglin]

I wonder if Borini's agent is going to get his spaghetti-chomping face battered by Colin Pascoe?

 

Your client got injured. All the time. Now, I'm not sure what Roma's club policy is with regard to players with broken bones, I take it's very similar to ours in that we refer them to a doctor who tries to help the player through a programme whereby his splintered calcium frame can regenerate, so it's very likely he'd have made very little impact at Roma. Under Zemen.

 

I suggest that Borini gets his head out of his arse and sack this dickhead with a big mouth, and then get some games and goals under his belt at lowly Sunderland, and then we'll reassess in the coming months.

[Trucker Paddy]

Roma have proper mugged us in the last 4 years haven't they, bastards

 

 

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[Dan]

I don't think he will ever make it here. Sunderland etc. probably his level

[Babb'sBurstNad]

Still highly rated in Italy apparently. Roma would have gladly kept him.

[redinthehead]

It would be nice to see Borini in form, and not in recovery from one of his myriad injuries.

 

At his best he looks to be very active and especially busy within the box.  Its been reported that he has a poacher's instincts, but I've yet to see that.

 

 

I would guess that Borini was brought in with the thought that he might be ideal to clean up loose balls in the box after Suarez has created chaos.

 

I will agree that niether Borini and Aspas have looked capable of picking a final pass or creating their own chances.

[RedKnight]

His agent is right.

[Guest Numero Veinticinco]

I think they require less from their 21 year olds than some on here. Plus, he did well at Roma and the recent under 21s.

[Trumo]

His agent isn't saying that Borini shouldn't have joined Liverpool. He's just saying that in his opinion, Borini may have done well had he stayed at Roma last year and developed under the then-coach Zdenek Zemen. All fair enough. 

 

Except that he was very keen for Liverpool to sign the player last year, because of how much he personally stood to gain from the deal. I'm fairly certain he wasn't telling either Borini or the media that it would be wise to stay put.

[Gym Beglin]

Aspas needs to stop being fucking tiny, then he might be ok.

 

His shoulders are about a foot apart, it's mental.

[Batigol]

Surprised he was ever compared to Bellamy tbh.  Both mouthy little cunts, but Aspas would make you laugh at him if he squared up to you.

 

Very early days but so far he doesn't look any better than Borini.

[Sangria]

I am not having a go but when I seen him I thought what the fuck, he does not look like a footballer, he looks like a choir boy.  On first impressions he looks too lightweight to make it but it is early, early days, he can prove me wrong and I hope he does.

 

The change we needed the other night was someone in the middle to battle, that is not his fault as he is not that type of player.  He looked a bit lost but hope he turns it around.  

 

Cannot believe I am judging players this early, it is a bit wrong.

[Adebisi]

Only in Englad would a 22 year old be written completely after a dozen games. I know they're different players, but look at Luca Toni, spent a lot of his early career in the lower leagues, made the move up and banged them in. Italians in particular just seem to get better with age. Totti is gonna be 37 this year, still going strong. Di Natale is old as fuck too, still always scores 20+ goals a season. Borini may never reach the level of these guys, but he's 22 and how many 90 minutes has he actually completed? From what I've seen of him for Italy u-21s, he's got goals in him, seems better in the centre than out wide. 

Maybe not the player for us, but I think he'll be a regular goal scorer for someone and probably Italy, as they seem to rate him very highly. I guess we'll see this season what he's made of playing for Sunderland. I reckon he has more goals in him than their other strikers.

As for Aspas, again, he's not completed 90 minutes yet as he? Let's give him time. Looks more someone who will score a few (hopefully important) goals, rather than a load.  

[SpeedyG]

Manager seen enough to decide he needs not to be here this season.

 

Next.

[Liverpool lad]

Can we dig up posts of the blind bastards who rated his superb movement?

[KillerKane]

Did we force him to sign?

[sir roger]

Aspas needs to stop being fucking tiny, then he might be ok.

 

His shoulders are about a foot apart, it's mental.

Was watching that Captain America film at the weekend & when they did the CGI at the start to make him tiny, he reminded me of Borini in stature.

[Coro]

I think they require less from their 21 year olds than some on here. Plus, he did well at Roma and the recent under 21s.

 

What about 23 year olds?