Yeah, that box headed little gobshite Owen fucking off on the eve of a new season.
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Yeah, that box headed little gobshite Owen fucking off on the eve of a new season.
Well we do know our manager actually knows something about this Italian player and has seen him play.
Unlike when we signed those two.
Jim Boardman @JimBoardman
"@TheAnfieldWrap: According to @LFCBoston @John_W_Henry told a fan over there that we’ve signed Fabio Borini."
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Borini's weird hand-in-mouth celebration explained, plus some stuff about his work rate:
http://goallegacy.forumotion.com/t17600-borini-keeps-on-running
http://goallegacy.forumotion.com/t17600-borini-keeps-on-running
As any fool knows, he's english to the bone.
Ross the Red @RossTheRed1
@LFCBoston "we got that guy from Roma" - john Henry I heard this is a quote from the man himself
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I like how our owner runs around spilling the beans to random strangers.
He's rich and got a sexy wife, he doesn't give a fuck.
He's rich and got a sexy wife, he doesn't give a fuck.
Not a random stranger. It's Rosco.
Nicked from another forum:
Borini's agent has been interviewed in the Italian media. Confirms that Liverpool made an offer to Roma and that only a few details remain for an agreement to be sealed. Stated that the player knows about all this, that he (the agent) will be speaking to Roma in the next few hours and that together they will make a decision on Borini's future.
Zeman apperantly has agreed to the sale
Borini's agent has been interviewed in the Italian media. Confirms that Liverpool made an offer to Roma and that only a few details remain for an agreement to be sealed. Stated that the player knows about all this, that he (the agent) will be speaking to Roma in the next few hours and that together they will make a decision on Borini's future.
Zeman apperantly has agreed to the sale
good fee that is - a potentially excellent striker, under 10 million pounds ... good deal.
mark, would you say Like jelovic, the guy who signed for everton - he's no torres 2007-2009, but he'll get you 12-15 goals a season
He's played mostly on the right hand side of a 3 man attack. At least for Roma.
Only a good thing that he can play in several positions though.
Swapping positions between Bellamy, Suarez and Borini will give you one helluva frontline.
Great read about Borini. I LOL at the dressing room bit..
A team player and model pro: What Liverpool can expect from Fabio Borini by Italian football expert Mina Rzouki
He's still a boy off the pitch but can be the man for Brendan Rodgers on it, says our Serie A ace
The Fab forward: Borini in action for Roma
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Off the pitch it is evident that Liverpool target Fabio Borini is still a very young man. Reserved and softly spoken, his mannerisms regularly betray him revealing a nervous edge. Looking away as he answers his questions, his personal life guarded with ferociousness.
On the field however, we see the other side of the hungry striker. “I like his anger,” Carlo Ancelotti grinned as he described the young Italian he used to manage at Chelsea. “His meanness, and his desire to always be the first on the ball.”
As a player, Borini is the poster child for dedication and commitment. For him, football is simply not a game to enjoy but rather a profession to master. It is this precise determination to succeed that has seen Borini establish himself both at club and international level. Perhaps the precise reason why, as a youngster, he often deliberated over his decision to be a footballer. How much will he have to sacrifice to be the very best?
Born into a family of athletes, Borini knew he had to be a sportsman. His father Roberto ran the 400 metres races at an amateur level, his sister Gloria was a long jumper whilst his mother Cynthia regularly partook in marathons. Sport was the answer and Fabio entered the world of football becoming a youth product of Bologna, the football club he and his family supported.
Fabio Borini: he's got a point
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Determined but rarely spectacular, Borini always played alongside someone who appeared to be better than him. Yet despite his relative mediocrity, it was difficult to ignore his predatory nature and his instinct for goal. So much so that Chelsea came knocking.
Leaving his country and his family behind, Borini came to England and the sacrifices for his profession had begun. He often spoke of loneliness, of the difficulty in settling into a country he felt to be so different to his own but gradually he began to enjoy it. He took up cooking lessons, trained heavily and quickly became the first choice striker for the Chelsea reserve team before scoring 10 goals in 11 games the next year to finish as top scorer.
Borini's eye for a goal and his great finishing demanded attention. “At Chelsea, Ancelotti defined me as a nuisance like [Filippo] Inzaghi,” he recalls. Displaying the same hunger for goal and the same lethality in the box, Borini was a little Inzaghi but to describe his as just a goal scorer is simply an injustice.
Tactically flexible, the ex-Chelsea player can play any position in attack, on the left, through the middle or on the right. He can play as the centre forward or as a second striker as he can exploit his pace and willingness to uncover space when deployed in a more withdrawn role. Additionally, his sacrificial nature sees him eager to provide for the side when out of possession whilst statistically, he produced more tackles than any other attacking player for Roma last season.
Can Borini tackle Liverpool's league form?
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His overall game combined with his intensity intrigued Ancelotti, who offered him the chance to form part of Chelsea’s Champions League squad. The Italian Coach always smiled when he recalled the boy, explaining to la Gazzetta dello Sport how the 17-year-old ordered his teammates to turn off the stereo that was pumping rap music, as it always did before every game. “I need silence to concentrate!”
It’s perhaps interesting to note than when asked what was the most important lesson he learned as a young footballer, Borini replied: “In the locker room, the newcomer should always be quiet. In the beginning I used to just say what I thought.”
The striker was loaned out to Swansea where he scored six goals in 12 matches, Parma than decided to bring Borini back to Italy in the summer of 2011 before loaning him out to Roma, who had just embarked on a new project with Luis Enrique at the helm.
Under the Spaniard, Borini developed his game even further and, despite fierce competition from Roma’s vast array of attacking talent, the young striker grabbed the many chances he was offered to exhibit his talent. His undeniable technique, his work off the ball and his pressing game proved invaluable for Roma and his devastating performances against Claudio Ranieri’s Inter side and Palermo allowed his team to accumulate much needed points at a time in which they were fighting for a spot in Europe.
So what can he bring to Brendan Rodgers’ Liverpool side? Fiercely competitive and eager to impose himself, Borini is curiously calm under pressure and hardly ever intimidated regardless of the amount of stars he has played alongside. Aware of his quality, his insatiable right foot and the ability to score goals, he finished last season as Roma’s second highest goal-scorer.
Despite his many qualities, though, Borini is very much a boy whose talents require refinement. The easiest Roma player to be dispossessed, he struggles for control at times and his natural inclination to always play the ball to feet makes has seen him fail in his attempts to provide crosses to the middle. Curiously Liverpool were statistically the most successful side in the Premier League last season in terms of crossing ability but Rodgers’ Swansea side were one of the poorest.
What Liverpool can expect, should they manage to complete the deal, is a team player and a model professional. Borini may be reserved off the pitch and uninterested in joining his teammates on nights out but on the pitch, he will do all he can to provide them with what they need to drive their team forward.
A team player and model pro: What Liverpool can expect from Fabio Borini by Italian football expert Mina Rzouki
He's still a boy off the pitch but can be the man for Brendan Rodgers on it, says our Serie A ace
The Fab forward: Borini in action for Roma
Getty
Off the pitch it is evident that Liverpool target Fabio Borini is still a very young man. Reserved and softly spoken, his mannerisms regularly betray him revealing a nervous edge. Looking away as he answers his questions, his personal life guarded with ferociousness.
On the field however, we see the other side of the hungry striker. “I like his anger,” Carlo Ancelotti grinned as he described the young Italian he used to manage at Chelsea. “His meanness, and his desire to always be the first on the ball.”
As a player, Borini is the poster child for dedication and commitment. For him, football is simply not a game to enjoy but rather a profession to master. It is this precise determination to succeed that has seen Borini establish himself both at club and international level. Perhaps the precise reason why, as a youngster, he often deliberated over his decision to be a footballer. How much will he have to sacrifice to be the very best?
Born into a family of athletes, Borini knew he had to be a sportsman. His father Roberto ran the 400 metres races at an amateur level, his sister Gloria was a long jumper whilst his mother Cynthia regularly partook in marathons. Sport was the answer and Fabio entered the world of football becoming a youth product of Bologna, the football club he and his family supported.
Fabio Borini: he's got a point
Getty
Determined but rarely spectacular, Borini always played alongside someone who appeared to be better than him. Yet despite his relative mediocrity, it was difficult to ignore his predatory nature and his instinct for goal. So much so that Chelsea came knocking.
Leaving his country and his family behind, Borini came to England and the sacrifices for his profession had begun. He often spoke of loneliness, of the difficulty in settling into a country he felt to be so different to his own but gradually he began to enjoy it. He took up cooking lessons, trained heavily and quickly became the first choice striker for the Chelsea reserve team before scoring 10 goals in 11 games the next year to finish as top scorer.
Borini's eye for a goal and his great finishing demanded attention. “At Chelsea, Ancelotti defined me as a nuisance like [Filippo] Inzaghi,” he recalls. Displaying the same hunger for goal and the same lethality in the box, Borini was a little Inzaghi but to describe his as just a goal scorer is simply an injustice.
Tactically flexible, the ex-Chelsea player can play any position in attack, on the left, through the middle or on the right. He can play as the centre forward or as a second striker as he can exploit his pace and willingness to uncover space when deployed in a more withdrawn role. Additionally, his sacrificial nature sees him eager to provide for the side when out of possession whilst statistically, he produced more tackles than any other attacking player for Roma last season.
Can Borini tackle Liverpool's league form?
Getty
His overall game combined with his intensity intrigued Ancelotti, who offered him the chance to form part of Chelsea’s Champions League squad. The Italian Coach always smiled when he recalled the boy, explaining to la Gazzetta dello Sport how the 17-year-old ordered his teammates to turn off the stereo that was pumping rap music, as it always did before every game. “I need silence to concentrate!”
It’s perhaps interesting to note than when asked what was the most important lesson he learned as a young footballer, Borini replied: “In the locker room, the newcomer should always be quiet. In the beginning I used to just say what I thought.”
The striker was loaned out to Swansea where he scored six goals in 12 matches, Parma than decided to bring Borini back to Italy in the summer of 2011 before loaning him out to Roma, who had just embarked on a new project with Luis Enrique at the helm.
Under the Spaniard, Borini developed his game even further and, despite fierce competition from Roma’s vast array of attacking talent, the young striker grabbed the many chances he was offered to exhibit his talent. His undeniable technique, his work off the ball and his pressing game proved invaluable for Roma and his devastating performances against Claudio Ranieri’s Inter side and Palermo allowed his team to accumulate much needed points at a time in which they were fighting for a spot in Europe.
So what can he bring to Brendan Rodgers’ Liverpool side? Fiercely competitive and eager to impose himself, Borini is curiously calm under pressure and hardly ever intimidated regardless of the amount of stars he has played alongside. Aware of his quality, his insatiable right foot and the ability to score goals, he finished last season as Roma’s second highest goal-scorer.
Despite his many qualities, though, Borini is very much a boy whose talents require refinement. The easiest Roma player to be dispossessed, he struggles for control at times and his natural inclination to always play the ball to feet makes has seen him fail in his attempts to provide crosses to the middle. Curiously Liverpool were statistically the most successful side in the Premier League last season in terms of crossing ability but Rodgers’ Swansea side were one of the poorest.
What Liverpool can expect, should they manage to complete the deal, is a team player and a model professional. Borini may be reserved off the pitch and uninterested in joining his teammates on nights out but on the pitch, he will do all he can to provide them with what they need to drive their team forward.
What happened?
That's what I thought too. Sounds like a perfect replacement for Kuyt.
Didn't see anything in that article to suggest his second touch is a tackle. 🙄
Just kidding Dirk.
"he struggles for control at times"
John Arne Riise got a good look at Craig Bellamys 7 Iron
Not because he wouldn't go out though?
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