Fabio Borini

[Shaggy]

Yep not great first impressions, but like everyone else I want to see him through the middle. He has practically no suitable attributes for playing wide. Don't understand it. At Swansea Rodgers used very different sorts to Borini out wide - he permed two from Sinclair, Dyer and Routledge; all quick, dribbling types with the ability to beat a man and score. Find it odd that he'd put Borini out wide. What the **** is it with Liverpool FC that makes managers play out and out centre forwards on the wing? Remember Heskey on the left wing?

[Tee]

Yep not great first impressions, but like everyone else I want to see him through the middle. He has practically no suitable attributes for playing wide. Don't understand it. At Swansea Rodgers used very different sorts to Borini out wide - he permed two from Sinclair, Dyer and Routledge; all quick, dribbling types with the ability to beat a man and score. Find it odd that he'd put Borini out wide. What the **** is it with Liverpool FC that makes managers play out and out centre forwards on the wing? Remember Heskey on the left wing?

Spot on Shaggy. It is utterly infuriating at times seeing good players play out of position for us. On a regular basis as well.

[Norbs]

Yeah its strange that he's playing wide considering he is best poaching in the box. He should play central with Suarez left and Sterling on the right

I'm really surprised that we persist with Suarez in the middle. He needs to be creating and not having the pressure of finishing everything off. He's trying too hard at the moment and his game's suffering. Suarez on the right when Borini's playing collecting the ball further out and troubling full backs would be more beneficial to the team

[JohnDoe]

Yep not great first impressions, but like everyone else I want to see him through the middle. He has practically no suitable attributes for playing wide. Don't understand it. At Swansea Rodgers used very different sorts to Borini out wide - he permed two from Sinclair, Dyer and Routledge; all quick, dribbling types with the ability to beat a man and score. Find it odd that he'd put Borini out wide. What the **** is it with Liverpool FC that makes managers play out and out centre forwards on the wing? Remember Heskey on the left wing?

The worse thing about it is that he was bought to play wide. That was the intent. It's not like Kuyt being signed as a striker and then moved out to the right after a year to compliment the Torres/Gerrard strike force.

Think Rodgers tried to copy Barcelona too much by playing a striker out wide to synergize with a false nine in the middle. Only problem is Borini can't lace Villa's boots, and Suarez doesn't have an ounce of Messi's finishing ability and killer instinct.

[Neil Young]

Spot on Shaggy. It is utterly infuriating at times seeing good players play out of position for us. On a regular basis as well.

Heskey too.

[The Birdman]

I think Borini is will be a 15 goals a season plus for us.
Once he gets used to the pace of the PL and our style of play and we start creating more chances he'll score more than his far share.
His movement and runs are top class.

Happy to join the play him through the middle club as well, would benefit Suarez and Borini.

[RedReet]

Another one here in the "play him through the middle" club

If we had a less mobile forward playing alongside him (ie Carroll say), then I could understand it, however Suarez game is fine for coming from wide, dropping off etc so I just don't understand their respective roles at the moment.

I know its not entirely fair to compare them, but I wonder how a young Fowler when he just broke into the first team would have performed out wide in a front 3?

He'd have been awesome.

[the rev leeroy brown]

for borini read babel

babel out wide didnt work ( ****ing rafa ) but through the middle he changed into a better player. borini is the same. he doesnt seem to want to be there. i reckon in the middle with suarez wide would bring far more goals or even just chances.

[Nicey]

Henry & Berkamp did not score in there first 7 games for Arsenal apparently

[DannyMan2006]

I think Borini will come good at LFC. At present we are struggling in the final third, but once the ideas of Rodgers start to sink in, I'm confident that Borini and the others will benefit.

What's clear is that the best work of Borini will come from him being in the box and I think once we show more patience in the build up he will have more opportunity to get in there and poach.

What I really love about this lad is that whilst we haven't seen his best football, his willingness to work and help out is second to none. I've seen times in games, particularly against Arsenal, where he looked very weary, but he'd just get his head down, suck it in and give his absolute all to chase back.

No question this guy is a team player and it means that he will always contribute, unlike other players who will look good on their day, but as much use as mittens to a snake when they're off their game.

I'm confident that come the end of the season, we'll see why this player was purchased and see it as very good business on our part.

[Slinky Skills]

First impressions isn't it. Nothing wrong with giving a first impression. It doesn't mean we have condemned him as a failure already. Chill out Slinky you drama Queen

Drama Queen!

[dom9]

How do people think he's doing? It's not clicking at the moment, is it?

He played in his favoured central role yesterday but I don't recall him having a decent chance. Maybe the air shot, possibly.

Is he getting into good positions and not being picked out, or is he getting bad positions because it is too difficult to pick him out?

[dww]

Did't see the game yesterday but in other games his movement/positions have looked good. On the other hand he's not looked confident when the ball comes to him.

[Rich]

Last night he made some good runs which weren't pick out, he also worked his arse off. So that's positive.

However, at the moment his control and touch when with the ball isn't too hot. He also played the ball back from where it came from too often, rather than holding the ball up, try to turn the defender or playing it to some in an advanced. Basically he took the easy option a few too many times for me when he had his back to goal.

[dww]

Last night he made some good runs which weren't pick out, he also worked his arse off. So that's positive.

However, at the moment his control and touch when with the ball isn't too hot. He also played the ball back from where it came from too often, rather than holding the ball up, try to turn the defender or playing it to some in an advanced. Basically he took the easy option a few too many times for me when he had his back to goal.

I sometimes wonder whether that is part of the system we are looking to play though.