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Fabinho imo can read the game well but is not the quickest and is getting on with age
Fabinho doesn't read the game well, isn't good enough with the ball, has to sit deeper, off the press and counter press to give him time to react to things because he doesn't read the game well and is too slow about the pitch and hardly ever sprints back when the play goes past him and very VERY rarely eve makes a vital challenge or crucial interception in our own box as you see all other No6's do all season
He isn't a midfielder or No6 in my book because there are so many trademark distinguishing features of what a midfielder and No6/DM do that he simply doesn't do and never has
He was at his best when he effectively had 2 midfield controllers either side of him, he pressed really high and they picked up the considerable slack of him not reading it well by positioning themselves expertly off his position, but ultimately, we got found out playing like that, and teams set up to suck Fab into situations to release players in the space where he should have been, it started in his first season in 18-19
He's fairly good and useful sitting deeper more in front of the back four, but that really limits us playing at our best, we can beat most sides using him that way, but the aim is always to do better and strive to be better and we can be A LOT fucking better without him, I'd still have sold him after 19-20 when the team evolved and played far better in his absence and went backwards when he was brought back in, the writing was on the wall then, but he's a Klopp favourite because he's his signing who became a fan favourite, but he only became a fan favourite and gained cult status through taking Hendo's place as he had taken the armband after Stevie, I don't think Jurgen ever got that or realised it
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