The question I would ask anyone who has been beating the Borini drum is to look at the drop off when he potentially comes in for one of our other players....
That's a very good 'take' on Borini Scott; made all the more relevant by the fact that we should be competing in the League and Champions League with some intent [if not also the FA & League Cups]. If he wasn't 'ready' to participate in this season's push will he be 'ready', for the additional pressures, after a season with Sunderland? Personally I hope he is but I'm just not sure he's of the quality required for the next level.
Is Fabio really 'good enough' to be our first choice cover for any of the lads you mention? Well...
As most of you know I always look for the good in our players and always hope that those who've started slowly will come good. So I have been sitting quietly looking on, when I could, at his progress with Sunderland. I've watched Sunderland quite a bit... looking at them as a neutral.
The thing is, when I look at them as a neutral [setting aside Fabio's affiliation with the Reds]; being honest, of all their players,
only Johnson took my eye.
Put another way - if Fabio Borini wasn't a Red I wouldn't be looking to sign him from Sunderland, at the end of the season, as the quality we need to take us to the next level.If he comes back I hope he sets the place alight but we will still need better, as we push on, in my opinion.
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