31 Aug 2015 16:05:18
Would really like to wish Fabio well I'm his career.
Whatever you think of him at least he always tried his best and gave 100%.
31 Aug 2015 16:14:07
Decent player who deserved better treatment from Brendan and the club. Hopefully he helps Sunderland nick a few points of our rivals. Best of luck to him and his family.
31 Aug 2015 16:39:16
The caged lion has been free'd
31 Aug 2015 16:39:28
Or nick points off us Indian buzzer? Though in my opinion Borini was never good enough!
31 Aug 2015 17:19:17
Don't know how any player deserves better treatment.
If he's deemed not good enough why should he be selected?
Anyway good luck Fabio, bag a few against Man Utd
31 Aug 2015 17:39:42
Deemed not good enough by a hopeless manager though Ron who would rather give game time to ballotelli.
31 Aug 2015 17:49:25
@ Indian.
The only mistreatment he could've gotten is if he was led to believe he'd get decent game time last summer if he stayed. Idk if that happened or not.
His goal record in the Premier League between ourselves, Chelsea and Sunderland is 1 goal in every 6.7 games, and bear in mind half his goals are penalties he scored at Sunderland. That's about the same strike rate as David N'Gog, and worse than the much derided Andriy Voronin. And I don't his work-rate was all that exceptional, it just looked exceptional compared to Balotelli. He did his share of running, but he wasn't Dirk Kuyt.
Nice fella and all, but not really good enough to have warranted any more chances than he got, imo.
{Ed001's Note - to be fair, Borini usually played out wide.}
31 Aug 2015 18:12:38
While also taking into account that he didn't really ever get a run of games which I'm certain would help any striker score more goals
31 Aug 2015 18:17:37
The fact he was completely outcast is a good example. There was no reason, not one, why you would have had Mario Balotelli In that squad last season ahead of him.
31 Aug 2015 19:43:00
Ron before you trash Fab, remember that it was your BFF who signed him and called him "a very exciting" player so if he has failed the blame should also go to your BFF or will you offer up another excuse for BR buying a flop? You know what? Don`t answer that.