Liverpool Scout - Borini

Came across this website a little while ago and thought I should share it with you.

http://liverpoolscout.com/2012/07/12/fabio-borini-a-comprehensive-analysis/

The author writes articles that is based on statistical analysis which makes pretty good reading.

 

Style of Play
The Italian’s involvement in build up play was relatively small; making only 16 key passes over the duration of the season (0.7 per game), none of which resulted in an assist. This figure is stereotypical of a centre forward (i.e. Carroll with 1.2 KP per game) rather than a wide player (Suárez with 2.1 KP per game) but having played the majority (67%) of the season on the wing, one would expect a higher contribution from the Italian. Further, his passing accuracy was a lowly 75.7%, which generally attests to poor key pass accuracy in the final third.

Shooting
Borini is an exciting young forward, who empirically, has an array of finishing techniques. For Roma this season, the Italian scored 7 goals with his accurate, yet semi-powerful right boot, whilst the remaining two came from his left foot. Of his 7 right footed goals, two were goal mouth tap-ins, the result of acute passes from the wing precisely aimed at the perfectly positioned forward. Many discredit tap-ins as “easy” or “non-miss-able” chances, but I believe it testifies to the forward’s instinctive ability to be in the right place at the right time. This is in stark contrast to Liverpool’s forwards this season, who were more often than not, caught out of position, either too deep in the play or having pushed out wide to create the chance themselves and leaving goal chances begging. In other words, his instinctive and disciplined positioning is a feature we lacked.

 

I can see him playing as the main CF as opposed to on the wings?

 

If Carroll goes yes defo.

 

If Carroll goes, then we can expect another striker to come in ...

 

so to trnaslate he can't pass, he doesn't get involved and he's got a powderpuff right foot.

so this is why the fee is so cheap then....

 

The above is true though, we need a finisher and he does get goals.

 

His work rate up front is very good and will hopefully put the defenders under constant pressure and help induce mistakes.

We were guilty of not pressing high enough (with the exception of Suarez) which basically invited pressure onto the midfield straight away.

And he is very mobile and moves intelligently - as mentioned in the article, we were quite static at times last season.