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He said:
"Giuliano has matured as a person and when a player matures there are always improvements that come with that. He brings a new dimension to our team. He's the first line of our defence as well as an attacker. He works very hard for the side," said Fairclough.
"If you run the stats on his career, you'll find his scoring rate has always been around one in two. But it depends on who he is working with. He played in teams that weren't championship sides, which is why his career never took off. Giuliano received criticism for just scoring goals and not contributing anything more to a game, but the problem was he was often playing for sides that didn't accommodate his style of play.
"Being Italian, he is cool and clinical. He is one of those players who, like many classic Italian strikers, just never misses. All he needs is one chance and he'll put it away. He is meticulous in training. Whatever we are doing, he does it with style and class – even if we are just stretching."
Fairclough added: "He is more of a First Division player than a Conference player. I think he will feel good to back in the Football League and will score more than 20 goals next season. Giuliano will tell you himself that if he could add anything to his game he would like to be a yard quicker. But what he has in his favour is intelligence. Over ten yards he is as quick as anyone, because he uses his intelligence to put himself ahead of people."
Graz has been at Barnet for two seasons now and has has scored 53 goals in 74 games and won last seasons Nationwide Conference golden boot and is the clubs player of the year two years running. On the first day of the season The Bees will take on Giulianos old club Bristol Rovers who is home to Junior Agogo who left Barnet for Bristol Rovers for £110,000 and Giuliano Grazioli in the summer of 2003. Graz has score 53 times in 74 games and Junior has scored 27 times in 71 games. Who got the better deal? ;-)
Fairclough said on the oppening day match:
"It's fantastic for us, and we could not have started with a better game. There are so many connections between the clubs, they are a big club and we are expecting a full house after four years in non-league football."
