Fabian Schär

[Viana]

I remember Schar being quite highly rated when he came through at Basel. That said, I’m pleasantly surprised to see him thriving in a back four that plays such a high line. 

 

His time under Rafa and Bruce was quite polarising, and speaks to one manager that understood him and one that didn’t.
 

I think he’s had one or two poor moments lately (Brentford’s first penalty and Sunday’s goal) but his playmaking abilities when teams sit off us is huge. 

[HawK]

4 hours ago, sushimonster85 said:

Surely next season (assuming we do get a more attack mided LB) then Targett would be the more natural backup LB? Him coming in would mean not altering the way we're playing as much as Burn next season.  

Yep, not sure where you're coming from @The College Dropout, I think Lascelles is fine backup for Schar atm, with Burn for Botman and Targett for whomever we hopefully sign. The priority has to be a top tier left back before any other further cover imo. 

[Lenny]

5 hours ago, Kanji said:

 

You should look at the average positions - Schar is the clear higher up CB and Botman is the one who's usually mopping up deeper. Schar's at his best when he's very aggresive winning the ball like that - recall his world class performance under Rafa at Leicester in 2019 (?) 

 

The CB's are both instructed to aggresively press and win back the ball when they come into the CF or wingers, ala Schar for Murph's howitzer and ala Botman for Willock's header v Man United. 

Fair enough

 

My perception was that whilst he tends to roam forward more, he's less aggressive at pressing when opposition players are actively in our third than Botman.

[The College Dropout]

22 minutes ago, HawK said:

Yep, not sure where you're coming from @The College Dropout, I think Lascelles is fine backup for Schar atm, with Burn for Botman and Targett for whomever we hopefully sign. The priority has to be a top tier left back before any other further cover imo. 

Agree to disagree. Only thing I agree about is the LB being a higher priority. 
 

And I like Lascelles a lot. But I wouldn’t want to see him start 12 games next season. Although I would love him to captain the team while the CL music is playing behind him. Just so he always has that moment. He’s been a great leader for us. But that’s my sentimentality talking.  

[Guest]

Not in training pics. Worrying

[The Prophet]

8 minutes ago, Jack27 said:

Not in training pics. Worrying

 

You'd imagine him and Bruno will be given extra recovery time. 

[TRon]

14 minutes ago, The Prophet said:

 

You'd imagine him and Bruno will be given extra recovery time. 

 

Think there's a fair chance he'll be out going from Howe's presser. He seemed to think Bruno would be fine, but seemed more doubtful when asked about Schar.

[LiquidAK]

Absolutely gutted this guys regular thunderbastard got chalked off

[Newcastle Fan]

disappointed his goal didn't count but he's been one of the best CBs in the league this season, superb yet again today.

[Yorkie]

Shout out for this guy tonight, thought he was arguably the only one who was brilliant throughout, given the general sloppiness in stages. He didn't put a foot wrong though and was critical to denying DCL that chance early on. Was denied an absolutely gorgeous goal too, which was a tragedy. What a stunning finish that was. 

[Kid Icarus]

Goes onto the shanly disallowed goals of the season list with MacAllister and Tielemens 

[Teslact]

Fab shaking his head as he walks past Burn on around 20s 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited April 28, 2023 by Teslact
Embedded it properly this time

[TBG]

Pinged another lovely ball out to Big Joe, scores an albeit disallowed worldie.

 

Worth trying in midfield for the last two or three if we secure Champs League by then? 

[Ace]

3 minutes ago, TBG said:

Pinged another lovely ball out to Big Joe, scores an albeit disallowed worldie.

 

Worth trying in midfield for the last two or three if we secure Champs League by then? 

Being good on the ball and playing some passes as a CB is a different world to playing in midfield. 

[TBG]

Yeah but look how we've transitioned Joelinton from a striker to an absolute beast in midfield. 

[Mazzy]

6 minutes ago, TBG said:

Pinged another lovely ball out to Big Joe, scores an albeit disallowed worldie.

 

Worth trying in midfield for the last two or three if we secure Champs League by then? 

 

The only way I want to see him in midfield again is if it's the last game of the season and we've already secured 3rd by 10+ points and all the players can draw their positions from a hat before the game. 

[TBG]

So you're saying it's a possibility? Interesting. 

[Aiston]

6 hours ago, Teslact said:

Fab shaking his head as he walks past Burn on around 20s 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Is there a cat in the changing room ?

 

[Wolfcastle]

You Schar make me feel like loving you, loving you yeah baby (would beat DJ Otzi)

 

Like the symbolism of a centre-half getting a would be 5th.  Way he sets it up nevermind the strike, stylish as fuck.

 

 

Edited April 28, 2023 by Wolfcastle

[nemtizz]

[joeyt]

 

 

 

[Sempiternal]

Thank the lord Bruce left before he could sell him 

[joeyt]

https://twitter.com/fabianschaer/status/1662908833876811776

 

"gonna miss playing in black and white"

 

 

 

"for the next few weeks"

 

[toon25]

I'll miss this handsome fucker too.

 

My player of the season.

[Shak]

Seems like the plan is to bring in a RCB as Botman's partner.

 

Schar and Burn will primarily be the backup CBs you'd guess but I wonder if we'll see Schar used as a RB on occasion?

 

I'm not advocating making him a full time RB before any of you start, just thinking that it's nice when your backup players can do a decent job in a number of roles and having two backup CBs in Burn and Schar who can also play full-back would give us some nice versatile depth.