Fabian Schär

[Holmesy]

8 hours ago, Pilko said:

We'll obviously miss an excellent defender and ball player when the moment comes that he's pensioned off, but I think we will miss his goals nearly as much. Class act.

I don't think there's another CB like him in world football. He'll be such a big miss when he finally retires.

Genuinely one of my favourite Toon players of all time.

[Erikse]

4 minutes ago, PauloGeordio said:

💪🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
 

 

Must say I love that banner! But I hope Joelinton doesn't read it. He'll commit murder.

[PauloGeordio]

3 minutes ago, Erikse said:

 

Must say I love that banner! But I hope Joelinton doesn't read it. He'll commit murder.

Marauding mutha fucka! 

[TBG]

Only two goals behind Jude Bellingham this season. Makes you wonder.

[joeyt]

Is he drunk?

[NEEJ]

2 minutes ago, joeyt said:

Is he drunk?

Had an absolute shitter. Probably at fault for their 3rd and 4th goals. 

[David Edgar]

I think he is over the hill.

[The Butcher]

Been very poor overall this season. Can't get close to strikers anymore. 

 

3 minutes ago, NEEJ said:

Had an absolute shitter. Probably at fault for their 3rd and 4th goals. 

Didn't do owt for their second either.

[nufc123]

39 minutes ago, David Edgar said:

I think he is over the hill.

Something that was a concern before the season started.

[Smal]

Really embarrassing for the 4th. Sadly this season I think we're seeing why we need a right-footed centre back pretty quickly. 

[TRon]

41 minutes ago, David Edgar said:

I think he is over the hill.

 

He's been at fault for too many goals, that's for sure.

[Kid Icarus]

Seems like we maybe should have rotated more if anything. 2 games in a week at his age will make mistakes more likely. Brilliant on Wednesday, shocking today, likewise (albeit to a lesser extent) Joelinton. 

[500bhp]

43 minutes ago, David Edgar said:

I think he is over the hill.

Yes, some older players fade very quickly, some gradually. Fab is in the former unfortunately. Obvious now why we wanted a new right CB last summer. 

 

Think he'll be benched once Sven is back. Even if it means plating two left CBs. 

[Lush Vlad]

His passing has been dodgy all season and he has made a few mistakes here and there. But today was bad. 
 

He was partly at fault for all 4 goals. 

 

 

Edited December 7, 2024 by Lush Vlad

[TRon]

 

" I telt yers all alaang but no won wanted ta listen!"

[TRC]

Love the man, but he’s just not with it this year.

[nufcjmc]

Age catching up to him? Too many games? No one for competition? Still to agree his future? All of it? 

 

I want a fair few players out of the side to try and freshen up and give them a kick in the arse they need but don't see anyone taking his place off him without a signing. 

 

If there is any budget at all is it an attacker or a defender both departments trying their best to make a case for new signings. 

[alexf]

7 hours ago, Kid Icarus said:

Seems like we maybe should have rotated more if anything. 2 games in a week at his age will make mistakes more likely. Brilliant on Wednesday, shocking today, likewise (albeit to a lesser extent) Joelinton. 

 

Rotate him with who though? Kelly? We literally have no other choice until we sign someone better or Lascelles and Botman get back fit and healthy.

 

We went into a premier league season with only 3 fit senior CBs, 2 over 33 and another on a free who is a LB/CB hybrid and so far has looked poor. 

 

I bet if we went through every other squad, especially the teams we're meant to be competing with for europe, I bet they have far more depth at CB than we do. Villa, Spurs, Chelsea, Man U, Brighton, West Ham, all have atleast 4 senior CBs off the top of my head.

[Joelinton7]

Read a piece on “True Faith” that included a bit where the writer thought Fabian Schar wasn’t very good. Eat it. 
 

 

[TBG]

More goals than Jude Bellingham in cup games this season

 

 

 

[Ben]

If he wants it, we have to give him at least another 1 year contract 

[alexf]

Offensively he's still one of the best around for a CB.

 

Legs have definitely gone from a defensive point of view. Pretty much every game now he's sliding in for stuff and not getting there anymore. It's the classic thing of he body not performing as your head thinks it still can. 

 

If we leave him and Burn exposed with careless passing like Osula tonight and Barnes did in that Brentford away game then it's going to be a goal near enough everytime unfortunately.

 

However I feel sorry for both Burn and Schar in that the club have unfortunately left Eddie short of options and the old boys need to play every min of every game and generally have played well when not exposed. 

 

But we do need to give them protection because pace is a real issue for us if not.

 

 

Edited December 19, 2024 by alexf

[Heron]

2 minutes ago, alexf said:

Offensively he's still one of the best around for a CB.

 

Legs have definitely gone from a defensive point of view. Pretty much every game now he's sliding in for stuff and not getting there anymore. It's the classic thing of he body not performing as your head thinks it still can. 

 

If we leave him and Burn exposed with careless passing like Osula tonight and Barnes did in that Brentford away game then it's going to be a goal near enough everytime unfortunately.

 

However I feel sorry for both Burn and Schar in that the club have unfortunately left Eddie short of options and the old boys need to play every min of every game and generally have played well when not exposed. 

 

But we do need to give them protection because pace is a real issue for us if not.

 

 

 

Fair but it's not the club. It's PSR/FFP and the PL.

 

 

Edited December 19, 2024 by Heron

[alexf]

1 minute ago, Heron said:

Fair but it's not the club. It's PSR and the PL.

I know 100%, but from the perspective tha the rules were set in place. It's not too unkind to suggest our recruitment for building the squad has left us short in some areas.

 

We knew Botman and Lascelles were long term injuries way in advance of the summer window. Granted we tried to get that Tosin guy who went to Chelsea and then picked up Kelly before throwing all our eggs in the Guehi basket. So I guess they tried, but it doesn't excuse the fact they failed.

 

Perhaps they expected Kelly to be better than he has shown. None the less even then, just having 3 fit senior CBs in the squad when two of them are around 32+ I think was too risky. We're already a little screwed by the fact Schar is now out of the 1st leg of the cup and I believe is 1 booking away from a league suspension also.

[Heron]

1 minute ago, alexf said:

I know 100%, but from the perspective tha the rules were set in place. It's not too unkind to suggest our recruitment for building the squad has left us short in some areas.

 

We knew Botman and Lascelles were long term injuries way in advance of the summer window. Granted we tried to get that Tosin guy who went to Chelsea and then picked up Kelly before throwing all our eggs in the Guehi basket. So I guess they tried, but it doesn't excuse the fact they failed.

 

Perhaps they expected Kelly to be better than he has shown. None the less even then, just having 3 fit senior CBs in the squad when two of them are around 32+ I think was too risky. We're already a little screwed by the fact Schar is now out of the 1st leg of the cup and I believe is 1 booking away from a league suspension also.

Botman might be back soon and whilst it's naive I think we can survive.

 

I think when you read opinions across the board in here it's generally RW and CF that folk thought we needed to bolster. We simply couldn't afford 2 upgrades to our first 11 let alone 3. Granted we got 0.

 

Us signing Guehi and getting a fine tune out of him would have set out back four up for a decade imo. But we base our football on attacking it would seem. The main thing stopping us above all else is our incapbility to spend what we have not our transfer policy imo. All of the signings made have been good and sensible and Howe has proven it.

 

We've been hamstrung by corrupt governing bodies and their minions.