Andy Posted September 24, 2023 Share Posted September 24, 2023 I celebrated his goal like we'd taken the lead in a cup final. Been desperate for him to score Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid Icarus Posted September 24, 2023 Share Posted September 24, 2023 Long overdue and very well deserved. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toon No9 Posted September 24, 2023 Share Posted September 24, 2023 3 hours ago, 54 said: So he attempted 88 passes today, and 86 of them reached their man Our man I hope? ? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexf Posted September 24, 2023 Share Posted September 24, 2023 He's such a calming presence. Anytime the ball gets near him I'm never particularly worried. Even today early on before we had settled he just won all his duels and stepped in proactively. Also some of his passes through midfield were excellent. If the Brighton game is anything to go by, I think as others said, his fitness is crucial to our success this year. Crikey at his age that's crazy to think. What a player we have. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unbelievable Posted September 25, 2023 Share Posted September 25, 2023 He makes defending look completely effortless, which is a massive compliment for a player his age. He won’t make headlines with last ditch heroics, but he’s the exact type of defender you want to build your foundations upon, just relentlessly efficient. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorkie Posted September 25, 2023 Share Posted September 25, 2023 I think his beaming smile after his goal yesterday might have been my favourite moment, in an afternoon of so many great moments. For a T-800 he's really mastered smiling, just proves that he's a different breed. You get the impression that he absolutely loves it here. Absolutely brilliant signing. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeyt Posted September 25, 2023 Share Posted September 25, 2023 How do people rate him compared to Woodgate in terms of our best centre backs in the PL? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sima Posted September 25, 2023 Share Posted September 25, 2023 Just now, joeyt said: How do people rate him compared to Woodgate in terms of our best centre backs in the PL? Better. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobsonsWonderland Posted September 25, 2023 Share Posted September 25, 2023 1 minute ago, Sima said: Better. Not yet.. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jordan Posted September 25, 2023 Share Posted September 25, 2023 Shit myself when he went down, last player we need getting injured atm. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrRaspberryJam Posted September 25, 2023 Share Posted September 25, 2023 (edited) 2 minutes ago, joeyt said: How do people rate him compared to Woodgate in terms of our best centre backs in the PL? He's streets ahead of Coloccini and he's obviously way less injury-prone than Woodgate. For me he's the best CB we've had in my lifetime. It's not exactly a high bar but we've definitely not had anyone better imo. Edited September 25, 2023 by MrRaspberryJam Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeyt Posted September 25, 2023 Share Posted September 25, 2023 Schar should be in the discussion too Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shays Given Tim Flowers Posted September 25, 2023 Share Posted September 25, 2023 Schar could be regarded as one of our best ever transfers. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid Icarus Posted September 25, 2023 Share Posted September 25, 2023 5 minutes ago, joeyt said: How do people rate him compared to Woodgate in terms of our best centre backs in the PL? Not quite there yet, but the argument can be made on his availability alone. Schar on the other hand is already there for me as the best CB I've seen at the club. Not only that he's probably the most criminally underrated player I can think of both inside and outside of our fanbase. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorkie Posted September 25, 2023 Share Posted September 25, 2023 He isn't even the best CB in the team currently for me. Tbh at this point I can't remember enough about Woodgate to directly and fairly compare him to someone I've recently seen play ~50 times. Woodgate was obviously brilliant because we were a different team with him in it and he ended up moving to Real Madrid, but Sven has the potential to be one of the best in the business. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The College Dropout Posted September 25, 2023 Share Posted September 25, 2023 "The best ability is availability" Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrRaspberryJam Posted September 25, 2023 Share Posted September 25, 2023 1 minute ago, The College Dropout said: "The best ability is availability" You're quite the philosopher. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid Icarus Posted September 25, 2023 Share Posted September 25, 2023 These things can't help but bring out the habitual lister in me 1. Schar 2. Woodgate 3. Albert 4. Botman 5. Coloccini Something like that Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcmk Posted September 25, 2023 Share Posted September 25, 2023 I think we are under selling Woodgate a fair bit, let's not forget the players he had to play alongside at the time. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeyt Posted September 25, 2023 Share Posted September 25, 2023 I'm convinced Lejeune could have been great if he had more luck with injuries and not had Bruce Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackyboy Posted September 25, 2023 Share Posted September 25, 2023 He just goes about his business without any fuss. Great defender and will only get better. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Prophet Posted September 25, 2023 Share Posted September 25, 2023 I love Schar as much as the next man and he was as good as, if not better than Botman last season. Botman is a more intelligent defender though. His positioning and footballing brain are superb. Great partnership though. It'll be tough finding a replacement for Schar. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeyt Posted September 25, 2023 Share Posted September 25, 2023 I think we had a few games under Rafa where we had Schar, Fede and Lejeune in a back 3/5 and it was dreamy Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jack j Posted September 25, 2023 Share Posted September 25, 2023 Already played 13 more games than Woodgate did for us Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lush Vlad Posted September 25, 2023 Share Posted September 25, 2023 (edited) Run out of ways to describe how good he is. Arguably our most important player now and along with the rest of the back 5. Keeping him fit, the same as last season, is going to have a massive bearing on our season. As alexf rightly pointed out. Ando doing his maniacal laughing again when he scored Edited September 25, 2023 by Lush Vlad Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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