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4 hours ago, KaKa said:

 

Once he had a better idea of his speed he had him figured out. First half he didn't seem to realise or have a good idea of how quick the striker was. Quality defender. Love the fact that he doesn't fall to pieces when he makes a mistake, but instead seems to adjust and get better from there onwards.

Must be so frustrating for an opponent when they think they're about to have a great day.

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13 minutes ago, joeyt said:

Not particularly worried but he's been pretty poor in some games recently.

 

 

Suppose we forget he's a young lad and any dip in the overall team he's likely to suffer. He was horribly exposed mind.

 

One thing that concerns me is that for a team of midgets villa seemed to connect with any ball sent in 

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He’s gotten weirdly indecisive on the ball as of late, which he wasn’t earlier in the season. He seems to take like 1-2 extra touches too much for my liking at the moment. I’m assuming it’s confidence right now. 

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6 hours ago, Kanji said:

He’s gotten weirdly indecisive on the ball as of late, which he wasn’t earlier in the season. He seems to take like 1-2 extra touches too much for my liking at the moment. I’m assuming it’s confidence right now. 

I think it's a simple case of too much intense football and pressure coupled with high intense training. Most players are suffering from it. It stands out.

And as you say, confidence.

I think it's just a case of business end of the season management and this is where Eddie Howe and co will earn their corn if they can revitalise the squad for the final push for a top 4 spot.

 

 

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Our most overrated player this season and I don't mean that in a negative way, I don't mean that he hasn't been great, nor is it meant at all as a criticism of him or his performances.

 

All I mean is that, particularly amongst non-Newcastle fans, he's been given an unbelievable amount of plaudits that imo go way beyond how good he's been and certainly far beyond how good Fabian Schar, the better of the two CBs this season, has been. 

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2 minutes ago, Kid Icarus said:

Our most overrated player this season and I don't mean that in a negative way, I don't mean that he hasn't been great, nor is it meant at all as a criticism of him or his performances.

 

All I mean is that, particularly amongst non-Newcastle fans, he's been given an unbelievable amount of plaudits that imo go way beyond how good he's been and certainly far beyond how good Fabian Schar, the better of the two CBs this season, has been. 

This I agree with fully. Schar hasn't got his plaudits at all. Sven has gotten all of them.

 

It feeds into the "Newcastle have bought success" narrative as if Botman has been the VVD to Schar's Gomez.

 

Being you and English, the likes of Willock have avoided that fate.

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50 minutes ago, The College Dropout said:

This I agree with fully. Schar hasn't got his plaudits at all. Sven has gotten all of them.

 

Definitely. Schar has been one of the best CB's in the league this season and it's gone largely unnoticed as both Newcastle fans, and neutral fans, pay way more attention to Botman with him coming in with the big price tag/rep. The unlikely ScharJoe double act should be one of the feel good stories of the season!

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1 minute ago, RobsonsWonderland said:

Can a player win player and the young player award?

 

Or what if haaland wins the player and not the young player.. which make no sense as surely he would have to be both by default?

Yes. It's been done before. I think Michael Owen did.

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