The Belgian

When has he ever said he resents you? Yes, he expressed his will to leave (which seems to be a mortal sin in the eyes of some so-called fans) yet he literally says "Leicester is and remains a wonderful club, with tremendous potential". Maybe he ended up resenting (some of) the fans, but can you really blame him after all the sh!t he has had thrown at him, especially on this "fansite"? When has he ever said "he´s to good for/bigger than the club", I keep on reading here regularly?

Let´s talk statistics... In the 8 Ligue 1 games (including the one in which he was injured) Faes played for Monaco up to now they had 4 clean sheets : that´s 1 out of 2! In these 8 games they conceded 7 goals : that´s 0.875 per game! They had 6 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss : that´s 19 points out of 24! So if Faes is a bombscare, what are Okoli and the widely praised Nelson? Nuclear bombscares? But hey, you got rid of Faes... although it might well be the other way round : seems like Faes has gotten rid of LCFC!

I'm not about to start a polemic on this (unlike @hfaes) so here's my final answer to that matter : ALL of Belgian's national team "fans" (note the quotation marks!) hate or dislike ALL current defenders. Undoubtedly the quality of our defenders has plummeted after the likes of Kompany, Vermaelen, etc. So these so-called fans comment on every mistake made by ANY defender (true Faes gets more than his fair share). Even when "stars" like Doku BLUNDER (cfr Belgium vs. Slovakia on the previous EC) the blame is put with the defenders ... Something else that's going on is the rivalry between clubs (let me enlighten you) : Belgian's national team has NO fans, they are all stuck in their hatred for eachother's club. Bruges fans hate (former) Anderlecht players, Anderlecht fans hate Bruges or Standard players and so on . So yes, you will read a lot of "hatred" from the "fans". To end some statistics : in 8 EC qualifier games Belgium conceded 4 goals (0.5/game), in 4 EC games Belgium conceded 2 goals (0.5/game)* Not too bad for a "tosser" I think. * 1 goal after Doku's blunder against Slovakia and 1 own goal by Jan Vertonghen against France, but you are right : "fans"blamed and hate Faes for thes goals, like LCFC "fans" they also are in desperate need of a scapegoat. Have a nice day!

Not exactly, but from most of what I read here about him all your troubles should have been resolved now that he isn't playing for LCFC anymore (quod non!) It's always easy to find a scapegoat, but it looks like you're going to have to find a new one (and have found one already in Okoli or L. Thomas ...) to blame for a pending relegation.

Perhaps you´ll thank him for his header and the two extra points at the end of the season : might well be the points keeping you in the Championship ...

I don't remember him scoring twice for Tottenham in the 6-2 defeat, must be I'm getting old and demented ...

Yes, and if Maddison wouldn't have missed that penalty against Everton (in the home game) .... it would have been 3-0 at halftime, they (Everton) would have never gotten back in the game then So let's keep it at Roger Whittaker's "I don't believe in if anymore". (Yes, Iam that old)

Ik mag dan een anonieme "The Belgian" zijn, maar ik ben toevallig ook een ex-collega van Wout zijn vader. Die heeft me verzekerd dat er in zijn familie geen Hilde Faes voorkomt : zeker niet tot in de zevende graad bloedverwantschap (je bent dus familie van het zevende knoopsgat). Je mag dan misschien wel een gemeenschappelijke voorouder hebben, maar pretendeer dan niet "familie" van hem te zijn. Trouwens, de (betover-)grootouders van Wout zijn afkomstig van de Blauwe Kei / Stevensvennen in Lommel en niet van Balen (-Neet), Rijsberg(dijk) of Kerkhoven : dit ter vervollediging van jouw "familiegeschiedenis". Als je wilt, bezorg ik je zijn (van de vader) telefoonnummer : dan kan je hem ervan overtuigen dat je familie bent. I may well be an anonymous "The Belgian", but I also happen to be an ex-colleague of Wout's father. He assured me that there is no Hilde Faes in his family : certainly not up to the seventh degree of consanguinity (so you are related by the skin of your teeth). You may well have a common ancestor, but don't pretend to be "related" to him. By the way, Wout's (great-great) grandparents come from the Blauwe Kei / Stevensvennen in Lommel and not from Balen (-Neet), Rijsberg(dijk) or Kerkhoven : this is to complete your "family history". If you want, I will give you his (father's) telephone number: then you can convince him that you are related.

Zou u kunnen uitleggen op welke manier precies u familie bent van Wout Faes? Dezelfde achternaam hebben, maakt u niet automatisch een familielid ... (Could you please explain in what way exactly you are related to Wout Faes? Having the same last name doesn't automatically make you a relative ...)

I don't know what rumours she has been spreading here, but I can tell you with absolute certainty that she's not related to Wout Faes.

A genuinely honest question as I don't follow the British/English media closely (and maybe someone here can give me the answer) : Why isn't Maresca using Patson Daka (anymore)? I know he's no "killer" with 4 goals and 4 assists last season, but surely in the Championship he could/would do better ...

"A centre back trio that will need replacing in its entirety." Here's Maresca's opinion on (at least) one of them ... Enzo Maresca tells Wout Faes what he must stop doing to become top centre-back - Leicestershire Live (leicestermercury.co.uk)

So there´s still hope for Watford 🙃