Wout Faes

[MPH]

From what I can tell, the booing to Faes didn’t start until AFTER he cupped his ears to the fans and gestures to them…

[Pliskin]

5 minutes ago, MPH said:

From what I can tell, the booing to Faes didn’t start until AFTER he cupped his ears to the fans and gestures to them…

No, he definitely got boo’d when he came on. It was very obvious in SK2.

[JonnyBoy]

49 minutes ago, Les-TA-Jon said:

Can anyone actually explain what Wout Faes has actually done to get the reputation he has? (i.e direct quotes of his, or specific examples of behaviour on or off the pitch?)

 

By all means have an opinion on whether he's any good or not, but how or why is he "toxic" or a "bad egg" that needs culling? 

 

twerking for a move since he has been here and flapping his arms in the air many times when he is at fault for goals. his howler v Forest.. 

[MPH]

2 minutes ago, Pliskin said:

No, he definitely got boo’d when he came on. It was very obvious in SK2.

 I’m talking about the goal specifically 

[Houdini Logic]

19 minutes ago, Les-TA-Jon said:

Can anyone actually explain what Wout Faes has actually done to get the reputation he has? (i.e direct quotes of his, or specific examples of behaviour on or off the pitch?)

 

By all means have an opinion on whether he's any good or not, but how or why is he "toxic" or a "bad egg" that needs culling? 

 It may be that a lot of people on the forum don't actually go to the matches and so this may be helpful. That's not me trying to score points - I just think maybe people aren't able to see what goes on when watching on the TV or listening on the radio.

To be clear - I don't think Faes is a terrible player and I also personally wouldn't boo my own team's player. But his attitude is by far the worst I've ever seen at Leicester and so I understand why people dislike him. 

 

The first I noticed it was during the Enzo ball days - there were often times when we'd pass side to side for prolonged periods and the crowd would (understandably IMO) get frustrated and start to become vocal about this. This was never directed at any one specific player but instead was general frustration at the lack of desire for someone to attack or try to create something. However, Faes seemed to take this personally and over several games would turn round and gesture to the fans as if to say 'what do you want me to do'. It came across as arrogant. There was a game, I can't remember which one, where Fatawu was getting particularly annoyed with the lack of urgency and the fact he would get into positions/make runs and Faes would never pick him out, and would instead pass it back or sideways. As this game progressed,  whenever Faes would choose to pass it back, rather than forward, the fans did indeed boo. Again, this never seemed personal to Faes but IMO was more directed at the manager and the way the team were being asked to play. Fast forward a few minutes and Leicester score and rather than run to celebrate with his teammates, Faes decided to run down the whole of the East Stand cupping his ear and doing that flick of the wrist thing he did again yesterday. And now, several times over the last few seasons I've seen similar behaviour from him towards the fans, and what I particularly notice is that when we score he appears to celebrate AT the fans rather than WITH the fans. 

 

And that's just one dynamic. Add to that the fact that whenever Leicester concede a goal, even if he was the main player to blame, he will instead start blaming other players in the team. It gives off the attitude of nothing ever being his fault, which is another reason I think the fans turn against him.

 

So I'm only mentioning stuff I'm seeing with my own eyes - maybe there's more stuff in the press/rumour mill, but to answer your question - it's stuff like this that I feel make the fans really dislike him

 

 

[Pliskin]

Just now, MPH said:

 I’m talking about the goal specifically 

Ah, yea, it definitely kicked in when he cupped his ears. Still, I don’t blame him being boo’d coming on. 

[Blue.Fox84]

36 minutes ago, Winstonthedog said:

The thing is ...... if Faes was as good as he seems to think he is ... some other club would be willing to come in for him and pay his wages ...   any takers .... None as far as I can see ... booing players is not good ... however he is not blameless for it happening 

He isn’t the only player responsible for us getting relegated but he’s also isn’t the only player that’s received criticism from the fans. Boo’ing him is soft compared to some places where he can end up playing 🤣

 

Typical player that ego doesn’t match his ability.  

[Les-TA-Jon]

1 minute ago, JonnyBoy said:

 

twerking for a move since he has been here 

And he's the only player in that timeframe that has wanted to leave? Do we have any quotes or articles that show this? 

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flapping his arms in the air many times when he is at fault for goals

To be fair, we all agree that flapping your arms is one of the worst things a player can do in this sport. 

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his howler v Forest.. 

A footballer who plays for a bottom half PL / top half Championship team making mistakes!? Pretty unforgivable stuff. Thank goodness he's the only player in the squad who makes mistakes.

[Les-TA-Jon]

3 minutes ago, Houdini Logic said:

 It may be that a lot of people on the forum don't actually go to the matches and so this may be helpful. That's not me trying to score points - I just think maybe people aren't able to see what goes on when watching on the TV or listening on the radio.

To be clear - I don't think Faes is a terrible player and I also personally wouldn't boo my own team's player. But his attitude is by far the worst I've ever seen at Leicester and so I understand why people dislike him. 

 

The first I noticed it was during the Enzo ball days - there were often times when we'd pass side to side for prolonged periods and the crowd would (understandably IMO) get frustrated and start to become vocal about this. This was never directed at any one specific player but instead was general frustration at the lack of desire for someone to attack or try to create something. However, Faes seemed to take this personally and over several games would turn round and gesture to the fans as if to say 'what do you want me to do'. It came across as arrogant. There was a game, I can't remember which one, where Fatawu was getting particularly annoyed with the lack of urgency and the fact he would get into positions/make runs and Faes would never pick him out, and would instead pass it back or sideways. As this game progressed,  whenever Faes would choose to pass it back, rather than forward, the fans did indeed boo. Again, this never seemed personal to Faes but IMO was more directed at the manager and the way the team were being asked to play. Fast forward a few minutes and Leicester score and rather than run to celebrate with his teammates, Faes decided to run down the whole of the East Stand cupping his ear and doing that flick of the wrist thing he did again yesterday. And now, several times over the last few seasons I've seen similar behaviour from him towards the fans, and what I particularly notice is that when we score he appears to celebrate AT the fans rather than WITH the fans. 

 

And that's just one dynamic. Add to that the fact that whenever Leicester concede a goal, even if he was the main player to blame, he will instead start blaming other players in the team. It gives off the attitude of nothing ever being his fault, which is another reason I think the fans turn against him.

 

So I'm only mentioning stuff I'm seeing with my own eyes - maybe there's more stuff in the press/rumour mill, but to answer your question - it's stuff like this that I feel make the fans really dislike him

 

 

I've seen similar things myself, at the many games I attend, just for clarity. 

 

I guess I just don't spend too much of my time trying to figure out what's going on in-between the ears of a professional sports person, based on micro actions I see them doing on a football pitch, from hundreds of yards away. 

[Winsum]

Not sure fans should boo our own player

Wout has turned into a pantomime villain 

He is his own worse enemy with some of his antics 

I think he will not be leaving anytime soon

and all involved need to move on 

[coolhandfox]

34 minutes ago, MPH said:

From what I can tell, the booing to Faes didn’t start until AFTER he cupped his ears to the fans and gestures to them…

Wrong, when he came on, loads of people in my section of the ground boo'd! 

 

 

Edited 11 August 2025 by coolhandfox

[Sol thewall Bamba]

Probably cried again like when we came in to sign him.

[Dames]

2 hours ago, fleckneymike said:

?

 

so he’s not the worst defender, he’s just a not very good one. 

No hes the worst, theres not another defender in our history that was as a consistent performer in sides that were losing week in week out. 

[MPH]

40 minutes ago, coolhandfox said:

Wrong, when he came on, loads of people in my section of the ground boo'd! 

 

 

 

right. Yes. But I was talking specifically about when the goal was scored. No one booed him until after he cupped his ears and gestures to the fans.

[Corky]

He was booed when he came on. It was definitely Wooot after the goal.

[Haywood_6]

Marti has spoke highly of him in his presser for the Huddersfield game, think Okoli will get dropped to be honest and Wout starts most weeks alongside Vesty. 

 

Our superstar CB pairing is back folks.

[ClaphamFox]

I don’t like Faes at all, but booing a Leicester player as he comes on as sub in a tightly-balanced match is self-defeating and moronic. It’s obviously not going to help the team, so why do it? Anybody doing it is basically saying that their ‘right’ to express their disdain for a certain player is more important to them than the outcome of the game. I find that incomprehensible, especially in the first game of a new season in which we really need the fans and the team to be on the same side.

 

Cifuentes is going to pick whoever he thinks is best able to deliver what he wants. If he decides that Faes is one of his best CBs, will people carry on booing him every time he plays? Is that kind of toxicity going to help us win matches and get out of this division? I’d love to hear the reasoning of anybody who thinks it will. 

[fleckneymike]

1 hour ago, Dames said:

No hes the worst, theres not another defender in our history that was as a consistent performer in sides that were losing week in week out. 

But that doesn’t make him the worst. Much in the same way Luke Thomas isn’t our greatest left back because he played in the Cup final
 

 

[whoareyaaa]

4 minutes ago, ClaphamFox said:

I don’t like Faes at all, but booing a Leicester player as he comes on as sub in a tightly-balanced match is self-defeating and moronic. It’s obviously not going to help the team, so why do it? Anybody doing it is basically saying that their ‘right’ to express their disdain for a certain player is more important to them than the outcome of the game. I find that incomprehensible, especially in the first game of a new season in which we really need the fans and the team to be on the same side.

 

Cifuentes is going to pick whoever he thinks is best able to deliver what he wants. If he decides that Faes is one of his best CBs, will people carry on booing him every time he plays? Is that kind of toxicity going to help us win matches and get out of this division? I’d love to hear the reasoning of anybody who thinks it will. 

They got booed off at half time its pretty brainless tbh, new manager.. new start and you boo them off after 45minutes into the season.

 

Pathetic fanbase.

[Bourbon Fox]

2 hours ago, Winsum said:

Not sure fans should boo our own player

Wout has turned into a pantomime villain 

He is his own worse enemy with some of his antics 

I think he will not be leaving anytime soon

and all involved need to move on 

You Winsum

You Boosum

[Dames]

1 hour ago, fleckneymike said:

But that doesn’t make him the worst. Much in the same way Luke Thomas isn’t our greatest left back because he played in the Cup final
 

 

I think you’re missing the point, Luke Thomas has not been a consistent player in any sort of sustained success so he can’t be one of our best, he was here for good and bad times and it just averages him out at average. Wout Faes bas been a consistent performer in 2 of our worst ever seasons and more often than not he’s been at fault for many of the losses we’ve endured, part of it is not his fault, he should have been identified as a weakness and sold a long time ago but when it comes to transfer fee, wages, performance levels and results he’s been pound for pound one of the worst players in our history. 
 

Many other players of perceived lower ability never got the chance to be this bad for this long. Or they were freebies with very little expectations to begin with. Faes somehow is an international player.

Edited 11 August 2025 by Dames

[trooky]

10 minutes ago, Dames said:

I think you’re missing the point, Luke Thomas has not been a consistent player in any sort of sustained success so he can’t be one of our best, he was here for good and bad times and it just averages him out at average. Wout Faes bas been a consistent performer in 2 of our worst ever seasons and more often than not he’s been at fault for many of the losses we’ve endured, part of it is not his fault, he should have been identified as a weakness and sold a long time ago but when it comes to transfer fee, wages, performance levels and results he’s been pound for pound one of the worst players in our history. 
 

Many other players of perceived lower ability never got the chance to be this bad for this long. Or they were freebies with very little expectations to begin with. Faes somehow is an international player.

Its harsh to single out Faes for the first relegation, he'd just joined the club playing for a stubborn manager who had lost  the dressing room and playing in front of Ward. 

 

Last year we had shocking season, it was the fault of  everyone in the club, its hard to portion blame to one player more than any other. 

 

It would be nice to move them all on, but unfortunately they didn't do a very good job of selling themselves well last year. 

[MPH]

[GorlestonFox]

25 minutes ago, Dames said:

I think you’re missing the point, Luke Thomas has not been a consistent player in any sort of sustained success so he can’t be one of our best, he was here for good and bad times and it just averages him out at average. Wout Faes bas been a consistent performer in 2 of our worst ever seasons and more often than not he’s been at fault for many of the losses we’ve endured, part of it is not his fault, he should have been identified as a weakness and sold a long time ago but when it comes to transfer fee, wages, performance levels and results he’s been pound for pound one of the worst players in our history. 
 

Many other players of perceived lower ability never got the chance to be this bad for this long. Or they were freebies with very little expectations to begin with. Faes somehow is an international player.

Does being in arguably one of the most successful championship teams not count for anything no?

[Chelmofox]

24 minutes ago, Dames said:

I think you’re missing the point, Luke Thomas has not been a consistent player in any sort of sustained success so he can’t be one of our best, he was here for good and bad times and it just averages him out at average. Wout Faes bas been a consistent performer in 2 of our worst ever seasons and more often than not he’s been at fault for many of the losses we’ve endured, part of it is not his fault, he should have been identified as a weakness and sold a long time ago but when it comes to transfer fee, wages, performance levels and results he’s been pound for pound one of the worst players in our history. 
 

Many other players of perceived lower ability never got the chance to be this bad for this long. Or they were freebies with very little expectations to begin with. Faes somehow is an international player.

Utter, utter crap. When he joined we were rock bottom with 1 point. He didn't improve us - but relegation was not his fault. The rot had set in. For 2 PL seasons teams have been able to cut through our midfield like butter and defenders are under the cosh, and even now our midfield looks like a girl guides 2nd 11 could bully it. We bought him on the cheap, and he plays like a player who cost as much as we paid.