Wout Faes

[Dames]

1 minute ago, when_you're_smiling said:

Other players with two relegations include Muzzy Izzet, Steve Guppy and Matt Elliott.

Guppy was at Celtic the first time in that sequence and Elliot was not a regular towards the end. 
 

As mentioned above they had also achieved far much more success. Has Wout contributed to anywhere near the level of success the other players you mentioned have? No, he’s been consistently part of highly paid under performing teams. 

[blueharmie]

If he shaved his head we could all forgive him and start again.

[adejo92]

41 minutes ago, MPH said:

 

 

return to a competitive league? Mate, we’ve just been made to work hard against a team that only has 14 professionals on their books and an owner that seems determined to  bankrupt them! We are in a competitive league!

 

1 hour ago, GorlestonFox said:

The championship is probably the most competitive league in the world

Yeah, probably worded wrong.

 

I meant more as in competitive in terms of the quality being good.

 

The championship is competitive, because it's 24 teams competing to be slightly less shit than each other. Theres very little quality in the league which is why it can make the likes of Faes & Winks look good.

Edited 11 August 2025 by adejo92

[whoareyaaa]

21 minutes ago, Dames said:

Its not that i’m blaming him. I’m just saying in terms of contributions as a starting CB, 2 relegations, poor performances, mistakes, losses etc it means in my opinion he’s the worst CB we’ve ever had. 
 

Has anyone ever honestly looked at the line up and thought ‘Its alright, Wout Faes is playing today I feel confident we’ll get a good result because of this.’

 

There were times in our history that seeing a certain CBs name in the line up filled you with confidence, with Faes the first thought is and always will be ‘I hope he doesnt make too many mistakes today.’

He does have some horror shows buts I think it's still hard to blame him for the team performance, Justin was much worse than Faes last season although he wasn't great either.. but no player came out of last season with any credit bar a couple, the midfield was awful last season and is the reason we stood no chance along with 2 managers in one season.

 

 

Edited 11 August 2025 by whoareyaaa

[whoareyaaa]

Faes has always had shite next to him, the season we went down under Rodgers we had ****ing Ward in goal  and Amartey as his partner.

 

Last season he had Justin and VK as his partners, along with a different CB every week, Justin was destroyed in every game almost.

Edited 11 August 2025 by whoareyaaa

[Dr The Singh]

28 minutes ago, whoareyaaa said:

Faes has always had shite next to him, the season we went down under Rodgers we had ****ing Ward in goal  and Amartey as his partner.

 

Last season he had Justin and VK as his partners, along with a different CB every week, Justin was destroyed in every game almost.

Can't say that about him in the Belgium team, and he is still just as dog turd and arrogant.

[GorlestonFox]

54 minutes ago, Dames said:

If Wout had been part of two cup winning teams and numerous top 10 finishes i’d be giving him far more credit and leeway but he doesnt have that type of clout on his CV. 

What about if he did that but still made all the supposed mistakes?

[MPH]

46 minutes ago, whoareyaaa said:

Faes has always had shite next to him, the season we went down under Rodgers we had ****ing Ward in goal  and Amartey as his partner.

 

Last season he had Justin and VK as his partners, along with a different CB every week, Justin was destroyed in every game almost.

 The irony is that if you look back at some of the goals that he was blamed  for it was Faes who was woefully out of position and James scrambling to cover for him..

[when_you're_smiling]

1 hour ago, Dames said:

Guppy was at Celtic the first time in that sequence and Elliot was not a regular towards the end. 
 

As mentioned above they had also achieved far much more success. Has Wout contributed to anywhere near the level of success the other players you mentioned have? No, he’s been consistently part of highly paid under performing teams. 

Bar winning the league we’re currently in last time?

 

1 hour ago, blueharmie said:

If he shaved his head we could all forgive him and start again.

I didn’t see somewhere that often agents tell their players coming from not as developed countries to make their hair recognisable so they stand out. Obviously if you make a lot of mistakes though….

[teblin]

I think others have said this. I get why people are frustrated with the likes of faes. But I don’t thinking booing a sub helps.

 

However, how do the likes of Soumare, vestergaard and winks and other get away without the boos? 

[CrazyKopCorner]

If it makes the clown realise he's not wanted here then hopefully it's served it's purpose.

 

Hopefully his agent can find him another club ASAP 

[Pliskin]

This is something we need to drop in my opinion. 
 

Faes has always been a controversial character, mainly just down to his performances and attitude on the pitch. But should we be booing individual players? 
 

Faes has been frustrating, but do I agree with Booi’ng him as he comes on? No, o don’t really agree with this at all, perhaps for Dennis wise maybe. As some have mentioned, Winks and Soumare don’t get boo’d so why Faes? To be honest I don’t blame his reaction, isn’t unprofessional, yes, was it immature, yes, but he is a human and clearly a fairly expressive guy, as we’ve seen this kind of behaviour before but at a smaller level. 
 

As investors into the club and fans do we have a right to air our frustrations? Yes, but is is productive to the wider team to boo players as they come on? I’d say no…. The reason for this is we currently have a lot of young players coming through, experiencing this all for the first time…… can you imagine Monga for example, hearing all of those boo’s for a team mate, we’ve then got to consider how this behaviour impacts the other players….. perhaps someone like Monga may decide to stop being as expressive, because he may think “will they start booing me if I give the ball away”……

 

We’ve just got to be mindful about things like this, I’d much rather once that whistle goes, we get behind the team and the lads. We’ve got a new manager who clearly wants to be here, he’s loving every minute of it, and on day 1 he hears his own fans booing his players…. We will just be stuck in a never ending cycle of toxicity if we’re not careful, than we can damage a teams confidence as much as we can positively impact it. Our frustrations are with the board, if we can’t to heckle someone, it’s them, but let’s support the players, regardless of our opinions of them, because it might make a positive difference, and help the team leading to good performances and hopefully a good season. 
 

Im growing tired of the constant toxic undertone that’s hanging around, for at least 90 minutes can we all remember why we say in those seats, for the love of the shirt, back that, and we can still air frustrations at the board when necessary. 

[Dames]

10 hours ago, GorlestonFox said:

What about if he did that but still made all the supposed mistakes?

Theres no supposed about his mistakes he makes them every game he starts but if he was part of teams that had won then he’d have something else about his game too, currently however he doesnt. 

 

9 hours ago, when_you're_smiling said:

Bar winning the league we’re currently in last time?

I’m sorry but the championship doesnt count as any sort of success considering we got relegated the season before with like the 8th highest wage budget in the league, being promoted was the bare minimum expectation.

[Collo73]

11 minutes ago, Pliskin said:

This is something we need to drop in my opinion. 
 

Faes has always been a controversial character, mainly just down to his performances and attitude on the pitch. But should we be booing individual players? 
 

Faes has been frustrating, but do I agree with Booi’ng him as he comes on? No, o don’t really agree with this at all, perhaps for Dennis wise maybe. As some have mentioned, Winks and Soumare don’t get boo’d so why Faes? To be honest I don’t blame his reaction, isn’t unprofessional, yes, was it immature, yes, but he is a human and clearly a fairly expressive guy, as we’ve seen this kind of behaviour before but at a smaller level. 
 

As investors into the club and fans do we have a right to air our frustrations? Yes, but is is productive to the wider team to boo players as they come on? I’d say no…. The reason for this is we currently have a lot of young players coming through, experiencing this all for the first time…… can you imagine Monga for example, hearing all of those boo’s for a team mate, we’ve then got to consider how this behaviour impacts the other players….. perhaps someone like Monga may decide to stop being as expressive, because he may think “will they start booing me if I give the ball away”……

 

We’ve just got to be mindful about things like this, I’d much rather once that whistle goes, we get behind the team and the lads. We’ve got a new manager who clearly wants to be here, he’s loving every minute of it, and on day 1 he hears his own fans booing his players…. We will just be stuck in a never ending cycle of toxicity if we’re not careful, than we can damage a teams confidence as much as we can positively impact it. Our frustrations are with the board, if we can’t to heckle someone, it’s them, but let’s support the players, regardless of our opinions of them, because it might make a positive difference, and help the team leading to good performances and hopefully a good season. 
 

Im growing tired of the constant toxic undertone that’s hanging around, for at least 90 minutes can we all remember why we say in those seats, for the love of the shirt, back that, and we can still air frustrations at the board when necessary. 

It’s for the love of the shirt/badge why some boo’d him. He doesn’t want to play for the club, that’s clear, so let’s offload him asap.

[Pliskin]

18 minutes ago, Collo73 said:

It’s for the love of the shirt/badge why some boo’d him. He doesn’t want to play for the club, that’s clear, so let’s offload him asap.

But we need to consider how this reflects on other players….. we’re in danger of creating a real toxic atmosphere…. Especially with a dressing room with players as young as we have at the moment. 

[Noahfence]

I just can’t believe we’re now entering his fourth season here 

[DennisNedry]

Him giving shit to the fans when he scored was actually quite laughable. He's toxic and needs to go.

[CrazyKopCorner]

12 minutes ago, DennisNedry said:

Him giving shit to the fans when he scored was actually quite laughable. He's toxic and needs to go.

Yes generally we give players multiple chances. 

 

He scored the winner on Sunday and he 'could' have had yet another lifeline if he'd have celebrated properly and professionally. 

 

Instead he decided to act as a dick. He can do what he wants I just hope he's doing it somewhere else before the end of the month. 

[dayday]

Matt Piper said he was bang out of order with his reaction to the fans after he scored 

 

Said Cifuentes needs to have a word with him 

[smudgerfox]

Trying to steer between the two camps. 

 

The player he most resembles to me is David Luiz (ex Chelsea and Arsenal). For large parts of any game he looks class - his interceptions, his passing range, his ability to bring the ball out of defence, his heading are all generally good. But then he makes a calamitous mistake  - just one - and when it costs you have to doubt whether all the good bits are worth it. On Sunday he played a really bad ball back to Jakub and put us under real and quite unnecessary pressure at a crucial part of the game. He just doesn't seem to have that safety mechanism which is so important in a modern defender. 

 

I'm happy to support him but he has to earn that support. He needs to 1) cut out the errors 2) show the leadership you ought to be able to expect from a defender of his experience and pedigree 3) cut out the ear-cupping when he's scored a free header from five yards - literally unmarked. 

 

In short, admit your mistakes and grow up. 

 

 

 

 

[Bert]

The best way to answer the fans is with performances. But personally I don’t care he reacted the way he did. Give it out, be prepared to take it back. 
 

We’re starting to sound like Liverpool fans. 

[OnlyOneCity]

3 hours ago, Pliskin said:

This is something we need to drop in my opinion. 
 

Faes has always been a controversial character, mainly just down to his performances and attitude on the pitch. But should we be booing individual players? 
 

Faes has been frustrating, but do I agree with Booi’ng him as he comes on? No, o don’t really agree with this at all, perhaps for Dennis wise maybe. As some have mentioned, Winks and Soumare don’t get boo’d so why Faes? To be honest I don’t blame his reaction, isn’t unprofessional, yes, was it immature, yes, but he is a human and clearly a fairly expressive guy, as we’ve seen this kind of behaviour before but at a smaller level. 
 

As investors into the club and fans do we have a right to air our frustrations? Yes, but is is productive to the wider team to boo players as they come on? I’d say no…. The reason for this is we currently have a lot of young players coming through, experiencing this all for the first time…… can you imagine Monga for example, hearing all of those boo’s for a team mate, we’ve then got to consider how this behaviour impacts the other players….. perhaps someone like Monga may decide to stop being as expressive, because he may think “will they start booing me if I give the ball away”……

 

We’ve just got to be mindful about things like this, I’d much rather once that whistle goes, we get behind the team and the lads. We’ve got a new manager who clearly wants to be here, he’s loving every minute of it, and on day 1 he hears his own fans booing his players…. We will just be stuck in a never ending cycle of toxicity if we’re not careful, than we can damage a teams confidence as much as we can positively impact it. Our frustrations are with the board, if we can’t to heckle someone, it’s them, but let’s support the players, regardless of our opinions of them, because it might make a positive difference, and help the team leading to good performances and hopefully a good season. 
 

Im growing tired of the constant toxic undertone that’s hanging around, for at least 90 minutes can we all remember why we say in those seats, for the love of the shirt, back that, and we can still air frustrations at the board when necessary. 

Totally agree. Unfortunately if you show support for the players the boo boys are targeting then you’re given the usual derogatory title of being a “happy clapper”. Did those of you who booed him celebrate the goal or do you wish he hadn’t scored?

[daddylonglegs]

10 minutes ago, Bert said:

The best way to answer the fans is with performances. But personally I don’t care he reacted the way he did. Give it out, be prepared to take it back. 
 

We’re starting to sound like Liverpool fans. 

Completely agree - him giving it back is one of the more likeable things he's done. Shows he has an ounce of professional pride. 

[Levi Port]

People can’t accept that he’s been our best defender since he joined 

Edited 12 August 2025 by Levi Port

[Fox-LMA]

4 minutes ago, Levi Port said:

People can’t accept that he’s been our best defender since he joined 

Not a crowded field to be fair...

 

A bit like being the most handsome man in the Burns Unit at hospital.

Edited 12 August 2025 by Fox-LMA