Wout Faes

[trooky]

2 minutes ago, Levi Port said:

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

He's been reasonable value for his £15 million transfer fee.

 

At least he's played for us unlike the £15 million we wasted on Souttar.

 

The relegations aren't down to one individual either. 

[Levi Port]

1 minute ago, Fox-LMA said:

Not a crowded field to be fair...

 

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

Absolutely correct, but he does give his best and has been our best despite the attitude he gives, so if I was him I’d react exactly how he did on Sunday 

 

I think it’s best for both party’s for him to move on, but I don’t back this club to replace him with anyone better. He is a top championship CB 

[Tommy G]

I'm not really fussed about the stick - the fans give him stick so he gives it back? No need to wet the bed about it. 

[Dames]

14 minutes ago, Levi Port said:

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

The season we were down in the Championship Vestergaard outshone him completely. If you look at most of the attacks and goals we’ve conceded they all came down Faes side because he’s the weak link, he only plays because he’s quick for a CB and can carry the ball. Any other part of his game that requires him to do the defensive work he’s found severely lacking, i’ve never seen a CB get caught out of position so many times in my life. 

[davieG]

https://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/marti-cifuentes-reveals-wout-faes-10418321

 

Marti Cifuentes reveals Wout Faes chat after Leicester City defender's ear-cupping celebration
The Belgian cupped his ear to the Kop after heading in the late winning goal at the King Power Stadium against Sheffield Wednesday in Cifuentes' first match in charge

ByJordan Blackwell
11:26, 12 AUG 2025

Marti Cifuentes hopes to help Wout Faes “create the right platform” to swing around the Leicester City defender’s reputation.

Cifuentes has revealed he spoke to Faes after the Belgian defender cupped his ear to the Kop in celebration of his match-winning goal on Sunday.

After his role in two relegations over the past three seasons, Faes’ reputation with City supporters has suffered greatly, and he’s received boos from the stands at the King Power Stadium, both at the end of last season and at the beginning of the current campaign.

 

Cifuentes hopes his faith in Faes and the centre-back’s performance will help to win over City fans.

“I spoke with Wout and I’m learning more about his time here in Leicester and his feelings,” Cifuentes said.

“I guess all the players want to do their best and perhaps it’s not easy when you feel you’re under pressure or scrutiny.

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“I value that he did so well. I cannot judge what happened before my arrival. What I value is that since I came here, he’s training so well, he’s playing at a great level in all the friendlies we had.

“He helped us a lot, not just because of the goal, but also in the build-up, which aids the way we attack. His capacity to progress with the ball is top, it’s fantastic.

“I don’t think it’s possible that a player is bad when he plays for the national team, with the experience he’s got. He’s a very good football player.

“Hopefully this can help, the fact that he performed well, that the manager is happy with him, hopefully it can create the right platform for everybody to have a very positive feeling about this.”

Faes is far from the only player in the City squad whose reputation has been damaged by the past few seasons.

He was one of six players to feature against Sheffield Wednesday that were present for both relegations, alongside fellow goalscorer Jannik Vestergaard as well as James Justin, Luke Thomas, Boubakary Soumare and Patson Daka.

Cifuentes is aware that bridges need to be rebuilt. That’s especially with no new signings to freshen up the team.

The manager added: “I have been speaking with Ricky (Ricardo Pereira) as captain, with other experienced players, players who have been here for a while.

“I’m a big believer that togetherness is a key part of success and in that sense togetherness is not only the players and the staff, the fans will play a big part in it.

“They are always entitled and it’s fair for them to show their feelings. But hopefully we can create these new opportunities for everyone.

“I don’t expect after a relegation for everything to be perfect but I’m convinced that we can work together to make the fans feel more connected to us and we can give them something back.”

[Bourbon Fox]

3 hours ago, Dames said:

 i’ve never seen a CB get caught out of position so many times in my life. 

Always desperately sprinting after his man

[steveb]

i like him, if someone could only stop his stupid mistakes he would be a top class ptemier league level defender who also scores a few, perhaps this is his moment, grow up time.

[trooky]

33 minutes ago, davieG said:

https://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/marti-cifuentes-reveals-wout-faes-10418321

 

Marti Cifuentes reveals Wout Faes chat after Leicester City defender's ear-cupping celebration
The Belgian cupped his ear to the Kop after heading in the late winning goal at the King Power Stadium against Sheffield Wednesday in Cifuentes' first match in charge

ByJordan Blackwell
11:26, 12 AUG 2025

Marti Cifuentes hopes to help Wout Faes “create the right platform” to swing around the Leicester City defender’s reputation.

Cifuentes has revealed he spoke to Faes after the Belgian defender cupped his ear to the Kop in celebration of his match-winning goal on Sunday.

After his role in two relegations over the past three seasons, Faes’ reputation with City supporters has suffered greatly, and he’s received boos from the stands at the King Power Stadium, both at the end of last season and at the beginning of the current campaign.

 

Cifuentes hopes his faith in Faes and the centre-back’s performance will help to win over City fans.

“I spoke with Wout and I’m learning more about his time here in Leicester and his feelings,” Cifuentes said.

“I guess all the players want to do their best and perhaps it’s not easy when you feel you’re under pressure or scrutiny.

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“I value that he did so well. I cannot judge what happened before my arrival. What I value is that since I came here, he’s training so well, he’s playing at a great level in all the friendlies we had.

“He helped us a lot, not just because of the goal, but also in the build-up, which aids the way we attack. His capacity to progress with the ball is top, it’s fantastic.

“I don’t think it’s possible that a player is bad when he plays for the national team, with the experience he’s got. He’s a very good football player.

“Hopefully this can help, the fact that he performed well, that the manager is happy with him, hopefully it can create the right platform for everybody to have a very positive feeling about this.”

Faes is far from the only player in the City squad whose reputation has been damaged by the past few seasons.

He was one of six players to feature against Sheffield Wednesday that were present for both relegations, alongside fellow goalscorer Jannik Vestergaard as well as James Justin, Luke Thomas, Boubakary Soumare and Patson Daka.

Cifuentes is aware that bridges need to be rebuilt. That’s especially with no new signings to freshen up the team.

The manager added: “I have been speaking with Ricky (Ricardo Pereira) as captain, with other experienced players, players who have been here for a while.

“I’m a big believer that togetherness is a key part of success and in that sense togetherness is not only the players and the staff, the fans will play a big part in it.

“They are always entitled and it’s fair for them to show their feelings. But hopefully we can create these new opportunities for everyone.

“I don’t expect after a relegation for everything to be perfect but I’m convinced that we can work together to make the fans feel more connected to us and we can give them something back.”

I think he needs to read those player threads in Foxes talk and then he'll ll know the size of his task😂

[Fox92]

3 hours ago, Levi Port said:

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

That's not true, but even if it was it's not really a difficult task.

[Dames]

57 minutes ago, Bourbon Fox said:

Always desperately sprinting after his man

He only looks ‘good’ because he’s pressing up high and being ‘aggressive’ or he can carry the ball a little. Opposition players have learned over the years to just sit slightly off his shoulder or to just leave him and occupy the space he leaves when he goes forward because half the time he will get caught out and leave the player in space. His positioning and awareness are awful. This is what leads to him desperately sprinting after his man.
 

People say JJ looks bad and i agree hes not been great but hes having to worry about covering his own side and Wouts. 

[Bablemikey]

18 hours 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.’

By this logic isn't Vardy the worst striker we've ever had? He's not scored enough goals and is therefore directly responsible for our relegations. Absolute fraud of a player!!!

[Dames]

1 minute ago, Bablemikey said:

By this logic isn't Vardy the worst striker we've ever had? He's not scored enough goals and is therefore directly responsible for our relegations. Absolute fraud of a player!!!

Not really because look at all the success and contributions he made before that.

 

This is an argument based purely on contribution to the club, Faes doesnt have any credit in the bank from previous seasons and one half decent season in the Championship doesnt really do much to offset the absolute rubbish hes served up in the Premier League. 
 

As a starting CB for 3 seasons his direct contributions were 2 relegations and 1 promotion, the promotion can be caveated because we should never have been relegated with the 5th highest paid manager and the 8th highest wage bill or something like that. 
 

Other players have been worse in terms

of ability sure but they contributed to mediocrity and not failure and were a symptom of the situation the club found itself in at the time (i.e no money, administration etc). Faes has been part of abject failure when such abject failure should not have been happening. 

[RowlattsFox]

Faes, and probably Vestergaard too, is in a position where he can't make any mistakes because they'll be jumped on. Can't be good for anyone. 

He must be fuming at the lack of interest in him, needs a better agent. 

[ithuriel]

6 minutes ago, RowlattsFox said:

Faes, and probably Vestergaard too, is in a position where he can't make any mistakes because they'll be jumped on. Can't be good for anyone. 

He must be fuming at the lack of interest in him, needs a better agent. 

Think you could have agent Smith scouring the Matrix for him but if he is not good enough for the money he wants, he is not going anywhere.

[Winstonthedog]

On 11/08/2025 at 12:46, Blue.Fox84 said:

He ain’t the first player to be boo’d by his own fans and won’t be the last 

 

Don’t mind players showing passion but definitely came across as arrogance and out of touch 

 

The club is a mess, we’ve just been relegated again with a lot of players responsible for it playing yesterday. You’ve got a new manager who looks to be trying to build a connection with the fans and you’ve got a CB who has been apart of 2 relegations cupping his ears and shushing the fans, sums a lot of our problems up. 

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 

[Winstonthedog]

Part of his problem is his body language... he never seems bothered when he fu#ks up or a goal is conceeded.... give the impression of " I'm here but would prefer to be elsewhere " and a few others are similar.... for christs sake show some passion 

[Foxaholic ME]

2 hours ago, Fox92 said:

That's not true, but even if it was it's not really a difficult task.

People never explain if he is so bad  why is he regularly picked  for a side on par with england  especially as unlike cricket they are picked on club form

[foxinsocks]

Look.... say the opposition left winger goes past our fullback.  At that point faes has to move across and be the fullback.... and let his team shift across and fill in behind him.  He has to show the winger the outside and stop the cross.

But countless times he fails... he shifts slightly... looking over his shoulder and allows the winger time and soace for a great cross.

This is schoolboy stuff.

He is very poor imo

Edited 12 August 2025 by foxinsocks

[deep blue]

I feel that Faes has the qualities to be a good defensive midfielder, a position where we're lacking at the moment.  I'm surprised he hasn't been tried in that role unless he flatly refuses to play it,

[Parafox]

Is there any other player in our current squad who exudes greater arrogance than WF?

 

I can't think of one.

Edited 15 August 2025 by Parafox

[STEVIE B]

17 minutes ago, Parafox said:

Is there any other player in our current squad who exudes greater arrogance than WF?

 

I can't think of one.

He definitely thinks he's better than he is, looks to pass the blame when it's his fault & looks very smug. We can all see it. It's not a good look at all.

[LAprice_]

Major unpopular opinion incoming. 

 

I like Wout Faes. 

 

There, I said it. As others have pointed out, one man cannot be responsible for a whole team's relegation. 

 

As for his temperament and attitude towards some fans, at least he cares about SOMETHING. He's angry, irritated, aggressive. I think we need that right now. 

 

I'd rather have a wound up Wout in the team. So what if he's not likeable? "Likeable" doesn't get promoted. So many other players are too nice, too passive, too forgettable. 

 

As for his complacency on the pitch. I'm not sure. I think he takes risks because the players around him are not. 

 

Oh - This could also be copied and pasted in the Harry Winks thread...

 

 

[Parafox]

8 minutes ago, LAprice_ said:

Major unpopular opinion incoming. 

 

I like Wout Faes. 

 

There, I said it. As others have pointed out, one man cannot be responsible for a whole team's relegation. 

 

As for his temperament and attitude towards some fans, at least he cares about SOMETHING. He's angry, irritated, aggressive. I think we need that right now. 

 

I'd rather have a wound up Wout in the team. So what if he's not likeable? "Likeable" doesn't get promoted. So many other players are too nice, too passive, too forgettable. 

 

As for his complacency on the pitch. I'm not sure. I think he takes risks because the players around him are not. 

 

Oh - This could also be copied and pasted in the Harry Winks thread...

 

 

 

Himself.

[Parafox]

25 minutes ago, LAprice_ said:

I'm not sure. I think he takes risks because the players around him are not. 

 

 

C'mon mate.

 

He doesn't take risks. He is just inept. Being out of position as defender,  losing the position/movement of an attacking player, hacking clearances to the opposition, turning his back on a shot at goal. Failing to cover a defender out of position, poor distribution from defence to midfield/attack.

 

That's not taking risks. That's ineptitude, .

Edited 15 August 2025 by Parafox

[Paninistickers]

54 minutes ago, LAprice_ said:

Major unpopular opinion incoming. 

 

I like Wout Faes. 

 

There, I said it. As others have pointed out, one man cannot be responsible for a whole team's relegation. 

 

As for his temperament and attitude towards some fans, at least he cares about SOMETHING. He's angry, irritated, aggressive. I think we need that right now. 

 

I'd rather have a wound up Wout in the team. So what if he's not likeable? "Likeable" doesn't get promoted. So many other players are too nice, too passive, too forgettable. 

 

As for his complacency on the pitch. I'm not sure. I think he takes risks because the players around him are not. 

 

Oh - This could also be copied and pasted in the Harry Winks thread...

 

 

Love this. He's got some balls at least. 

 

I think what pisses lots off on here is that, he's actually one of our best players. Capable of fcking up, sure. Capable of a swagger that can look aloof, sure. Suspect at PL and International level, sure. But people double down rather than accept as a championship centre half he's miles ahead of the curve. (As he should be) .