In truth, Faubert is shit. He is a full back who can neither tackle nor head the ball, and a winger who cannot cross. The £6m Curbishley spent on him is up there with the great follies commonly known as Dyer, Ljunberg, Savio, McCarthy, Mido, Boa Morte, Davenport, Quashie, Jimenez, Kovac and Barrera; he may have stayed longer and played more games, but that just means the agony was prolonged!
Of course, Faubert has had some highs: there was the game against Hull when he played Cole in with a beautiful pass down the line and scored a goal too, and his only other goal, against Leicester, this season. However the lows far exceed the highs. How about his miserable attempts to head a winner at Birmingham this season, closing his eyes and flinching away from the ball - and his brilliant challenge which earnt him a booking and a suspension in that same match when the squad was already decimated by injuries and suspensions? Or his woeful substitute appearance against Arsenal which saw an epic rear guard action destroyed inside a minute? Or his refusal to come back to the ground to sit on the bench last season after an injury to a team mate (Tomkins?) in the warm up?
It was wonderfully fitting that Faubert's final contribution in Claret and Blue was to give the ball away in his own half deep into injury time against Blackpool. Suddenly it was panic stations with only a last ditch intervention from Reid averting disaster.
I have tried to like Faubert and have argued his case at times, but it says a lot about his incompetence that the likes of Spector and O'Brien were often considered better options at right back. He will not be missed!
If you have a favourite Faubert moment that I have forgotten - good or bad - add it below!
13 comments:
The ball against Everton.
Didnt he originally favor a move to Rangers? Maybe he knew the SPL was more his speed.
I forgot that 1811, onto Ilan's head. GOALLLLLLLLL!!!!!!!!!!!!! Then Mido missed the penalty!
have to agree with 18:11. his cross to ilan against everton was epic!
also, his charge on the millwall keeper will be remembered for quite some time...
C'mon HF, he played the day after his mother died or something.
That sets him apart as a loyal servant to the club.
JC
Useless tosser
Anony-mouse says,
The bottled header at Brum was truly shocking. But what about him coming on late at Leicester a month ago and mis-heading a clearance up and into our penalty area- inept didn't do it justice. I nearly gave birth to kittens at that point.
I will say that sometimes, somehow the team did seem to play with more energy and vigour when he was in it. He did all right when he came on on Saturday- matched Matty Philips for pace when Demel had previously struggled. For me it was one of the tactical changes that swung the game back in our direction by negating Blackpool's width. He played very well at home to Millwall this year and Hull three years ago. And erm, that's about it on the plus points.
I didn't dislike him as a bloke but overall he was an utterly rubbish player- £3 million a year? The epitome of the mental Icelandic largesse.
Good luck to Faye btw- he did a good job for us in this league until Brum and Reading found him out in the run-in. I don't think Allardyce was ever going to give him a look in after that particularly with the two young centre backs forming a useful partnership.
LOL Anonymouse, I couldn't remember who we were playing when Faubert did that. Incompetent fat arse!
Have posted a thread in tribute to Faye.
Got to say, he is one of the worst players I have ever seen - at any level, let alone PL or Championship. I remember watching him and Pep (Behrami) trying to establish an understanding on the right hand side of our team in a friendly against Villereal - it would have been funny in a junior school girls team, that's how bad he was. THAT cross against Everton was so good it could only have been a mis-hit - and I wont misstheshit at all. How come nobody mentioned the most remarkable thing - that Real Madrid took him off our hands for a brief period. Can only assume they were expecting an early run on their banks so were preparing for the worst
Anony-mouse says,
Clez, I'd forgotten he'd gone to Real Madrid. Wtf was that all about?
Spector, Obrien and Faubert - all crap. Of the three, Faubert is only 90% crap. The other two are 95% crap [Spector] and 100% [O Brien]
60/70k a week off the wage bill, to put it into perspective faubert was on more than vaz te, cole and nolan combined. is he worth that? in 4 years i struggle to remember more than 3 good crosses, 2 goals and a foul on the milwall keeper
Mouse, how could you forget the famous TV shot of Faubert falling asleep on the Madrid bench?! I f-ing gagged from laughing so hard that day. Priceless.
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