Caleb Stanko at PAS Lamia (Greece)

He went 90' in the 1-0 loss to Weston & Schalke.

 

Hope he gets more playing time. I think he only got beat once against Schalke.

 

how was he today?

 

think he had the deflection for schalke's goal.. unlucky

 

Thought keeper humbled that. That was still a lot of time to react to the shot. He may have gone early. I’d have to rewatch it to confirm but that was an odd series.

 

It was another Freiburg player

 

Christian Günter

 

so is the club likely to be relegated?

 

I'd say Koln is the only team that looks just so horrifically bad that relegation is a certainty.

 

I watched the game and I was impressed with Stanko. He was playing LCB in a 3 man back line. He was comfortable passing the ball and defended well and made good decisions all game.

 

Can he play left back for the nats ?

 

It's a different role than what he played today but I think he has played some RB.

 

It looks like he played today because one of the center backs (Soyuncu) was out with a red card suspension. Probably will not play regularly but good to see he is in position to take advantage if someone gets hurt.

 

Yes! For Stanko!

 

Vs Schalke
41 of 67 passes for 80% completion
2/3 aerials won
1tackle
3 clearances
1 interception

 

My math is not perfect but that can't be 80%....maybe 60-something? He did look good to me regardless.

 

Thanks for pointing that out. He was 49 of 61. Typo

 

He was okay. His game needs a lot of improvement.

 

Kicker.de ratings:
Aufstellung:
Schwolow (3,5) -
R. Koch (3,5) ,
Schuster (3) ,
Stanko (3,5) - (Better than McKennie)
P. Stenzel (3) ,
Höfler (3) ,
C. Günter (3,5) -
Frantz (2,5) -
Kapustka (2,5) ,
Haberer (4) -
Petersen (4)

 

it was his Bundesliga debut right, so a level of understanding for him.

 

For thew mathematically challenged (like me ) that's an 80.3% pass completion rate. Not really good for an established player, but not too shabby for a debutant.

 

Probably why he's not playing for them

 

Yep and the only way he is gonna improve, is by playing more with the first team.

 

Article here with Christian Streich (Freiburg's HC) saying "overall [he] did well"
http://www.kicker.de/news/fussball/...l_stanko-und-kapustka_streich-fands-toll.html

 

Played well to me, better than gonzo.