Caleb Stanko at PAS Lamia (Greece)

Outstanding coverage for Caleb today. Good job, BS. [emoji106]

 

Yep, we got those 90 seconds of time on the field covered extremely well.

 

On the bench away to Borussia Dortmund this morning.

 

On the bench as they host Bayer Leverkusen this morning

 

On the bench:

AUFSTELLUNG #SCF | #H96SCF

Mit dieser Formation gehen wir ins Auswärtsspiel gegen @Hannover96 👇 pic.twitter.com/Yf1cbDviVy

— SC Freiburg (@scfreiburg) February 10, 2018

 

On the bench:

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So sieht unsere Start1️⃣️1️⃣️ gegen den SV Werder Bremen aus 👇 pic.twitter.com/Rh45k5j6z9

— SC Freiburg (@scfreiburg) February 17, 2018

 

It's good that he's fully integrated into the team

 

with an expiring contract in Summer 2018, this isn't promising news.
http://www.kicker.de/news/fussball/...ttaeuschte-sie-wollten-unbedingt-bleiben.html

 

From google translate

Streich's Disappointed: "They absolutely wanted to stay"
Since now only Florian Niederlechner is on SC Freiburg's injured list, the battle for places in the squad is huge. Even before the away game at Hertha BSC (Saturday, LIVE! From 15.30 clock) Christian Streich will again tell some players that they will not compete for a place in the journey to the capital.
There are a few players at the club like Caleb Stanko, Vincent Sierro, Bartosz Kapustka and Karim Guedé, who will not play in the second half of the season, and some like Marco Terrazzino, Marc Oliver Kempf, Lukas Kübler and Tim Kleindienst belong in the starting eleven but then either sit on the bench or are not in the squad. This situation was already foreseeable in the winter break, explained Streich, and therefore discussions with several players were held in January. "However, they absolutely wanted to stay because they believe that they will continue to learn something here," says the SC coach. He told them that depressing weeks could come to them.​

Time to get the hell out of Dodge

 

things are getting worse for him now
https://www.scfreiburg.com/news/abrashi-und-stanko-fallen-lange-aus

Stanko has suffered a serious knee injury in trainning and is out and seems like he needs surgery as well.

 

Welp. I don't know what type of meniscus injury he has but I hope its more on the minor side so he can make back before the end of the season.

 

Starts in test match:

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Starts:

AUFSTELLUNG 1️⃣ #SCF | #TEKSCF

Heute stehen die Spieler wieder 4x30 Minuten auf dem Platz. Das ist die erste 1️⃣1️⃣👇 pic.twitter.com/JFL9iIBvmp

— SC Freiburg (@scfreiburg) July 13, 2018

 

I thought he was told to find a new team?

 

Starts:

AUFSTELLUNG Team 1⃣ #SCF | #FVRSCF

Diese 1⃣1⃣ startet in Ravensburg 👇🏼 pic.twitter.com/QW5oqJzi8X

— SC Freiburg (@scfreiburg) July 19, 2018

 

25 today

Happy Birthday, Caleb 🎈

Wir wünschen Dir alles Gute zu deinem 25. Geburtstag! #SCF pic.twitter.com/CeJpG0Ara1

— SC Freiburg (@scfreiburg) July 26, 2018

 

Yep

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Das ist unser Team für Halbzeit 2️⃣
Bis auf Dominique #Heintz wechselt der #SCF komplett durch 🔄 pic.twitter.com/60DSSjJJav

— SC Freiburg (@scfreiburg) July 27, 2018

 

So bizarre. He has been there 7 years (18-25) has a smattering of first team appearances and is still kept around by the club. Kinda weird situation.

 

he's good depth for the team...not a star but good enough to fill-in if needed....I dont see any reason for them to not keep him around.....

i dont buy the narrative that most clubs seem to ascribe to (i think mostly motivated by the chance at transfer fees) that players dont improve after early 20's and must therefore either be established or nothing by that age.

to me, it's weirder how most clubs keep a player around in the reserves all the way through their first contract even though they know they have no plans for that player....basically guaranteeing that player will have a very hard time ever becoming anything as a player....kinda spiteful.

For example, I think what dortmund did with junior flores is more bizarre than what freiburg is with stanko....or what west ham did with lletget etc.....etc

 

Players can kinda do it to themselves, too. They won't take a buyout and sometimes push back against a loan, thinking they need to stay and fight. They learn they won't make equivalent in the leagues where they would play. It's how players get stuck in places where they won't play much (barring a slew of injuries).

 

I could see him going to MLS soon enough with that mentality

 

I didn't say he had that mentality. Just a general problem with how players end up stuck with a team.