Danish top division football is Championship standard at best. His record is not fantastic. I'm guessing that he is a cheaper option than players over here. He needs to be given time, he has had two spells with clubs that he has been prolific so hopefully he can replicate that with us.
Exactly, it’s always exciting signing players from abroad, especially strikers, and in turn expectations can be inflated. I think we need to cut the guy a bit of slack. Calling him a ‘dud’ is a bit shit. You’ve got;
1. Adapting to a new lifestyle 2. The Covid world - can’t got out, no fans etc 3. Lack of recent game time 4. Lack of service 5. We are shit/completely out of form and confidence 6. He’s not been given anywhere near enough of a chance yet
Off the top of my head he took his goal really well against Rochdale, hit the post against Swindon (?), fluffed one at Bristol Rovers. Apart from that I don’t think he’s been given a sniff. His movement looks good, we just haven’t got the ball down or show enough quality in the final third to help the bloke so far.
On top of the ‘dud’ thing, you’ve got some people saying along the lines of ‘well if he’s not getting the ball he should adapt his game’. The blokes not even played 350 minutes in a Charlton shirt yet!
Point 5 is very relevant. Bringing players into a struggling side will always be difficult.
Just imagine the pelters Mendonca would be getting if he was playing in this side. If you have a "poacher" the you need to get him & the ball into the box at the same time.
I haven't seen much of Schwartz to comment fully - but its not like he's missing chance after chance. One away somewhere when he fell over, apart from that its 1 goal & I disallowed from probably the only real chances he's had.
He is like Killer. Dont get him to track back & tackle. Just get the ball into the box & he'll instinctively be there to finish.
I thought we signed DJ to provide some service along with Millar?
I think we signed DJ because Swindon were desperate for money & at the time (transfer deadline day) we were the only low level league club who could pay a transfer fee. I suspect his wages are minimal. I also suspect he wasn't a player that Bowyer expressly wanted but Gallen said it made sense & was one " for the future" - either for us or for a future fee (like Bonne).
People seem to be either saying he was useless or it was impossible for him to be effective as he didn’t get any service. I like him but I’d say the truth is somewhere in the middle.
The truth is it wasn't a good signing for me. No experience in the EFL. Played a handful of games all season and is in his 30's. Echoes of a Roland network player.
Not sure why we signed him or DJ right now, when all we seem to want to do is pump balls up to Stockley. Maybe in the next few games when we go on this run Bowyers been promising us for 3 months now, we'll see the plan coming together.
Not sure why we signed him or DJ right now, when all we seem to want to do is pump balls up to Stockley. Maybe in the next few games when we go on this run Bowyers been promising us for 3 months now, we'll see the plan coming together.
Don't hold your breath
I really wonder how much say, if any, Bowyer has on incoming transfers. I know there have been quite restricting circumstances but we seem to sign a lot of players he obviously doesn't rate or have the faintest idea how to use.
fella would be mustard in the championship, and good in this division if we played balls into the box box crosses high and low.
He hasn’t even been given a chance under bowyer, whenever he has played it has been as a direct swap with aneke/stockley with tactics remaining the same
Somebody who analyzes the symptoms, but ignores the cause.
He could have touched the ball, its all well and good saying he's just a finisher but why did we buy him if he's literally not doing anything else?
There are some strikers that barely touch the ball in 90 minutes other than have attempts on goal. They usually play on the shoulder of the last man and look to run in behind.
When Schwartz signed, a couple of his ex-teammates specifically said he might do nothing for 90 mins but end up scoring twice. If we don't create anything and just lump it, it'll be he will do nothing for 90 minutes and score none.
I have absolutely no doubt, other than his lack of minutes, that Schwartz is being affected by a team of little creativity, confidence and form.
fella would be mustard in the championship, and good in this division if we played balls into the box box crosses high and low.
He hasn’t even been given a chance under bowyer, whenever he has played it has been as a direct swap with aneke/stockley with tactics remaining the same
feel for him
How would the fella be mustard in the championship? When the teams and quality of defender is far above what we have in this league. What have you seen of him that makes you think that.
Totally understand he is in a team playing very poorly, and perhaps not to his strengths. But he's barely touched the ball in a match since he has been here.
Lots of players are 'poachers' and only score goals in the box, but they don't just live in there waiting to receive the perfect ball.
I've seen nothing from him to convince me, from his stats to what I have seen in real life to make me think he would all of sudden be tearing up the championship!
Even the best strikers don't score every chance, they need more than 1 or 2 chances a game. Schwartz isn't getting any. If he was regularly several chances a game I'd agree. He wouldn't be this ineffective at other League 1 clubs.
I hope that those who are defending him are right and that he is that good a finisher at this level. Then perhaps with a change of system and a bit of confidence he'll get some goals. Even if that is true though I can't help but think we've bought the wrong player. The sad truth is that the rest of our squad aren't good enough to carry a one trick pony, no matter how good the tricks are. We need a forward who can get in there and create something for themselves, not one who waits for everything to be served up on a plate.
Feel sorry for Schwartz.. needs to service and support already shown her him the ball and he will hit the target .. his movement is top drawer especially without the ball ...... we finally have a goalscorer let’s get the best out of him and get him ready for next season
There is absolutely no point in having a player who has built a reasonably successful career as a penalty box finisher if we spend so little time showing impetus to get the ball into positions to create decent chances. I don't think we really know anything about Schwartz. He wants to get on the end of things that just aren't there. If we aren't going to attack teams like Burton properly and create chances, or bother to show any guile then question why we are recruiting players like Schwartz. Might as well go and get another huff and puff forward to run the channels for no reason.
I find myself increasingly feeling sorry for him, and agree with FA that surely today would have been better to start him than Fleetwood? I'm not convinced about him at all though, its very conceivable that the Danish league is very different to English football and generally of lower quality. How on earth some think he'd be mustard in the Championship based on what we've seen is very odd to me.
People saying that we’re not playing to his strengths, but do any teams in any leagues, let alone one struggling in League One, have a player than can just finish and has nothing else to their game? I can’t think of many.
I hope I’m wrong but I can’t see how he is going to succeed at Charlton and, even if he did nick the odd goal here and there, I’d much rather have a Chuks or a Stockley or even Washington who have other qualities.
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I haven't seen much of Schwartz to comment fully - but its not like he's missing chance after chance. One away somewhere when he fell over, apart from that its 1 goal & I disallowed from probably the only real chances he's had.
He is like Killer. Dont get him to track back & tackle. Just get the ball into the box & he'll instinctively be there to finish.
Don't hold your breath
He hasn’t even been given a chance under bowyer, whenever he has played it has been as a direct swap with aneke/stockley with tactics remaining the same
feel for him
When Schwartz signed, a couple of his ex-teammates specifically said he might do nothing for 90 mins but end up scoring twice. If we don't create anything and just lump it, it'll be he will do nothing for 90 minutes and score none.
I have absolutely no doubt, other than his lack of minutes, that Schwartz is being affected by a team of little creativity, confidence and form.
Totally understand he is in a team playing very poorly, and perhaps not to his strengths. But he's barely touched the ball in a match since he has been here.
Lots of players are 'poachers' and only score goals in the box, but they don't just live in there waiting to receive the perfect ball.
I've seen nothing from him to convince me, from his stats to what I have seen in real life to make me think he would all of sudden be tearing up the championship!
Saturday was like Northampton, that was never going to play to his style
It was the same with Paul Benson. For a few games we got the ball in the box early and he would score. When we stopped doing that, he stopped scoring.
I'm not convinced about him at all though, its very conceivable that the Danish league is very different to English football and generally of lower quality. How on earth some think he'd be mustard in the Championship based on what we've seen is very odd to me.
Despite almost all the excuses being true for him as well.
I can never recall a player in my life who is invisible every game.
It's quite an achievement.