Where are they now : Fabian Speiss

[Piethagoram 𝕏 @piethagoram]

Mentoring A level student at QPR

[StanfordPie]

He went to Alfreton, and things went downhill from there. He looked like he had potential but lacked confidence and was thrown into the Notts squad when he wasn’t completely ready. I think he retired not long after Alfreton let him go.

[allardyces tash]

I liked Fabian Speiss. I thought he had potential, and the timing would have worked if Notts had better defenders. The squad was okay, and I think we overachieved in the first season he featured. He did seem to struggle with confidence. He had good ability to react and save shots but lacked communication.

[liampie]

i thought he was quite rounded as a prospect.

he showed good hands, distribution was not bad, he could save shots close up and from outside the box. quite a flexible keeper, that just needed more coaching and time to fully develop. i do think it was his mental side that let him down, he seems very much lacking confidence by time he left. i dont think it was a lack of coaching from the goalkeeping coach, as i think it was kelvin pilkington back then and i thought he was brilliant.

decisions higher up i think took the confidence away, as we did not improve all that much and then moved for a more experienced keeper.

[Blake]

I don't remember him, but he probably was the keeper when I was either not born or really young. Possibly when I was little. Who did Notts to replace him?

[TheSkipper 𝕏 TheSkipperNCFC]

Do I remember correctly that a Premier League team was scouting him at one point? Was it Liverpool? I might be mistaken, but we had a lot of promising keepers over the years who fell through the cracks.