Pavel Buchnevich
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I agree, but he doesn’t have any influence in the dressing room. I feel bad for the guy, but he has to go, considering you can’t replace a whole squad in the winter.
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I agree, but he doesn’t have any influence in the dressing room. I feel bad for the guy, but he has to go, considering you can’t replace a whole squad in the winter.
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Kovac is "right" about "everything" except his tactics, his rotation, his management of star players, his management of young players. lol. Farmers might be easier to manage and coach but Bayern's players are extremely self-righteous and won't take to a bozo's drivel. Kovac has to/had to earn their respect and how his teams lined up and the tactics they employed for the last two months are anything but "right".
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Wouldn't be surprised to find him in a high position at Bayern later. They need someone with his personality to replace Kalle. Kahn to replace Uli.
Sure, farmers in Frankfurt might have been easier, that doesn't mean he's not right about every single of those lines.
Kovac knows he's losing his job in the upcoming weeks and he's telling his players what they have to hear as well. Those guys are not pulling their weight. Are they doing it on purpose? Possible. He has every right to make those fair criticisms however.
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He's done a diabolical job so far in every aspect of management. That he's lashing out at his players with obvious observations (Kimmich was playing too attacking? Really? You don't say! Boateng and Suele are not aggressive enough? Wow, such a novel statement!) as parting words this late in the game doesn't move the needle. He needed to instruct, improve, enhance, and instill confidence throughout the season. It's not like Kimmich or Boateng were playing particularly worse during this stretch - they haven't changed their games for the worse all season, it's been consistent from both of them.
The players are under-performing and lack confidence. They might have turned the corner, they might have not - we'll see this weekend. But 23 players have all declined in performance, that clearly indicates that there is a common denominator at play and not all 23 players are suddenly past it. We see individuals make individual mistakes. It isn't the team's core imploding, it is every player in every position who has been mis-firing and mis-playing - they're far too slow on the ball, they're not aggressive, they're not clever with their pressing, they're not challenging their opponents much at all. They coasted the early part of the season on talent and determination after a poor summer showing (Germans + Lewy and a few others) but since then they've been figured out tactically and Kovac has had no answers.
He should've hammered out their flaws earlier in the season, not at this stage. Better late than never though. That there is an obvious mole/leak (it seems to be Kimmich, no?) isn't good. For their sake, I hope it's sorted out sooner than later.
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No way. Nobody knows what happens after Hoeness, but neither Effenberg nor Loddar will ever get a job at Bayern with Hoeness/Rummenigge in charge. Lahm might be an option later
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Yeah. It makes no sense to me that you can commit a foul against an opponent when you have a clearly superior position and win the ball cleanly, and the opponent getting a piece of your boot is entirely a result of his going for a ball which he has no hope of winning cleanly; AND that foul results in a penalty.
Anyway, didn't matter in the end, but a harsh decision.
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The rate at which the two patriarchs burn bridges there might be no-one of any quality left to take over once they're gone. That will be the most critical point in that club's recent history.
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How Christian Heidel still holds his job at Schalke, I don't know. He's done a terrible job.
Its funny to see as a Dortmund fan, but its also bad for the league that one of the big clubs in the league has been wiped out of all their talent.
When was the last time you could've said that Schalke didn't have a player in their squad who would get into the Dortmund team?
From a Dortmund perspective, Sancho continues to produce in the important moments of matches. I was worried about the defense without Big Zags, but it held up really well. The last game he didn't play, we got destroyed by Atletico. Schalke didn't come close to scoring, except the penalty that wasn't really a penalty.
Its funny to see as a Dortmund fan, but its also bad for the league that one of the big clubs in the league has been wiped out of all their talent.
When was the last time you could've said that Schalke didn't have a player in their squad who would get into the Dortmund team?
From a Dortmund perspective, Sancho continues to produce in the important moments of matches. I was worried about the defense without Big Zags, but it held up really well. The last game he didn't play, we got destroyed by Atletico. Schalke didn't come close to scoring, except the penalty that wasn't really a penalty.
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World Cup winner and former Dortmund player Kevin Grosskreutz apparently shared a message on instagram threatening a journalist who wrote about Nazis in Dortmund.
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Schalke was so overrated this summer, because they finished in second place. Tedesco IMO is an insecure football nerd and Heidel bought something like 30 players and almost nobody clicked. This club is a disaster from top to bottom and will never change. Dortmund- as their main rivals- is way smarter.
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Heidel has certainly made some costly errors..but under what regime was Schalke ever a consistently elite club? As long as I've been alive they've been a club in near perpetual crisis with a few brief moments of success in-between.
While they have the potential to be Germany's no.3 club, they've been poorly run and financially less than stable. Much like other candidates for 'no.3' like HSV and 'der FC' they just can't get their act together. Clubs like that feel the urge to spend to compete but don't have enough of a solid financial foundation to afford the setbacks caused by bad choices or the access to the expertise required to make the good choices required to build a solid financial and on-field foundation.
While they have the potential to be Germany's no.3 club, they've been poorly run and financially less than stable. Much like other candidates for 'no.3' like HSV and 'der FC' they just can't get their act together. Clubs like that feel the urge to spend to compete but don't have enough of a solid financial foundation to afford the setbacks caused by bad choices or the access to the expertise required to make the good choices required to build a solid financial and on-field foundation.
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So much for the fresh start.
They are in more financial trouble, and their biggest strength as a club - the young star players from their own academy - is in a bit of a down streak right now with Goretzka, Kehrer, and Meyer gone.
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On sky today they talked about Schalke and wich players they lost over the last years. Including Özil and Neuer. It would be a very solid team.
But like I said they will never change and still dream of the "Schalker Kreisel" back in the 30s. Also they still have about 230m liabilities.
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Not sure how high the bar is but thought this was interesting:
Marko Grujic "by far the best midfielder at Hertha Berlin in 20 years" – Pal Dardai | bundesliga.com
Marko Grujic "by far the best midfielder at Hertha Berlin in 20 years" – Pal Dardai | bundesliga.com
Pavel Buchnevich
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Schalke has a kid in their U-19’s, Kutucu, who is supposedly pretty good. Plays for Turkey, even though he’s from Gelsenkirchen. They are considering calling him up to their first team with how much they are struggling. But their vaunted academy has struggled in recent years.
The only player whose made it is McKennie, and he’s not as high potential as their best products. Reese never had the talent, neither did Hemmerich. Ademoglu had the talent but was a bust in their academy. Never produced. Wright is way too raw for the top level of football. Kruger was derailed by injuries, as was Taitague.
The only player whose made it is McKennie, and he’s not as high potential as their best products. Reese never had the talent, neither did Hemmerich. Ademoglu had the talent but was a bust in their academy. Never produced. Wright is way too raw for the top level of football. Kruger was derailed by injuries, as was Taitague.
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If you count Marcelinho as a midfielder, he'd probably have been the best over the last 20 years. Otherwise, Dariusz Wosz.
Therefore do they really have that potential? They come from the poorest city in the league and their financial state seems rather like the logical consequence of their environment.
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