German football 2020/21

[Duchene2MacKinnon]

Dortmund are a mess. Stuttgart could’ve got a 2nd easily

 

[Bringer of Jollity]

What a fantastic result for Frankfurt. Fun team to watch right now.

 

[Bringer of Jollity]

Dortmund are a mess. Stuttgart could’ve got a 2nd easily

Looks like they decided to switch roles second half.

 

[Bringer of Jollity]

Oh, what a poor touch by Coulibaly on an absolute sitter.

 

[S E P H]

Me looking at the BuLi table this year,

 

[HajdukSplit]

Gisdol will probably get the sack in the next few days. Reportedly Funkel will be the manager until end of the season

edit: Nevermind, happened already about half hour ago

 

[RainyCityHockey]

Hütter is said to become the new manager of Gladbach.
Transfer fee of €7.5 mil.

At least Bild is reporting it again.

Though, this time around Kicker and others are also at least leaning towards it.

 

[Bringer of Jollity]

Hütter is said to become the new manager of Gladbach.
Transfer fee of €7.5 mil.

At least Bild is reporting it again.

Though, this time around Kicker and others are also at least leaning towards it.

But why? Moving from a team on the upswing and likely to have more resources due to Champions League to one that has been a bit of a mess this season and will probably see a few players follow Rose out. These Bundesliga teams really seem to love screwing each other over, don't they.

 

[TheMoreYouKnow]

Gladbach is still higher in the food chain than Frankfurt. Bobic, the guy who hired him and who some see as the reason for Frankfurt's recent upswing, is leaving at the end of the year, too.

 

[PanniniClaus]

Hoffenheim and Leverkusen was must see TV..

 

[Duchene2MacKinnon]

Hoffenheim and Leverkusen was must see TV..

Not sure if serious it was very boring.

 

[PanniniClaus]

Not sure if serious it was very boring.

Brutal...can't believe i watched it on PVR this evening.

 

[Duchene2MacKinnon]

Brutal...can't believe i watched it on PVR this evening.

You should’ve pm me. I would’ve told you. Usually I use footy to distract from my job today was the opposite.

 

[RainyCityHockey]

But why? Moving from a team on the upswing and likely to have more resources due to Champions League to one that has been a bit of a mess this season and will probably see a few players follow Rose out. These Bundesliga teams really seem to love screwing each other over, don't they.

Frankfurt will lose their sporting director in Bobic(Hertha) and a key front office manager(regarding the football side of things) in Bruno Hübner as well as another front office guy who was close to Hütter.

Gladbach also still even has a chance to qualify for europe and has a good chance to make it ten years in a row finishing in the top half of the table joining only Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund.

BTW: The deal is done and Hütter will sign for three years while Frankfurt will receive a whopping 7.5 mil euros.

 

[Albatros]

Not sure if serious it was very boring.

At least the stadium atmosphere reminded of normal times.

 

[Bringer of Jollity]

Frankfurt will lose their sporting director in Bobic(Hertha) and a key front office manager(regarding the football side of things) in Bruno Hübner as well as another front office guy who was close to Hütter.

Gladbach also still even has a chance to qualify for europe and has a good chance to make it ten years in a row finishing in the top half of the table joining only Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund.

BTW: The deal is done and Hütter will sign for three years while Frankfurt will receive a whopping 7.5 mil euros.

And they manage to do it in the week right before the two play each other. This is a move and timeline that would make BVB proud.

 

[gary69]

Wow, Leipzig looked like hanging on in the title race with a 6th minute Poulsen overtime goal, but it was ruled out.

 

[DrMartinVanNostrand]

Frankfurt will lose their sporting director in Bobic(Hertha) and a key front office manager(regarding the football side of things) in Bruno Hübner as well as another front office guy who was close to Hütter.

Gladbach also still even has a chance to qualify for europe and has a good chance to make it ten years in a row finishing in the top half of the table joining only Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund.

BTW: The deal is done and Hütter will sign for three years while Frankfurt will receive a whopping 7.5 mil euros.

Considering they lost one of the hottest coaches around, and to a rival no less, Gladbach actually comes out pretty well when it's all said and done here. Hütter's track record at Frankfurt, by and large, is pretty positive looking. Europa League semis in 2018-'19 and only knocked out by Chelsea on penalty kicks, a shockingly easy Champions League qualificiation (at least, it would appear) for this season...the only question mark is from last season, but even then it's pretty easy to understand why a team who was largely led by an attacking trio that was all sold in the same transfer window might have some struggles the following season. And, even then, most of their struggles were more defensive in nature, which is something that bears a closer bit of analysis, but if Hütter gets to work with the backline Gladbach currently has next season - a backline featuring four internationals - then he should be on the positive end of some good defensive success next year.

The one thing he won't be able to count on again next year is benefitting from six own goals. A couple of them were inconsequential, but four of them helped lead to getting points from those games. But given the general proficiency of Frankfurt's goal scoring in the last three seasons, that probably won't be a problem. Obviously this is a big sting to Frankfurt, though, at a point in time where it looks like the club is on that upward trajectory befitting a team from an economic powerhouse like Frankfurt, the city, is. Given that they did well in replacing Kovac with Hütter, I will trust the club will handle the replacements they need to make well enough. And it's a positive for the Bundesliga to have Frankfurt looking like a regular contender for CL qualification spots moving forward. It's always boggled my mind why Frankfurt isn't a bigger club given the economic resources of their location. They should be a huge club. But I'm not from Germany, so some of the nuance as to how and why things have been the way they are is definitely lost on me.

 

[TheMoreYouKnow]

Eintracht Frankfurt's nickname has been Zwietracht Zankfurt. Eintracht means 'harmony' in German. A name that has been more often than not considered rather ironic for the club. Zwietracht means 'quarrel' or 'discord'. Zankfurt is derived from 'zanken' which means 'to argue'. It's a club like Schalke, Cologne, Hamburg, Hertha even...big clubs with big fan bases and thus big potential. All famous for lacking competent and stable leadership.

The fact they're losing the two men most identified with their recent upswing - Bobic and Hütter - to league rivals in objectively worse positions indicates that they're by no means past their legacy of chaos. And of course, the first match thereafter they get routed by one of those teams. Classic.

 

[Albatros]

Nowhere else have I seen as many fights between home team fans as in Frankfurt. Even wearing away colours myself they were more interested in beating each other up than running their mouths to me.

 

[TheMoreYouKnow]

Flick announcing he's leaving at the end of the year. They should stop taking bets for him becoming the next Germany boss.

 

[John Price]

 

[Power Man]

Bensebaini has now scored vs Bayern, BVB and Eintracht
Not bad

 

[gary69]

Wow, Köln beat Leipzig with two Jonas Hector goals. They're still in tough position and in danger of being relegated, but this gives them a chance at least.

 

[Duchene2MacKinnon]

So munich in the bundesliga winning 2-0.
Big game for Frankfurt too. Life is good