Guerreiro out 3-4 months now too after his ankle surgery. So glad Portugal dragged him along to a Mickey Mouse tournament - where he exacerbated his injury - and then had him wait another couple of weeks to get an operation.
I had pencilled him in as a starter next to Dahoud until Weigl returns. Now we probably gotta start Castro or both of Goetze and Kagawa. Can't mess around starting Sahin, Rode, Bender in CM. Maybe Burnic gets a run in CM now.
How will Schalke fare next season?
BVB should play 3-5-2 with Guerrio injured.
Burki
Bartra - Sokratis - Toprak
Götze - Dahoud - Weigl - Passlack - Dembélé
Reus - Aubameyang
Nastasic isn't going anywhere, then?Honestly I could see them finishing much higher. Their new manager seems pretty good from the little I've heard and read, and they'll get a boost from not having European competition to tire them out. The team on paper is still way better than 10th.
1. Reus and Weigl will both be out for the start of the season; Reus won't be back until well after Guerreiro is.
2. Gotze and Dembele as wing-backs? Prepare to get shredded out wide.
3. Has Passlack ever played CM before? Genuine question, I've only known him as a right back.
I started following FC St. Pauli in Bundesliga 2. Really cool seeing their links within the punk rock scene and the philosophy of the club.
Subotic has to go right away. Dude's awful. Don't waste any more preseason minutes on him.
Schurrle and Rode shouldn't be far behind him out the door. For me, Mor comes before Schurrle this season. Mor had a good game today.
Was nice to see Goetze back on the field. Looked a little rusty, but you can tell the quality. He was playing some passes that most players don't think to play.
Part of the point of preseason is to show off your unwanted players so you can sell them off.
Paging Evilo, do you read this thread?
Zagadou is really good, what a terrific signing that was. Not a starter this year, but I can definitely see him developing into a starter in a season or two, and eventually a top class CB. The guy is young, only 18, but he's done well. He wasn't even so bad out of position at LB the other day.