we can now officially welcome greuther fürth to the bundesliga
Fürth is not one of the high payroll teams in this league, so their accomplishment cannot be rated too high. While he is not the only one responsible for this success, coach Büskens deserves all the praise he gets. With his history as a player and coach, he seems to be first-in-line as Stevens' successor with Schalke - or is there be any other coach you would prefer?
Fürth is not one of the high payroll teams in this league, so their accomplishment cannot be rated too high. While he is not the only one responsible for this success, coach Büskens deserves all the praise he gets. With his history as a player and coach, he seems to be first-in-line as Stevens' successor with Schalke - or is there be any other coach you would prefer?
Gruß,
BSHH
Well you're right, Büskens certainly seems like the logical choice... he's still beloved within the fanbase (he had every schalke fan rooting for fürth's promotion) and has coached schalke before, although only for 2 short interim stints. I don't know the european tmanager market very well, but as far as Germany goes, I don't see a better option at the moment.
The problem that I see is that Büskens might need patience at the beginning after making the jump to one of the biggest clubs in the country, which is an attribute that schalke isn't exactly known for, especially in the still messy financial situation.
Also, I don't know about Büskens' loyalty to his club. While Stevens' one year left on the contract is certainly favourable- Büskens wouldn't leave now after leading them to promotion- what happens if fürth manage to avoid relegation? Will he still leave? That remains to be seen.
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Originally Posted by Franck
I bet somewhere out there Henry Kissinger sits with a gigantic smile on his face.
He even said that if Greuther Fürth gain promotion, he will visit the Sportpark Rohnhof Stadium for the last home game. Seems like he can book his flight
(...) Also, I don't know about Büskens' loyalty to his club. While Stevens' one year left on the contract is certainly favourable- Büskens wouldn't leave now after leading them to promotion- what happens if fürth manage to avoid relegation? Will he still leave? That remains to be seen.(...)
If you are a young and aspiring coach, who has lead your team to a surprising promotion first and - even more surprisingly - avoided relegation afterwards, you better leave the club, if you have interesting other options. For so many smaller clubs, the second year in the top league is much more difficult than the first one.
Büskens would be stupid if he refused an offer by Schalke. Since his days as a player, he is very popular there and thus will at least be granted some patience. I do not think Fürth - as the runner-up club in a region, which already cannot provide Nürnberg with sizable funds - will have an easy path establishing itself in the top league. If Büskens stays after a good season, he might suffer the same fate as Kurz has done in K'lautern, a club he lead to promotion and the 7th place in the following season.
Hyypia isn't sure if that's really what he wants, so it's still up in the air right now.
Talk about yet another disgusting referee-performance at Berlin-Hoffenheim yesterday. How can you be so incredibly blind?
Babel gets fouled from behind, and crashes into an opponent because of that. He gets up to complain, Kobiashvili moves next to him and then falls down like he has been shot. Babel gets yellow and yellow/red, which all but put the game into Hertha's hands. There was no reason to give Babel anything, he was fouled, he didn't do anything wrong. If you want to punish someone, then punish Kobiashvili for the foul and the following dive. Absolutely pathetic job by Kinhöfer.
Then he tries to top that by not giving Berlin one of the most clear cut penalties in the history of the game, with Hoffenheim's player being on the ground but clinging to Berlin's player with both arms around the waist, putting his entire weight into him to bring him down. Lasogga pretty much had to drag Hoffenheim's player with him, which makes it kind of hard to play football, as would be obvious to anyone but the referee
This NYT-blog/article raises the question, whether the EPL is still superior to Bundesliga. While it feels good to read such a laudatio about the league I followed since I was interested in soccer, the German name of the author does raise questions about some kind of bias.
However, I do not care about the quality of the matches anyway. As a supporter, who wants to attend matches, enjoy myself and celebrate goals as I always did, I am very happy that there are still stands and beer vendors in the Bundesliga. The prices are expensive, yet somehow reasonable. And as a proud member of a club I am even more happy that the prospects of my beloved team does not depend on some investor's/corporation's economic interests or some criminal's/other sugar daddy's mood - even after the worst season my club has ever played!
This NYT-blog/article raises the question, whether the EPL is still superior to Bundesliga. While it feels good to read such a laudatio about the league I followed since I was interested in soccer, the German name of the author does raise questions about some kind of bias.
However, I do not care about the quality of the matches anyway. As a supporter, who wants to attend matches, enjoy myself and celebrate goals as I always did, I am very happy that there are still stands and beer vendors in the Bundesliga. The prices are expensive, yet somehow reasonable. And as a proud member of a club I am even more happy that the prospects of my beloved team does not depend on some investor's/corporation's economic interests or some criminal's/other sugar daddy's mood - even after the worst season my club has ever played!
Gruß,
BSHH
Lower prices + more relaxed alcohol rules + stehplatz + the same quality of soccer has made me a believer the last few years.
Bundesliga > EPL
Does anyone have a link for a Pokalfinale stream? Message me ...
I don't think they'll be able to, but it would be extremely interesting if Dortmund could keep these players together long term so they could build towards Champions League success. So many quality young players at their club.
Bayern making the play, but Dortmund always seem more dangerous.'that Said, dortmund's first two goals have been somewhat lucky. Neuer also doesnt have a very good game...
