Det the Threat wrote:Foye wrote:Det the Threat wrote:
Never said it was an easy win but once we brought on Plea, Thuram, Neuhaus, Hofmann we clearly controlled it.
Questionable penalty?
Thuram's shot was blocked by the arm of your defender who had those spread like wings.
Really stupid way to "move" in your own box and clearly a penalty.
Anyways, I think you guys tried hard but if it wasn't for Mateta and Quaison it would look really bad going forward.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.sportschau.de/fussball/ifab-handspiel-schulter-oberarm-gelbe-karten-100.ampBall hit him pretty clearly above the newly implemented t-shirt line. Does not matter whether it was stupid defending or not (it certainly was, though). It wasnt a penalty under the new rules.
I think it was his arm but whatever...
Though, I can certainly understand you being unhappy with how the game ended.
BTW:
Do you have any faith left in Schröder?
Seems like he clearly lost his touch and you're mostly just losing players without really replacing them.
I also don't get, like you've said, why managers would play Brosinski at left back.
He's a great crosser of the ball with his right foot and given that Mateta's up top, that would be a dangerous combination.
Only faith I have is that Schröder will run this club in the ground.
You just have to look at the press conferences with him to know this guy does not have what it takes to be a top manager.
Whenever a reporter makes a valid point he just goes into defense mode without even trying to understand the points.
What bugs me the most is not even his absent ability to receive criticism, analyze it and try to learn from it.
What bugs me the most is his incapability to understand what success is:
Every year, our development goes in a worse and worse direction.
Yet, he keeps bragging about "success" that didn't even exist.
Last year it was match day 5 or 6 and he kept bragging about wins against Hoffenheim (down to 10 man), Eintracht (running on the last heels from EL) and draws against Leipzig.
This year it is match day 4, you are deadlast in the table and he keeps talking about how they made a great home game against Leverkusen last year. Last year, Leverkusen won the game against us playing 10 vs. 11.
Or keeps talking about Dortmund win last year which was an utterly pointless game for Dortmund. Nothing anyone should brag about.
Dude should keep his mouth shut until they have managed to string together 3 wins in a row. Meaning he should keep his mouth shut all season. Because it is painfully obvious, we won't string together 3 wins all season thanks to his inability to construct a roster.
Brosinski is a scrub and I don't even blame him. He is giving his best, playing out of position in the twilight of his career. I have the greatest amount of respect for what he is doing. However, he doesn't have what it takes anymore to run up and down the field for 90 minutes. Needless to say playing him out of position...he is confronted with his insanely weak left foot far too often. Only option he has then is to hoist it up the field. Watching him try to make a cross with the left foot is really painful. Playmaking with him on the left side simple not possible.
For players like him, if you have to rely on him, you absolutely have to try to make things easy for him so he will not look like a net negative on the pitch. Playing him out of position is definitely not making things easy for him. It embarrasses me to see this level of incompetence in our coaching staff week in week out. To make it even worse, they position Quaison ahead of him at LW who is a SoMa-level when it comes to tracking back to defend.
On the right side, as you mention...Brosinski would in theory at least on offense be a little bit more effective.
Although, I have to say. I still consider St. Juste to be the better option for RB even though his crosses are garbage quality.
To be honest with you.
I don't even think the roster is that bad and that far away from being competitive despite all the terrible mistakes Schröder and Beierlorzer, etc. made in the past.
What they need to do is maximize what they have. And here we come to the next issue.
Lichte is now supposed to turn the things around. He has been part of the mess that has happened in the club for years.
He used to be responsible for the set pieces (which have been garbage for the club both on offense and defense for years).
How is someone who has been part of the problem for years going to turn things around? I don't see it.
If they were going for an internal solution. Both the U19 and U17 coaches are doing great work.
U19 squad just beat Bayern U19 4-0. Those were our options to get the most out of the roster.