[Dead Fingers]

please continue

[panicfc]

Just a maintanence question - we might get another 20 posts or maybe even 30, but won't we start an off-season thread next Monday?

[Dead Fingers]

I hesitated in making a new one, but wasn't sure if the promotion discussion would continue.

I don't think we will need a new one until they are in camp again.

[panicfc]

Haha! You underestimate the off-season rumor threads!

[Dead Fingers]

Originally Posted by panicfc

Haha! You underestimate the off-season rumor threads!

No..that's what I thought this thread would be anyway.

[panicfc]

But then we need to change the thread title to "Off Season news and rumors"

[köllealaaf]

To get back to the question in the old thread, regarding Daum and whether he should stay or not...

He has a contract till 2010, but the option to quit every other 6 months. In my opinion Daum was one of the main reasons we got promoted. And in my opinion he should stay and I am almost certain that he will.

[panicfc]

Every 6 months he has the option to resign?

That's a crazy deal.

[cookiely]

Originally Posted by panicfc

Every 6 months he has the option to resign?

That's a crazy deal.

That`s Meier. Don`t forget he also was the one who forgot to pull the option
on Helmes contract on time. i still get this massive headache when I think about it.

In his defence, i don`t think Daum would have signed without this option.

He has a contract till 2010, but the option to quit every other 6 months. In my opinion Daum was one of the main reasons we got promoted. And in my opinion he should stay and I am almost certain that he will.

makes me think that perhaps the whole discussion is house made by the media. Daum has a contract that still runs why even discuss it.


I want Daum to stay because:

1. we won`t get anyone better. Good coaches are rare. Think about how many teams are looking for a new coach and can`t find one who is good enough.
Think about it, U. Hoeneß hired klinnsmann because of lack of options. never seen that one coming.
Daum is the best we can get.

2. He did good work. Even though this season was filled with ups and downs
we still got promoted and in the end the team showed how good they can play.
Just consider the enormous pressure he had to fight with.
If we wouldn`t have made it this year,our budget would have been shortened and we would have been doomed to become a second 1860.
The public pressure on the FC is way higher than on teams like Hoffenheim where no one really expected them to get up in the first 2.Liga season.
(Which is imo one of the reasons why Hoffenheim is in such a good position right noew)

In adition to that 98% of the FC Fans suffer from manic depressions.



3. Aside from the panic buys in the winterbreak last season, i can`t think of
a single player he contracted where I couldn`t at least see the possibilities
that they might become good players. A massive step ahead conidering our awful contracting record int the past.

[panicfc]

Very good arguments in favor of Daum.

Meier on the other hand makes me feel ill. We need to find a new striker - will Podolski come back? Will we find a foreign player to pair with Novagol?

So many questions....