Hummels subbed because of an issue wjth his hand. Bruun Larsen in for Hazard as well. Two early subs with Akanji on a yellow.
Hoffenheim equalized. Sancho looks off weather, without Hazard and Reus the whole strikerless formation is toothless. Guess we'll see Paco or is he being rested for winter training camp.
And there it is, Hoffenheim scores. We played really bad in the last 20 minutes. No urgency, no intent to play football.
I hope Favre is sacked, we cant go like this anymore.. You can see from the moon that something is wrong with how we play, something just isnt right.. We play like there is no coach on the bench, undisciplined footballl.. FO be clever and give Poch whatever he wants!
What a shit show. We looked terrible in the second half. No leadership on the pitch. It looked as if the team had no idea what to do. We seemed to play for counterattacks but when we got these chances, we only attacked with 3-4 players and didn't maintain control. Hoffenheim didn't even play well but there was no drive in this team to crush them.
When you have a talent disparity then that should give you an advantage by forcing your game onto the opponent from the first whistle, controlling the game and esssentially concluding it in the first half. Instead we play the counter game, let the opponent control possession, build confidence, and put us under pressure which we have proven time and again that we cannot handle....Favre needs to go.
Well deserved loss. A less effective offence with reus injured, then he picks gotze to play as false 9 instead of a healthy natural striker in paco, then he replaces hazard in half time with a mediocre player at best whem we have RG on the bench next to paco. I dont know wtf was he expecting. Im not a tactical genius but even i could see the shits bout to hit the fan barely several minutes into the 2nd half, but LF didnt or he did but just chose to do f*ck all about it, i dunno which is worse. Now lets see what happens in January, if we go into the 2nd half of the season with LF as our coach it will be a clear indication of how unambitious and balless our board is.
Favre won't get sacked because I suspect he'll do just enough for us to secure a Champions League spot. Most infuriating are the local fans who think he's doing a great job. Matthias Suuk recently blocked me on Twitter for saying Favre's chicken shit mentality is harmful to the club. I guess the truth does hurt, after all.
Götze was the natural replacement for Reus and looked good in the first half. Paco is a different type but might be able to play this role.
Most of all i would like the board to step off.. They did amazing job in the past, saved the club from bankruptcy, had luck with Klopp who won almost everything, but in the last 5 years, the board looks clueless, ita obvious they reached their maximum. They become unambitious, or did they always been, but just had luck to get Klopp who done miracle? Favre wont be sack? You know why? Because he will finish in the top 4 and secure CL and thats all it matters.. We become German version of Arsenal... How sad....
Same scenario all over again. Why do players stop attacking and start chilling around as soon as we are ahead. I wish Hoffenheim had scored that free kick early on. Favre was bad with subs. The only thing that may explain playing JBL is that they were showcasing him to potential buyers. But if he really thought that it would be a good substitution, then it's sad. I would have actually brought him off for Paco after seeing his performance. The mentality problem is still with us, sadly.