the Swiss way to Euro 2008

Presumably that's just drop Huggel from the squad and not Grichting?

I can't understand why Huggel even got in the squad in the first place. Nice altercation after the WCQ play-off against Turkey though - And I saw that match courtesy of ZDF in its entirety.

Whenever I've seen Grichting playing for Auxerre (in a live match) he's always looked solid.

I'm not sure about Vonlanthen. I'd prefer Gygax to play up front/behind Frei and Streller - but KK knows best.

Anyway, nice to see 'my boy' Behrami staking a claim.

It all comes down to numbers in the end, and some will have to be released.

 

häberli and eggimann are out!!! I can't understand why Huggel remain in the squad!?!

It seems that Köbi has decided to consider yakin as a forward, hence häberli was only the 5th one!

 

cool thanks

no creative / attacking central midfielder then (no Yakin or Cabanas?)

or do you use Gelson in a more attacking role ?

could we see a 4-5-1/4-2-3-1 ?

Switzerland impressed me at the WC in 2006, your players looked very ordinary and limited individually, but the team was well set up and played well in all 4 games I thought

 

Apparently Lichtsteiner will start ahead of P.Degen and Derdiyok will partner Frei up front.

Here in England not too much is being said about the swiss in the media - so no surprise there then.

 

swiss are playing pretty good. What happened to frie though? is he out for euros?

 

Judging by his tears, I'm guessing we may not see him again this tournament. Looks like we may find out what Derdiyok can do.

 

And presumably drop Streller!

 

Yeah, drop Streller play Derdiyok

 

Sorry 'bout your loss today -- it was pretty heart-breaking.


Still hope you guys get all three points in your match against Portugal.

 

I am the first fan of Barnetta... but once again I can't understand Köbi's coaching.... based on the first game Quillo had not fully recovered, so why köbi decided to remain him in the srating 11????

 

The Turks were playing with 12 men (and I don't mean the ref who gave the swiss virtually nothing)

I'm talking about Hakin Yakin who almost contrived to miss his 'goal' and didn't exactly look overjoyed at scoring it either.

As for him missing an open goal from 2m; Oh well, these things happen.

He later made an excellent pass to the Turk keeper when a shot might have been more appropriate.

Presumably Hitzfield will be dropping him for ever, and HK can just pretend to be swiss?

 

oh mate I don't think that you can say that Ok Hakan miss an open goal from 2 m... but as you said these things happen...

I think that we should not confuse the country of origin with the performance of the players

 

I put the blame on one man; Köbi Kuhn

It's amazing how little confidence this man has given this team (probably the best generation we've ever had). While Fatih Terim was screaming his head off Köbi just stood there and looked nervous. That works if your the coach of Germany who's winning mentality has always been there but if you're the coach of a young swiss team without full-grown leaders you better step up.

Good riddance..

Welcome Hitzfeld!

 

Garci: Yesterday I entered into casual conversation with some members of my local Turkish community (who knew nothing of my swiss footballing allegiance) and I made a remark or two about HK's performance and asked of them what they thought about it.

They (without any prompting from me) said that he didn't look happy when he scored, and didn't look bothered when he missed what would have been the second goal for Switzerland.

They then went on to explain that Hakan Yakin's mother wanted her son(s) to play for Turkey and not Switzerland. Same goes for Murat Yakin of course.

Make your own mind up?

It's obvious to me - but too late for KK and Switzerland unfortunately.

Hakan Yakin 'did it'/didn't do it for mamma. Simple as imho.

 

you guys have been unlucky, as has the other host Austria. Even the best teams need luck to win tournaments, I thought you outplayed Czech Rep. in the opening match, it all went downhill after that.

 

Nice to see the smile back on Hakan Yakin's face last night, but too little too late.

As for my earlier posts: Perhaps 'the occasion' got to him against Turkey - especially as Switzerland were kicking towards the Turkish fans end in the first half.

One of soccer's imponderables?

Anyway, onwards and upwards towards WC 2010.

 

Man, you got knocked out because they were better than you. You couldn't even beat the US at home. That showed right there that you were destined for doom. Your manager did the best he could do with the talent he has.