Thread for general discussion. Once we decide on a name, we can have the thread title changed. Write-ins encouraged!
I'm not exactly sure how to start a thread, but looking around at other clubs, we should have a Youth Teams thread, a Transfer thread, and maybe a Photo thread if any of us go to matches.
I voted "From Keller to Top", but being in the thread title has not exactly been good luck for the last two trainers!
Have at it. My suggestions are pretty so-so. We could use some creativity. Transfer thread seems unnecessary at this point. There shouldn't be too much activity. We can start up a winter transfer thread for wild speculation when the summer window is closed I can start a photo thread. I'm not sure if any of us go to games regularly. I certainly don't; it'd be one expensive trip to the stadium for me.
Should be something about how following Schalke is worse for your heart and nerves than letting Helen Keller drive, if you do it right you've got the self-deprecation that people love mixed a with a slightly offensive play on your coach's name.
I think fans of other clubs around here have the slightly (and more than slightly) offensive market cornered.
I may hate the club, but I do like the title Bayern fans came up with for their transfer thread, that is very clever, especially in light of the Thiago deal.
I think we shouldn't start a bunch of threads in the beginning. We can do it when we need them. There are still only a few people who post here, I dont think splitting discussions up too much is a good idea. That way we may end with a bunch of dead threads with a post a week each. Who is Helen Keller?
Papa transfer rumors starting up again! http://www.liverpool-kop.com/2013/0...ew-bid-kyriakos-papadopolous-14m-shalke.html?
Would be the final stone for our transfer season, I guess. Can't believe anything will happen before Papa rejoins the regular team training which doesn't look all that imminent. At the moment I'd be glad for any money we can get for him. I'm getting Mpenza vibes.
I agree...what we have now is a worst case scenario where he is neither generating a transfer fee nor training with the club.
Do watch Schalke of the German WNT? Mmh. Could watch the NT in HD without a crappy stream. That's not to shabby an advantage!
I'm leaning towards the WNT. It is at least a competitive match. I don't really care about friendlies. The only reason I'm still thinking about it, is the bad quality of women's soccer. At least the few matches I saw.
I agree the quality lacks with womens soccer. I still watch quite a bit when it comes to big tournaments. Megan Rapinoe is one of my all time favorite (male or female) players. Best player in the world, at least in her generation.
I hardly ever watch womens football. The big tournies are the only time I even consider it. Meh, what a first half. Came back to the computer to watch the Schalke friendly but the stream died. If anything it should have died earlier...
I was really hoping that I assessed Keller's coaching abilities wrongly last season but this pre-season match against Besiktas looked very disappointing on a tactical level... Let's hope this was just a fluke. However I'd recommend keeping "Keller" out of the thread title. Wouldn't be surprised to see him gone sooner rather than later.
Is Keller trying out something new with the Szalai + Hunter combo? I can't see us going into the season like this, but almost every pre-season match has had this combo up front.
I hardly watched 10mins of the Besikats game so I can't comment on it but Szalai wrote in his facebook "column" that they had a very active and full training session Sunday morning. Reports of the match are also somewhat mixed. I read a lot of fans who weren't enamored with the way the team played but the press articles and Keller sounded pretty pleased. Guess the 4-4-2 is one of the big worries for fans at the moment, me included. I hope it is just a tactical alternative Keller wants to have when the need arises. It may also be to give our strikers more playing time so that they are all three on a decent level when the season comes along. The team itself is clearly build for a 4-5-1 or something like that.
FC Schalke 04 @s0414m Line-up @s04 vs. @SouthamptonFC: Hildebrand, Uchida, Ayhan, Höwedes, Fuchs, Goretzka, Jones, Barnetta, Draxler, Bastos, Szalai Game starts at 12 noon EST.