Official (ish): Der FC #Schalke 04 trennt sich von Jens Keller. Roberto Di Matteo übernimmt. Mehr in Kürze auf schalke04.de. #S04 pic.twitter.com/B7cydqGgRW— FC Schalke 04 (@s04) October 7, 2014 - from Schalke's twitter
Well, that happened quite fast. Not surprised at all. Hopefully this buys us a few months without "is it time to sack Schalke's trainer/coach" in the media.
This starts at 1pm (about an hour from now), the 'presentation' of the new Schalke scapegoat: http://www.s04.tv/de/live/saison-20...rainerwechsel_20141008/page/1375---1372-.html
The assumption by Bayern fans that Di Matteo's modus operandi is "parking the bus" based on one game is foolish. What was he supposed to do with a less talented team? ... play a wide open game and hope to outscore them? He is analytical and pragmatic. It will be interesting to see what he does with quality offensive players.
Can't say I saw the pressing need to fire Keller but if Heldt thought it necessary it was probably the best time. No point in waiting. My wish for a new coach was Tuchel but I'm alright with DiMatteo. I only saw the CL final of his games so I can't say anything about him as a coach but I read some comments which make me optimistic for the future. According to them DiMatteo isn't an overly defensive coach, he just did in the CL games because of the difference in quality between the teams. I'm fine with that, I like pragmatic coaches. Football is a sport and not a performance art so the goal is a win, not creating beautiful scenes. His press conference was pretty good, a really really really big difference to Keller. Let's see how he works with the team.
Yes and let give Roberto the same chances Keller had. and I dont mean in the media where Keller never had a real chance but in the club and on the stands where you never heard things like "Keller out".
I just hope he can inject some energy and heart into the team. We need it desperately right now. Agreed. I think he will get that chance. Hopefully the media back off as well.
I don't care about heart and energy, I care about organisation, compactness, defensive stability. Our offense should be fine, it is our defense that needs to get sort out.