despite I wrote this I don't really know what a 'stoppage point' in the context is ;-) Highlights often are enough, especially in COVID times and especially with this match regarding yesterday's match: there aren't even Highlights, just Lowlights, one of them unbelievably d-i-s-g-u-s-t-i-n-g... it's not mainly about a 4 matches suspension (honestly? should be much more than that), it's what -at least in the midterm- sticks on the player and last but not least on the club... that's not who we are! and I'm pretty sure that's NOT who Tikus is, which makes it even more unfathomable... at the moment (the recurring sloppiness/lapse of concentration on the field, the Rose rumors and the Llama-show) we are tearing down with our arses in a few days what we've built up with our feet/strategic approach in months, maybe years! the club's direction now has to take some well-considered actions because all these things considered we are obviously heading into unpleasant fairways... media has already tasted blood... for a club like Borussia battling on high ground (CL & qualification for the next CL) is always a tightrope act... we don't need this shit right now...
Well i watch the games on the clubs fohlentv...i watched it exactly 14 times...u couldnt see the spit ....perhaps b/c they where verbally going at it...some spit went towards the Hoppenheim player...but u saw how the defender was taunting him when he was on the pitch fallen down...anyway i trust you my friend...maybe you saw it from a different angle...anyways what a way to bust up another lead eh??
Call me supersticious but have u guys noticed ...every time Wolf comes in we get screwed??? As for thuram...i still dont think it was the kind of spit we all know about...their faces where very close and i think the guy was making racial comments and while thuram was downed on the pitch the guys boots where pretty much against thurams back and ass...and he was pushing..u can see it on the fohlentv. Plus even if he did spit..the guy is classy and like a big kind giant...but we dont know what happened before thuram got up and face to face...i mean superstar players like zeydan have done worse...its no competition but we all have played the game and sometimes the fuse just blows..and it turns dark everywhere...and the brain simply hangs...am sure tho the media will make the best out of it...thank god the first round id over...but Rose is a super diplomatic politician coach too..it was great that he immediately appologized and didnt leave for the next day! I still think wolf should have stayed on that bench.flako was doing ok on the right wing!
I'm desperately trying to see why & how he could be of help, but I'm failing right now (contrary to Lazaro, I think here it's obvious)... guess Wolf just needs more time (and maybe more coolness & more body) yes, Racism is the first thought, but Tikus didn't mention anything like this in his (pretty lame) Twitter-Statement yes, 'classy and like a big kind giant'... that's why nobody saw this coming... that's why it defies any explanation so far (at least from the outside) I generally totally dislike when Rose takes Stindl out... of course, he has more informations than I have... but I don't like it all... exactly in those tight matches smartness is a key in the final phase... and often we suffer when he's out... Wolf looks jittery to me, not exactly my first choice for a late substitution... there are clouds right now, deep dark clouds at the start of the season I thought: 'THIS SEASON IS T-H-E SEASON! We lost no key players, we have a great coach AND a quality squad!' and when I saw the schedule I thought: great let's finally humiliate the yellow Wannabes on matchday 1 but then Lazaro came, played 30mins at Klosterpforte and was out for many weeks Zak's injury dragged on and on and on and on Plea & Tikus weren't ready to use and when we arrived in D'mund 4-5 of our 6 TOP-offensive players were out and shootingstar Hofmann (who would have thought of that?) got injured in one of these totally superfluos Jogi-matches Bense still out, he has/had symptoms hence: very IMPRESSIVE that we nonetheless reached the round of the last 16 in CL!!! but as I said: tightrope act, we are much faster down the rope than the big clubs are... we have to get back our balance soon... at least Pep was friendly enough to acknowledge our history and our style of play... he sometimes is a courteous person...
Well with a big fine ( money i mean..no?) i trust u guys if u say he did spit...as i said on the clubs reply u couldnt tell
5 matches plus 1 on parole (for 1year) plus 40.000€ fine (and he volunteered to do some more for charity) this went much better than expected for the club and for Tikus (especially as this totally misguided action gets an additional spin in COVID-times) some time in sackcloth and ashes (figuratively speaking of course ;-) in combination with his cheerful disposition will do I guess everbody deserves a 2nd chance (I like that he didn't opt for the racism-card when it -apparently- just was the usual trash talk) like with many other players all these matches in just a few weeks showed but the penalties Tikus gets from his opponents alone are gold
and the club is firing good news on all cylinders to scare away the dark clouds: Stindl stays Jantschke stays and extra-important: Eberl stays Schippers stays until 2026
This was too BIG of a fine...so the racism card was pulled out...just not by the accused player!!! This may even develope hate for the club by the players!
Ok guys 1.Merry Xmas to all ya Borusse...hope you'r healthy safe and happy next to family and close friends. As for me...another lonely Xmas which is followed by a lonely new year...don't feel bad for me....its the human condition sometimes...its unhealthy but am used to it with slight PTSD of course as a result!!!! 2.That guy called "Villalba" is very promising, strong, and wizard-like ball skills! Hope we can use the kind soon in our starting 11
https://www.frontrowsoccer.com/2020/12/31/on-his-way-scally-to-join-borussia-monchengladbach-monday/ Scally to join Borussia Monchengladbach Monday Dec 31, 2020
I recently spoke to a distant relative I haven't seen for years he asked how the rest of the bunch is doing and I said: well, we are all psychos, in one way or another... yeah, Bonhof fooled us with this one, heavily...
BUNDESLIGA has a cursory article, too https://www.bundesliga.com/en/bunde...elf-borussia-monchengladbach-marco-rose-14112 the last paragraph for my liking is wishful thinking... the good thing is that Scally will get a precise opinion from Rose pretty soon there is no stalling tactics in cotton balls with Rose as far as I heard Beyer and Quizera (some say the biggest 'talent' of the 2nd team) got a 'not good enough at the moment' at the proper time another good thing: defence is really overplayed and Rose is certainly looking for options: Beyer might leave on loan, Lang out of focus which leaves Lainer (although gifted with excellent stamina might need a rest once in a while) and Lazaro (who helped out at the left and also is an option for the more offensive parts) but then again defence is shaky at the moment and most likely it's not the time for experiments... maybe the real adventure for Scally starts in 21/22
I'd expect a player to take some time to adjust to Europe, so this makes sense. He probably starts playing in the RL and they will see how it goes.
especially as there is still a lot of a youth player in him yes he has trained with the pros but barely got any playing time this transition phase he is in is much about 'speed of execution', about switching from quick to very quick thinking/acting (it's the same for Quizera, Kurt, Reitz etc) the surroundings and the language shouldn't be a problem but Scally will also need some time to adapt to the fine-tuning of Rose's idea of soccer and how to gel with his sidemen...
last time the Hoenesses squandered a 2-0 advantage: 10 years ago number of Hoenesses-defeats (before yesterday) in their last 53 matches: 1 percentage of the overall Flick-defeats which are credited to Gladbach: 50 greatest player on earth: Stindl
seems we'll sign Manu Koné (french U18) of FC Toulouse pretty soon (~ 9M?) the designated Zak-crown prince it is presumed Mad-Bielsa and AC Milan were after him too they say I hope Max knows about this: he currently is on a 1-month hiatus... most likely Kone will not arrive until the next season as his club is urgently needing him right now p.s.: today it counts: S04 is attacking the 55-year-old Tasmania record (31 Bundesliga matches without a win)... the Tasmania supporters aren't delighted at all: it's the record what makes them unique and they also don't want to be mentioned in one breath with a totally run down and deranged club like Schalke...
https://www.frontrowsoccer.com/2021...emembers-a-younger-joe-scally-on-long-island/ maybe Scally gets inspired by this californian Hoppe-guy (very smart of him to score a hattrick and avoid total degradation for S04, guess the sales of his shirt are sky-rocketing... and he earned himself a Tasmania-kit... very interesting because he mostly came from the bench for S04's 2nd team)
They just *have* to have a friendly with Schalke playing Tasmania this summer. Sometimes the older players have given up. The kids are too young to think this. Mind you, I still think Schalke are relegation candidates, but I also recall that season where we got the worst start in our history...