arytsy

I didn't really make up my mind about the squad (simply because I can't). For sure our players were too slow and we may well have improved under that aspect. On the other hand many of the new guys are rather inexperienced and I can't say a word about their actual technique or skills at all. But I'm confident, that we will manage to somehow stable our defence and stuff that wide space we have had between our centre-backs and the midfield; Hasebe will hopefully play where he belongs and where he's best, Mascarell is said to be a good deep-lying playmaker and should hence being able to fill that gap.
I also expect our squad to study different systems and vary according to the needs of each and any opponent so I see the upcoming year with better hopes than the last one (which already in advance I was rather sceptical as I didn't confide much in Veh).
About the transfers? Well, I don't know them much but I suppose Varela (pure prejudice, I know) as a uruguayan player should be rather physically strong and technically fair so he'll hopefully manage to both, close his side in the defensive work and being able to arm attacks. Mascarell the same (despite the fact, that I have absolutely no prejudices about the physical constitution of tinerfenos). Moreover I still see Gacinovic and Fabián as "new players" - both should bring us more tranquility in ball-possession as they are capable of winning a one on one-situation and can well "open the field" through smart passes and thence taking advantage of our new-won speed through Rebic, Tawatha or Blum.
Though I'm a bit sceptical about our heading-skills as we lost Zambrano and (at least temporarilly) Russ

arytsy schrieb:

Awesome win! At least we get to end this season on a positive note.

Niin!

yeah, it's gonna be nasty.
And please, footballgod (either Meier or whoever feels responsible), let's win this fight and keep Eintracht in the first division.
It would be too sad for Hradecky to go down again just hours after that icehockey-loss yesterday.

arytsy schrieb:

Bild.de has a picture of Hradecky on the training grounds with an ice pack on his ankle. I hope it's nothing serious...

I totally avoid reading f*****g Bild (somehow similar to The Sun), so please don't expect me to check that for you. But it was mentioned, that Hradecky may have hurt his ankle. Fortunately later that day our coach Kovac gave the all-clear so I suppose Hradecky will be on the pitch against Dortmund

arytsy schrieb:

What's the situation with the security issues in Darmstadt? Is there really going to be a ban of SGE jerseys in the city center?

not likely to be kept up. The authorities obviously tried to threaten Frankfurt supporters by announcing that ban - but as fans went to court it's not going to persist, I suppose.

my summary