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You know that I just thought about, Inamoto can play that position also and I think he would be able to do this very successfully. It is a shame to see him go but if we can get some additional talent for the money that would be great.
Honestly I thought Oka signed a 3 year contract last year? Am i getting confused?
I think that this is a good move as I have doubts about Zimmerman. If he is so good why has he not had more opportunities with all the injuries to Proll and Oka. We will never know until Zimmerman gets some playing time and proves his worth. As for who goes, definetly Proll as he is always injured and anyone who "requests" to leave does not need to be around all the youngsters.
The way I see it is Oka and Jan split the time next year and we will truly find our what Herr Zimmerman has (or not). If he pans out then the following year you have a Zimmerman/Fahrmann combination to field the position.
One thing that I will reiterate though as I have mentioned in other entries, I still think that we need some skilled veteran leadership with all the young lads. I think that this is very important and also show some progress. My biggest fear is that some of these guys will want to compete in Europe or atleast for titles and if we can not produce then they will be gone to another place that can provide that. With that said I really like some of the young players that have arrived such as Bellaid, Fenin, Steinhöfer and now Fahrmann.
I think that this is a good move as I have doubts about Zimmerman. If he is so good why has he not had more opportunities with all the injuries to Proll and Oka. We will never know until Zimmerman gets some playing time and proves his worth. As for who goes, definetly Proll as he is always injured and anyone who "requests" to leave does not need to be around all the youngsters.
The way I see it is Oka and Jan split the time next year and we will truly find our what Herr Zimmerman has (or not). If he pans out then the following year you have a Zimmerman/Fahrmann combination to field the position.
One thing that I will reiterate though as I have mentioned in other entries, I still think that we need some skilled veteran leadership with all the young lads. I think that this is very important and also show some progress. My biggest fear is that some of these guys will want to compete in Europe or atleast for titles and if we can not produce then they will be gone to another place that can provide that. With that said I really like some of the young players that have arrived such as Bellaid, Fenin, Steinhöfer and now Fahrmann.
Well, it has been announced that Mr. Galindo is returning home to Mexico. This is going to hurt as he has played very well during his spell with us. This I think is going to hurt a bit as our defense has been a bit leaky lately. Who do you think will step up and fill the possition?
Also, has anyone heard anything about a replacement for him?
EIntrachtami
Also, has anyone heard anything about a replacement for him?
EIntrachtami
I agree, this could (fingers crossed) be a find but we should not make predictions. I think to often we, as fans, put unrealistic expectations on young players and then they never live up to him. The write ups on the net look promising though. It looks like he could also me a central attacking midfielder or am I wrong in this. Also, I think his height will be a good addition especially on set pieces.
It is a good position that he is in as he will not be looked upon to start right away so that with some time and minutes at the end of matches (hopefully wins!! ) he will come along.
It is a good position that he is in as he will not be looked upon to start right away so that with some time and minutes at the end of matches (hopefully wins!! ) he will come along.
Hildebrand is signed with Hoffenheim!!! The interesting thing is that this frees up Ramazan Özcan and there are indications that he may be heading to us. He is young and would serve as an understudy to Proll and Niko. Not sure if this is what I meant and how this is going to be dealt with when you consider than Zimmerman "was" the keeper of the future. We will see but I am not sure about this move. My initial intent was to improve the keeper position now with Zimmerman to take over in a couple of years. Here is his Wiki profile if you are interested.
Ramazan Özcan - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramazan_%C3%96zcan
Jan Zimmerman - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Zimmermann
As for the left back suggestion, I would concur if it were an attacking left back that could make overlapping runs and put pressure on the other team. I still think an CAM would be good in the middle. Inanmoto is a good holding CB (in my opinion) and and attacking partner would be nice. I give the last 4 games as evidence. If we can create and attack, 8 goals against Bochum & Dortmund, it will take alot of pressure off of the defence. ,-)
When there is no attack then we seem to struggle and can not transition from defence to offence (9 goals against and 0 goals for ).
Just from what I have seen on the tele.
Has anyone else heard any other interesting rumours?
Ramazan Özcan - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramazan_%C3%96zcan
Jan Zimmerman - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Zimmermann
As for the left back suggestion, I would concur if it were an attacking left back that could make overlapping runs and put pressure on the other team. I still think an CAM would be good in the middle. Inanmoto is a good holding CB (in my opinion) and and attacking partner would be nice. I give the last 4 games as evidence. If we can create and attack, 8 goals against Bochum & Dortmund, it will take alot of pressure off of the defence. ,-)
When there is no attack then we seem to struggle and can not transition from defence to offence (9 goals against and 0 goals for ).
Just from what I have seen on the tele.
Has anyone else heard any other interesting rumours?
this is something I wanted to do for a long time.
Sorry. sent it ny accident.
Sorry. sent it ny accident.
CJ,
I think I may have a couple of more people from Miami that may be interested but before I talk to them about it I was hoping that I could give them an update.
Also, if you need any help in getting this going please let me know, this is something
I think I may have a couple of more people from Miami that may be interested but before I talk to them about it I was hoping that I could give them an update.
Also, if you need any help in getting this going please let me know, this is something
Well it looks like Gekas is out, he is to expensive. Now with Umit out I am not sure what management will do. I read in the papers today that they are looking at getting a forward and a player on defense. According to Bruchhagen dont expect any stars.
I would really like to see Caio to get some game time but it looks like he is not really in Funkel game plan. It is a shame because it seems that when he does get in it looks good. But as they say in the US, once in the Doghouse, always in the doghouse.
Any ideas out there who would be interesting to acquire on the cheap!!!!
Ronaldo is still available!!!
I would really like to see Caio to get some game time but it looks like he is not really in Funkel game plan. It is a shame because it seems that when he does get in it looks good. But as they say in the US, once in the Doghouse, always in the doghouse.
Any ideas out there who would be interesting to acquire on the cheap!!!!
Ronaldo is still available!!!
I agree, I think that we have a good nucleus of players but we are missing something, and my believe it is the transition game. I think the forwards are fine and the defense plays well but they have a real problem working together on the counter attack. It could be a attacking midfielder (Caio??) or the tactics I do not know but I raelly think that an established midfielder would be a great help especially in leadership.
Maybe we could get diesler out of retirement!!!! LOL
Maybe we could get diesler out of retirement!!!! LOL
Here is an update, it looks like Dortmund is hot on the trail for a new keeper as theres is not performing. There has been links between Dortmund and Herr Hildebrand.
Another interesting transfer opportunity has come about with Ama's injury as it is worse than expected with a return in Feb at the earliest with March the more likely target. There has been talk about Theofanis Gekas coming in as he is unhappy on the bench at Levekusen. This would be a good replacement as he can definetly score goals although he is rumoured to make around 2 million a year. Just thought I would let you guys know some of the latest gossip.
Another interesting transfer opportunity has come about with Ama's injury as it is worse than expected with a return in Feb at the earliest with March the more likely target. There has been talk about Theofanis Gekas coming in as he is unhappy on the bench at Levekusen. This would be a good replacement as he can definetly score goals although he is rumoured to make around 2 million a year. Just thought I would let you guys know some of the latest gossip.
You state that we just need time but that is the problem isnt it. We have alot of young talented players but very little in the way of veteran leadership beyond Ama. With the parity that exists in the Bundesliga nowadays you can not rest on you laurels as you will soon find yourself in the 2 liga and that is something that we dont want to see.
Also, I would like to be able to compete for quality spots or maybe even Europe (dare I say) as last year was the first year for a long time that we did not have to worry about relegation the last couple of weeks. Wouldn't it be nice to have the opposite
Remember, players like Steinhoffer & Fenin may not be here for long if they develop and then we have to start all over. They will be swept up by the Bayerns, Scahlke (like jones & streit) or even other leagues. Fenin was in contention with Juve but he decided to come here to get some experience.
Also, I would like to be able to compete for quality spots or maybe even Europe (dare I say) as last year was the first year for a long time that we did not have to worry about relegation the last couple of weeks. Wouldn't it be nice to have the opposite
Remember, players like Steinhoffer & Fenin may not be here for long if they develop and then we have to start all over. They will be swept up by the Bayerns, Scahlke (like jones & streit) or even other leagues. Fenin was in contention with Juve but he decided to come here to get some experience.
I know that this is early but I thought I would throw this out there.
I was reading about how Timo Hildebrand is unhappy in Valencia and thought that this may be a way to upgrade the Keeper position. I know that Proll is signed and the same age but I think that this would be a place that we could upgrade quickly. Proll is injured to much to be relied on and Oka is good but I think he is more a back-up than a starter. Another reason that I think Timo would be a good addition is veteran leadership, we have alot of youngsters and I think he would be good person to lead our troops to victory.
As we all know, Weltcup 2010 is coming quickly and in order for Germany to win an Adler must be on the team. It is a proven fact that Eintracht must contribute to victory in South Africa. Timo could be that Eagle!!!!
In addition, I think that we should be looking for a midfielder that can transition from defense to offense better. The last person that we had that was really succesfful at this was Streit. Steinhoffer is good on one side but I think that we need another player on the other. Opinions anyone?
Whoever it is that comes in should be proven as we can not be developing talent all the time. There has to be a good mix of proven veterans and young talent!!
Eintracht Ami....
I was reading about how Timo Hildebrand is unhappy in Valencia and thought that this may be a way to upgrade the Keeper position. I know that Proll is signed and the same age but I think that this would be a place that we could upgrade quickly. Proll is injured to much to be relied on and Oka is good but I think he is more a back-up than a starter. Another reason that I think Timo would be a good addition is veteran leadership, we have alot of youngsters and I think he would be good person to lead our troops to victory.
As we all know, Weltcup 2010 is coming quickly and in order for Germany to win an Adler must be on the team. It is a proven fact that Eintracht must contribute to victory in South Africa. Timo could be that Eagle!!!!
In addition, I think that we should be looking for a midfielder that can transition from defense to offense better. The last person that we had that was really succesfful at this was Streit. Steinhoffer is good on one side but I think that we need another player on the other. Opinions anyone?
Whoever it is that comes in should be proven as we can not be developing talent all the time. There has to be a good mix of proven veterans and young talent!!
Eintracht Ami....
I agree, the ending is not encouraging but there is only one way to prove him wrong.
Eintracht 1 - Bayern 0
Eintracht 1 - Bayern 0
Thought some of you would enjoy this, or not!
What: Bundesliga, Matchday 10
Who: Eintracht vs. Bayern Munich
When: Wednesday, 29th October 2008, 20:00 (CET)
Where: Commerzbank Arena, Frankfurt
Eintracht Frankfurt have dragged themselves off the bottom of the table with two successive wins, but their injury ravaged side now face a resurgent Bayern Munich, who themselves have now won two on the trot. A fine game awaits at the Commerzbank Arena.
Bare Bones
Six points from two games has seen a sunnier atmosphere hanging over the Commerzbank Arena as Frankfurt have clawed their way out of the bottom three for the first time this season. However, perhaps their toughest opponents arrive on Wednesday with the team decimated by injuries.
Defeat to Leverkusen at home had the club at their lowest ebb and some sections of the home support demanding Funkel’s head. The board released a statement backing their under-fire trainer and the squad set off for an impromptu training camp.
That three-day break had the desired effect and the Adler responded with two successive wins over Karlsruhe and Cottbus. The arrival of Bayern Munich however provides a different class of opposition. Funkel however is remaining positive and wants to take something from the game.
“You always have a chance, but a lot will depend how the game pans out and how we cope with the weight of Bayern’s attack. We have to keep the game as open for as long as possible and every one of our players has to perform above himself.”
Funkel is also of the opinion that Bayern are on the up now following their successive Bundesliga victories. “Their on the up, and it will be a blitz quick rise to the top. I have and had no doubts whatsoever that Bayern wouldn’t finish this season as champions.
“They had their problems at the start, but that’s the same for all teams with players returning from the European Championships. It affected us too. But now their international players are finding their rhythm.”
Winter Champions?
If there is a new mood of optimism at the Commerzbank Arena, then the atmosphere surrounding Bayern has changed ten-fold. Within the space of three matches, the headlines have changed from it being Bayern’s worst start to a season in over 30 years to claims that they will be top of the table by Christmas.
A somewhat fortunate 1-0 win away to Karlsruhe was followed up with a top performance against Fiorentina in the Champions League. On Saturday it looked like another bad day at the office for Jürgen Klinsmann as his side went 2-0 down to Wolfsburg, but he showed clever tactical decision making as Bayern fought back with a superb second half display to win 4-2.
“A huge compliment goes to the team for turning the match around and exploiting their quality to get the result. That wasn’t a match for the faint-hearted” Klinsmann said afterwards.
That quality will need to be on show again on Wednesday as the Bavarians travel to the banking capital of Germany looking to profit from the injury crisis that Frankfurt are currently suffering.
“We’re expecting a very, very tough match in a seething cauldron. I can imagine Frankfurt focusing mainly on defence, so we’ll be asked to take the initiative in any case” Klinsmann explained.
“We need to move the ball at speed and look for gaps in their defence. We have to go there with the right mental attitude, and be prepared to go to the limit. It won’t be a walkover, it’ll be a really tricky encounter.
“But we’re there or thereabouts now, and we have to keep it up to get to where we want to be in the table” he added.
FORM GUIDE
Eintracht Frankfurt
25/10/08 v Energie Cottbus (a) WON 2-3 (Bundesliga)
22/10/08 v Karlsruhe (h) WON 2-1 (Bundesliga)
18/10/08 v Bayer Leverkusen (h) LOST 0-2 (Bundesliga)
04/10/08 v 1899 Hoffenheim (a) LOST 2-1 (Bundesliga)
28/09/08 v Arminia Bielefeld (h) DREW 1-1 (Bundesliga)
23/09/08 v Hansa Rostock (h) LOST 1-2 (DFB Pokal)
Bayern Munich
25/10/08 v Wolfsburg (h) WON 4-2 (Bundesliga)
21/10/08 v Fiorentina (h) WON 3-0 (Champions League)
18/10/08 v Karlsruhe (a) WON 0-1 (Bundesliga)
04/10/08 v Bochum (h) DREW 3-3 (Bundesliga)
30/09/08 v Olympique Lyonnais (h) DREW 1-1 (Champions League)
27/09/08 v Hannover (a) LOST 1-0 (Bundesliga)
Head To Head Record in Frankfurt:
16/04/08 Eintracht Frankfurt 1 Bayern Munich 3 (Bundesliga)
17/03/07 Eintracht Frankfurt 1 Bayern Munich 0 (Bundesliga)
29/04/06 Eintracht Frankfurt 0 Bayern Munich 1 (DFB Pokal)
20/09/05 Eintracht Frankfurt 0 Bayern Munich 1 (Bundesliga)
31/01/04 Eintracht Frankfurt 1 Bayern Munich 1 (Bundesliga)
TEAM NEWS
Eintracht Frankfurt
Injuries continue to plague trainer Friedhelm Funkel and it seems likely that he will only have enough players to name a 17-man squad to face Bayern with an U-19 and a U-23 player included.
Midfielder Junichi Inamoto is the latest to go down injured after suffering a torn muscle in the last minute of the weekend win over Cottbus. He joins Mehdi Mahdavikia, Benny Köhler, Chris, Ioannis Amanatidis, Bellaid, Alex Meier, Christophe Preuß, and Zlatan Bajramovic on the treatment table.
Probable Starting XI: Nikolov, Ochs, Russ, Galindo, Spycher, Fink, Steinhöfer, Fenin, Korkmaz, Toski, Liberopoulos.
Bayern Munich
There are no new injury concerns for Jürgen Klinsmann meaning that he has the same four absentees. Luca Toni will miss out on the trip to the Commerzbank Arena as his looks to recover from his rib injury. Philipp Lahm, Hamit Altintop and Willy Sagnol are the others unavailable to Bayern at the moment.
Probable Starting XI: Rensing, Oddo, Lucio, Demichelis, Lell, van Bommel, Zé Roberto, Schweinsteiger, Ribéry, Klose, Podolski
PLAYERS TO WATCH
Eintracht Frankfurt-Nikos Liberopoulos
The Greek striker has perhaps his finest game for Frankfurt at the weekend and will be the target man against Bayern on Wednesday. He will face a tough task against Lucio and Martin Demichelis, but with Bayern looking far from the solid defensive unit they were last season, Liberopoulos will fancy his chances of adding to the 15 goals Michael Rensing has conceded already this season.
Bayern Munich-Lukas Podolski Lukas
Podolski has been complaining again this season about his lack of opportunities, but with Luca Toni out with a rib injury, the German international will get a run of games in the side. He didn’t look overly impressed when Klinsmann took him off against Wolfsburg, but then he hadn’t found the net. If he is justify a place in the team, then he will have to start scoring and will want to prove himself against Frankfurt.
PREDICTION
With the injury crisis affecting Frankfurt, it would be a miracle if they were to get anything from Wednesday’s game. Friedhelm Funkel has 11 first team players unavailable, while Bayern seem to be coming into form. It should be a third successive win for Bayern and their recovery and charge up the table will be well in motion.
Eintracht Frankfurt 0-3 Bayern Munich
Mathew Burt
What: Bundesliga, Matchday 10
Who: Eintracht vs. Bayern Munich
When: Wednesday, 29th October 2008, 20:00 (CET)
Where: Commerzbank Arena, Frankfurt
Eintracht Frankfurt have dragged themselves off the bottom of the table with two successive wins, but their injury ravaged side now face a resurgent Bayern Munich, who themselves have now won two on the trot. A fine game awaits at the Commerzbank Arena.
Bare Bones
Six points from two games has seen a sunnier atmosphere hanging over the Commerzbank Arena as Frankfurt have clawed their way out of the bottom three for the first time this season. However, perhaps their toughest opponents arrive on Wednesday with the team decimated by injuries.
Defeat to Leverkusen at home had the club at their lowest ebb and some sections of the home support demanding Funkel’s head. The board released a statement backing their under-fire trainer and the squad set off for an impromptu training camp.
That three-day break had the desired effect and the Adler responded with two successive wins over Karlsruhe and Cottbus. The arrival of Bayern Munich however provides a different class of opposition. Funkel however is remaining positive and wants to take something from the game.
“You always have a chance, but a lot will depend how the game pans out and how we cope with the weight of Bayern’s attack. We have to keep the game as open for as long as possible and every one of our players has to perform above himself.”
Funkel is also of the opinion that Bayern are on the up now following their successive Bundesliga victories. “Their on the up, and it will be a blitz quick rise to the top. I have and had no doubts whatsoever that Bayern wouldn’t finish this season as champions.
“They had their problems at the start, but that’s the same for all teams with players returning from the European Championships. It affected us too. But now their international players are finding their rhythm.”
Winter Champions?
If there is a new mood of optimism at the Commerzbank Arena, then the atmosphere surrounding Bayern has changed ten-fold. Within the space of three matches, the headlines have changed from it being Bayern’s worst start to a season in over 30 years to claims that they will be top of the table by Christmas.
A somewhat fortunate 1-0 win away to Karlsruhe was followed up with a top performance against Fiorentina in the Champions League. On Saturday it looked like another bad day at the office for Jürgen Klinsmann as his side went 2-0 down to Wolfsburg, but he showed clever tactical decision making as Bayern fought back with a superb second half display to win 4-2.
“A huge compliment goes to the team for turning the match around and exploiting their quality to get the result. That wasn’t a match for the faint-hearted” Klinsmann said afterwards.
That quality will need to be on show again on Wednesday as the Bavarians travel to the banking capital of Germany looking to profit from the injury crisis that Frankfurt are currently suffering.
“We’re expecting a very, very tough match in a seething cauldron. I can imagine Frankfurt focusing mainly on defence, so we’ll be asked to take the initiative in any case” Klinsmann explained.
“We need to move the ball at speed and look for gaps in their defence. We have to go there with the right mental attitude, and be prepared to go to the limit. It won’t be a walkover, it’ll be a really tricky encounter.
“But we’re there or thereabouts now, and we have to keep it up to get to where we want to be in the table” he added.
FORM GUIDE
Eintracht Frankfurt
25/10/08 v Energie Cottbus (a) WON 2-3 (Bundesliga)
22/10/08 v Karlsruhe (h) WON 2-1 (Bundesliga)
18/10/08 v Bayer Leverkusen (h) LOST 0-2 (Bundesliga)
04/10/08 v 1899 Hoffenheim (a) LOST 2-1 (Bundesliga)
28/09/08 v Arminia Bielefeld (h) DREW 1-1 (Bundesliga)
23/09/08 v Hansa Rostock (h) LOST 1-2 (DFB Pokal)
Bayern Munich
25/10/08 v Wolfsburg (h) WON 4-2 (Bundesliga)
21/10/08 v Fiorentina (h) WON 3-0 (Champions League)
18/10/08 v Karlsruhe (a) WON 0-1 (Bundesliga)
04/10/08 v Bochum (h) DREW 3-3 (Bundesliga)
30/09/08 v Olympique Lyonnais (h) DREW 1-1 (Champions League)
27/09/08 v Hannover (a) LOST 1-0 (Bundesliga)
Head To Head Record in Frankfurt:
16/04/08 Eintracht Frankfurt 1 Bayern Munich 3 (Bundesliga)
17/03/07 Eintracht Frankfurt 1 Bayern Munich 0 (Bundesliga)
29/04/06 Eintracht Frankfurt 0 Bayern Munich 1 (DFB Pokal)
20/09/05 Eintracht Frankfurt 0 Bayern Munich 1 (Bundesliga)
31/01/04 Eintracht Frankfurt 1 Bayern Munich 1 (Bundesliga)
TEAM NEWS
Eintracht Frankfurt
Injuries continue to plague trainer Friedhelm Funkel and it seems likely that he will only have enough players to name a 17-man squad to face Bayern with an U-19 and a U-23 player included.
Midfielder Junichi Inamoto is the latest to go down injured after suffering a torn muscle in the last minute of the weekend win over Cottbus. He joins Mehdi Mahdavikia, Benny Köhler, Chris, Ioannis Amanatidis, Bellaid, Alex Meier, Christophe Preuß, and Zlatan Bajramovic on the treatment table.
Probable Starting XI: Nikolov, Ochs, Russ, Galindo, Spycher, Fink, Steinhöfer, Fenin, Korkmaz, Toski, Liberopoulos.
Bayern Munich
There are no new injury concerns for Jürgen Klinsmann meaning that he has the same four absentees. Luca Toni will miss out on the trip to the Commerzbank Arena as his looks to recover from his rib injury. Philipp Lahm, Hamit Altintop and Willy Sagnol are the others unavailable to Bayern at the moment.
Probable Starting XI: Rensing, Oddo, Lucio, Demichelis, Lell, van Bommel, Zé Roberto, Schweinsteiger, Ribéry, Klose, Podolski
PLAYERS TO WATCH
Eintracht Frankfurt-Nikos Liberopoulos
The Greek striker has perhaps his finest game for Frankfurt at the weekend and will be the target man against Bayern on Wednesday. He will face a tough task against Lucio and Martin Demichelis, but with Bayern looking far from the solid defensive unit they were last season, Liberopoulos will fancy his chances of adding to the 15 goals Michael Rensing has conceded already this season.
Bayern Munich-Lukas Podolski Lukas
Podolski has been complaining again this season about his lack of opportunities, but with Luca Toni out with a rib injury, the German international will get a run of games in the side. He didn’t look overly impressed when Klinsmann took him off against Wolfsburg, but then he hadn’t found the net. If he is justify a place in the team, then he will have to start scoring and will want to prove himself against Frankfurt.
PREDICTION
With the injury crisis affecting Frankfurt, it would be a miracle if they were to get anything from Wednesday’s game. Friedhelm Funkel has 11 first team players unavailable, while Bayern seem to be coming into form. It should be a third successive win for Bayern and their recovery and charge up the table will be well in motion.
Eintracht Frankfurt 0-3 Bayern Munich
Mathew Burt
This was an english language article that was published today.
Under-fire Eintracht Frankfurt coach Friedhelm Funkel has taken the unusual decision to retreat his team to a out of town training camp in preparation for the Bundesliga clash against Karlsruhe on Wednesday.
"We just wanted to get away from Frankfurt and find some peace," explained Funkel, whose team is the only one left in the league that are still without a win.
"It would certainly help us to go ahead, which has only happened to us once this year, in Wolfsburg," he added.
"In the last two games we have fallen 1-0 behind very quickly and it is only normal the fans become impatient - we only have ourselves to blame, but that can soon change.
"The fans have given a great backing to this team over the years, but things have not been going well for eight weeks now so it is normal that our followers vent their fury.
"Still, on Wednesday we want to avoid going behind at all costs and the team will do all it can."
The 2-0 home defeat to Bayer Leverkusen at the weekend was Frankfurt's fourth defeat in seven games and left them rooted to the bottom of the table.
Under-fire Eintracht Frankfurt coach Friedhelm Funkel has taken the unusual decision to retreat his team to a out of town training camp in preparation for the Bundesliga clash against Karlsruhe on Wednesday.
"We just wanted to get away from Frankfurt and find some peace," explained Funkel, whose team is the only one left in the league that are still without a win.
"It would certainly help us to go ahead, which has only happened to us once this year, in Wolfsburg," he added.
"In the last two games we have fallen 1-0 behind very quickly and it is only normal the fans become impatient - we only have ourselves to blame, but that can soon change.
"The fans have given a great backing to this team over the years, but things have not been going well for eight weeks now so it is normal that our followers vent their fury.
"Still, on Wednesday we want to avoid going behind at all costs and the team will do all it can."
The 2-0 home defeat to Bayer Leverkusen at the weekend was Frankfurt's fourth defeat in seven games and left them rooted to the bottom of the table.
Thanks for the websites, although my german is rusty it is a good (but long) read!!
I found this artice for everyone to take a look at if they are interested. It is in English and talks about Herr Funkel
http://www.goal.com/en-us/Articolo.aspx?ContenutoId=919981
I found this artice for everyone to take a look at if they are interested. It is in English and talks about Herr Funkel
http://www.goal.com/en-us/Articolo.aspx?ContenutoId=919981
WARNING - This is not a trash funkel forum!!!
I was wondering if anybody had any information on what is going on with Funkel and the team with the recent lack of points.
Have there be rumours that there is going to be a change? What are they doing to change there recent form, etc.
This is not meant to be a trash funkel forum I just need to see if I can find some additional information as I can not locate anything on the web and there is nothing about the Bundesliga on TV in the states. If you know of good websites talking about this and our future please let me know. Ich kann Deutsch lesen so dass ist kein problem.
Danke,
Eintrachami
I was wondering if anybody had any information on what is going on with Funkel and the team with the recent lack of points.
Have there be rumours that there is going to be a change? What are they doing to change there recent form, etc.
This is not meant to be a trash funkel forum I just need to see if I can find some additional information as I can not locate anything on the web and there is nothing about the Bundesliga on TV in the states. If you know of good websites talking about this and our future please let me know. Ich kann Deutsch lesen so dass ist kein problem.
Danke,
Eintrachami
I really dont care what Beckenbauer said or that German football is based on training. The reality of the situation is that we have scored a grand total of 4 goals in 5 games and have no offense to speak off. Mr. Funkel needs to address this and if Caio is the start then that has to be or he wont have to worry about it in the very near future. There is no way we should be in the Keller. It is embarassing!!!!
Is anyone aware of a place in which I can download the games after the match.?
There is an interesting artivle on bundesliga.de that talks about some of eintrachts issues labeled "Too little harmony". It give another perspective to the isses at hand.
http://www.bundesliga.de/en/liga/clubs/eintracht-frankfurt/index.php
http://www.bundesliga.de/en/liga/clubs/eintracht-frankfurt/index.php