Carambau Posted February 15 Share Posted February 15 (edited) The Lilies It was time for a new Challenge. Darmstadt have just been promoted to the Bundesliga. And Baxter stepped up. History and Facilities of Darmstadt 98 It is going to be a hard task. Edited March 24 by Carambau 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carambau Posted February 15 Author Share Posted February 15 (edited) The Lilies July 2023 Transfers Note that all transfers happened before Baxter took charge. The Team Goalkeepers Schuhen is our first choice keeper without any doubt. Key Player: Marcel Schuhen Defenders Some good quality here. Klarer and Maglica are strong central defenders, Bader, Franjic and Holland look good on the full back positions. Lots of options there because of the versatility of many players. Key Player: Christoph Klarer Midfielders Kempe and Mehlem lead the way in central midfield. We might be lacking on the wings. Key Player: Tobias Kempe Attackers A lot of options for the lone striker role. Key Player: Oscar Vilhelmsson Rising Talent: Fabio Torsiello Tactics We will go with this. Pre-Season Friendlies We started slowly but then it got better. Edited February 17 by Carambau Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carambau Posted February 15 Author Share Posted February 15 (edited) The Lilies August 2023 Results 3rd Division side Unterhaching scared us a little in the DFB Pokal 1st round match when they leveled our lead quickly but we continued to play our game and it showed in the end. We will face Heidenheim in the 2nd round. The Hessian Derby against Eintracht looks closer than it was, Frankfurt was all over us and we should be happy with that result. In the game against Union at home we were confident and they did not really have a chance in a secure 2-0 win. The fans were delighted. Bundesliga Table It is nice that we already secured a win in the first 2 games. Edited February 17 by Carambau Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carambau Posted February 15 Author Share Posted February 15 (edited) The Lilies September & October 2023 Results It is what it is and it is not great. But it does not look too bad for us either. Of course, there were 4 defeats and only 2 wins but look at the teams we lost against. Leverkusen for example - we held on to a draw until 5 minutes from time when they scored with only 10 men on the pitch. I guess that shows our inexperience. But we bounced back with a wonderful home win against favored Gladbach: The game was over after half an hour already. Three of our players even made it into the Team Of The Week! But then we went to Stuttgart and they showed us who we are again. And AGAIN we bounced back, this time against Bremen at home when we really showed our fighting spirit. With that confidence we went to Augsburg and snatched a nice draw there. But then against the big ones Leipzig and Bayern we did not really have any chance. Bundesliga Table This is a decent league position for us. Edited February 17 by Carambau 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carambau Posted February 16 Author Share Posted February 16 (edited) The Lilies November & December 2023 Results 2 months, 2 wins in the league. What looks pityful on first sight is actually okay in connection with the 4 draws during that time. In the first game of the month we needed penalties to defeat Heidenheim at home in the 2nd round of the DFB Pokal. We drew Bayern in the next round, at least a home tie. Next we played Bochum at home, a seemingly "easy" game but it wasn´t. We were not able to score and so it ended in a boring goalless draw. The Mainz manager Bo Svensson was trying to play mind games with me before the match, labelling us "not good enough to survive" in the Bundesliga. Well, we taught them a lesson. The away game in Freiburg was nothing special but we came away with a point. Then came our best match of the season: We trashed Cologne in a rare moment of excellent finishing with Braydon Manu getting away with a 10. Next was DFB Pokal time - we played Bayern and we lost. No big story here. We could not find better form for the rest of the year as we drew away at Heidenheim, which counts as a success, lost to Wolfsburg at home and snatched a point at Hoffenheim which somehow made the end of the year somehow okayish for us. Bundesliga Table 7 points to the relegation zone. We had a good first half of the season. Edited February 16 by Carambau Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carambau Posted February 16 Author Share Posted February 16 (edited) The Lilies January 2024 Transfers We had to get rid of some players. Most of which were complaining about playing more and we loaned them out or sold them. We also promoted 3 players from our U19s: Goalkeeper David Zimmer, central defender Philipp Christoph and winger Mateo Zelic. They got loads of potential and will train with the 1st team. Results What a result! We really defeated big Borussia! The game was somehow typical for us when all goes well: After boring them with short defensive passes, we suddenly broke away and scored a brace just before half time and another one just after it to shut them off and they could only manage a comeback with 2 goals which was not enough. I would have hoped for a win in the Hessian Derby against Frankfurt at home, but a draw is ok. And to end the month, we lost to Union. Not a good showing from us. We need points! Bundesliga Table Still looking good, but now the important weeks are ahead of us. Edited February 18 by Carambau 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carambau Posted February 16 Author Share Posted February 16 (edited) The Lilies February & March 2024 Results Hard times. We lost 3 games in a row (4 if you include last months defeat) and the games against Leverkusen, Gladbach and Stuttgart were really bad as we really did not have a chance in them. The only positive was that we were able to keep the scoreline decent. Lots of changes were made to the starting lineup, we gave the younger players a chance and so we won in Bremen. This gave us a huge morale bost which we carried into the game against Augsburg and won it too. Confidence was growing again and so we were even able to grab a point in Leipzig despite having 30 shots against us. We expected a defeat against Bayern and thats exactly what happened. Then we went to Bochum and brought home another valuable point. Bundesliga Table Seven points to the relegation zone. Seven games to go. Edited February 18 by Carambau Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carambau Posted February 16 Author Share Posted February 16 (edited) The Lilies April & May 2024 Results It was close. Damn close. But we made it. We avoided relegation, despite collecting only 3 points in the last 7 games. But those proved to be vital for our survival. Bo Svensson and Mainz had their revenge on us, then our keeper Schuhen saved us a point in the home draw against Freiburg, we were unlucky in Cologne in the next game, but against Heidenheim we were the lucky ones once more. These ups and downs continued against Wolfsburg, Hoffenheim and finally against Dortmund. Bundesliga Table One point. But it was enough to secure us another season in the top flight. Union lost against St. Pauli in the promotion/relegation playoffs. Youth Our U19 won the Regional Youth League and got promoted to the National Youth League South. Well done boys! There are quite some talents in that team. Youth Intake A rather underwhelming intake. But you can´t have world class intakes every day. Erdl looks promising though. Season Stats Not the most overwhelmingly good stats. But let´s see the positives: Stojilkovic managed to score 10 goals, Manu scored 6 and assisted 6 and Youngster Riedel made 18 appearances. A lot of players will leave after the season and the team will look different next year. We will have to change our approach to progress further. Edited February 18 by Carambau 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
warlock Posted February 16 Share Posted February 16 Pretty close shave there, but job done. Onwards and upwards 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carambau Posted February 16 Author Share Posted February 16 39 minutes ago, warlock said: Pretty close shave there, but job done. Onwards and upwards Thanks mate It really was damn close ! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SixPointer Posted February 16 Share Posted February 16 Survival is survival 👏🏻 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carambau Posted February 17 Author Share Posted February 17 7 hours ago, SixPointer said: Survival is survival 👏🏻 True 🙂 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carambau Posted February 17 Author Share Posted February 17 (edited) The Lilies July 2024 Transfers The most prominent name here are central defender Zimmermann and midfielder Muller, but they wanted to leave so we let them. We also got rid of Hornby who got no place here anymore. Ontiveros and Dierchx are much needed wingers who can play on both sides, Scholz and Adams are both strong central defenders, Papela bolsters our central midfield, Hollerbach provides depth on our right wing. Bredlow will become our backup keeper and Undav will be our new main striker. Akhamrich is a good talented winger. The Team Goalkeepers Schuhen is our first choice keeper. Then Bredlow. Then Wendt. Key Player: Marcel Schuhen Defenders We added quality on the central defender position. Key Player: Christoph Klarer Rising Talent: Clemens Riedel Midfielders More options on the wings now for us. Key Player: Tobias Kempe Attackers Undav will be the number one striker. Key Player: Deniz Undav Tactics We changed our tactics to be more attacking. Board Expectations This looks reasonable. Finances Just to show what this club has to deal with. Pre-Season Friendlies We had to get used to the new tactics but now it sees to work smoothly. Edited February 20 by Carambau 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carambau Posted February 17 Author Share Posted February 17 (edited) The Lilies August 2024 Results We let our benchers play against Amateurs Freialdenhoven in the DFB Pokal and they did the job. Our opponent in the 2nd round will be Gladbach and we will be playing at home. Then we drew away at newly promoted Schalke after a hard fight. I expected more of Leverkusen when they visited us but it ended in a rather easy win for us. In Leipzig, Timo Werner scored a brace to sink us. Bundesliga Table A decent start to the new season. Edited February 20 by Carambau 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SixPointer Posted February 17 Share Posted February 17 Great result against Leverkusen! Riedel turned amazing in my FM23 save 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carambau Posted February 17 Author Share Posted February 17 3 hours ago, SixPointer said: Great result against Leverkusen! Riedel turned amazing in my FM23 save Thanks I certainly hope so for him! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carambau Posted February 17 Author Share Posted February 17 (edited) The Lilies September & October 2024 Results This looks better than last season. Only 2 defeats in 2 months for us. We started September with a nice convincing win against Mainz, then had a very bad game against Gladbach but bounced back against Freiburg in a somehow lucky win, where our keeper Schuhen saved us. In October, Dortmund made short work of us, but we were able to beat Cologne in the next game and then drew at promoted team St. Pauli. To top the month off, we made the next round of the DFB Pokal after beating Gladbach. We will now face Stuttgart at home at the beginning of December. Bundesliga Table Remember: The aim is to avoid relegation. Club News Now it is about time, as our facilities do not look great. Edited February 21 by Carambau Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hootieleece Posted February 17 Share Posted February 17 Playing Well I see as always. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carambau Posted February 17 Author Share Posted February 17 9 minutes ago, Hootieleece said: Playing Well I see as always. Welcome to the thread, mate Let´s hope our form doesnt drop! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carambau Posted February 17 Author Share Posted February 17 (edited) The Lilies November & December 2024 Results The year could have ended better. We bored our fans to death with a goalless draw against Wolfsburg, then hammered Stuttgart away at their place when everything came together once again, then managed only a draw against Augsburg and finally beat Hannover to end the November. December started well, with us qualifying for the DFB Pokal quarter final after beating Stuttgart and then also luckily beating Bochum. Then we played Bayern and our rivals Frankfurt and lost both games. Bundesliga Table The aim is STILL to avoid relegation. Edited February 21 by Carambau 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carambau Posted February 18 Author Share Posted February 18 (edited) The Lilies January 2025 Transfers Hollerbach was complaining about playing time so we sent him out on loan. Our scouts spotted a great winger talent in Venezuela: Yerson Chacon. We signed him right away. Additionally, we promoted youngster Kalberlah to the 1st team. Results A decent start for us into the new year. We beat Heidenheim in a game that we should never have won but we did thanks to perfect counter attacks. Then Leverkusen had the upper hand on us, before Schalke was beaten in a dominant match. Bundesliga Table We still stick to our season expectations of not getting relegated. Edited February 22 by Carambau 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carambau Posted February 18 Author Share Posted February 18 (edited) The Lilies February & March 2025 Results Mixed feelings. We lost at home against potential champions Leipzig, snatched a draw at Mainz and then won the DFB Pokal quarter final against Werder after a penalty shootout. Even better - we will play 2. Bundesliga outfit Magdeburg in the semis at home! With that confidence boost, we went on to beat Gladbach and Freiburg. Then Dortmund came to visit and took all 3 points, as did Cologne in Cologne. We were able to pick ourselves up a bit with the win against St. Pauli but then lost again against Wolfsburg. Bundesliga Table We should have avoided relegation with 41 points. Now what? Edited February 23 by Carambau 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carambau Posted February 18 Author Share Posted February 18 (edited) The Lilies April & May 2025 Results Talk about near misses. We finished on a record 8th place in the Bundesliga and we reached the final of the DFB Pokal. We won´t complain. The cup semi final was tougher than expected and we needed extra time against Magdeburg to progress to the final. We most probably were still tired 3 days later when Stuttgart trashed us. This was followed by draws at Augsburg and at Hannover before we finally recorded a league match victory again against Bochum. Bayern took out their anger about losing the title on us and then we lost at home against our DFB Pokal final opponent. At least we could win our last league match at Heidenheim. And to wrap up this season, we also lost the DFB Pokal final. Bundesliga Table We should be quite happy with that final league position. But if we only had faced Dortmund in the DFB Pokal final... Youth Sadly, our U19 was relegated from the National Youth League South. I am sure they will bounce back in the future. Youth Intake It was even worse than last year. No player really stands out. Season Stats Strangely, only one player got an average rating over 7 and thats from only one game. Nevertheless, the team did very well and the new signings helped reaching our goals. Nice to see the young players progress. Both veterans Kempe and Holland will leave the club after the season due to their advanced age. We will need replacements for them. Edited February 23 by Carambau Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carambau Posted February 20 Author Share Posted February 20 (edited) The Lilies July 2025 Transfers Both oldies Kempe and Holland left after their contracts were not renewed. We could not say no to the offer from St. Pauli for Stojilkovic. The rest are the usual loans again. Here we go, our first real spending spree in the Bundesliga. Left wingback Holland had to be replaced and what a replacement we added with Andrei Borza! With already 19 caps for Romania at the tender age of 19, we might have a real gem here. We needed to fill the gap Kempe left in central midfield and in came Cuisance and Racic, both decent. Pieper adds quality to our central defense, Hack gives us more options on both wings and we had to find a new striker and so we brought in TWO: A real target man with Almasi and a rather technical striker who can also function on the wings with veteran Kramaric. The Team Goalkeepers Schuhen is our first choice keeper. Then Bredlow. Then Wendt. Key Player: Marcel Schuhen Defenders We added quality on the central defender position. Key Player: Christoph Klarer Rising Talent: Andrei Borza Midfielders Racic and Cuisance add depth. Maybe now it is the time of Papela. Key Player: Merveille Papela Attackers Kramaric & Almasi most probably. Undav will be used more on the wings. Key Player: Andrei Kramaric Tactics Those tactics worked well most of the time last season. Board Expectations This looks reasonable. Pre-Season Friendlies Lots of goals. But also one concerning defeat against a League 1 side. Edited February 24 by Carambau Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carambau Posted February 20 Author Share Posted February 20 (edited) The Lilies August 2025 Results We started well. 2 nice wins without conceding, against minnows Garching and against Pauli. Then we failed to win at home vs Leverkusen. And then Bayern made short work of us. Bundesliga Table Once more, a decent start into the new season. Edited February 24 by Carambau 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carambau Posted February 21 Author Share Posted February 21 (edited) The Lilies September & October 2025 Results We are on a good run! September started with a win against Hannover, then we lost to Mainz and drew with Freiburg and at Hamburg. Then our run of 4 wins in a row began: We were the better team against Cologne, gave Augsburg no room to breathe, marched into the 3rd round of the DFB Pokal by defeating Werder and easily beat Stuttgart. Looks like we have found our form for this season. Bundesliga Table We are sitting in 4th place which is a sensation. Club News This poor guy surely had some tough look at our club. We won´t extend his contract as it runs out. Edited February 25 by Carambau 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carambau Posted February 21 Author Share Posted February 21 (edited) The Lilies November & December 2025 Results We extended our run of wins to FIVE in a row by defeating Heidenheim! After that we drew against Wolfsburg and lost against Leipzig, both at home. This HAD to happen at some time and I am really glad it happened now. With the pressure off, we made it to the quarter finals in the DFB Pokal once more after disposing of Kaiserslautern. We will play 2.Bundesliga outfit Hertha at home there. A very lucky win at Gladbach followed before we lost at home to Borussia Dortmund in an entertaining match, the fans were excited but saddened by the result. But we made them smile again with a win at Frankfurt, our first away win in the Hessen Derby! Our keeper Marcel Schuhen saved the day! Bundesliga Table This looks nice but I don´t think we can stay up there. Edited February 22 by Carambau 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carambau Posted February 22 Author Share Posted February 22 (edited) The Lilies January 2026 Transfers Only Departures this time: Adams never settled here. Cuisance proved too lazy and weak for our first team and was loaned out to keep him quiet. Results A nice start into the new year once more. We beat Union easily, rode our luck in Leverkusen and won against Pauli. Bayern, as always, proved too strong for us but that was expected. Bundesliga Table Top 3! We are living the good life atm! Edited February 25 by Carambau 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hootieleece Posted February 22 Share Posted February 22 You are in the battle for European Places! KUTGW! I am a little saddened to not see Hertha in the Bundesliga. But your boys are making up for it! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carambau Posted February 22 Author Share Posted February 22 (edited) 4 minutes ago, Hootieleece said: You are in the battle for European Places! KUTGW! I am a little saddened to not see Hertha in the Bundesliga. But your boys are making up for it! Thanks bud Hertha pretty certain will be there next season, they are leading the 2. Bundesliga with a 12 point margin right now Speaking of them - we will actually PLAY AGAINST THEM in the DFB Pokal quarter final at home in february! I don´t trust the lads yet, there are too many games still to be played and last year we really tired more the longer the season went and we were happy when it was over... But I admit it looks good right now! Edited February 22 by Carambau Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carambau Posted February 23 Author Share Posted February 23 (edited) The Lilies February & March 2026 Results Mixed results. The most notable thing is that we reached the semi final of the DFB Pokal again after beating 2.Bundesliga tabletoppers Hertha. We will have to travel to another 2.Bundesliga team for the semis, 1. FC Nurnberg. Won´t be easy for sure with fans like that. Then, still tired from the cup match, we drew against Hannover. We then beat Mainz after an even game and lost against Freiburg after a rather poor performance. Back at home, we could not even beat Hamburg afterwards. A great defensive display helped us win at Cologne but then we lost against Augsburg at home. It surely looks we play better away from home as we then beat Stuttgart at their stadium. Bundesliga Table It looks like we won´t be able to catch up with the big boys. But we are fighters. Edited February 25 by Carambau 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carambau Posted February 23 Author Share Posted February 23 (edited) The Lilies April & May 2026 Results Thanks to our fighting spirit, we finished the season in style. We -luckily, to be honest- beat Heidenheim and Wolfsburg, then lost expectedly to Leipzig and then reached the DFB Pokal final again after overcoming a strong 2.Bundesliga team 1. FC Nurnberg after penalties. With that confidence we beat Gladbach afterwards. Confidence could not prevent us from losing to Dortmund though. We then renewed our rivalry with Eintracht, narrowly beating them in the Hessen Derby. We had to win against Union and we did. One week later we lost the DFB Pokal final. Bundesliga Table A great season. We finished 5th and qualified for the Europa League! Union Berlin on the contrast, did not win one single game this season. The board is delighted. Youth We won the regional league again and got promoted to the national youth league. Hopefully they will do better up there this time. Youth Intake Again, a rather mediocre intake. Mogge at least stands out a little. Season Stats Schuhen and Klarer held our defense together and made it solid like the Berlin Wall. Up front newly signed Target Man Almasi did what we bought him for: Scoring goals. All in all it was again a great team effort. A final word on this season: Spoiler What?? How come? But we only finished 5th?! Spoiler Oh ok-so Leipzig won the Champions League, won the Bundesliga and therefore an additional CL place was awarded to the 5th place team. And who finished 5th? Yay!!! Edited February 26 by Carambau Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
warlock Posted February 23 Share Posted February 23 4 hours ago, Carambau said: A great season Absolutely And congrats on the Champions League qualification, although it will surely make next season tougher. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carambau Posted February 24 Author Share Posted February 24 2 hours ago, warlock said: Absolutely And congrats on the Champions League qualification, although it will surely make next season tougher. Thank you It sure will be tougher but the money eases the pain a bit... 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carambau Posted February 24 Author Share Posted February 24 (edited) The Lilies July 2026 Transfers Of course, Klarer´s departure hurt us. But there was no way to prevent this. We needed a good CD replacement now. Undav was sold as well, as was Almasi, so we had to look for new strikers too. Venezoelan national team defender Ferraresi should replace Klarer. Janitzek is another young CD talent. We needed a better right wing back and in came Singo from freshly relegated Union Berlin. And look who is back: We sold Muller 3 years ago to Vitesse, where he blossomed into a good defensive midfielder. Petrovic is another young and talented defensive midfielder. We also signed Alidou for both our wings and Uzun who can play in midfield and attack likewise. For our attack we signed nice young talent Zeba, but he was loaned out straight away to get match practice in the 2.Bundesliga at Union Berlin. Our main target striker this season will be Pellegri, with Traore coming from the bench. The Team Goalkeepers Schuhen is our first choice keeper. Then Bredlow. Then Wendt. Key Player: Marcel Schuhen Defenders We replaced Klarer adequately. Singo increases our quality on the right. Key Player: Nahuel Ferraresi Midfielders Comeback kid Muller goes straight into the first team. Key Player: Marvin Mehlem Attackers Pellegri is the first choice, but Uzun got way more talent. Key Player: Pietro Pellegri Tactics Those tactics worked well most of the time last season. Board Expectations This looks reasonable. Club News Thank you, board! Pre-Season Friendlies Started badly, but then it got better. Edited February 28 by Carambau Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carambau Posted February 24 Author Share Posted February 24 (edited) The Lilies August 2026 Results A wonderful, almost flawless start into the new season. Amateur side Homberg was defeated with mostly benchers in the first team, then with the first teamers back we won at Hoffenheim and against Hannover. We were even topping the Bundesliga table for one day! To end the month we managed a draw away at Cologne. Bundesliga Table Leipzig are looking to dominate the Bundesliga. Edited February 28 by Carambau 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jogo Bonito Posted February 24 Share Posted February 24 (edited) Just seeing this one and I like what you have done with Darmstadt. I really like the squad you have assembled here, and as usual well told. Keep up the good work. Edited February 24 by Jogo Bonito 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carambau Posted February 25 Author Share Posted February 25 10 hours ago, Jogo Bonito said: Just seeing this one and I like what you have done with Darmstadt. I really like the squad you have assembled here, and as usual well told. Keep up the good work. Thanks mate Nice to have you here! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carambau Posted February 25 Author Share Posted February 25 (edited) The Lilies September & October 2026 Results Lots of draws in September. Nice ones against vs Dortmund, at Legia and at Fenerbahce in contrast to a rather weak one at Nuremberg. In between we defeated Stuttgart at least. Then came the probably best game from us yet in this save: We won against Bayern! Their tiki taka didn´t work against us defending deep and countering quickly. Still, I am impressed by our performance and surprised that Bayern did not do more. We carrioed that confidence over to Heidenheim and also won at their place. Our run could not go on forever though and it was Manchester United who put an end to it. Wirtz´s brace shortly after the break sealed our fate. Still this did not affect our morale too much and we went on to beat Freiburg and Nuremberg in the DFB Pokal to meet Freiburg in the next round. Then we lost 0-3 at Augsburg. Bundesliga Table Among the big boys. Europe In the CL League Phase however, it does not look good for us. We are below the line with only 2 points in 3 games. Edited February 25 by Carambau 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carambau Posted February 25 Author Share Posted February 25 (edited) The Lilies November & December 2026 Results Crisis! We managed only ONE win in 2 months! At one point we started to lose more and more games. We started November with the defeat at Porto, which was predictable though. Then we drew at home against Mainz and won at Wolfsburg. So it´s all well then? No. Newcastle made short work of us in the CL, we couldn´t beat promoted Hertha at home, went out in the DFB Pokal against Freiburg, suffered a harsh defeat at Leverkusen, then lost our next home game in the CL against Lazio and the following home game against Leipzig. We ended the year with a draw in the Hessen Derby. Morale is way down by now, the winter break comes at the right time. Bundesliga Table We came crashing down. Europe In the CL League Phase we are still below the line with only 2 points in 6 games now. Qualification seems way out of reach. Elections Alexander Denk won the Darmstadt presidential elections. He won´t provide any additional financial support though, which is a bit disappointing. Edited March 2 by Carambau 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jogo Bonito Posted February 25 Share Posted February 25 A disappointing set of results, but still in a decent position and plenty of time to turn your league form around. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carambau Posted February 25 Author Share Posted February 25 4 minutes ago, Jogo Bonito said: A disappointing set of results, but still in a decent position and plenty of time to turn your league form around. Absolutely. The winter break came at the right time 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
warlock Posted February 25 Share Posted February 25 Ouch! That's a dramatic loss of form. But you're right about the winter break - those bad runs are hard to stop otherwise. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carambau Posted February 25 Author Share Posted February 25 2 hours ago, warlock said: Ouch! That's a dramatic loss of form. But you're right about the winter break - those bad runs are hard to stop otherwise. Thing is, it came out of a sudden... but the winter break should help healing Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carambau Posted February 25 Author Share Posted February 25 (edited) The Lilies January 2027 Transfers Racic was getting noisy about playing time, so he went. Kramaric earned his transfer to his home country. Uzun needs playing time and we can´t give it to him right now so he was loaned to Augsburg. Villagra is a fine defensive midfielder, strange to find him without a contract. And we look into the future by signing talented keeper Urbig. Results Thank you, Winter Break! We also defeated 3. Liga outfit Magdeburg in a friendly to finally record a win again. It worked wonders as we trashed first Hamburg and then Hannover. And what a great performance at Anfield to avoid defeat! 3 days on we defeated Hoffenheim and 4 days later lost to PSG before drawing with Cologne 3 days later. The many games surely got to us at the end of the month. Somehow I am glad we are out of the Champions League now. Remarkable stat: Pellegri scored 6 goals in January. Bundesliga Table We are still alive! Europe We have to admit that playing in europe, especially in the Champions League came far too early for our team and it showed. We had a remarkable game at Anfield but thats about it. We still need to learn. Edited March 2 by Carambau 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carambau Posted February 25 Author Share Posted February 25 (edited) The Lilies February & March 2027 Results Mixed results. We lost expectedly to Dortmund, drew away at Stuttgart and won at home against Nuremberg. Losing against Bayern is no shame, albeit keeping the scoreline so close. We were able to beat Heidenheim at home easily and then lost at Freiburg. Augsburg somehow out-darmstadted us and won 3-1 at Merck Stadion. Bundesliga Table Still in contention for european places despite those mixed results. Our striker is leading the goalscorer chart! Edited March 2 by Carambau Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hootieleece Posted February 26 Share Posted February 26 Doing Well, even if results are mixed. I fear for your team though if Pellegri goes down. I always would rather have 10 goals from 5 different players than 50 from 1 player in most of my teams. Even though I have had "Goal Machines" in the past. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carambau Posted February 26 Author Share Posted February 26 (edited) 12 hours ago, Hootieleece said: Doing Well, even if results are mixed. I fear for your team though if Pellegri goes down. I always would rather have 10 goals from 5 different players than 50 from 1 player in most of my teams. Even though I have had "Goal Machines" in the past. Yeah it has been a crazy season Pellegri is already wanted by some bigger clubs, thats true. But we have a real striker gem waiting, he is currently loaned out and banging them in there at the age of 18 already... Edited February 26 by Carambau Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carambau Posted February 26 Author Share Posted February 26 (edited) The Lilies April & May 2027 Results A boring draw with Mainz was followed by the craziest game of the season: The 4-5 defeat against Wolfsburg. We were actually taking the lead 3 times and ended up losing. We made Hertha pay for it one week later. A man-of-the-match performance by keeper Schuhen secured our 1-0 win against favored Leverkusen. Leipzig then beat with a late goal but we kept our heads up and managed a draw in the Hessen-Derby and won against Hamburg to end the season and secure our 5th place. Bundesliga Table We finished in 5th position. A good season again. We were able to consolidate and secure Europa League Football next season. And Pellegrini was voted in the Team of the Year. Youth Intake Again, a very mediocre intake. No outstanding player this time. Oh and our U19s again got relegated from the National U19s League. Season Stats Pellegri is the only regular with an average rating above 7. It surely was a chaotic and crazy season and you can see it how the goals and assists are divided evenly among all players. The star is the team. Edited March 2 by Carambau 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SixPointer Posted February 28 Share Posted February 28 Another solid finish in the Bundesliga 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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