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DfB Pokal First Round 6 Aug 2039 Eintracht-Stadion 20:30 Eintracht Braunschweig 0-1 FC Energie Cottbus ...........................................................................................Luvovadio 9

Our record appearance maker and captain has retired. I wanted him to join our staff, but he had no interest in being backroom staff.

You would think. I just hope we can improve

The Stats Bundesliga Table Aug - Dec Results Jan - May Results DfB Pokal Results Player Stats Commerical Summary Data Hub The Eyetest Our third season in the Bundesliga was a complete disaster. We struggled all season long and, thanks to two clubs being infinitely worse than us, we ended up 16th in the Bundesliga and in the Relegation Playoff. We faced Eintracht Frankfurt and we triumphed 3-2 on aggregate over the two legs!. Heinz Karner once again led the way, but with just 7 goals, which is was just over a quarter of our total goals. We also had a terrible DfB Pokal campaign, losing to 2.Bundesliga side SG Dynamo Dresden, 1-0! Right off the bat in the First Round.. Our search for top flight silverware goes on. Stats-wise, we finished 16th on Goals Scored and 12th on Goals Conceded, which is a horrific downgrade up front and a stablisation of sorts at the back. The Misc

Dominance as expected. I smell the CL Groups this season

Certainly a struggle, but you’ve shown enough to stay up IMO

Bundesliga / 2.Bundesliga Playoff, Second Leg 23 May 2039 Deutsche Bank Park 20:30 Eintracht Frankfurt 0-1 FC Energie Cottbus (Energie Cottbus win 3-2 on aggregate) .................................................................Farhat 65

Bundesliga / 2.Bundesliga Playoff, First Leg 19 May 2039 LEAG Arena 20:30 FC Energie Cottbus 2-2 Eintracht Frankfurt Gottschalt-Guttau 28.......................................Kruth 26, 38 Mohr 68

I need him to kick it up, we're so lacking up front

Don't know if he'll make next season's list, but a ten place drop isn't terrible in the grand scheme of things

Our prayers are answered. Well, as Meatloaf once said, two out of three ain't bad. Let's look at the top 3 prospects AML/ST Adnan Muric - Work Rate: 15, Pace 14, Technique 14 - DNA: PASSED It's too soon to say he'll be the saviour of the side, but it won't hurt. Need to ease him in though to avoid burnout. DR Eduard Dreher - Work Rate: 17, Pace 12, Technique 12 - DNA: PASSED He's got some knowledge of playing left back, so he'll be re-trained there as we are DESPERATE for left backs. AMR Niclas Fischer - Work Rate: 11, Pace 13, Technique 13 - DNA: PASSED Another right winger. Not entirely sure he'll ever be good enough to make the first team, but we'll see I guess.

Bad start, poor morale, everyone wanting new contracts etc.

This is next season's lineup without moves, including any transfers made in/out for the beginning of next season. Let's look through to see when/where there are issues. GK - Gosslar stays, Schwarz moves on. Urbig becomes backup DR - We're not getting any talent in at full back and things are beginning to look thin DCR - We've got our established players, nothing below that DCL - Farhat is our first choice libero. Lovett is our best defensive prospect... DL - As ever. We're so short at DL, it's unreal DMCR - Cakir is nailed on the best SV we have, Luvouvadio is a very good backup. Kraeft could be better than both, but he's only 15 DMCL - Our strongest position, now Mohr has resigned. Krauss is a decent backup and Flauder is only going to get stronger ML - Probably our strongest area now. All three could play in the first team AMR - Tomas is playing as a Raumdeuter and doing very well at it. Wenzel is also a good backup. Nothing below them AMC - LGG's return cements him as first choice, Zorn, nailed on #2. Waack is a good prospect, but wont see any game time unless there are injuries ST - Karner is still first choice by default. All three strikers are very poor and we desperately need an infusion of talent here

The Stats Bundesliga Table Results to date Full Stats Shooting Tackling Passing Possession Defending The Eye Test Extremely poor this season. We've conceded 7 goals from mistakes this season, which have all been very costly. We're terrible up front too, with us leading the league in underperforming our xG.. The only saving grace is that there are two clubs infinitely worse than us and we *should* win a playoff. However, judging by our lower league record recently.... The Transfer Out GK Sven Schwarz (£200k, Atletico de Madrid) DM/M/AMC Bjorn Köpnick (£1m, SV Werder Bremen) Two backups on their way out.

I love when you do this

The cursed bargain. We desperately need a striker coming through, however it's in a poor intake. FFS.

Well, this is gratifying to see. Somewhat of a drop off in reputation though

The Brief Third season in 1.Bundesliga, and the board brief this time was to Avoid Relegation this season, with our awful performance in DfB Pokal meaning we had no board expectations there. Our budgets were £1.1m in the wages and £38.5m transfer budget. The Results Our standard poor start, only alleviated by a ridiculous win over Dortmund. The Transfers IN DM/MC/AMC Alexander Mohr (£12.5m, Brighton & Hove Albion) DRC Fabian Förster (£5m, Eintracht Frankfurt) AMC/ST Leon Gottschalt-Guttau (£3.9m, Hamburger SV) M/AMLC Rene Binde (£850k, N.E.C Nijmegen) We spent heavily again on re-inforcements. All the players were brought in were unwanted by their clubs, which only goes to show that they're system players, not individuals. OUT DM/MC/AMC German Kulikov (£3m, Girona FC S.A.D) D/DM/MC Edison Murati (£12m, Bayer 04 Leverkusen) D/DM/M/AMC Andreas Flauder (£20m SV Werder Bremen) DRC Dražen Šušak (£20m, Stoke City) M/AMC Josef Zorn (loan, SC Freiburg) So, I took a chance and cleared the decks of our starting midfield, allowing for new arrivals and youth to (hopefully) flourish. We also sold Susak for a kings ransom, to fit in Forster and finally, with LGG's return, Zorn needed first team football, so was sent (grumbling) out on loan and Flauder's departure meant game time for some of our backups

Shrewd moves in the transfer market. I hope they pay off

Oh no. What an awful end to the season! You’ll learn from it and come back next season IMO

DfB Pokal First Round 7 Aug 2038 Rudolf Harbig Stadion 20:30 SB Dynamo Dresden 2-1 FC Energie Cottbus Grassi 56.................................................................Jarosch 41 Wunderlich 76 I don't usually comment on these games, but to lose to a 2.Bundesliga side for the second year running is galling. I think this result is worse than the Final loss, because at least we played poorly that match, this one was dominance, followed by two sucker punches!!!