Deisler26

Oh, Hoffenheim is not going to be happy with me....

The Stats 3.Liga Table Results to date Full Stats Sprints Tackling Passing Possess The Eye Test It's been a peaks and troughs kinda season for us. Started well, had a major dip and then came back firing up to the winter break, with our last two games finishing 4-0 and 5-1 to us. A 9 game winning streak saw us keep pace with the race for promotion as we have five eligible teams within 6 points of 2nd place at the halfway stage. Erkan Akbaş has top scored this season with 13, however an 11-game goalless streak, right in our bad patch, leaves question marks over his reliability. This run-in will test us with so many teams close The Transfers DRL Markus Kallnik (£2m, TSG 1899 Hoffenheim) ST Benjamin Hoffmann (£2.5k, FSV Frankfurt) The Kallnik bid came from nowhere. There was a million pound plus bid, which I turned down, but wouldn't have been able to keep him due to our financial state. Luckily, Hoffenheim came in with a decent bid, which would include a 50% sell on and a loanback for the season so it would leave time for Timon Roth to develop. We also got Hoffmann's £1k p/w salary off the books

Two strikers out of this intake. That will be helpful as we can then think about moving Abbas out wide, solving our right wing problem

Nothing like an opposition mistake to make you smile

Well. This has bitten us in the arse. We're now £5k over budget and with very little room to shed salary. Depending on how the board look at it, we may need to lose both Murati and Kulikov. We're being bent over by £400k p/m loan repayments from successive takeovers

I don't think so. We still don't have the depth to go up

The Brief We were, once again, given the board brief to Finish Mid-Table this season after last season's efforts, with an increase in the wage budget to £31k and an £18k transfer budget again. We were in a much better place with regards to contracts and squad depth, but we lost some players unexpectedly to sales and injuries and a huge lack of loan availablity, so we were forced to sign two players on free transfers. We'll sell them in the next season or two as cover will develop. The Results The Transfers GK Paolo Guerra (loan, AC Reggiana) DRL/WB/AMR Connor Struck (£20k, Chemnitzer FC) MRC/AMR Justin Denker (Free, FSV Luckenwalde) The transfers in are a pair of Icelandic fellows, DM/MRC Sindri Svavarsson, AMRC/ST Hafþór Ingi Bragason in on free transfers and left winger Fatih Bayrak in on loan from FC 1.Union Berlin

It is worth reading, thank you!

Enjoyed this! I’ve gone the East German route as well, with one of your old teams, Cottbus

HANSAAAAAAA *shakes fist* Wait! Checking the transfer clauses led me to this.. Oh. I guess I'm the a**hole now...

The Stats 3. Liga Table Jul - Dec Results Jan - May Results Player Stats Commerical Summary Data Hub The Eyetest We somewhat reverted to the mean this season following last season's overachievement. We never really seemed to get out of second gear and this landed us a 7th place finish in 3.Liga. Dillon Hoogwerf once again led the way with 16 goals, but a worrying drought between Dec and Mar, and with his contract up at the end of the season meant that we would have to let him go. A faithful servant in the three seasons he was here, he notched 46 goals for the club, nearly trebling his output up to that point!. We ended 4th on Goals Conceded this season, which is excellent and 9th on Goals Scored which was honestly a shock to me as we didn't seem to have that many high scoring games! This season also saw another board takeover as we're constantly drowning in debt. The Awards Second year in a row for Mooy, although it is gratifying to see Murati come third! The Misc

This is next season's lineup without moves. Let's look through to see when/where there are issues. GK - No issues for me. Lord is an amazing keeper, but Guerra and Tepe could easily slot in to replace him. Tepe is slightly ahead on talent, so he will be loaned out this season for game time. DR - No worries here. Connor Struck was whining about a new contract, so I'm happy to let him go any time and have Roth as the backup DCR - Nailed, Mooy isn't going anywhere, unless it's for £1m, so he's here. Fischer was last season's DL backup, but found a home in the middle. DCL - Again, nailed. Ballack could improve to overtake Lanfer, but it wont be this season. DL - This is our biggest glaring issue. A 30 year old as our first choice and a 26 year old backup, when he's mainly a CB. We don't have any players who are coming through to play there either. I'm hoping the next season's intake will help! DMCR - Nailed on. Murati signed a new deal this season and he'll be there. Alhassan was a decent backup, but Mohr is coming up behind him like the Undertaker meme. Hopefully he'll take a loan this season.. DMCL - Once again, nailed on. Kulikov also signed a new deal, so he'll be the main guy with Juckel as a backup. Slightly worrying there is no U-19 player coming through to the standards, but we have time ML - The most volatile position in the squad. Wolf started as last season's starter, but Michalski came in halfway through and played well enough to take the starting spot. Jarosch is the heir-apparent to the slot, but we'll loan him out this season. AMR - This is our weakest area. We've spent the last 18 months with a loan player in the slot and, to be honest, I'll look at it again on Deadline Day if either of those two aren't performing AMC - This is the jewel of our crown. Ekangamene has come through our academy and become the star of the team. He's agreed a new contract for the end of the season, so we're safe, but there's a big drop-off to the reserve. Talent in the reserves though! ST - Losing a near-50 goal scorer is going to hurt anyone, but we have two academy players coming in at starter and reserve. Abbas scored four last season after his introduction, although worryingly, only one was from open play. Fernando usurps Hoffmann for the backup slot and I'll let him (Hoffmann) go at the end of his contract

Sadly,, the second leg went just as unluckily!

Well, sadly this intake does not solve our left back problems, but we gain some backup in places and depth is always a good thing if you are running a youth only save. Let's look at our top 3 candidates AMRLC/ST Francisco Jose Silveira - Work Rate: 10, Pace 12 - DNA: Passed FJS is going to be trained in the Advanced Forward role. His Technique, Finishing and Flair should mean he can do a job, but he needs to grow into his Anticipation and Off the Ball going forward M/AMC/ST Leon Gottschalt-Guttau - Work Rate: 12, Pace 10 - DNA: Passed LGG is the big-ticket player in this intake, but I'm gonna hot-house him in the Under 19's as much as possible, to give him development time. We have time to let him improve which is nice. ML Timo Stöfer - Work Rate: 13, Pace 10 - DNA: Passed Timo isn't as talented as some of the others in this intake, but he is at least, the next one to pass the club DNA threshold. He'll have time to develop in the ML role.

100 up and we are doing well enough.

The Stats 3.Liga Table Results to date Full Stats Passing Dynamics Passing Passes Attempted Possession The Eye Test We're not quite at last season's powers, with us sitting in 6th place, ten points off the top spot, but we're keeping touch with the top teams. Dillon Hoogewerf again leading the scoring charts with 11 so far, but his contract is up at the end of the season and recent talks showed he wanted too much from us for two long. So far he's scored 39 goals in 90 games for the club, which isn't chicken feed, but I cannot sanction £2.5k p/w on a player when we are having our wage budget cut year after year. We're still defensively playing well, but we aren't scoring well. The Transfers DM/M/AMC/ST Almar Bećirović (free, Halle 96) AMC Mortiz Majetschak (£250k, 1. FC Nürnberg)

Hannover have a better setup

Well, we'll hopefully get a decent enough central defender to make Mooy's inevitable exit a little easier. Could do with a left back as well.

# A first for us, we got a POTW! His goal was a classic winger's goal, cutting in and firing the ball wide of the keeper.

Fark. At least he doesn't look like he'll be decent

The Brief We were given the board brief to Finish Mid-Table this season after last season's heroics, with yet another decrease in the wage budget at £26k and no transfer budget again. Losing just £6k off the wage budget from last season wasn't the worst as we had done the hardest cuts last season. We also again needed to sort the futures out of two players, German Kulikov and Edison Murati. The Results As last year, Dillon Hoogewerf is leading the line with 6 in 8 so far this season. The Transfers GK Paolo Guerra (loan, Brindisi) M/AMLC/ST Maximillian Kummer (free, Viktoria 1899 Berlin) M/AMC Andu Yobel Kelati (£250k, 1.FC Magdeburg) We also re-signed Edison Murati to a 3 year deal and failed with a Kulikov contract, but we can try again later.

You're all used to my threads now, they have the same basic meat on the bone, but I wanted to do something a little different this time, I wanted to focus on some partnerships between academy players in the first team. Obviously this will require two academy players playing in the first team, so these will be few and far between. First up, German Kulikov and Edison Murati. The Players Kulikov is our Segundo Volante and seems well suited for it. Not only is his Work Rate and Pace above DNA levels (10 & 8 respectively), but his Anticipation, Stamina, Positioning and First Touch are very high for the position as well. He's not quite suited for the more goal scoring aspects of the role, as his Finishing is 4 and Long Shots 5, but I don't need him to pop up with goals. Last season he was averaging 1.5 tackles per game, with a Pass Completion % of 93%, however, in 8 league games so far this season, he has averages 0.98 tackles per game, with a Pass Completion % of 90%, which is a drop off, but it's still early in the season, so it's just there as a guide. Murati is our Half Back and, being a defender by trade, was better suited for this role, rather than SV. His Work Rate and Pace are well above DNA levels (10 & 8 respectively and his Teamwork, Bravery, Concentration and Positioning are very high for the position as well. His Marking, Composure and Aggression isn't the best however, but there are a framework to work on. Last season, in 16 games, he averaged 1.86 tackles per game, with an Average Rating of 7.05, however, in 8 league games so far this season, he has averages 0.88 tackles per game, with an Average rating of 7.28, which is a steep drop off on his tackles a game, but a sharp upswing in the average rating suggesting, he's being able to do more in the game than defend, which is nice. The Stats These are the areas in which they are ranked in the Top 20 of 3.Liga. These placings bear out their roles if I'm honest, with Kulikov more all-action and Murati more 'right time, right place', but it does prove that they fit very well into my system With Kulikov and Murati marked out, you can see that their Tackling is nowhere near last season in the first 8 games, as well as the possession drop off, but the Passing is still excellent, with Murati's distribution a key factor.

DFB-Pokal First Round 11 August 2029 Stadion am Freundschaft 20:30 FC Energie Cottbus 2-4aet FC Hansa Rostock Hoogewerf 45+1, 88................................................ Gruda 25 ....................................................................................Reimann 34 ....................................................................................Dietz 91 ...................................................................................Troise 116