Hansi Flick (sack) watch

[RashyForPM]

That's the understatement of the year. I still can't get my head around what has happened here. Never in my good 35 years as a fan I've been taken on such a glorious ride like in the past 10 months.
We've.beaten.them.all. In.style. Simply surreal

Fair play to your entire club. Everyone from Flick to the fans to the tea lady deserves this tbf. This is the joy football can bring when everyone associated with a club is connected and working towards a common goal.

Obviously though, I’d love to get you lot down to OT next season and hammer you. Maybe Davies’ kryptonite is simply a tricky, two-footed winger?

 

[GhastlyHun]

Flick sitting together with his players in the glitter of the celebrations. Great symbol of his relationship with the team

 

[OutlawGER]

Maybe just some unknown things to some... - a little trivia

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Two players that played some years together at VfB Stuttgart.

Sane and Goretzka grew up just some kilometres from each other and both went into the same grade in school. They had different paths in their youth football years but later played together as young professionals at Schalke.

Thilo Kehrer (PSG) - a year younger than Gnabry and Kimmich - started at Stuttgart, too. Went to Schalke with 16 where he played in youth and as young professional with Sane...

Sane, Goretzka, Neuer, Özil, Gündogan, Matip, Kehrer, Draxler, Kolasinac and many more. Schalkes youth academy is shockingly good. And they don't even make the slightest profit from that.

 

[Grande]

They were sacked (Kovac and Ancelotti) because it wasn't working, despite them winning leagues.
They also retired Heynckes to get Pep in.

Yes, despite, not because. A winning manager will normally be kept, unless there are other factors indicating that he is the wrong choice that outweighs the winning, such as ruinong the club long term, or being clearly incompetent but lucky, or getting way too little out of great resources and it not looking like it’s going to change, or him being 76, or him going against the core of the club’s identity, or him having no ideas on how to improve the club and team further. Hansi Flick seems to tick very few of those boxes with much weight, so bringing this up now, almost as if firing a succesful manager is a brilliant odea innits own right, bagfles me.

 

[Cassidy]

Yes, despite, not because. A winning manager will normally be kept, unless there are other factors indicating that he is the wrong choice that outweighs the winning, such as ruinong the club long term, or being clearly incompetent but lucky, or getting way too little out of great resources and it not looking like it’s going to change, or him being 76, or him going against the core of the club’s identity, or him having no ideas on how to improve the club and team further. Hansi Flick seems to tick very few of those boxes with much weight, so bringing this up now, almost as if firing a succesful manager is a brilliant odea innits own right, bagfles me.

Don't think the OP was attempting to suggest Flick should be sacked...

 

[Grande]

Don't think the OP was attempting to suggest Flick should be sacked...

Acknowledging context and disregarding possible hidden agendas, it’s difficult to understand what the OP is attempting.

What the OP does, is going in at a point where Flick has led a formerly destitute lot to a treble, whinning 33 oout of 35 games under him, including the last 21 in a row, including every possible game in the CL, most of them with runaway scores - and stating that ‘the moment he doesn’t perform, he is expendable’.

Now either that is for no particular reason devoting an entire thread to stating the bloody obvious fact that clubs employ managers to improve teams, not as a welfare scheme for managers.

Or it is raising the flag for quick hire-and-fire approach to club leadership in a underhand way devoid of any context or nuance.

Or there is a hidden agenda, but I won’t bother looking into that.

 

[Paul_Scholes18]

Sack him. He did only win 3 trophies.

 

[Mrs Smoker]

Flick sitting together with his players in the glitter of the celebrations. Great symbol of his relationship with the team

I'm suspicious about what they're doing there...in the DARK!

 

[Ishdalar]

Sack him. He did only win 3 trophies.

To be honest, I don't see the point on keeping a manager when you already know he's peaked and will only do worse from now onwards

 

[Bubz27]

He's announced he's asked to leave at the end of the season. Germany job awaits.

Who gets Bayern job? Reckon they'll be sniffing around Ole? Or maybe Nagelsmann?

 

[TheMagicFoolBus]

He's announced he's asked to leave at the end of the season. Germany job awaits.

Who gets Bayern job? Reckon they'll be sniffing around Ole? Or maybe Nagelsmann?

I'd be shocked if it isn't Nagelsmann. Marsch to then go to Leipzig surely.

 

[Grylte]

Hope Klopp wants home to Germany

 

[horsechoker]

Frank Lampard's available

 

[Zehner]

I'd be shocked if it isn't Nagelsmann. Marsch to then go to Leipzig surely.

Probably, but you never know what our savior Brazzo is planning behind closed doors Here's hoping he's working on his next master piece.

Hope Klopp wants home to Germany

Wouldn't put money on that. I really can't imagine Klopp at Bayern. Doubt he'd ever join them.

 

[Grylte]

Wouldn't put money on that. I really can't imagine Klopp at Bayern. Doubt he'd ever join them.

I'm just dreaming, dude, i don't think that'll happen either

 

[hellhunter]

Probably, but you never know what our savior Brazzo is planning behind closed doors Here's hoping he's working on his next master piece.



Wouldn't put money on that. I really can't imagine Klopp at Bayern. Doubt he'd ever join them.

Quelle surprise

 

[Brophs]

He's announced he's asked to leave at the end of the season. Germany job awaits.

Who gets Bayern job? Reckon they'll be sniffing around Ole? Or maybe Nagelsmann?

Seems like a bad fit. I haven't seen him sniff his own ball sweat even once.

 

[horsechoker]

Seems like a bad fit. I haven't seen him sniff his own ball sweat even once.

He's actually a proponent of a radical "not sniffing your own balls" philosophy. I'm not sure if the world is ready for it.

 

[Brophs]

He's actually a proponent of a radical "not sniffing your own balls" philosophy. I'm not sure if the world is ready for it.

God damn maverick.

 

[Bubz27]

Seems like a bad fit. I haven't seen him sniff his own ball sweat even once.

 

[Samid]

Sacked in the morning?

 

[Chief123]

@Hansi Fick - Our thoughts are with you.

 

[Irwin99]

Unprecedented for Germany- two world cup exits at the group stage. I mean...this is Germany we're talking about

 

[Zehner]

Not going to be sacked I think. Germany won all three matches by xG. Chance conversion and errors inbthe defense was what broke our neck

 

[BeforeKeanetherewasRobson]

Not going to be sacked I think. Germany won all three matches by xG. Chance conversion and errors inbthe defense was what broke our neck

 

[do.ob]

Germany played well in all games. Sacking him would be stupid.

 

[bosnian_red]

Would be idiotic for him to be sacked, but the question is, does he want to go back to club football?

 

[BarstoolProphet]

In the end Germany always ... go out?

 

[bosnian_red]

Not going to be sacked I think. Germany won all three matches by xG. Chance conversion and errors inbthe defense was what broke our neck

5.79 xg today alone, 3.09 vs Japan, 1.29 vs Spain... This Germany world cup will go down as one of the ultimate what if teams for me
Brief period of madness against Japan and it cost them everything

 

[BerryBerryShrew]

Not going to be sacked I think. Germany won all three matches by xG. Chance conversion and errors inbthe defense was what broke our neck

Agreed. They were the better team in all 3 games.

While the Japan result was an aberration, I really felt they should have tried to force the issue more in their match against Spain. It was always a big risk to leave their fate in the hands of a Spanish side that had every incentive to finish second in the group.

 

[KirkDuyt]

Best team to go out at the group stages? They dominated for 225 of their 270 minutes. Becoming more Dutch by the day.

 

[Zehner]

5.79 xg today alone, 3.09 vs Japan, 1.29 vs Spain... This Germany world cup will go down as one of the ultimate what if teams for me
Brief period of madness against Japan and it cost them everything

Yes. Spain for example had 3.5 against Costa Rica and scored 7. On top the constellation with Marokko/Croatia.

 

[Oranges038]

I reckon it wears a sports jacket.

 

[Skills]

They desperately need a striker coming through

 

[Flying_Heckfish]

Not going to be sacked I think. Germany won all three matches by xG. Chance conversion and errors inbthe defense was what broke our neck

We won the xG, get in!

 

[Zehner]

We won the xG, get in!

Basically, yes

 

[Plant0x84]

Flick out, Klopp in. Sorry scousers, you know it makes sense!

 

[marktan]

What do people make of him, then? I think he made a huge mistake playing Muller as a striker 3 games in a row, that other big fecker that scored vs Spain would've served them well there.

Could then move Musiala to the no.10 position from the wing.

Finishing in the end was their downfall.

Also not a fan of playing Sane as an inverted wide forward when he's so much better on the other side. It's like Gerrard playing Leon Bailley as an inverted striker which was horrible.

 

[MUnchies]

Not going to be sacked I think. Germany won all three matches by xG. Chance conversion and errors inbthe defense was what broke our neck

Glad Germany won the xg world cup

 

[Chief123]

Not going to be sacked I think. Germany won all three matches by xG. Chance conversion and errors inbthe defense was what broke our neck

Won by xG. Wtf

Sign him up for another 8 years!