Lamela – still an asset?

Erik Lamela has almost been forgotten. His last game for the club is now more than 5 months ago – a 0-0 draw at Bournemouth. Since then he has been out with a hip injury and in early April he went through surgery and it was confirmed that he is out for the rest of the season. That period of uncertainty where the club also didn’t really communicate what was going on with him has evoked some transfer rumours – mainly of a move back to Italy. Spurs also temporarily changed to a 3-4-2-1, a system that is obviously different from the 4-2-3-1 that the Argentinian was shining in. So the question is: What do to with Lamela?

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Monster – An Energy Drink Fueled Adventure – Part 4 – Bulls

Hey Guys, we are back with a new episode of Monster, this time in our second season in charge. If you missed the last update, go and check it out. We got promoted in the 3. Liga and we won the Niederrheinpokal, so we are going to play in three different competitions this season. However, the focus is clearly on the 3. Liga with our target being the second promotion in the second year at the club. We already had a decent squad for the 3. Liga when we were still in the Regionalliga so I didn’t have to make too many signings to strengthen the squad for yet another promotion race. This meant that almost all of the new players that came in are players for the future and I am really excited about some of them, so let’s get straight into it.

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Monster – An Energy Drink Fueled Adventure – Part 2

Monster Part 2 – Tactics and Stuff

Hi, here’s Alex and I am back with another installment of my “Monster” series. Last time,  I showed you the summer transfers and I left you at the end of September. Now we are at the start of February and the season is starting to heatt up. Today I am going to run you through the tactics, the hot prospects we got and obviously, the results since I last left you.

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