And then there were 2

Well, Stuttgart have officially flamed out of one competition already this year, falling to SpVgg Greuther Fürth 1-0 in the Pokal, with the other 2 in critical condition. Same story, different day. Threaten, but never score. Give up a goal early on during one of the limited attacks from a momentary lapse of the defense. Continue pressing, but never finish. We could make a VfB Stuttgart mad libs out of this. Sucks for anybody who actually watched the game; especially having it shown in America on ESPN360.

Listen, I don’t care who you want to blame, whether it’s the players, the coaches, the person putting the team together, whatever. But at the end of the day, somebody will be held accountable, and more often than not it’s the manager who gets axed. A team isn’t going to fire its entire squad, simple as that. You can make the argument that Stuttgart ALWAYS look threatening and the onus is on the players to finish the job off. I think the most telling sign that it’s not completely Babbel’s wrongdoing is that they still play hard for him. Once the team quits on its manager, that is really always the decisive end but that hasn’t been the case here so far.

But, as was pointed out in the comments section, something has to give soon, right? This schedule doesn’t get any easier, with a game this weekend home against Bayern and then away to Sevilla midweek. Let’s say worst case they crap the bed against those two teams, or even after that against Borussia Monchengladbach away, a relegation zone squad. Something has to give. They’ve lost against the good, mediocre, and bad teams in all sorts of ways.

Last thing. As far as the “bad luck” card that people are trying to play, whether it’s players or coaches or whoever, gimme a break. GOOD TEAMS MAKE THEIR OWN LUCK. Simple as that.

Category: DFB Cup, match comments

Tags: Bayern Munich, DFB Cup, Markus Babbel, match comments

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