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Jul 8 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
Thread 🧵 on #Gladbach & #USMNT defender Joe Scally. Although just back from his summer holiday, the fact that Ramy Bensebaini & Luca Netz are out due to Corona, may mean Scally gets some game time against 1860 on Sunday on the left. He has been talking to Kicker. Quotes follow.
2/ Scally on his targets for the season: “With Borussia to end up higher up the table. Personally to get as many appearances as possible & to start as many games as I can.”
With #USMNT “I hope I can be at the World Cup.”
3/ Scally on last term: “I played more than I expected to. It was a really good season for me. I learned a lot & discovered I can compete at this level. I want to build on that.”
4/ On trying to impress new BMG coach Daniel Farke: “I want to show him that I’m hungry, prepared to learn & help the team. I think my playing style fits with the approach that the coach prefers.”

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The ARD Radio broadcasters have reported that they in their words “were attacked” by English fans behind them as the West Ham goal went in for 1:1. You could hear it on air. It disrupted the broadcast briefly. “I’ve never experienced anything like it.” #WHUSGE
2/ Talk on air from both commentators about being in shock & they feel perhaps the fans who attacked them didn’t like their loud goal shout for the Knauff 1:0. They say no security there to protect them. #WHUSGE
3/ Tweeting this in solidarity with my ARD colleagues. Could happen to any commentator and when you are concentrating fiercely and someone blindsides you in that fashion, while you’re at work, unacceptable.
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Apr 27
🧵 RB Leipzig assistant coach Andreas Hinkel (ex Celtic) tells Kicker they have been well informed about Rangers by a particular Glasgow source. More in this thread to get you ready for Leipzig-Rangers. #RBLRFC
2/ Hinkel: “Of course we have analysed them & collected a lot of information. Among other people we have spoken to on the phone & asked for info from is John Kennedy, the Celtic assistant coach, my former teammate & someone I still stay fairly closely in touch with.”
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3/ Hinkel on Rangers. “It’s a team geared strongly for the physical aspects. That is defensively robust players who stay compact & defend well. But their counter attacking game is also quite strong & they have dangerous attackers. Not for nothing are they in the semis.”
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Dec 12, 2021
Watching the Kimmich interview now on ZDF. I’ll post the key points below.
To be fair to him, his tone is one of someone who has learned the hard way & wishes he had avoided getting Covid while unvaccinated.
Kimmich says his it was a difficult time for him. He was lucky his infection was “relatively mild.” But he lost taste & smell & a medical check showed he had some fluid in the lung. Therefore 10 days before he can return to training.
Asked about the fluid, he said he can’t do intensive training as there’s a danger it could travel to the heart and then the absence would be longer. But has been told if he takes it easy for 10 days, he should be OK.
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Dec 11, 2021
Max Eberl, the live guest on @sportstudio says it’s not a nice situation (14 conceded in 3) for Gladbach and agrees it is a concerning situation. The players are not showing quality on the pitch. He said problem has been cutting out crosses and covering in centre of defence.
Eberl says he’s surprised they’re not playing football that shows they have trust in each other. Not defending as Bundesliga team must. Says coach and he himself are responsible but as are the players.
Eberl says no one component is more responsible than the other - coach, players, sporting director. They will continue to work on it. They will continue to work with people. They now have the focus on Frankfurt game.
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Dec 10, 2021
🧵 Long BILD piece today on Wolfsburg & #USMNT defender John (Jay as he’s often referred to in Germany) Brooks.
The part in bold says Bild’s information is USA coach Gregg Berhalter was not happy with Brooks in his most recent appearances & that there was an attitude problem.
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3/ Earning an estimated 4 mil Euro a year, per Bild, Brooks is one of the highest earners but his form crisis this term means Wolfsburg are unlikely to pay that for him again. Contract up in 2022. Brooks also said not as cooperative as his teammates re media interviews.
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Oct 20, 2021
1/ 🧵 ahead of Bayern-Hoffenheim (my Sat commentary game) for the world feed. Kicker quotes from #USMNT defender Chris Richards as he prepares to face his parent club. Richards says he wasn’t disappointed when Julian Nagelsmann decided not to build his squad with him. #FCBTSG
2/ Richards: “I wanted to return to Hoffenheim. In the summer it emerged that there would continue to be a lot of competition in Munich & I wouldn’t play every game for a long time. I’m not afraid of competition but it was better for me to go to Hoffenheim & play regularly.”
3/ Richards on consistency: “That’s the most important area where I have to improve, and that has a lot to do with experience. So for exactly that reason I’m in Hoffenheim to get a lot of match practice.”
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