No victory within the final 5 league video games, with solely 5 factors inserting them at fifteenth within the Bundesliga desk. VfL Wolfsburg is presently falling in need of expectations. Is a significant upheaval imminent?
Regardless of a disappointing begin to the season, the Wolfsburg executives have to this point stood by coach Paul Simonis: “This isn’t a dialogue that must be centered across the coach, however round every particular person who has been on the sphere. Everybody should be self-critical sufficient to confess that now we have not individually delivered the efficiency wanted to compete in opposition to a staff like VfB Stuttgart,” emphasised sporting director Sebastian Schindzielorz after the 0-3 loss to Stuttgart final Saturday.
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Nevertheless, it appears the scenario is turning into more and more precarious for the Wolves’ coach. In response to a report by ‘Bild’, even the gamers themselves have began to precise criticism of Simonis to the membership’s administration. Coaching content material, teaching selections, and the attitudes of some teammates have reportedly been criticized.
The criticism, which is rising louder internally, not considerations simply the coach, who solely joined the staff in July of this yr. In response to ‘Bild’, voices from inside the membership recommend that Simonis is merely appearing as a puppet for VfL managing director Peter Christiansen. His work can be being considered more and more critically by the supervisory board, and an extension of his contract is presently unlikely.
On Saturday, the Wolves face an away sport in opposition to the newly promoted Hamburger SV. They should safe some factors there if the sporting disaster is to not worsen. Two potential scapegoats appear to have already been recognized.
This text was translated into English by Synthetic Intelligence.
