FC Schalke 04: goalkeeper

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After the descent from the football Bundesliga and a bumpy season start, the location at FC Schalke 04 last a little relaxed. Nevertheless, there are still some construction sites in the financially battered scarce.

In front of the home game against Dynamo Dresden on Saturday (20:30 clock) speaks the well-known Schalke blogger and fan expert Susanne Hein-Rüpen in the exclusive interview with Fraisl about the degradation of crowd pleasure Ralf ferryman, the ambivalent view On coach Dimitrios Grammozis and the comeback of the S04 ultras in the stadium.

In addition, Hein-Rüpen explains why the royal blue despite Simon Terodde have a storm problem and which players from the Schalke desegadader misses them.

Dear Mrs. Hein-Roam, how is the current mood situation in the Schalker fan bearing?

Susanne Hein-RIPEN: It develops again something. We have now won five times in the last six games, if, of course, with a little luck in Hanover. But all the more beautiful in the last second. The mood gets better and better. One has the feeling that the team grows together again and that it is finally a team again. Playful is certainly potential upwards, but the direction is right.

The successes came with the goalkeeping change of Ralf Fauermann on Martin Fraisl. How is the degradation of ferryman seen?

Ralf ferryman has a big fanbase because he is through and through Schalke. He carries Schalke in the heart and sees the club not only as any employer. Whether the success series is now on Fraisl is open. He played three times now and remained to zero three times. Of course, that looks great, but I believe that in these games with ferryman did not collect more goals. Because the defense grows more and better together, especially Ko Itura makes a really good job.

Fraisl just has the momentum on his side. I watched ferryman a bit at the last home game against Ingolstadt, as he looked extremely frustrated from the laundry. You could read him on the face, that he does not like it so. But against Hanover he was pleased with the team as if he had played himself. The frustration was nothing to see.

From fan page, is now no displeasure about the goalkeeper exchange now?

That s fine first. When Fraisl shoots thick bucks, the discussions could go up again, whether you should not have stayed with ferryman. But right now it s quite quiet, even because the success is there. Besides, you have to emphasize: on the line both are good, but with the ball at the foot Fraisl is already a bit stronger. And: for being relatively new, Fraisl gives strict commands and has his defense in the attack. He did not like the mouth, that fits very well right now.

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What about Dimitrios Grammozis: It seemed long as if the Schalke did not get warm with the coach?

Again, there is a steady development. In the summer break, many were very skeptical, whether he is not burned because Schalke has risen very pathetic, but others have said that Grammozis could not do anything because the cart was already meter-low in the dirt when he has taken over.

On the other hand, but also appearances that were little reminiscent of a professional team. Therefore, there were some voices, which would have wished for a unloaded new beginning with a coach who had nothing to do with the sow ferry.

And then, of course, there was also the question of whether it is true to exchange the trainer every time. Apart from funding.

Anyway, the crackers will be quieter because you also see that Grammozis develops the team. Although not to a troop, the hoe, lace, one, two, three plays, but quite a team that comes about virtue and fitness and puts something on the legs.

Are there anyone from the descent gadder you miss?

Fraisly, the team has done everything in the last and a half years that you do not miss any of them. But: someone like Sead Colasinac is already a board. If that s really in shape, he is a real leader. It would have been nice if something had fallen from the sky to further commit him.

Besides, I found Benjamin Stambouli and Bastian OCCIPKA always class. They have little to come to debt, except poor football played last year. But I do not really miss any, because the team was obviously totally broken. This is different with the current team. At the beginning there were also voting difficulties in the game and fortunately we often had Simon Terodde as a savior, but one has the feeling that the players understand each other to bother, talk to each other and win together and lose them together. That was not the same with the old team.

So important is Rouven Schröder for FC Schalke 04

What share does Fraisl director Rouven Schröder on the new FC Schalke?

A very, very big one. It has the impression that he has a decisive proportion that it is currently running so well. He had a very nutritable job in the summer because he did not put a team out of nothing and at the same time had to get rid of the whole contaminated sites.

In the beginning I was skeptical, because he had twice pitch: he came from Mainz, just like Christian Heidel. That caused discomfort. Especially since the Mainz in the last season even in the first round was extremely difficult.

He was also presented shortly after the rangnail ghost was elaborated by Gelsenkirchen. As a result, Schröder did not work like a 1-B - but rather like a 1-C solution after Ralf Rangnick and Markus Kröse had canceled.

But Rouven Schröder has quickly proven how good he is. As he found and assembled the new entries and it managed to find players like Thomas Ouwejan and convince from Schalke: grandios! The same applies to sales. Under the current conditions, a transfer market in the Corona pandemic, Schröder has made the best possible job.

The biggest coup should have been the obligation of Simon Terodde ...

We have felt for ten years, the first good phase of Klaas-Jan Huntelaar, no longer had such a good scorer. There was always some who started well as Guido Burgstaller, for example. He has tailored to fall over, but he lacked templates and Fortune.

But at Terodde you can easily feel this Torriecher. Sometimes you do not see him for an hour, and then he stands in five minutes two times exactly the right place. Of course, it must also emphasize that our game is extremely tailored to Terodde at the moment. That makes me a little worries. What if terodde fails?

Must a new striker in winter?

We need a backup! That s why I did not quite understand why Matthew Hoppe was awarded shortly before just before RCD Mallorca. But unfortunately that had to be absolutely for financial reasons. But that would certainly have learned something from Simon Terodde and of course can come as a fresh force for the last 20 minutes. I often found him as a joker almost better than from the beginning.

Schalke fans should bring patience against dynamo

Meanwhile, more and more fans are allowed to go to the stadiums. How do you appreciate the situation in this regard on Schalke?

Above all, I am now looking forward to the ultras on Saturday against Dresden among the expected 56,000 spectators. They have boycotted the whole thing so far because they had the motto: either all or no one. Now there is the comeback. The hut will burn against Dynamo, there will fire under the roof. Dresden also brings a large faction that is known to support your own team hard. Against Ingolstadt, it was already great with good 26,000 spectators, but with Ultras it is definitely better. Although there is always ultra critics, but I appreciate at least 80 percent of the Schalke fans are looking forward to it.

Do the Ultras definitely give the team a positive push or could it take the players under pressure?

It will be more motivation. Many players have already signaled that it is beautiful that the Ultras come back. Especially as some are in the team, who have just decided to switch to Schalke because of the fans. Marius Bülter for example. He has told that the Schalke fans have thrilled him in a away game with Union Berlin so that he has decided immediately for a transfer than Rouven Schröder called. The Ultras will give a thrust.

In Dortmund, the 3G concept led to long snakes on the last matchday, many viewers came late into the stadium. Schalke makes extra very early, but is such a chaos to expect in Gelsenkirchen?

Against Ingolstadt at 26,000 spectators, the super worked out. There were volunteers who intercepted the fans in the environment of the stadium, checked evidence and the viewers have then equipped with appropriate inlet ribbons.

Now, however, in the info of the association to the Dresden game is that there is no volunteers, but the control takes place on the hubs. Since I m afraid that it will patience with the full hut.

How is the feeling of now to attend the Schalke games in a fuller stadium?

In the beginning that was something unusual. Against the HSV I have a bit frightened. But it was good. In Hannover, after the 1-0 in the 95th minute it was almost as if Corona never existed. The whole curve was just a big cheering pile. That was very good at the moment. You get used again.

Person: susanne Hein-Roamen, born 1971, Schalke-fan since 1983, reports in her blog, on her Facebook page Susanne blonde blue on Schalke as well as for the portal 100procentmeinschalke from her experiences as a permanent card holder and Motor driver at the royal blue. It is considered an intimate connoisseut of the Schalker followers. In addition, Hein quarters deals with soccer and fan culture topics clubs.

The conversation led Chris Rohdenburg