Momentum on Monday: Is the Stöger bonus a problem?



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Alexander Jukic ‘ Goal 1: 1 in the home game of Austria, Vienna against SKN St. Pölten it is our momentum on monday.


On July 13, 2018, the Generali Arena was officially opened with a match against Borussia Dortmund. He was fourth on the table in the first season at the new house. Last year, one slipped below the ominous line just introduced for the move and there is little to suggest that this year should be fundamentally different. Little SKN St. Pölten raced as favorite after favorite last weekend, especially with former coach Robert Ibertsberger, with whom things are going well in the capital of Lower Austria. Irony of history? Finally, Austria 2019 decided in favor of Christian Ilzer, not the interim coach Ibertsberger. But there is nothing ironic about it, questionable personnel decisions are a tradition in Vienna X. This also applies to coach Peter Stöger, who was appointed by sporting director Peter Stöger and that could be exactly the fate of both.

aftermath

Violets are feeling the aftermath of poor planning. In the end, the stadium was too expensive, limiting options at other construction sites. In the team, for example: Franz Wohlfahrt drove in the team from January 2015 until the end of the 2018 season. The list of failures has been known for a long time, but it is much more important to realize: Why do footballers work? when do they leave favorites? About a Petar Filipovic, even a Kevin Friesenbichler? But even after that, things continued lively with obligations that hardly fit Austria: Bright Edomwonyi, Alon Turgeman, Caner Cavlan. These are the aftermath of years, let’s call them: weird squad planning. Peter Stöger now has to clean up the pile of broken parts. Initially as a sports manager and since the summer, probably for financial reasons, as a head coach. That is also an obstacle.

Stöger is not a wonderful whirlpool

The club icon, 2012/13 head coach, never intended to be a wonderful whirlpool. But the appearances of violets are, as you probably know, pathetic. “If we play like this and only score like this, it won’t be exciting for us for long,” he learned after the game. And, of course, it shows that no coach succeeds in favorites. Thorsten Fink, yes, the game was hard to watch. Thomas Letsch and Christian Ilzer failed, as did Peter Stöger basically. The fact that much cheaper table soccer players do more magic on the field, like Wednesday’s Cup rival Hartberg, should only be mentioned in passing. Because the question is how long the Stöger bonus helps and if it helps at all. Because the next rounds with Rapid, Sturm, WAC and LASK will certainly not be easy (more).

Does the forecast inhibit?

It is now clear that the room for maneuver is economically tight, which Austria cannot eliminate all unsuitable players. Probably partly because no one knows what game conveys “claim and style” with violets. The fact is, anyone who has nine points after eight days with the former great Austia as coach should be more than numbered. In other places, the “Co” could have taken over on an interim basis. Mainly for the things that happen in the field, less for the results. That will be decisive in the spring, when Austria has to wait for someone to play even worse.

On the one hand, the forecast can be good, a change at all levels with wet bags is not easy. On the other hand, the question arises whether Stöger’s regrettable and seemingly absent insignificance is not, after all, an obstacle.

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