Instagram pictures from Nico Schulz show Nico with Hajime Hosogai and Adrian Ramos on the train!
Well, I'm not sure it was exactly a "cracking game" but the team was laid out with intent. Jos Luhukay started with both Ramos and Allagui up front in an effort to give us the firepower we have sadly lacked of late. It however, wasn't to be. Although Hertha had a few chances they all came to nought. It ready came unstuck in the 48th minute when Aaron Hunt put the ball into the top right corner after a neat one-two that cut through the defence. The death nail was hammered home in the 90th minute again by Aaron Hunt. |
Then came the Ruckrunde. Just thirteen points collected since the winter break with just one game to go is a pale shadow of last years performance. This phenomenon is perhaps not unheard of for a newly promoted team, to fade as the season goes on but perhaps this is a little extreme! It is hard to not ask yourself why? The ability to score appears to have dried up. Chances come and go but the killer finish? The team, so dependant on the goals (16) and assists (5) from Adrian Ramos, just appears to have run out of steam.
It will be interesting to see what happens in the autumn after the summer break. How will Adrian Ramos be replaced? Will Lasogga return? If so, will he stay fit? Is it not dangerous to hang all of your hopes on one new player even if he were to return? Somehow our attacking midfielders must be brought on to take a larger share of the tally. On current form this leaves a lot of work for Jos Luhukay and his team over the summer.