Tommy Doyle | Signs for Wolves | will be confirmed Jul 1st

[Gabriel]

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Looking at Bundesliga 2 table Hamburg are third with a record of won 7, drawn 9, lost 2 which suggests they are pretty conservative. The top two seem to be opening a gap then the are four teams on 30 points.

The team that finishes third plays a 2-leg playoff against the team that finishes third from bottom in the top division with the winner of that playing in the top flight.

It would seem to me that Hamburg need to start being more adventurous and converting draws into wins and maybe giving Tommy some more minutes could help them with that.

Watch a fair bit of this league ( I know desperately sad). Hamburg have actually been climbing the table slowly in recent weeks and have managed that without using Doyle. The manager favours a 4-3-3 with a settled starting midfield of Reis/Meffert/Kittel and two wide men Jatta/Alidou, and even when he does go to the bench for a midfielder, he now prefers the young Finnish lad Suhonen who is not a loanee. Based on what I have seen, Doyle is unlikely to get much game time if he stays.

 

[jamesha]

Watch a fair bit of this league ( I know desperately sad). Hamburg have actually been climbing the table slowly in recent weeks and have managed that without using Doyle. The manager favours a 4-3-3 with a settled starting midfield of Reis/Meffert/Kittel and two wide men Jatta/Alidou, and even when he does go to the bench for a midfielder, he now prefers the young Finnish lad Suhonen who is not a loanee. Based on what I have seen, Doyle is unlikely to get much game time if he stays.

Thanks for the update. Is my guess right that they play fairly conservatively? - that was a leap based upon them having a lot of draws but 4-3-3 suggests they might be more attacking.

Do you think Hamburg have a chance of getting into the top two or will they be battling for the play off spot?

 

[Gabriel]

Thanks for the update. Is my guess right that they play fairly conservatively? - that was a leap based upon them having a lot of draws but 4-3-3 suggests they might be more attacking.

Do you think Hamburg have a chance of getting into the top two or will they be battling for the play off spot?

They were a bit up and down in the early months, as you might expect under a new manager, but they have slowly improved. Tend to miss too many chances and then concede or scrape by. They host St Pauli on January 21st and then play Darmstadt away on February 6th (those were a 3-2 defeat and 2-2 draw in the first round of matches), so those results will likely determine if it’s the play-off spot.

 

[Gaz (FMwkdsoul)]

 

[Delphinho]

Send him to Blackburn, they actually play our loanees. Not far from home either

 

[Gaz (FMwkdsoul)]

Send him to Blackburn, they actually play our loanees. Not far from home either

Wonder if they'll keep him about to fill the McAtee shaped hole the EDS is about to get, and cover a potential Covid outbreak in the squad. Look again at loans in the summer.

 

[Cobra]

Send him to Blackburn, they actually play our loanees. Not far from home either

Blackburn are one of the most in form teams in the country, I doubt he’d even get in first XI at the moment.

 

[MaineDAWG2008]

Luton town FC. Not only will he enjoy his football he will also take in the local sights.

 

[FantasyIreland]

Thank fuck for that.

The lad has had a mare,hopefully the club gets it shit together with his next move.He deserved better.

 

[jamesha]

As I've said before he should go to a decent League One team where he is going to play in the first 11 if fit and in form. Somewhere like Cheltenham Town would be a great loan for him.