HSV coach Tim Walter was disappointed. Photo: Lobeca/Felix Schlikis
Hamburg – The future of Tim Walter at the Hamburger SV seems to be getting a trend. The 48-year-old has been heavily criticized in recent weeks, is counted and has to fear for his job. It looks like the head coach is getting one last chance. Everything should be clear before Christmas.
North-South conferences in front of the Christmas tree
Sports Director Jonas Boldt and sports director Claus Costa are currently in active contact with the coach, who communicates with Hamburg from home in Munich via telephone or video conference. Walter is with his family and actually wanted to start the Christmas holidays. But now it’s about his job. There is no time for Christmas trees and packing presents. He already knows the situation during his involvement with VfB Stuttgart. He was released from there the day before Christmas Eve.
Fall into old patterns
Die “BILD” reportsthat this time the decision could be “for Walter”. Nevertheless, the Baden native has his back to the wall, as he did with the Swabians four years ago. The last thing you could see was that the pressure was getting greater and greater. The external image changed suddenly last week, because he was no longer as self-promoting in the press conferences, but was much more accessible. He must perhaps have noticed that his manner was now going too far. Statements such as those made to “NDR” after the defeat in Karlsruhe last March, “those who say ‘HSV, always second league’, don’t know that we’ll be playing in the first league next year” haven’t been made for a long time. Walter then lost both Bundesliga relegation games against his former club at the end of the season.
That has to change for Walter
The issues are clearly on the table and have not just been highlighted again and again in the last few weeks. Lack of protection, conceding goals that are too easy and mistakes like in the city derby against FC St. Pauli must come to an end. If these things are not stopped, the probation could be over and Walter could still be released. The fact is: If there is a grace period, the HSV coach will have to think about how to make his system more flexible over the holidays. If he doesn’t succeed, he won’t be on the bench for the 34th matchday against 1. FC Nürnberg in the Volksparkstadion.
The missing alternatives
In addition, there was already speculation everywhere about who could replace Walter. Many names were mentioned, but no one really warmed to them. You have to hand it to the (current) coach. Get past the cabin and no one can copy the idiosyncratic DNA so quickly. Installing a new system on the team might take too much time. You would have 18 days until the start of the second half of the season at FC Schalke 04 to turn everything inside out. time that the HSV doesn’t have.
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- Walter: Lobeca/Felix Schlikis
2023-12-21 00:31:51
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