LASK has brought Christoph Monschein from FK Austria Wien on a free transfer. We have the opinions of LASK fans in Austrian Soccer Board, Austria’s largest football forum and summarize what they think of the transfer.
casual1908: “The obligation has been fixed for a long time, but the 3-year contract ultimately surprises us. Welcome to Linz! “
Eldoret: “The older players get, the longer they logically want their contracts. This compromise was probably made at LASK … I don’t think that’s so bad. “
LASK08: “As already mentioned several times, I consider it a serious mistake (and this contract period at that) and I will crawl if I am wrong. Nevertheless, welcome to Linz once, Mr. namesake, I’m curious to see what will ultimately emerge. We are going to sign a player who is not 100% fit again – let’s see if he can manage more minutes than other strikers. “
All clear: “I have reservations about the obligation. Somehow I can’t see how Monschein should help us. Hopefully I’m wrong and of course I wish him all the best with us! I would also find it interesting to know the financial framework within which the contract is moving. Because on the one hand the player at this age will understandably look to earn good money again. But on the other hand, I don’t think that we want to give so much money away, also because Monschein hasn’t done much for its market value in the last few months. “
Bohemian Flexer: “But nobody knows when Raguz & Karamoko will be back at 100%. In addition, whether Karamoko still has a Leiberl in Linz and since the season starts again at full throttle with all three competitions, an Austrian player with such statistics for free is a stroke of luck. “
Koenig: “The change makes sense for me. We now have a lot of strikers on paper, but 3 of them have to get fit first (Raguz, Karamoko, Gruber). We don’t have this type of player in our squad yet, so he should give us more flexibility. For example, it is perfect for choosing a more defensive tactic or for managing and countering a lead. “
LASK08: “I don’t want to say bad things, but he’s not the star that LASK wants to present him as. The much scolded Dominik Reiter, for example, has only had 1 less scorer than him since December, with a fraction of the time he spent. “
casual1908: “It will be interesting to see how Thalhammer plans the Monschein team. The transfer of the former violet is probably the first noteworthy commitment that our head coach was also able to fully participate in. Although I’ve had a relatively difficult time with it after the last week, I hope that Thalhammer will pursue a clear plan with our new acquisition. With Christoph Monschein, a player was signed where strengths and weaknesses are not very unknown. Which means that the experiment on the right wing should have been done in advance. Because in this position Monschein could neither convince himself nor the audience at the distribution group! “
GH78: “You can be really curious about the Monschein transfer, whether the LASK will stay at 3-4-3 next season. After you repeatedly reached the limits of certain opponents with the established game system, you could very well switch to a 4-4-2 with the current squad. “
MASTER1965: “I wished Monschein when he was still playing for Admira. I would have loved to carry him from Vienna to Linz now. I don’t understand the criticism of him.
Balic, Gruber and now also Monschein are amazing. So you should be able to stir up the league. If not, what / who should be to blame? “
LittleDreamer: “I’m really happy with the Monschein obligation. We are currently missing such a type of player and I can well imagine that such new variants could be offered. I could well imagine a 3-5-2 variant, especially since we are heavily staffed in the headquarters anyway. Then Michorl could maybe do a bit more offensive and leave more freedom in the game. Anselm could also suit this position. In the front then you have Raguz who can take the balls well and then give them to Monschein. “
You can find more fan opinions on LASK in LASK-Forum des Austrian Soccer Board.
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