What On Earth Is Going On At Schalke 04?

[@mrawm]

As an Everton fan, this story scares me so much. Many similarities. Traditional team steeped in history, bloated signings and big infrastructure investments.

[@jcxkzhgco3050]

If ancelotti fails, everton are in trouble

[@rsip11]

@Sports Curator nah as bad as Pickford is Everton rn are losing because they are shit beyond their first 11

[@berbafan67]

Revenue generated from playing in the Bundesliga is significantly lower than the revenue generated from playing in the Premier League. Financially, at least, you will probably be fine

[@SirKnobofCheese]

I'd be more worried if I was an arsenal fan.

[@robtyman4281]

@Sports Curator their main 11 are a decent team, but the club have no 'strength in depth'. James Rodriguez started off like a rocket, but his form has dipped abit in recent weeks. Everton don't have anyone as good or better to come in while he finds his form again. Leicester, and Wolves have better overall squads than Everton. I think both of these clubs will end up finishing above Everton - even with Ancelotti as their manager.

[@kugelschotchen1867]

Then: Neuer, Raul, Draxler, Rakitic, Huntelaar, Farfan, Höwedes: DFB-Pokal, UCL semis Now: Going to break Tasmania's negative record of most matches without win

[@raistormrs]

they are already working on the song in dortmund to properly rub it in

[@shawngillogly6873]

@@raistormrs And pallbearers are being recruited for the "funeral" at season's end.

[@JohnRumelfanger]

@@raistormrs I don’t think Dortmund fans would like to see their greatest rival go down like this. Afterall, the Revierderby is the greatest derby in German football.

[@SN-ox5si]

I secretly hope that they break the record. Still want them to survive relegation tho.

[@wyomingisfake4813]

@@JohnRumelfanger als Bremer kann ich sagen das der HSV abgestiegen ist hat uns sehr gefreut

[@achyutanandjha2964]

7 panic buys that were a huge success

[@aaquibtayyabi]

LORD BRAITHWATE

[@rishavbadola7357]

UPVOTE!!!

[@humblemunson]

per mertesacker

[@thebigquack6945]

Cavani?

[@vivaanbhargava752]

Martin GOATwaith

[@fmios]

As a Schalke fan born and grown up in Gelsenkirchen, I can say that this is an accurate video of the situation. However, you should also know that in the Ruhr area, with one of the highest unemployment rates in Germany, being a football fan is like a religion and many people don't have anything else in their lives. First people lose their jobs in coal mining and if Schalke will go bankrupt, they will also lose their meaning in life. It's a true tragedy.

[@NurDerEffzeh1948]

Ihr packt das, grüße aus Köln.

[@fmios]

Danke! Dafür müsste es sehr bald den ersten Sieg geben... Die Hoffnung stirbt zuletzt.

[@akshaymishra3674]

Sounds like a story from 1932

[@Er1HM]

@@fmios hoffentlich gewinnen die kein Spiel mehr in der gesamten Season, ich hab q€ getippt und wenn Schalke mit 0 Siegen aus der Season rausgeht krieg ich 1000€ raus

[@AhmedMahmoud-sq7xg]

@@karlfawcett3299 Calm your Hitler loving ass up...he ain't coming pussy

[@ClemensAlive]

Today S04 lost even against the second last team in the Bundesliga (S04 was and is on last place), which has its first Bundesliga seasons since a decade or so...

[@derhansbauerfreak]

Wrong. Mainz is the second last... but Mainz also haven‘t won in more than 20 games in a row or so

[@derhansbauerfreak]

@mr.1n5an_e no they were 16th or 15th

[@S11tep1a82]

Arminia Bielefeld💪💪💪😎 NEDTW!

[@MikoyanGurevichMiG21]

@mr.1n5an_e for one second I was just plain confused by the comment then I realized it's Bielefeld. Lmao

[@MB-hn2zu]

00a00000000

[@___________________.]

Day 51: Final East German First League teams, where are they now?

[@niklasholzapfel310]

I would love to see this and hear the Prononciation!

[@SuperMyslayer]

@@niklasholzapfel310 oh god I wish he'd have to pronounce Eisenhüttenstadt.

[@reps4jesus858]

Third Division (3 Bundesliga): SG Dynamo Dresden, FC Magdeburg (European Champions Cups Cup - Winner), Hallescher Fußballclub Chemie, FSV Zwickau (Former BSG Motor Zwickau and Sachsenring Zwickau), FC Hansa Rostock (Last DDR Champion 1989/90) Fourt Division (Regional Liga Nordost): FC Lokomotive Leipzig (European Champions Cups Cup - Finalist), BFC Dynamo Berlin (DDR Record Champion), FC Carl Zeiss Jena, FC Rot Weiß Erfurt. Chemnitzer FC (Former FC Karl Marx Stadt), BSG Energie Cottbus. BSG Chemie Leipzig. Sixt Division (Brandenburg Liga): FC Eisenhüttenstädter Stahl FC, FC Frankfurt a/O (Former Victoria) . Seventh Division (Landesliga Brandenburg): FC Stahl Brandenburg.

[@niklasklasen8048]

Right now, two east german clubs are in the first league but Ubion Berlin wasnt in the DDR Oberliga in the last season and RB Leipzig just doesn't count

[@EisernRob]

@@reps4jesus858 Bundesliga: Union Berlin 😉

[@jackpotawhiskey614]

I have been a Schalke fan since I was a boy. This pain is something indescribable.

[@LoveToHearUSing]

Kann ich gut nachvollziehen, ging mir letzte Saison genauso (Fortuna Fan). Nicht aufgeben, Ihr schafft das.

[@alexhoe5684]

Bin noch in der Verdrängungsphase

[@LukasZ_77]

@@LoveToHearUSing naja ihr steigt öfters auf und ab...kannst die situation mit schalke nicht vergleichen

[@checkcommentsfirst3335]

Ich als BvB Fan will auch nicht den liebsten Rivalen verlieren :(

[@LoveToHearUSing]

@@checkcommentsfirst3335 3 Punkte heute :) Endlich ist Schalke nicht mehr Letzter. Die schaffen das noch!

[@NiSiochainGanSaoirse]

I'm Irish, but even so, the ethics and principles espoused by Schalke Football Club makes them an incredibly endearing Club, and the fact they are entirely owned by their fans elevates Schalke FC to legendary status. I love the entire vibe of this club, and i really hope they can escape their woes and bounce back to functioning on a higher level once again. All the best.

[@LoveToHearUSing]

I feel the same and Schalke isn't even my club.

[@Davinhomx]

Thank you!. We are back!!! In 1st league football

[@yaboyjay7202]

Schalke fan here, let me elaborate: First off Tönnies stepped down primarily because of racist comments he made, the botched handling of covid in one of his slaughterhouses was just the last straw. Tönnies is also the main reason we're where we are right now in general. Schalke is paying notoriously high wages for average player and has done so forever. Paid by playing CL once every 2-3 years and loans by Tönnies (a billionaire), which put the club further and further into debt. Tönnies got rid of a in hindsight great director in Heldt in 2016 for Heidel, who came from Mainz, but had a great reputation for keeping small Mainz in the Bundesliga and continuously finding great talent - players AND coaches. Heidel promoted Klopp & Tuchel to first team coaches in Mainz. Now Schalke doesn't really have a working scouting department, as mentioned we keep buying average players. The Knappenschmiede, our youth team (best in Germany by far) continued to save our asses by producing talent like Draxler, Meyer (he was great before money got to him), Sané, Matip, etc. Now while Heldt brought in players for relatively low transfer fees and was fantastic at selling players for more than their worth, Heidel completely escalated the financial troubles by buying players like Embolo, Bentaleb and Rudy for a combined 61.5 million. As in, he was burning money on shit players while the likes of Meyer, Goretzka, Kolasinac, etc. left us on a free transfer. The scouting system he was supposed to overhaul still was a dude watching youtube hightlights. While Heldt was having an eye on player personality, Heidel just cared about the youtube highlights. All transfers Heidel wanted, he got, because he was brought in by Tönnies and the vast majority of the board / leadership at Schalke consists of Tönnies yes-men. Meanwhile the club facilities were in dire need of overhaul, so they decided to go big. Tönnies would bail them out, in case it turns out too big of an investment, right? Essentially a right decision, but worst possible timing. Put Schalke back another 120mio, likely more, right before the pandemic hit. So all of this happened and Schalke were playing shit football under Tedesco, who - with Heidel - got rid of lots of key culture players like Höwedes, Kolasinac, Huntelaar and Naldo. Now I'll cut it short - Heidel left after just 3 years, Jochen Schneider (who never had full reigns of a club before) took over as director and brought with him Michael Reschke who was supposed to finally install a working scouting department, like he did in Leverkusen and Bayern. First they got rid off Tedesco for Wagner. The team played well under Wagner for ~6 months and then failed to win a single game for 4 months. For some strange reason Schneider thought it's a great idea to keep Wagner and then sacked him after losing 0:8 to Bayern and 1:3 to Werder, 2 matches into the season. Not the only bad decision by Schneider, who failed every transfer period, at both selling and buying players. Only thanks to new coach Manuel Baum we have a single rightback on the team. Kilian Ludewig, who Baum knew from Germany's U20 team and was loaned to fucking Barnsley last season. We're going down. The only question is how deep.

[@hartmati]

"best in Germany by far" Wovon träumst du nachts sonst noch?

[@LoveToHearUSing]

Thanks for all that information. I still hope you will stay up and if not, regroup in BL2 and get promoted again the next season. Cabn't imagine BL without Schalke.

[@Jjjj-lg2xz]

I didn’t know about those Tedesco’s flaws, since Schalke finished 2nd in 2018.

[@OlfimusPrime]

@@hartmati dann nenn mir ne Bessere Jugendabteilung? Sanè, Neuer, Kolasinac und Draxler sind bei europäischen Topmannschaften. Wer kann das sonst noch von sich behaupten?

[@MarcJanus]

@@OlfimusPrime Stuttgart kommt mir als einzige in den sinn gerade, aber schalke macht ihre jugendarbeit schon ganz gut.. Schade nur das die herren weiter oben es absolut nicht gebacken bekommen

[@nicolajs0451]

whatever happens to us i will forever support Die Knappen!!!

[@aishikpanja3931]

Why isn't Gazprom bailing your club out ?

[@nicolajs0451]

@@aishikpanja3931 To be honest i have no idea, i could be because of contract but idk

[@mauricelm7706]

​@@aishikpanja3931 because Schalke has no owner. Gazprom is just a sponsor that pays x€/year like every other sponsor does. To change it, 2/3 of the club members have to vote in favor of a spin-off. Which is a highly discussed topic among the fans. Hope it will never happen, i would rather support my club in 4th division than being owned by Qatar or chinese

[@typischkalt6432]

@@nicolajs0451 ja es liegt am vertrag. Der läuft noch ne weile. Glück auf

[@mauricelm7706]

@Jan FCB that’s not true. Nobody can own shares of Schalke because we don’t have any.

[@decebalus321]

If Schalke gets relegated the Club will die. They are in huge debt and need the TV money from the Bundesliga. The players don't really care about the club. They could actually beat the record with the most Bundesliga games without a win this season in january. That record was made by Tasmania Berlin in 1966 who are currently in the 5th division. This scenario could also happen to Schalke

[@robtyman4281]

Sport is tough. If they go down then it's their own fault......they can't blame other clubs for 'playing too well' or 'dodgy referees' or VAR going against them constantly. If Schalke go down, then they need to look at every aspect of how the club functions. Get rid of any bad practices or 'ways of doing things' which are counter-productive, trim down the employees (both players, and non playing staff), 'shake up' the Board of Directors and get rid of some of them. Then they can rebuild and get back into the Bundesliga 1. Afterall, look at Hamburg......are they now in a 'Regional amateur league'? No they're not.......they're not far off the top in Bundesliga 2. Tbh as a non German (I'm English), Schalke have been struggling for a while now. It's not like nobody saw this coming. Just as few were surprised when Hamburg eventually got relegated. Schalke are Germany's answer to Newcastle, while Hamburg are more like Everton or Leeds.

[@decebalus321]

@Sports Curator this idea of getting relegated and coming back stronger then ever is a myth. Clubs like Hull and Sunderland prove that it is nonsense. Schalke have too much debt. At best they end like Kaiserslautern if they get relegated

[@soraakahymn9443]

if schalke go down i will miss the derby with dortmund. there is still bayern but it's still sad. and yea i'm a normal dortmund fan

[@FikriAlfathan]

That is a scary fact for Schalke fans. Going to miss the derby with Dortmund if they are relegated.

[@decebalus321]

@Sports Curator those players are on high wages. They should rather lone some Bundesliga proven players in the winter and also trust more in their famous academy after this season so that they can buy some of their debt off

[@naturalcauses6193]

I’m pretty sure one of the final straws was also their loaning of Weston McKennie as well. He was a midfield force that Schalke are now lacking.

[@fireboltninja29]

Also we didnt even get any money from it, to get a replacement

[@liamday453]

i watched this entire video to see him get mentioned. big sad

[@mirkof2068]

Well I'm Schalke Fan but that isn't the issue, issue is at Rb, Lb, St and Cb just to slow players for modern football to give away McKennie wasn't smart because he was the best player from January till the Sommer but main issue was keeping Wagner over the summer with a 18 games losing strike and players that being loaned (basically sacked like Bentaleb) should carry the club back into success what doesn't work. Our current manager is a good one but he must work with a completely broken up squad with to many different characters

[@TheoOJamaloO1]

@@fireboltninja29 We will get money once Juve reaches the UCL next year. They have to buy him then.

[@fireboltninja29]

@@TheoOJamaloO1 but by then we’ll be in bundes 2, and might become the next kaiserslaughten

[@zzz2223]

As an Arsenal fan I'd be interested to see one done on Arsenal.

[@quazimoydothehedgehog6219]

There’s nothing really much wrong with Arsenal atm .. Y’all should just give ur manager some time .. it’s his first year as a manager .. and he’s already won you lot 2 trophies.. give him a year at least ..he’ll get u out of this mess

[@zzz2223]

@@quazimoydothehedgehog6219 Yea that's what I'm talking about. I'm backing Arteta, but a lot of our fans aren't. There's something going on higher up. While I do think Arteta has made some dodgy decisions, I definitely don't think getting a new manager will fix the long-term problems that are plaguing Arsenal. A rebuild is required.

[@danielboard9510]

@@quazimoydothehedgehog6219 You had 70% of the ball, on Sunday and didn't score.

[@danielboard9510]

No problem?

[@zzz2223]

@@danielboard9510 Yup, that's where I think Arteta shows his naivety. He played right into Mourinho's hands. While getting a new manager may help with short-term results, I think there's stuff going on with the board that'll take a while to sort out.

[@NoCluYT]

I refuse to see Schalke go down like this.

[@aliejaz9922]

Me too

[@valerkand9270]

Okay then look away

[@NoCluYT]

@@valerkand9270 won't be too difficult because I don't even watch Bundesliga

[@valerkand9270]

@@NoCluYT Why post that comment in that case?

[@NoCluYT]

@@valerkand9270 because it'll be sad to see a club fall like that.

[@caileyd13]

Here after Augsburg equalised in the 93rd min against schalke

[@cptkapitan5378]

Lol

[@zuric1824]

The pain

[@kaboramatshego-thabana1273]

Man that Schalke team with Jefferson Farfan on the attack was impressive. Damn this team has fallen hard.

[@matthewptr_]

2010-2011 schalke was great

[@HunterForsberg]

... and it only took months. :( JFC. This year is insane.

[@matthewptr_]

@Nifunifa i thought they were 2nd?? Or was it the 2009 2010?

[@CL-ew7wh]

With the likes of hunterlaar, max meyer and draxler

[@prometheustv6558]

@Nifunifa Somehow they made it to the UCL Semifinals

[@TwoFootball1998]

A video for Paolo Rossi? He absolutely deserves one; world champion, ballon d‘or and champions league winner, one of the greatest Italian footballers of all time. Simply a legend!

[@sucukluevgto]

He ded

[@ChubbyChecker182]

Scored a hat trick in one of the greatest World Cup matches of all time....

[@TwoFootball1998]

@@ChubbyChecker182 Yes.

[@DBSG1976]

David Wagner played the scapegoat, just like in Huddersfield.

[@dominikrudolf6632]

i would argue tedesco was more of a scapegoat tbh. he lost kehrer meyer goretzka höwedes and naldo in one transfer period from a 2nd place finishing team and got a young serdar and fking rudy as their replacements. ofc the teams performance will drop off the cliff then

[@wouterh480]

The thing with Wagner is that he is a great trainer when everything is running smoothly but as soon as it is going downhill he won't be the guy to steer the wheel back in the right direction again

[@user-op6kt8pg9y]

@@dominikrudolf6632 tedesco definitely was the only thing I'd say influenced that though was he chose to sell club captain and one club man howedes and loan out our second best player fahrmann at the same time so our defence tanked even with signings and the fact our best players keep leaving for free leaves us no money to make improve

[@dominikrudolf6632]

@Sports Curator at least monaco won a championship amirite

[@dominikrudolf6632]

@@user-op6kt8pg9y tbh i dont know who made the decisions then. i dont imagine a 2nd year coach would have the muscle to convince the board to make big moves like that. but its schalke, overconfidence and misplaced trust have been their calling card for the last 5 years, so it wouldnt surprise me if he had

[@snfcbmf12799]

Alfie, at the beginning of the video you said "tied with Bayer Leverkusen", but I think you meant Werder Bremen?

[@HITCSevens]

Correct! Apologies to any Vizekusen fans if I gave them some false hope!

[@ivailobumbovski4286]

he make a lot of mistakes most of the info is wrong

[@snfcbmf12799]

@@HITCSevens Hahah, thanks for answering!

[@FikriAlfathan]

@Sports Curator About time AC Milan rises again! I miss watching them in the UCL. Let's hope Zlatan still playing next season.

[@SKa-tt9nm]

@@ivailobumbovski4286 then you should probably stop watching.

[@achimsinn7782]

This video is very accurate as far as I can tell. Just one thing you left out is that Schalke has a history of being a fighting team whose players were running and fighting for every ball untill the game is over. And that was all the fans were expecting from them - even more than actually winning the match. That mentality got lost when they became more successfull on european level and had to include more technically skilled players rather than those who were mostly using their physical abilities. That worked for a while, but after they lost their best players to transfers and weren't able to replace them adequatly they got more and more into trouble. Now they end up having players with some technical skills, but not enough to be top level, who at the same time aren't able to forfill that expectation of running and fighting all game every game and due to their financial situation they don't have the money to change that fact.

[@mykeehed5096]

I love schalke and everything the fans stand for. Sacking someone for not giving good enough workers rights during a pandemic is extremely based. Hope they can turn this around and we can see them high flying again in the next few years

[@09Ceekay]

i hope the opposite. Schalke needs to relegate. There is no place for such a mediocre/bad club in the Bundesliga, they have to step aside for other iconic clubs like Hamburg, Nürnberg or even Hannover. The working class image is dead and i hope so is Schalke

[@jokullah]

@@09Ceekay what is the working class image?

[@LoveToHearUSing]

@@09Ceekay Nasty.

[@ithaca4201]

@@LoveToHearUSing Not wrong tho

[@alexhoe5684]

@@09Ceekay how is the working class image dead? It's not an image as well, the broad working class is what makes up the majority of the gelsenkirchen area. You're basically just being salty

[@MrDjambronk]

Great academy, beautiful stadium, loyal fans, sad to see S04 like this.. My favorite club in Bundesliga

[@afrobian1]

Who is here after they were relegated. as a BVB i truly feel sad for Schalke. come back stronger.

[@JustiYT]

As an Dortmund Fan it is very sad to see that the Rival is going down. I hope that they stay in the Bundesliga so we can watch more Derbys! :D

[@khalebabraha2603]

Dat is no derby... bvb vs fcb is a derby. S04 vs bvb is a locationderby but no game dat worth 2 watch

[@patrickneuer9022]

@@khalebabraha2603 BVB vs FCB isn't a derby. S04 vs BVB is. They hate each other and it doesn't matter where they're standing, the Revierderby is and always will be a must watch game.

[@coldstolen8666]

@@khalebabraha2603 West Ham and Millwall aren't in the same league but it's still a heated derby because of history. Doesn't matter if the teams are far apart in quality. A derby is a derby

[@xXVibrantSnowXx]

As a non-football fan who have heard about the name from my friends, it even pain us as well, hope you guys gets more things to enjoy once you come back stronger :DDDDD

[@chazhartwayne6493]

@@khalebabraha2603 found the plastic

[@TheGhoulKhz]

Do a "What on Earth is going on at Botafogo" now, they're like Cruzeiro but WAY WORSE Just to give some context, they're a team on their 4th coach if i recall, one of which got fired without even making to the 1st match, they started the season buying Keisuke Honda and Salomon Kalou, now they were at a state when they don't even get balls to train some time ago, tried to turn the club in a S/A (don't know a right word in english) to escape the debt on the house of billions if i recall and keep the club alive, but it failed since covid-19 put a risk which they couldn't attract investors, and are in a situation which they could be declaring bankrupcty next year and having to start in the last division of the State Championship. Brazil now are on a possibility of 3(including Vasco, but the situation is less concerning than botafogo) of the 12 big teams playing on second division next season

[@Rouxinool]

A verdade é que há muito tempo o Botafogo já não é mais um dos 12 grandes. Eu diria que o Athletico preencheu esse lugar vazio e que a sina do Botafogo deve ser a mesma de clubes grandes da Europa que caíram pra não voltar por um bom tempo.

[@yungghost5889]

Yea botafogo are almost bottom last time I checked 😔

[@TheGhoulKhz]

@@Rouxinool Botafogo seria o Kaiserslautern por ai entao

[@CB-ob5fr]

Sounds like business as usual in brasil

[@whisk3675]

So essentially they are the next Portsmouth.

[@uriustosh]

Or Leeds, Parma etc. It's not an uncommon thing sadly. Most never come back to that glory, hopefully Leeds makes a go of it now.

[@whywhy6055]

More like the next Kaiserslautern

[@fiqighbal]

Nope. They are literally the next Bolton Wanderers

[@dhirajkamath9654]

@@fiqighbal Lol bolton is a tinpot club in england. Schalke have a stadium with a capacity of 60000 or more and one of the largest fanbases in the world. The 2 just can't be compared. Bolton were overachieving for many, many years, while schalke are massively underachieving right now.

[@mrg82521]

No one gonna talk about Nottingham Forest and Aston Villa

[@AdanyKai]

They need Sam Allardyce, his a man who keeps club stable and gets the job done.

[@nemomukerji]

@John Trevolter David Wagner

[@gabulhiboakibaa]

@@nemomukerji he's German-American, not English

[@nemomukerji]

@@gabulhiboakibaa oh didn't know

[@archstanton6102]

They couldn't afford him

[@MankiBoi234]

@John Trevolter Steve McClaren at Wolfsburg... But the success was limited XD

[@harrisonfury3996]

Its sad to see. Im a united fan but was always attracted to schalke as a club because of fifa 14 career mode. I have done a schalke manager career mode with every fifa since. If I were to support a german club it would be them by a mile.

[@harrymummery9261]

As an Aston Villa fan I can relate to Schalke. Two clubs stooped in history, from economically deprived areas and with great stadiums that fell off out of nowhere.In 2016, we won just 3 league games and were relegated for the first time, and were on the brink of bankruptcy 2 years later after corrupt ownership leading to failure to pay wages and massive debts. We were bought out and got promoted in 2019, and are now rebuilding towards our previous success. Don’t give up hope, I hope Schalke will follow the same route my own team did and that we both get back to the positions towards the top of the league where we belong.

[@aonghastheyouthful4624]

Watching these every morning since I’m now in Self isolation

[@aonghastheyouthful4624]

@Harry Smith thanks mate, I’m completely fine it’s due to track and trace at my school haha

[@neikomccalla2623]

Hope u typed this with golves and mask on

[@teiloturner3889]

Lol my cousin just went into isolation

[@carlosribeiro4399]

Just went today, we together boys!

[@saugatachoudhury7047]

Manchester United and Arsenal need to learn that in this generation, without proper business set, they can also suffer similar fate

[@JohnRumelfanger]

Unlike Schalke Arsenal also has someone pumping loads of money into them.

[@oranges866]

@@JohnRumelfanger i don't think the Glazers put any money into United either.

[@Wjqk503]

@@oranges866 Bruno? Fridge?

[@oranges866]

@@Wjqk503 united's self-funded. the Glazers don't invest. as far to my knowledge, Ed Woodward's sponsorship contracts and foreign marketing brought the club a lot of revenue.

[@Ya-si5rb]

@@JohnRumelfanger Arsenals owner wouldn’t be able to name a full starting 11 lmao he doesn’t care.

[@urm4363]

Can you make a video about Gladbach in the Last 10 years? From fighting against relegation to playing in the Champions league

[@niklasklasen8048]

VFL ❤️

[@typischkalt6432]

I am from germany and im a schalke fan. Tbh, its just sad to see how the club is going down week to week. lol

[@samgill8183]

Its painful

[@typischkalt6432]

@@samgill8183 yes

[@aryasrikanth1793]

As a schalke fan too I have lost all motivation to sit down and watch their games They were doing well in the first half of the season and then they stopped trying

[@typischkalt6432]

@@aryasrikanth1793 ja :(

[@typischkalt6432]

@Jan FCB i hope so too, but i dont think so. Wait are yall german?

[@rocheyb1]

Schalke 04 are very popular with football gamblers, at the moment - just bet on their opponents to win. Loving these ‘What on Earth is Going on at...’ videos; Palermo, Marseille and now Schalke. Very well researched, information-packed and articulately delivered with interesting, informative and varied visuals. Top work.

[@cebokhumalo602]

I've been a Schalke fan since 2012, when i first started following the bundesliga... and this situation hurts me in ways that cannot be easily discribed... i have actually lost hope in us surviving relegation

[@LoveToHearUSing]

It's too early to give up, they can still pull through.

[@nickgrch]

Awful to see this happen to such a big and historic German club. Solidarity from Valencia fans all over, we feel your pain.

[@parsathagreat8933]

As a schalke fan this whole situation is so heartbreaking and bleak it’s unbelievable

[@MexicanMata]

i tried to tell my friend who is a Schalke fan that at least their League of Legends team looks good. He almost punched me 😅

[@LoveToHearUSing]

Not surprised, it wasn't a very sensitive comment, was it?

[@xxxollp635]

Lmao, schalke miracle run from 1-10 to 8-10🤣🤣🤣

[@lodevermeiren3152]

Please do a video about the 7 Best Belgian footballers before their golden generation!

[@BrianStorm742]

I like that idea!

[@KAATexclamationmark]

Pfaff incoming

[@elliottrusso1203]

Oh that’s a good one

[@nowayyyyyyyyyyyy]

Jean Marie pffaf

[@MrDagi77]

Wesley Sonc and Mpenza brothers

[@pkingglazersout6665]

Really sad seeing teams like schalke decline so rapidly

[@Waevplay]

it's sad how these historic clubs are struggling. I fear for everton.

[@bidhancb]

Adrian from Rabona TV also did a good job explaining this situation. This video was a great supplement to that video.

[@harrymaxwell5420]

“Good fortune at start of season” “Run out of luck between January and June” Reminds me of Hull 🐯

[@gentlegamer980]

Tonnies also had to "resign" because of racist comments he made, and the Schalke fans were 100% not on board with those statements.

[@schalkewwefan04]

Wrong he resigned because he was having trouble with the corona scandal in his butcher business and he didn’t want put extra pressure on the club. Many Schalke supporters were glad that he left. There were a lot of inconsistencies within the club because of him

[@PaganMin-1966]

the situation of Schalke now reminds me of Leeds during 2004

[@Noeton]

Sad times. M.O.T.

[@kayawhite6672]

You should make a similar video about Deportivo La Coruña, who were LaLiga champions and UCL regulars at the start of the century, but have since fallen all the way to the third tier of Spanish football

[@gary2494]

I forgot about them, that would be a good video, what happened to them anyway???

[@nlsdrf1290]

Who is here after schalke won 4-0 vs hoffenheim?

[@prometheustv6558]

And then lost to Frankfurt and Koln

[@alex-oc6798]

@@prometheustv6558 lol

[@stefang.9164]

Clemens Tönnies said some racist things aswell in past years, leading to his downfall at Schalke. As German and huge Bundesliga fan it's just sad to see Schalke in this situation. I'm a Werder Bremen supporter however I respect this club extremly because of their fan section. It would be so sad if they go down.

[@mapas720]

Great video as always Alfie! I was wondering if you'd be able to do one like this for Colo Colo. They are the record winners in Chile (only chilean club to win the Copa Libertadores, back in 91, and have won 31 domestic titles) but have been struggling for a while, with now a serious danger of being relegated for the first time in their history (They are bottom of the table while last season they finished 2nd). I know probably most of your subscribers won't be as interested in watching a South American team video but I think it would be a really nice topic to cover. Cheers!

[@Vrunge90]

I'd actually be really interested! As an avid follower of the brasileirão for years, I've just recently slowly started to get into the other south american leagues and my knowledge is pretty surface level at this point. All I know is that you guys have a big rivalry with Universidad de Chile. I even watched a few highlights some time back and the atmosphere seemed to be really cool. Saludos desde Bulgária hermano!

[@Supermac97451]

There was no way I’d have sat through an entire video of this guy talking a year ago, he is so much more engaging now, well done!

[@saskoreacts]

People always bring up Schalke’s unique structure as a club, but never mention that they only survived & were able to spend money for the last decade thanks to Gazprom’s huge sponsorship & chairman Tönnies money from his meat company. They basically were owned by one man & his connection to a Russian gas monopolist.

[@4und4zich]

That's not true, in the last year's the club made record money every season. It's just spended on bad players

[@christophkopf6353]

Bro stfu you have no clue abouz this 🙄🙄

[@JorgeRamirez-lg9nn]

Honestly 100 million facilities sounds super sketch

[@4und4zich]

@@JorgeRamirez-lg9nn as I mentioned, they make enough money every year. It was just spent on bad players. The training facility was the one good investment (on paper) they made in years.

[@felsenmeer5505]

Gazprom is just a sponsor, that is paying less in case of declining results. And the loans of Tönnies were cleared in the meantime with obviously 6% interest. So Schalke is far away from being an investor club.

[@JoJolion11]

Broski is crying in a corner rn

[@e.l.b6435]

Ehre

[@daz4725]

Danke, dass du dieses video über meinen Club gemacht hast 🔵⚒⚪️

[@Shebbi04]

The worst thing is that Schalke's relegation will have an impact on the economy of Gelsenkirchen and the even worse thing is that WE ALREADY ARE THE POOREST CITY IN GERMANY!

[@wewayouthere]

When I first got sober in 2015 I began to watch soccer and I fell in love. Shalke were in champions league that year if I remember or the year before but since then they have just gotten so bad. I would love to see them be at the top again.

[@LordScriptor]

Pretty accurate depiction of the whole situation. Good to understand for an outsider aswell as good explained even for people with insights of german football or even Schalke Supporters. Thou I had to turn a blind eye on the pronunciation. Well the video would have been to good if you would have nailed that too. ;)

[@cinderluna]

the fact that Huntelaar went back to try and save Schalke 04 being seen as a massive downgrade from being at Ajax should say enough

[@thejungwookim]

Day 11 of Top 7 Best Managers Outside the "Big Five" European Leagues

[@yiotzolive6581]

I wanted this video because I was bored doing the research myself about the current state of Schlake Thanks Alfie

[@mrdaykurutakuchannel]

This club has a special place in my heart, and I'm very sad of what happened to Schalke these days thanks to corona virus.

[@boltobolt12]

Great video as always! It will forever be a shame to see mismanagement at football clubs. Maybe a good future video Idea with could be the rise of FK Bodø/Glimt in becoming the first northern Norwegian team to win the top flight, particularly after promotion a couple of years ago.

[@nileshmehta8644]

Although improbable, if Barca is not taken care of, they can have a similar downfall

[@MN-ko1kc]

nah but the thing is in a few years when fans will go to matches again (and i mean with a full stadium) barcas financial debts will be gone,and i think the crisis will be gone by then

[@einmensch449]

@@MN-ko1kc Maybe they will loose some seasons, but the money they make with merchandising and advertising alone is enough to finance three whole La-Liga Clubs. They will come back, maybe not stronger than before, but as a Top 10 Team. In the end, the spanish government won't let them go bankrupt.

[@MN-ko1kc]

Ein Mensch yeah i hope so. My mom’s family is from Barcelona and i have a special relationship to the city.i love the club since i watch football(since like 11 years and I’m 13 years old)

[@coldstolen8666]

Nah, yall overreacting. Even if a Barca side became relegation worthy (which seems inconceivable because they are one of the richest if not the richest club in La Liga) La Liga won't let them go down, theyll fix the matches so it won't happen.

[@imrannik818]

You should make a video about Türkgücü München the Turkish immigrant club in Munich who were promoted to the 3rd German League and immigrant clubs in general

[@Emmet-do4jq]

I second this

[@TylerSolvestri]

Schalke: A rival I see

[@annapetrovna3548]

No

[@armenlavash142]

Why though, he's got better things to do than spend time on 3rd Division Bayern wannabes.

[@eugenejustin5314]

Pray for Schalke 04 🙏

[@N1yaw]

Schalke are officially in Liga 2 ~~

[@betafreeze6077]

This is a great career mode idea.

[@olmade1]

Such a big club ..& 100% fan owned.. respect 👍

[@akshat9252]

Hi Alfie. I hope you are doing well. Can you please make a video on AC Milan and what has caused them to again be back on the top of their game?

[@aneeshmishrajuventus9570]

Their consistency and Stefano pioli Managing the club alongside trusting youngsters and getting rid of biglia and mussacio to get good players

[@cheekibreeki6401]

They have been Zlataned

[@nowayyyyyyyyyyyy]

They hav been blessed by Zlatan

[@infinteuniverse]

I wish I was kidding, but Zlatan is the reason Milan are doing so well. I'm from America and I first hand saw Zlatan single handedly carry LA Galaxy from being a basement team to finishing 8th/24. Now that he's gone, LA Galaxy suck again, they finished 20th/26 this season without him, he literally hard carried the team. I genuinely believe Zlatan came to MLS with the intention of cashing out and retiring, but he did so well(52 goals in 1.5 seasons) and saw that he still got it, that he decided to go play in Europe again.

[@akshat9252]

@@infinteuniverse Come on man Zlatan can't be the only reason why Milan are doing so well

[@NoREsT4thaWary]

Full BVB fan here, and I do like Schalke being pummeled week to week but sad to see one of the few clubs that at least has fans that respect the clubs working class culture and history. I hope they don't dissolve, for the sake of the Rivierderby. So many other old working class clubs are now far from it, and the fans don't associate their club with it - would be a real shame if we lost another one.

[@hurleycapetown8420]

As a Leeds fan this sounds very familiar.

[@yandrifadli]

Such a sad story, terrible club management. That's why it's important to have a good GM, president, and club directors

[@magloire3]

Who’s here after the relegation?

[@beno1129]

You are one of the most articulate KZbin sports presenters!

[@looneylogic6479]

Seeing these as well as Bremen and Hamburg and Stuggart all struggling Brakes my heart I suppose that’s modern football

[@Rabauke84]

Well, all of them had it coming because of the lack of management skills! 10 years ago, Hamburg was in the semis of the EL, Bremen were still part of the upper table of the Bundesliga and Stuttgart was in the DFB-Pokal final in 2013! All of them wasted a shitload of money for the wrong guys Bremen: Wesley 7,5 Mio €, Arnautovic 6 Mio €, Ekici 5 Mio € Hamburg: Berg 10 Mio €, Rozehnal 6 Mio €, Westermann 7,5 Mio €, Kacar 5,5 Mio €, Kostic 14 Mio €, Holtby 9 Mio € (including 2,5 for a loan a season in prior), Wallace 9 Mio €, Lasogga 9 Mio € Stuttgart: Pogrebnyak 5 Mio €, Abdellaoue 3,5 Mio € They all fired their coaches who already had done the best they could do with the teams Bremen: Thomas Schaaf 9th in the season prior Hamburg: Thorsten Fink 7th in the season prior Stuttgart: Bruno Labbadia 12th in the season prior, but they reached the DFB-Pokal final And all of them sold a lot of good players for a too small amount of money or just didn't recognized the pearl they had! Bremen: Mezut Özil in his prime for only 18 (!) Mio € to Real Madrid, Naldo for only 4,8 Mio € to Wolfsburg Hamburg: Jerome Boateng for 12,5 Mio € to ManCity, Heung-min Son for 10 Mio € to Leverkusen, Demirbay for 4,7 Mio € to Hoffenheim Stuttgart: Timo Werner for only 14 Mio € to Leipzig, Kimmich on loan to Leipzig because (and I quote here) "He isn't good enough to help the club (Stuttgart) in it's fight against the relegation!" and after that, for only 8,5 Mio € to Bayern! They all wasted too much money and let potential leaders leave for not enough of their real/later worth! Same with Schalke now! Matip, Goretzka, Mayer, Schubert, alle of them left for free! McKennie now for a small loan fee to Juventus! And the rest of the team simply sucks ballz!

[@matthewvella2778]

Next would you do a similar video on the situation of wigan athletic.

[@peterflynn7083]

Football is imploding will never be same again

[@thomasmuller7-159]

Not even a Schalke fan but this hurt...

[@jonathanscott7372]

I was recently sent a message with a picture of a cartoon character in a Schalke shirt. Translated it read - "Only three more defeats and it'll be Christmas."

[@memosiuuuuuu8808]

🤣

[@Duck-mw7sf]

😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@endcensorship874]

I would like to see someone do a spot on football during the war. I find it surprising that they even had football then.

[@SierisMG]

Couple of months later and we know, S04 is now only in the second Bundesliga

[@TheKeeeks97]

minor mistake at 3:54: (west-)berlin wasn't actually the capital of the FRG (west germany) - it was bonn where the parliament, the seat of the government and almost all ministries were at that time. but you're right with the intention of the DFB, that they wanted to have a team representing (west-)berlin in the bundesliga despite tasmania didn't actually qualify for that.

[@huauau]

10 games 3 points, -25 GD with 6 GF and 31 GA .. thats fkin rough

[@coldstolen8666]

Sheffield united are worse to be honest. 16 games 2 points lol

[@desigamer8026]

I'm a BvB fan I don't want Schalke get relegated. Revier Derby will never be the same

[@isaacfung622]

Day 100: 2012-2013 and 2019-2020 Bayern Munich Combined XI

[@dr.danger746]

Neuer Lahm Boateng Alaba Davies Kimmich Schweinsteiger Robben Muller Ribery Lewandowski

[@corvus2512]

Mesut Ozil is from that schalke youth system too i think, i only remember that because i remember a photo of neuer and ozil next to each other as kids Beside a photo of them with the world cup trophy.... a pretty nice legacy of shalke youth

[@jaja8022]

Also Sane, Draxler and Matip..

[@rishavbadola7357]

Day 6 Petition for an HITC Sport x Sevens crossover episode

[@Cancun771]

The secret to German pronunciation is we mostly tend to pronounce all the letters in a word. So neither the K nor the final e in "Knappenschmiede" are silent. ("Knappe" is an ancient word for "Bergmann", or (coal) miner. Gelsenkirchen used to be all about coal mining, which explains the stoic, tradition-oriented fan base mentality in much the same way as the former steelworkers of Dortmund explain their fan's tempers, quick to flare up and even burst into violence on occasion, but just as quick to shake and make up after.)

[@Duval-In-The-Wall]

Is there any chance at all of Schalke staying up? Really really sad what has happened to a great club

[@TheLordoftheRavens]

They haven't even played half a season yet, so of course there is a chance of them staying up.

[@karlfawcett3299]

@@TheLordoftheRavens dortmund were bottom at christmas a few years back

[@LoveToHearUSing]

Yes, there is, it's early days yet.

[@giancarlotorres3520]

I became a fan of Schalke because of their cool logo and also the workers mentality. This is sad and embarrassing. Hoping not another Hamburg

[@cactitiger]

I’ve been waiting for this

[@Vidz.3901]

I’m not a Schalke 04 fan but I feel sorry for a team that was competing with the likes of Bayern munchin, Dortmund and bayer Leverkusen 2010s still now facing team in 2nd division Bundesliga hope they bounce back but time will tell if the management is smart to invest in youth and experience players who play for the club and fight for the club not just players who play for the money

[@fuathestoner519]

You havent mentioned Ozan Kabak as a talented player. I feel like he deserves little mentioning. After breakout season with stuttgart, he had several grand offers from big clubs of europe including Bayern Munich but he choose Schalke thinking he have a bond with club and team could improve him to next level. It didnt go well despite his effort trying desperately to do something in defense. He lost his view as one of the most promising defender of top class. And definietly lost his confidence as a 20 years old have gone through so much bad stuff. Still being the most valuable player in schalke seeing him crying after games totally breaks my heart.

[@cummerchant542]

He’s done terrible at schalke

[@gustaaf1892]

As someone who each year supports 17 different teams in Germany, I have always had particular sympathies towards Schalke and Dortmund. Unfortunately relegation has become inevitable for Schalke this season because they would need about 6 quality new signings to turn things around sufficiently to gather enough points to survive the drop, and it is clear that money won't be available. A quick return is also not likely as evidenced by Hamburg's failed efforts for longer than initially expected because the 2nd Bundesliga is a very competitive league. Based on this insightful report you'd have to think that the supporters base will have to relent and sell almost half the club to commercial interests, although that would now be at a heavily discounted price.

[@MrBandaman]

In German you have to pronounce the KN...(KNappenschmiede)as it is written. It is not a silent K as in English.

[@tinnguyen2031]

Do one on Sheffield Wednesday, Wigan, or any similar topics like this. Arsenal is a good shout, when it comes to financial struggles and performance. Sunderland is also a good idea.

[@abcdefghzett]

Just watched the first 10 seconds... Leverkusen never won trophies, just the German and European Cup each once. Wtf are you talking about?

[@hattruck8607]

He meant Werder Bremen lol

[@samuelachedzimbir-bondzie7246]

Do a similar video, but with Malaga. I, as well as so many others are unaware of the situation at the club

[@alitabassum5990]

one of the greatest player come from Gelsenkirchen, Mesut Ozil

[@drsten.]

Hey I just wanted to give you a tiny piece of advice for German names like Reschke unlike most other languages I know you actually say the e at the end of words and names hope it helps a little bit for the future

[@davidcarter7337]

It's simple.... They're the new Sheffield United!