What’s Wrong with FC Schalke 04? | Explaining their Financial Crisis & Civil War

[@CarlHH777]

Remember when Sané and Huntelaar beat Real Madrid at the Bernabeu and almost knocked them out of CL?

[@msgpatient7850]

What a game that was. I hope they can bounce back

[@MyKillyy]

Also remember when they beat the defending champion inter Milan 5-2 away?

[@harshvaghela47]

14-15 season. I still remember that season. For us Madridistas, It was a rollercoaster season.

[@renekupfer5393]

they reached the other end with games like 0:4 against everyone,0:5 against RB.0:7 against City and last but not least 0:8 against Bayern,Schalke did everything wrong u could imagine,they lose Players without getting a payback,they buy players which dont fit into there playstyle and now they are in a good possition to be the worst team ever in the Bundesliga

[@bkc6873]

@@harshvaghela47 that was a great game

[@aytide5179]

It's sad to see the downfall of big clubs like Schalke and Valencia.

[@akshadchavan5528]

Yeahh 😔

[@artemkangur]

For Valencia it is the owners fault unlike Schalke

[@yeisonsamayoa6081]

@@artemkangur yeah and they are doing way better

[@Divran22]

@@yeisonsamayoa6081 Nah Wait 2 Years, then we can Play against Sabadell, Almeria and Alcorcon #GoHomeLim

@@Divran22 4-1

[@QuackingKing]

For a club of this size and history the mess that Schalke's in is beyond depressing. Amazing video as always Adrian!

[@alexchenxiaoliu5621]

man, look at those English clubs as well. How you run the club is very important, and it's not just about the money.

[@EdwardElfigo]

History means nothing when business is involved, HamburgerSV should be challenging for a UCL spot, but they are in the 2.Bundesliga, Palermo should be in Europe but they are in Serie C and so on. It’s a business, if your owners are trash, and the club it’s run like shite, this is what happens.

[@QuackingKing]

@@EdwardElfigo man, HSV is in a league of it's own when it comes to big clubs that have fallen from grace.

[@apfelschorle1988]

Remember that Dortmund was in a very similar situation and they won the CL less than a decade before that.

[@Rabauke84]

@@QuackingKing HSV is just an amateur, compared to 1. FC Kaiserslautern!

[@EvolZar9]

As a Dortmundfan I really enjoy seeing them lose a game but what's happening to them rn is too much. They don't deserve to fall down like that and their fans don't deserve that kind of suffering. I mean some of the are assholes but that applies to every supporters group from every team out there :D

[@Johnny_Shikari]

Hätte nicht gedacht, dass Bear Grylls n Dortmund Fan ist XD. So langsamn wechselt es aber auch echt von Schadenfreude zu Mitleid und Fassungslosigkeit. Ich weiß nicht, wie das weiter gehen soll, wenn die wirklich absteigen. Und im Moment ist das erschreckend realistisch.

[@EvolZar9]

@@Johnny_Shikari Gegen Mainz wurden sie ja vom Schiri beschissen. Mal schauen wie sich das entwickelt. Ich trau denen zumindest Platz 16 zu. Und wenn Bremen letzte Saison die Relegation gewonnen hat mit der Nicht Leistung dann werden die das auch schaffen. Kann und möchte mir die Liga nicht ohne Revierderby vorstellen

[@aron2974]

Yes... for me as a big football supporter it would be very sad, if I can't see the beautiful derby Schalke vs Dortmund...

[@chriseffpunkt4333]

get sum balls

[@besteauswahldeslandes183]

@@EvolZar9 ich bin schalker und würde es auch nicht cool finden wenn dortm... absteigt einfach wegen dem revierderby

[@TacticalManager]

What Happened to Hamburg SV also? They were a pretty competitive team not many years back... ended up relegated. The journalist even mentions them in the video.

[@kirbosparent5863]

They are bottling promotion in Bundesliga 2 every year

[@mohammedalsalhi3338]

They are always fighting for promotion but bottle it in the end 😂

[@dinoperta3576]

Not only that but they won the Champions League in the 1980’s and signed Kevin Keegan!And they were never relegated from the Bundesliga until 2018.I am more interested what happened with they’re neigbhours in Werder Bremen who were Champions League regulars with players such as Diego,Ozil,Pizzaro and many more

[@MrHurican1]

@@dinoperta3576 Last season they fought against Relegation and barely stayed Up

[@dinoperta3576]

@@MrHurican1 Thank you,I know that because I follow the Bundesliga.I meant that he does a similliar video just on Werder Bremen.😃😃

[@abiazhossain8090]

Hopefully they can get back on top again... no club's fans should have to go through this

[@bungeespeaks6081]

The fans are literally the owners

[@DarkwearGT]

@@bungeespeaks6081 the board traah

[@cummerchant542]

@@bungeespeaks6081 they buy the players?

[@魏梦舟]

Well there have to be some

[@SeyrenaKatsuragi]

As a Dortmund Fan it obviously makes me happy to see Schalke below us in the table, but not like this... I cant even imagine the 1.Bundesliga without them... They are a big club with great history. We need them challenging for europe again as soon as possible

[@EdwardElfigo]

Bro this is exactly what’s going to happen, remember when people said the same thing about not being able to imagine a Bundesliga without HSV? Guess how that turned out...

[@6ch6ris6]

@@EdwardElfigo in the end everyone wanted hamburg to go down to 2nd division. they played such horrible football and avoided going down several times in a row. one time with a last minute goal from a more than questionable free kick

[@akshadchavan5528]

Can't believe that this is the same club that put 4 goals against Real Madrid at the Bernebeu few years ago 😔

[@ashishmehta8342]

They were playinng in the knockout stages of the Champions League in 2018-19.What a sad decline.

[@wouterh480]

Same Club, different Team. Sadly.

[@nikm9146]

Fidel Ramirez 8-2. Word of advice: don't throw stones at other houses if you live in a glass house

[@dustinperez8248]

Finally someone covered about the mysterious Schalke 04 decline in football competition. It was bizarre how this club out of the blue stop playing CL football- I didn’t see casual Real Madrid vs Schalke match at group the stages, and now they can’t even keep their best player(aka Weston). Class video and awesome colab with Tactical Manager TV 📺

[@ravanpee1325]

It was not out of the blue. Schalke management and fans have been alwas megalomaniac. After one win against a lesser opponent they have considered themselves pontential champios leguage material. That attitude has been persisting for a long time.

[@lwandomadikizela2213]

I remember Schalke making the Champions league semi finals in 2011 against Manchester United. Schalke winning the German cup that same year with players like Neuer, Raul, Rakitić and Holtby. Bringing up new players like Draxler, Sane, Goretzka, Meyer and Özil any many more. Since 2016 onwards, Schalke are poorly ran and signing poor players like Bentaleb, Konoplyanka and Uth. With the corona virus pandemic, they are in big trouble financially and on the pitch with diabolical performance. Can't score for shit and unable to defend is borderline relegation form. Lack of club identity and poor decisions can turn any great club to shit. Look at Hamburg, Manchester United and Barcelona. It's like Valencia in Germany but far worse and the fans don't need this nightmare situation. I hope Schalke make the right decision to get back were they used to be. For now, it's bleak.

[@jamesh290]

Only 45 seconds in and I can tell that this will be a banger. Thanks Adrian!

[@GFHarmy]

As a Dortmund fan, it's always fun to see them lose. However, I wouldn't wish this on my worst enemy.. hope they can turn things around!

[@douglasteixeira1032]

Im a Dortmund fan, and I feel bad for them to some degree. There's a lot of bad blood between our clubs, and we've both stopped each other from winning the bundesliga.. but I cant deny our matches together have been electric over past years and the atmosphere was unmatched. Hopefully they'll be back soon to push us to play our best

[@mrdaykurutakuchannel]

TBH the revierderby reminded me of my internship in Germany.....

[@Marcelg13]

really sad to see how the club declined and got destroyed by shady business decisions. It kinda reminds me of Hamburg.

[@Musive99]

Schalke Fan here. Thank you for this video and the work you put in! The last few months have been really dreadful. When it comes to what's happening on the pitch, I have hope that there will be a bit of a turnaround quite soon, because the matches are looking better and better under Baum. Today against Mainz was the best performance so far. Bit of shame that VAR wasn't really on our side or otherwise this could have been the first win. The financial situation however is absolutely terrible and there isn't really much trust for the people at work. Meaning: even if we outsorced and got some money, how to be sure that its not been thrown out of the window again? There is also no real communication about this topic coming from the club, with no fans in the stands many of us have the feeling, that there are plans being made behind closed doors and that our opinion on this isn't wanted until it comes to polling. Which is bad, because there are different ways to go about outsourcing and the one solution that would be completely new in german football - founding a cooperative - would help financially while still keeping members voices heard and important. But I'm not sure if that's what the club is going for at the moment. Alexander Jobst keeps teasing that they are working on a concept for months now - without delivering so much as the outline of said concept. So I guess things will stay "exciting" for a while.... Cheers, Annika

[@paulie-g]

How would a cooperative work? I mean, if there is 200m+ of debt, the money to a) service that debt and b) to invest in players has to come from somewhere. Domestic TV rights, at their highest point, gave Schalke about 80m euro per season. This is going to be lower now given bad performance in the league. Nowhere near enough. Are the club members going to be willing *and* able to stump up the money needed to invest in the club to buy some players and pay their wages, for example?

[@Musive99]

@@paulie-g In a cooperative you can still bring money in. I'll try to explain. So let's say you set the minimum amount at something like 500€. The members as they are right now youf do that. They don't even have to pay everything upfront, they can pay over time. That way it becomes affordable. People who can/want to give more can totally do that. But nevertheless, everybody gets only one "share" or voice. As it is now. So you could have something like "premium members" who give more, like a company. But they still wouldn't ever take over, because they only have one share. There was a German fanpodcast recently with an expert on the matter who explained it way better than me. If you understand the language you can find it here: blauer.salon/49/

[@paulie-g]

​@@Musive99 I'll give it a listen. Even the Bavarian guy is speaking Hochdeutsch, so that's nice (in my experience, they speak Bayrisch to foreigners just to f-ck with us). Thing is, Schalke needs what, 200 million euro at least to cover the debt? That would need 400k people @ 500 euro. Schalke is big, no doubt, but Gelsenkirchen is what, ~250k people? Some are going to be Bayern fans, surely. Yes, there are more fans than live in the city, but you're also asking people to part with 500 euro in the middle of a pandemic. As a Liverpool supporter, I'm more partial to Dortmund because of the Klopp connection, but I sincerely hope things work out well for your historic club and by extension the excellent German 50+1 system. Incidentally, I'm Russian and the last thing Gazprom needs is to be associated with a catastrof-ck when your gov't is trying to dig a big hole to burn the 10 billion $ of Russian taxpayers' money spent on Nordstream in ;) Btw, even if the money is raised, is there any confidence that the club hierarchy can run the club properly? They haven't up til now. The fans might be willing to put money in, but surely not until they can be sure it won't be mismanaged, no?

[@ehsannoor5285]

Get well soon Valencia and Schalke!

[@yadisfhaddad722]

This is so sad. I remember watching a documentary on German football years ago, and falling in love with Schalke. The passion, The fan base, the principles. Is why most of us love the game. For the love of football, I hope they come back.

[@TacticalManager]

The German Valencia?

[@deploy_leroy]

😌

[@akshadchavan5528]

Both Historic Clubs getting ruined 😔

[@Jonas-el8mn]

Valencia was atleast good last season

[@yousef45]

@@Jonas-el8mn They were trash in the second half of the season like Schalke, ended up finishing 8th.

[@timmi2198]

Valencia have finished top 4 thrice in 6 seasons, and recently won the Copa del rey, so no.

[@bexar750]

Pretty sad to what happened to them. Prolly getting relegated this season 😤😭☠️

[@arcticf1]

Good. BVB IM HERZEN

[@cummerchant542]

@John Trevolter koln are way better Schalke literkly haven’t won for 22 games

[@Volun]

@@cummerchant542 Well... in two weeks Schalke has played against the entire top half of Bundesliga. 7 teams from the lower half yet to come. The only team they played from there was Mainz and they looked way better than Mainz

[@cummerchant542]

@@Volun well schalke haven’t won In 20 games Until they win I’m sticking to this

[@400Awesomo]

Do Shahid Khan 's ownership at Fulham. It would be interesting.

[@kamranmahmood2986]

Shahid Khan.. That sounds. Indian

[@VonKrauzer]

Pakistani, actually

[@jcxkzhgco3050]

@@kamranmahmood2986 nope it doesn’t

[@brayloncambor4776]

@@kamranmahmood2986 he’s the owner of a American football team too

[@Kevin-ji3zq]

@@brayloncambor4776 And his son has a pro wrestling company

[@parthvashist210]

As an arsenal fan this fall from grace is so relatable and sad 🤧🙏😭

[@ITedBundy]

As a German Subscriber i can say you really presented this very well. Cant imagine how much time you put into this. Its probably hard to get all the details in a another language. Its really their own mismanagement with transfers and letting players go for free all the time. They get bashed so hard here right now in germany!

[@Noldigur]

I didn't expect a video from you about my (sadly) favourite club, but thank you so much for shining some light about the story and hopefully we aren't seeing another german traditional club falling into irrelevance.. Keep up the great content!

[@williamoldaker2437]

It should also be mentioned that alot of their talent have left on free transfers over the seasons. Goretzka, Nubel, Kolasinac, Meyer, Matip, Boateng. Might not be world beating names but when you consider most of these players were rated quite highly at the time then you can only imagine the amount of potential revenue that just walked out of that club for nothing. A waste of a situation and small wonder they're up against it now.

[@cummerchant542]

It’s their fault for kolasinac as he wanted it stay

[@fj_261]

As a Schalke Fan I've been waiting for this video for a long time. Thanks for shining a light on our terrible situation.

[@euanmacquarrie294]

Remember to watch all the ads and to not them skip to support this video! This video was great and we need to support this type of content if we wish to have more of it. A lot of work put into it, such a shame to see Schalke like this.

[@arminxvs3372]

I have waited so long for a Rabona video on Schalke. I have been a lifelong fan and really enjoyed the take on. To be honest, I still don't understand how a team can fall apart that quick after such a dominating victory against Gladbach in january. We kicked them out of the stadium besides ONLY winning 2:0. There are too many small and big problems like mismanagement, wrong tactics, losing great talents for free (Matip, Kolasinac, Goretzka, Nübel), poor transfers (only 30mil for the best keeper at the time Neuer? Or 47 for Sané? as well as burning money on poor choices such as Rudy 20mil, Embolo 25 etc.) BUT STILL, how do you forget to play football in a span of 10 days between Gladbach and the Bayern game in fixture 19? There have been slight improvements with Baum but at this rate... I fear it will be the last season in the 1. Bundesliga for us. And after relegating in League 2? Well, a comeback could be hard and risky. I'm really afraid as a supporter.

[@maxabah7904]

I remember when Schalke were one of my favorite teams to watch, with Draxler and Sane and hearing my Dad talk about the football club's legend. I always respected them and this is so sad to hear. I think the fan ownership needs to take a step back and give up more ownership to outside investors in order to survive. I really hope they don't get relegated.

[@dustinperez8248]

Totally! I miss seeing them at CL competition

[@aditshrestha6437]

Far gone are the days with a super promising Max Meyer (wasting his career in Palace now), howedes, draxler, sane and the team that beat Madrid in the Bernabeu, so sad to see.

[@CommonSapien00]

Football now is all about money 😖

[@maxabah7904]

@@aditshrestha6437 I forgot about Meyer I used to like him so much since he was my name sake. I thought he'd move on from Palace. He still has ability but he must not be getting a look in the team.

[@johgu92]

Outside ownership is no alternative, I'd rather get relegated to fourth division than give up the heart of Schalke.

[@kealebogabojosi2642]

The amount of work that seems to go into these videos! Got nothing but respect for Adrian and his team.

[@mi7hxn]

As a Bayern fan, that 8-0 win for us was actually not against the real Schalke. Cuz what I know, Schalke is a solid team with great young talents. Hope they can bounce back! Ravierderby hasn’t been the same this season.

[@SGT676]

Was hoping for this video. Though I'm not a Schalke fan I've had a soft spot for them for some time now.

[@adnannaemaz1989]

This is sad, classic teams I grew up seeing like schalke wolfsburg Bremen and Stuttgart all struggling. The. Bundesliga used to be quite competitive once upon a time.

[@04asvp66]

Wolfsburg are still a decent team

[@cummerchant542]

@@04asvp66 they’ve fallen a bit

[@jadonj6350]

Im a Dortmund fan and i feel sorry for Schalke as a club and also for the fans.Now im curious about schalke situation this year...what a hell is going wrong

[@salbenrosli707]

As a Dortmund fan, it's sad to see the Revierderby dying soon. We need the rivalry back, and we hope to see Schalke as good as before.

[@vinnie19971]

I would love to see a video about Union Berlin.

[@riadissawy5191]

Just finished watching the vid. My rating out of 10 is 10/10

[@mikexstad1121]

I wonder how rich Matt Ford would be if he got a dollar every time he explained 50+1

[@stephenfarrelly1602]

Fantastic video you can tell alot of research and effort went into it. Well done

[@fargoflagrant7796]

Been waiting for this one!

[@KRXSH4L]

They’re last in the league rn...I feel so bad for them...I’m a Real Madrid fan I remember when we were catch our asses to beat Shalke in the Champions League but now they’re suffering

[@KennayE97]

Crazy to think how quickly all of these events have happened, like a flick of a switch 🤔 Keep up your awesome vids!

[@DERderZOCKT]

8:00 Thilo Lehrer xD

[@liam8664]

Amazing video, I’d love to see you do a video on West Ham’s owners and the move from the Boelyn to the Olympic stadium and all the mess that’s happened since

[@mohammedullah1022]

6:00 makes no sense, 8 draws and 14 losses means 8 points

[@PodcArne]

@@sssaaa5204 how do you manage that tho

[@ThomasBahamas]

Two words: Domenico Tedesco. It wasn't his fault that he was too inexperienced for such a big club, but it was Schalke's fault for giving him a blank check for so long with such a poor return to show for it. At least with Everton & Marco Silva, they actually let Brands do the recruiting & cut their losses at the right time.

[@Hoschii]

I hope S04 pulls of something like the miracle run as the S04 e-sports team did this year in league of legends, they went from 1-11 to 8-11 or something like that with a 7 game win streak and even qualified for worlds (something like the championsleague in league of legends) but unfortunately didnt went to worlds but atleast stayed in the league and didnt relegate 😅

[@arielayo]

Another engaging and great video from our boy, Adrien. Alongside HITC Sevens you’re my favorite football youtuber right now. Keep it up!

[@mrdaykurutakuchannel]

This club has a special place in my heart, but it's sad that the royal blues are on the brink on winless matches and virtually almost broke!! Come on Schalke, hang in there!! I know you can get through this crisis!! I wish Schalke will return to the team that I am once attracted to and be a contender in the bundesliga scene again!!

[@marcowilliams1841]

Damn Hamburg used to be my go to club in German back in the day :(. Always had gems hidden in their team.

[@rodrigod.p.serrano6046]

Thank you adrian for this video, been waiting for a while as someon who sympathises with schalke 04 due to their League of Legends team. Suggestion for a video: Illegal ultra groups, which are they, why are they not legalized, the issues they bring etc... Example: No Name Boys and Diabos Vermelhos (SLB's ultra groups) Also you could talk about the tiffosi card, a card members of ultra groups in italy and now portugal have to own, so as to access special parts of the stadium reserved for ultras. Great work as usual!!

[@khalumharrison-smith567]

As a schalke fan it really breaks my heart to see this happen but in my personal opinion I'd rather be the same club of fighters in bund2 rather than sell our soul for a chance to stay up maybe the bund2 is what is needed to bring back some passion and fight in the players aswell

[@efrosvovelu9076]

So that’s the problem? Passion?? Or is it that shitty board? P.S. it didn’t help Hamburg, just saying

[@cummerchant542]

@@efrosvovelu9076 no one in team has fight before Baum came

[@natashabreezy7707]

Imagine talking about schalke’s past and not talk about Leon Goretzka

[@Oakeedokee7]

Jesus, I remember when we played them in the Champions League semis a decade ago...

[@KremBotop]

God I recall seeing the club having the luxury to get Raul Gonzales and being proud to see it being the home of local Peruvian striker Farfán around the same time. Their relevance is so low that I rarely think about its condition. Glad this video is there for us to catch up

[@yousef45]

Definitely one of the best videos you have done, considering the amount of effort that was put and it definitely has to pay off. Hats off to you

[@nicolajs0451]

Good vid man!

[@garc19OW]

The 🐐 making fire videos

[@vvkhari1]

I would love to donate whatever i can if we have an option. I am not from Germany and not watched their games. But the ownership model and history is amazing and love that. I wish someone in the know helps me here. Thanks.

[@john7946]

I’ve been waiting for so long

[@RabonaTV]

I hope it was worth the wait!

[@john7946]

So far I’m loving it

[@john7946]

Just finished it it was great

[@Mark-uh3un]

I hope they get back to their winning ways. Great video, love this channel!!!

[@gurman6105]

Im a Dortmund fan but I hope that Dortmund can help Schalke like Bayern helped us

[@RVNxRaven]

Well Bayern "helped" Dortmund with just 2 Million € in 2004 or 2005 and they wanted that money back + interest. The new boss (Watzke) had to deal with that deal what his precedessor made right after he started to work for BVB and paid Bayern everything back (Dortmund was still in dept). So technically Bayern didn't helped Dortmund out in their situation. Schalke getting helped by the federal state now (+30 mil. €) same as Dortmund in 2005.

[@Exodon2020]

@@RVNxRaven Bayern still gave them that money with no liabilities - and without it it would have been the end for Dortmund. It wasn't a donation annd also never advertised as such.

[@RVNxRaven]

​@@Exodon2020 Completely wrong. Dortmund was 200 million (!) in dept. Bayern gave them 2 million (that's 1%) The federal state (NRW) gave them +40 Million (that's 20%, but of course dortmund had to pay it back over the years) Florian Homm (investment banker and billionaire) bought around 25% or even more of BVB shares and traded with those. Homm(!) saved Borussia Dortmunds bundesliga licence with his renovation package. After all that BVB hired Watzke in 2005 and he saved them with his excellent economical skills. Bayerns money was for player salary in EARLY(!) 2004 and it had nothing to do with "mission save borussia dortmund in AUTUMN(!) 2004" because BVB paid Bayern everything back in SUMMER(!) 2004. So: Bayern money early 2004 -> BVB paid it back summer 2004 -> BVB licence problem autumn 2004 (saved by Homm)! Of course it was nice from Bayern, but wasn't helpful in Dortmunds situation at all. Hoeneß talked about it EIGHT years later, cause he was jealous of Dortmunds sudden success and packed it up like Bayern were their big savior...

[@ahmedfelhi5999]

Damn, just looked at the table, 4 points from 14 games. The same team that put 5 past inter and 4 past real Madrid in away games

[@MargoGuryanFan1]

Was just asking myself when is someone gunna make a video on this. Glad it’s Rabona TV.

[@andc9155]

December 16 and Schalkes winless streak is still going on

[@cummerchant542]

They beat 3rd division side at least

[@paultakeotravels6325]

Was watching on TV another Schalke home loss and the boos and whistling was raining down on the players by their supporters. You could see the players didn't want to walk to the stands but Tedesco urged them by leading the players and face the wrath. Was sad to watch.

[@corvodraken3049]

BVB fan here but I wish them all the best

[@dertyp6767]

Greetings from Germany. That was spot on. Really love your work with this channel.

[@AlexJones-ue1ll]

Ummmm - this vastly ignores Clemens Tönnies and his reign at Schalke. Tönnies is not only a billionaire, the club's entire debt (round about 200 millions) is towards Tönnies. Banks stopped giving loans to Schalke quite a while ago.

[@mrkipling2201]

How much do they get from Gazprom?? I know they’re a sponsor but couldn’t they take a stake in the club?? I suppose the 50+1 rule forbids that?? Or a loan?? The fan ownership model can be problematic in situations like this.

[@Hanbro1o]

Adrian delivered with the heat! Awesome vid as always.

[@katamattyon]

Reminds me of the creation of a SAD for some clubs in Portugal. I'm thinking of the Belenenses situation, with the SAD now separate from the larger sports club, the former retaining top flight football, the latter retaining the stadium, badge, name general identity and the majority of fans. Wonder if schisms like the one in Belem will happen elsewhere in Europe.

[@murasame1450]

3:54 little correction, they won a few days ago in the german cup and a friendly.

[@ahmedaziz8573]

Awesome documentary adrian. Really appreciate the hard work you do. Love your work

[@hollyRETTY]

Still remeber from a podcast in norway that focuses on german football, talking about a kindergarden in Bochum who was going to the museum of Schalke 04 and could not go because of Covid. They did not get the 100€ worth of tickets refunded.

[@joekentffc]

Excellent video, really helped with references for a piece i'm writing.

[@Robert-jh1nr]

Good Video! 👏

[@harkiratsingh_18]

I was waiting for this video

[@ATominator9911]

So. I am a bit late, but if you are reading this.I also apologise for my not so perfect english. Please like, so that the others have a chance to read the opinion of a Schalke Fan from the direct area. And the problems now, were created way back in the past. In 2005 Ralf Rangnick took over Schalke and gave them a very good DNA for the future. Mirko Slomka took over and Schalke were a really, really strong side only missing the title by 2 points. Then Felix Magath took over. Magath destroyed the club financially by buying a massive amout of mediocre players. But Schalke recovered because they had this golden generation of talent and Rangnick again took over for half a year. Even winning them the DFB Pokal. But after that it was good, but not as succesful as under Slomka back then. So one coach came after the other and after some time director of football Horst Heldt was replaces with Christian Heidel. Heidel brought in manager Weinzierl and they were not really good to be honest. Even worse than before. So after that he brought Domenico Tedesco and things turned really sour. If you look at the statistics you wont notice it but you can ask every Schalke Fan. Schalke finished second in the first year of Tedesco. But not because they played good. They were second because they were unbelievable lucky. The bigger problem was, that Tedesco was sorting out any kind of leader the Squad had. In his first season he loaned out world cup winner Höwedes, because he was "not good" enough. FYI he was loaned out to Juventus. Then Schalke lost key players with Leon Goretzka and Max Meyer. Also Tedesco forced out Ralf Fährmann, the other big leader in the dressing room. He then brought in his wish players and they all had very questionable mentalities and things went bad on the training ground and offside the pitch. So in conclusion: The Schalke of the last seasons was not always good. But they were a team with superb mentality and fighting will. In his second year, Tedesco extracted that mentality and fighting will. 5 Losses at the start of his second season. Danger of relegation. After the first half of the season, Christian Heidel retires, and Tedesco is sacked a few weeks later. And if you think it cant get worse. It gets worse. They bring in as managing director, Jochen Schneider, who before that was with Stuttgart (the video says it all. Went for selling the chairs got relegated and was forced out), Michael Reschke, who was very bad at Bayern Munich and since today 25.11.2020 is fired, because he tried to sell a player without even talking to the board the coach or even the player, and they brought in David Wagner, who to be honest, had a bad squad to work with, but had no tactical clue at all. His tactic was. Playing a long ball behind the oppositions defence. And that worked in the beginning quite well, because in germany the teams tend to press very much. But after like 3-4 months, the oppositions were just playing with a low block against Schalke and Wagner didnt find a solution. So Schalke was not scoring at all. Now Baum took over. And to be honest. He has a quad without mentality. No fans that can support, due to covid. No money to buy new players. And a squad that did not play possesion or creative football for the last 3 years. Off the pitch: Since Clemens Tönnies was forced out due to him being a racist ****. Alexander Jobst took over as a interim solution. And besides 85% of Schalke Members being against a "Ausgliederung" (sources from a member survey made by the club) he is already making plans for it. Due to covid the yearly main assembly of the members didnt take place so the members right now cant interfere with that.

[@thomasblack33]

as an 1860 munich fan i can tell every schalke fan: i know how you feel. but maybe next year we will be playing against eachother

[@Mo-vk3xo]

In germany we say "wir müssen eine Reaktion zeigen"

[@xyzv8640]

I would say the players material isn't up to the task..

[@cebokhumalo602]

My club. My poor club. I've been a fan since 2012 and I'm fearful of what's happening to my club Edit: at this point in time I've already accepted relegation, just waiting on it to become official...😓😢😭

[@Hendishabits]

As a german I approve of your pronunciation of Hinrunde and Rückrunde. Btw what about a video about Union Berlin? Greetings from Köpenick ;)

[@Mark-uh3un]

Also if when purchasing the season ticket they were informed that no refunds will be issued and all sales are final, club asking for proof before issuing a refund isn't that outrageous

[@Coorniable]

Very informative and interesting. I really enjoyed this video

[@MrAchemedos]

very interesting video! Keep up the great work

[@micahkiyimba8641]

The commercialisation of football is ruining this model and many historic German clubs like Hamburg, Kaiserslautern, Stuttgart, Bremen are all bottom feeders now

[@kevv5687]

Banger of a video !

[@Tianlu-j6p]

When the best part about Schalke right now is their LEC team, you know something going wrong.

[@Niklas-ru2lj]

Unfortunately i´m very sure, that the Fans would rather go unter by beeing proud of there Roots, then saving the Club by outsourcing and restart with fresh Money and fresh Players.

[@giancarlotorres3520]

Started watching Schalke not so long ago, it makes me so sad. Sometimes I debate if it is best to let the Royal Blues go down to the 2. Bundesliga like Hamburg and give them time to restructure but still, so sad and dramatic the fall.

[@andc9155]

Problem is that if they get relegated there is a possibility that they wouldn't get a licence for the 2nd division so they could drop directly to the third division

[@stickyjoe1054]

I want them to stay even as a BVB fan. No Revierderby would hurt.

[@dutconomics6118]

Make a video about Brazil’s Cruzeiro Esporte Clube. They are going through some rash times

[@AD744]

Great work Adrian!

[@benjaminkuhn2878]

Not a word about Tönnies? Certainly it was not about players nor coaches or even manangers, but investement and interest. Okay in 14:50, but since he was in the centre of power of schalke, why don't start with him?

[@Dap4ccc]

If u were rich and could buy club which would it be from each top 5 league I would pick parisfc-ligue2(france) Fullham-prem(england) Hamburg-bundersliga 2(germany) Palermo-serie c (italy) Deportiva coruna-la liga3(spain)

[@Dap4ccc]

@Troy Krentz yeah it cuz they went bankrupt

[@kennyjensen8596]

i was there that evening 10 months ago...

[@usmanasif6711]

You forgot how many players left schalke on a free. Goretzka, Matip, Nubel, Rakitic, eric chopou moting and many others. They could have got over 130 million if they sold those players and not let them leave on a free.

[@kostas8522]

Watcing during school :)

[@shirsakmajumder1191]

Schalke's Ruckrunde was so dismal that I was really surprised they weren't among the teams fighting to save relegation.

[@ballondorwinnerjkszn4483]

Sane and Huntelaar to Ockizpa and Stambouli?