It is often said about team sports that:-

a. Offense wins the occasional game

BUT

b. Defence wins the majority of games

Das Roten have the worst defence in the Bundesliga, 15 goals conceeded in 6 games.

It needs sorting out NOW!

Any views Any reasons why Any ideas

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Followed Hannover 96 since the 1960s as a kid.
My English team is Sheffield Wednesday.
Used to live in Hameln.

PLEASE return the 96 to green shirts, black shorts and white socks!

So it's pretty much a given then that we won't be champions anytime soon.

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Er ist ein dickköpfiger, unbelehrbarer Hornochse.
(Bertrand Russell)

I have the reason for so many goals - Per Mertesacker is now playing in Bremen

Yes we miss him a lot

No chance of being Champions and I doubt very much if we will qualify for Europe

Still you have to believe - every year!

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Followed Hannover 96 since the 1960s as a kid.
My English team is Sheffield Wednesday.
Used to live in Hameln.

PLEASE return the 96 to green shirts, black shorts and white socks!

I don't think the last games were so bad... substract the first 10 goals.
Plus, Fahrenhorst seems to be waste of money and time... We'll see.

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Remember Lara!

In the last few games the new Head Coach has gone back to using the same defenders that played when Mertesacker was out injured last season. Perhaps this is his way of repairing the damage done to the defence by Peter Neururer. Sometimes you have to take a step backwards before you can start going forwards again.

Did '96 get any money from Bremen for Mertesacker? If so, what happened to it?

Perhaps Fahrenhorst is the type of player that needs time to settle down with his new club before he can start playing his best football. It might be a good idea to give him a break and some time to re-build his confidence. Was he supposed to be a straight replacement for Mertesacker? The Danish lad Toast looked quite solid when he played last year but I don't think he has played yet this season. The signs are that the defence is getting better judging by the most recent results. Who knows, a run of good results and we could be talking about the UAFA cup again. If Wolfsburg can beat Bayern München than anything is possible!

I just hope that Robert Enke doesn't look too closely at Jens Lehman while they are together with the German National Squad this week. Lehman is a good goalkeeper and is playing well, but he does some crazy things at times. He gets away with it at Arsenal because he has top quality defenders playing in front of him. Enke does not have that luxury.

Thinking about it, I could be totally wrong about Fahrenhorst. Perhaps he is just a rubbish player

We got 5 million € for Mertesacker plus Fahrenhorst, and we will get some more money if Bremen wins the BL or plays good in the CL.
Fahrenhorst's Salary is bigger than Mertesacker's was, the rest of the money should be saved as far as I know.

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veni vidi vici
Gegen Rassismus
Remember Lara!

Our defence wasn't actually the problem. Our former manager was, because he didn't have a clue what he was doing.

But fortunately he is gone now and ever since then the performance of the team has definately improved. The second half against Dortmund was great. I haven't seen them play this well in ages.

Anyway, let's not look back, instead let's look forward to the future. And don't worry about the defence. It was the overall performance that led to the bad results of the first three games. And the substitutions, maybe... At least at the Werder game.

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