[WBA-Josh]

Now that Achim Beierlorzer is taking over at Köln for next season, I’d like to see us go for Markus Anfang before Hamburg go in for him once they’ve probably sacked Hannes Wolf at the beginning of next week.

He’s a German Coach formerly of Holstein Kiel and Köln (Cologne). He took Holstein Kiel from the 3. Bundesliga to the 2. Bundesliga in his first season and then took them to 3rd place in his second season where they lost in the play-off to Wolfsburg. He then went to Köln last summer and tasked with rebuilding and achieving promotion, he got the club into the top 2 for most of the season (blip in February where they dropped down to 4th) scoring lots of goals. Köln very harshly sacked him a few weeks ago when they were 1 win from promotion because they didn’t win in 4 matches.

His teams style is rather unique. It’s a possession based game built into a 4141 formation where the wingers and two central midfielders play very high up the pitch (centre midfielders are practically number 10’s) with the full backs tucking inside to cover the centre midfield area making it a 2341 in possession. Out of possession it’s a high pressing game with a high defensive line.

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UPDATE:

Hannes Wolf sacked by Hamburg. Sunday will be his final match.

Time to move Albion.