Hans Schmidt

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134 Edition

The Fortuna Düsseldorf Post

19 Feb 2029
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad19 Feb 2029

The knee: Hans Schmidt out for 21 days

21 days on the announcement, and a year of quiet, unwatched rehabilitation behind it. Fortuna Düsseldorf lose a player for a season; he loses something harder to name.

Market19 Feb 2029

Valgeir Lunddal puts it in writing

“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Fortuna Düsseldorf, and it is not being withdrawn.

Squad19 Feb 2029

Mohamed Daramy in a row with a teammate

It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Fortuna Düsseldorf this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Squad19 Feb 2029

A row about effort at Fortuna Düsseldorf

Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Valgeir Lunddal was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.

Transfer targets19 Feb 2029

Door shut on Jan Reichert

Fortuna Düsseldorf asked and SC Paderborn said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.

Player ratings19 Feb 2029

The afternoon belonged to Fin Stevens

A mark of 7.28, and nobody in the ground would argue with it. He was involved in everything that mattered and most of what did not.

The dugout19 Feb 2029

Mohamed Daramy knocks on the manager's door

“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Fortuna Düsseldorf, and both men came out saying it was fine.

The dugout19 Feb 2029

Daniel Schneider on the point

“A point is a point and I will take it, but we should have had all three.” Daniel Schneider after the 0‑0 draw, and the sentence every manager in the country said at some stage this weekend.

The dugout19 Feb 2029

No hiding place for Elias Egouli

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Elias Egouli, and the manager let it.

In brief

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133 Edition

The Fortuna Düsseldorf Post

12 Feb 2029
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad12 Feb 2029

Marius Gersbeck keeps Fortuna Düsseldorf in it on his own

Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 10 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.

Squad12 Feb 2029

The knee: Hans Schmidt out for 28 days

28 days on the announcement, and a year of quiet, unwatched rehabilitation behind it. Fortuna Düsseldorf lose a player for a season; he loses something harder to name.

Player ratings12 Feb 2029

Mostafa Mohamed scores twice — 8.74

Two goals and a mark of 8.74 to go with them. Strikers are judged on afternoons like this one and remembered for far fewer of them than people imagine.

Market12 Feb 2029

Fortuna Düsseldorf say no — this time

The offer from Preußen Münster for Roberts Uldriķis was heard out and sent back the same day. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loudly the door closes.

Squad12 Feb 2029

Tempers go at Fortuna Düsseldorf

Mohamed Daramy was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.

Transfer targets12 Feb 2029

Fortuna Düsseldorf rebuffed over João Pedro

Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Nürnberg have kept their man, and Fortuna Düsseldorf go back to a list with one name crossed off it.

Match10 Feb 2029

Fortuna Düsseldorf see off Schalke 04

Three points for Fortuna Düsseldorf, 3‑2 the final word against Schalke 04 in a contest settled by the finer margins.

Squad12 Feb 2029

Valgeir Lunddal falls out with a teammate over standards

The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.

The terraces12 Feb 2029

Fortuna Düsseldorf supporters have found a favourite in Kennet Eichhorn

There is a particular warmth a ground reserves for a 19-year-old it feels ownership of. Kennet Eichhorn has it now, and everything he does for the rest of his time here will be measured against the goodwill he was handed for free.

In brief

  • The dugout The manager makes an example of Adam Ševínský
  • The dugout The manager’s verdict
  • The dugout Mohamed Daramy knocks on the manager’s door
132 Edition

The Fortuna Düsseldorf Post

5 Feb 2029
From our football correspondent Crisis

Squad5 Feb 2029

A knee injury of the worst kind for Hans Schmidt

35 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. Fortuna Düsseldorf lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.

Market5 Feb 2029

Julian Hettwer asks to leave Fortuna Düsseldorf

“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.

Transfer targets5 Feb 2029

Fortuna Düsseldorf rebuffed over Elias Bethke

Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Union Berlin have kept their man, and Fortuna Düsseldorf go back to a list with one name crossed off it.

Boardroom5 Feb 2029

Fortuna Düsseldorf close the window on a squad of their own making

4 in and 5 out, and no more changes for months. The manager has what he has, the supporters have their opinion of it, and the table will have the last word.

Market5 Feb 2029

Heidenheim come back empty-handed

The bid was some way short and Fortuna Düsseldorf did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.

Squad5 Feb 2029

Words exchanged at Fortuna Düsseldorf

Mohamed Daramy and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.

Squad5 Feb 2029

Words at Fortuna Düsseldorf training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Valgeir Lunddal is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.

Loan watch5 Feb 2029

Luca Raimund counts the days

“I watch every Fortuna Düsseldorf game from here. That says everything about where my head is.” The loan at FC Augsburg runs its course, but his heart never made the trip.

Market5 Feb 2029

Preußen Münster watching Roberts Uldriķis

The interest is real enough to have reached print. Fortuna Düsseldorf have said nothing, which in a transfer window is its own kind of answer.

In brief