The Royal Blues! - A FC Schalke 04 Story

[No7Lukeee]

Some Shocking News:



Fans and players of Schalke 04 were left in shock today as Jens Keller officially resigned from the managerial position just 12 days after taking over.

The team were involved in some poor results just before Huub Stevens was sacked, And unfortunately Jens Keller was not the man to be able to fix that after suffering 3 defeats just 12 days into the managerial spot.

FC Schalke have since recruited another manager who go's by the name Luke Wilkinson, A former Sunday footballer and overall inexperienced manager, The clubs fans might not agree with the recruitment of Mr Wilkinson.

An interviewer from the clubs very own website was able to catch up with Mr Wilkinson and he was able to say a few words.

"I am very pleased and it really is a dream come true to be recruited as manager of Schalke, And I will do my absolute best to keep the team chasing for that title and essentially where the club should be. We have an amazing bunch of players here and obviously some may have to leave and some may come. I look forward to seeing what is in store for the club."

[No7Lukeee]

Pre-Season/August





Transfers



Bought in the usual wonderkids in Wellington Nem and Adryan, Who both become monsters. And bought in Deumurci Mbokani from R.S.C Anderlecht who is a brilliant player. Some players left, And you may say why sell two youngsters? Well both Pliatikas and Kolasinac won't ever be good enough to compete for first team places, So decided to sell them on. And both Marica and Metzelder were surplus to requirements so they were sold to. I'm happy with my transfers.

Results

German Cup 1st Rd

Altludersdorf 1 - 5 Schalke




League

Schalke 3 - 1 Furth




League

Werder Bremen 0 - 1 Schalke




End of August League Table




Monthly Review

An absolutely brilliant start from the lads, There's been some standout performers this month and am looking forward to future performances. I've been playing young Julian Draxler who is an absolute monster, He's been coping so well and at the age of just 18 he is going to be one hell of a player when he's older. New signing Mbokani has also made an impact scoring a hattrick in the German Cup 1st rd match against Altludersdorf.

Standout Performer of the Month

Roman Neustadter



Been absolutely bossing it in midfield, Already topping the assists chart in the league with 3 assists in 3 games. He's another youngster at the age of 24 and what more could you ask for from a player who signed on a free transfer.

[No7Lukeee]

September



Results

League

Bayern Munchen 0 - 0 Schalke



Champions Cup grp F

Zilina 0 - 1 Schalke

Pukki



League

Schalke 2 - 0 Freiburg

Huntelaar(2)



League

Dusseldorf 2 - 4 Schalke

Draxler(2), Neustadter, Farfan



League

Schalke 2 - 0 Hannover

Mbokani(2)



End of September League Table




Monthly Review

Another brilliant month for us at Schalke, Continuing our unbeaten streak to 8 games. And some brilliant performances from the lads. Julian Draxlers name popping up again, This kid is AMAZING!. Excellent result against Bayern, Was fearing that game very badly but the lads did brilliantly to keep themselves in the game.

Standout Performer of the Month

Julian Draxler



Been excellent throughout the first two months and has earned himself a starting spot in the first team for now. At the age of just 18 he is an excellent prospect for the future of football and Schalke.

[Patko]

i'm following

[No7Lukeee]

i'm following

Cheers buddy.

[No7Lukeee]

October




Results

Champions Cup

Schalke 1 - 0 LOSC Lille

Papadopoulos



League

Leverkusen 1 - 0 Schalke



League

Schalke 2 - 0 Wolfsburg

Mbokani, Papadopoulos



Champions Cup

Schalke 0 - 0 FC Porto



League

Mainz 0 - 3 Schalke

Holtby, Jones, Fuchs



German Cup 2nd Rd

Gladbach 0 - 1 Schalke

Huntelaar



End of October League Table



Monthly Review

A decent month this month, Adding another 9 points to our tally with 3 league wins. A dissapointing result against Leverkusen with the own goal from Papdopoulos but you can't win everything. We were excellent possession wise against Lille but really should of had more then one goal considering the amount of shots we had. A decent result against Porto although we really should of won with an easy chance from Huntelaar who hasn't been to good in front of goal so far so I hope he steps up his performances in the future. And finally we advanced to the 2nd round of the German Cup with a win over Borussia Monchengladbach who are actually a very good side with some brilliant players with the likes of Luuk De Jong and Granit Xhaka who are both excellent prospects.

Standout Performer of the Month

Kyriakos Papadopoulos



It has to be the baby face him-self Papadopoulos, He's been a rock at the back and despite scoring an own-goal for Leverkusen to steal the win he has still been my standout performer for this month. He has even scored a few himself.

[MagicalMistakes]

Good start.. Rare to see any stories with teams from the Bundesliga.

[No7Lukeee]

Good start.. Rare to see any stories with teams from the Bundesliga.

Cheers buddy, And so very true. It's a shame cause the Bundesliga is one of the most explosive leagues in the world, So much talent and ALOT of young prospects. I'm from England but prefer the Bundesliga over the BPL any day.

[No7Lukeee]

November



Results

League

Schalke 1 - 0 Nurnberg

Papadopoulos



Champions Cup Grp F

FC Porto 1 - 0 Schalke



League

Dortmund 1 - 2 Schalke

Afellay, Huntelaar



League

Schalke 1 - 0 Gladbach

Afellay



Champions Cup Grp F

Schalke 5 - 1 Zilina

Draxler, Moritz, Hoger, Pukki, Mbokani



League

Hoffenheim 1 - 4 Schalke

Pukki, Matip, Neustadter, Afellay



League

Schalke 4 - 1 Frankfurt

Matip, Rode(OG), Papadopoulos, Afellay



End of November League Table



Monthly Review

And once again a excellent month for us, Just losing 1 out of 7 was brilliant, Unfortunately we didn't perform to well against Porto but If we did perform to a standard we've been playing at in the league, I'm pretty sure we would of won the game. Picking up 3 points at Iduna Park where we held off for a 2-1 victory over the reigning champions. Absolutely delighted with the lads once again this month.

Standout Performer of the Month

Ibrahim Afellay



Has to be the little Dutchman this month, Been the standout performer by a mile, Although the young Finish striker Teemu Pukki has really come out of his shell with a few dominant performances. But Ibrahim has performed consistently well through-out this whole month notching up a few goals for him-self and some crucial assists for the team.

[No7Lukeee]

December



Results

League

Stuttgart 0 - 1 Schalke

Pukki



Champions Cup Grp F

Lille 2 - 3 Schalke

Huntelaar(2), Papadopoulos



League

Schalke 2 - 1 Augsburg

Howedes, Wellington Nem



League

Hamburg 1 - 1 Schalke

Huntelaar



German Cup Rd 3

Schalke 3 - 0 Hertha BSC

Fuchs, Matip, Papadopoulos



(Completely forgot to get a picture of the league table, I apologize. But we were 1st at this point)

Monthly Review

Another decent month with only one downside, And that being the draw against Hamburg, We really should of won that match but unfortunately we just couldn't finish our chances. I think we had around 20+ shots with only 7 or 8 on target which is exceptionally poor accuracy. But aside from that a decent month with us going through to the knockout stages of the Champions Cup with a victory over Lille to finish 1st in our group. Also advancing to the next stage in the German cup with a win over Hertha Berlin in the 3rd round.

Standout Performer of the Month

Klaas-Jan Huntelaar



A good month for the Dutch striker notching in 3 goals in 2 games.