Trap sacked...

[Timonator]

:ninja I'm in deep shock at the moment. Never did i expact such a decision :ninja

http://www.kicker.de/content/news/artikel.asp?folder=3100&object=327686&liga=1&saison=2005%2F06&spieltag=21&gruppe=21296

Rangnick is top candidate for the job along with Armin Veh!

:ninja I don't know what to think. On one side i m sad it didn't work out, on the other side I want to see FOOTBALL again! I want to see a VfB who attacks!

It will be interesting to see if the new coach can change something. I hope the new guy brings in the fire again...the fire we had 3 years ago.

Good luck to the new coach! Thanks to Trapattoni for giving Gomez and Gentner a chance :clap :(

[ACBerb]

Yes that's a bit of a surprise T-man, but here's to Schwaben playing some all out offence again!:drinkbeer

[IBES]

Bye bye Crapattoni.

[F.C._Porto]

I concur with IBES...he sucks...thats why hes been with three diffrent teams in the last 2 years...mofo cant hold a job

[Zeman]

thats why hes been with three diffrent teams in the last 2 years...mofo cant hold a job

Well Benfica wanted to keep him, it was him to want to leave Pourtugal

[Borussia Wolf]

Bit of a shocker really, didn't expect that at all. He didn't even managae to stay in the job as long as Sammer!

Armin Veh has just been announced manager till the end of the season.

[Valmiki]

He should have been sacked sooner. Stuttgart went downhill with Trap.

[hugofmatos]

meh, altough he won the championship for us last season, he made a pretty crappy season...i don't like that old man

[Blind Cross]

Tomasson was benched, because he was sick and tired of Trap's defensive play. And said to the media: Today I can sit from the bench and see the beautifully long played ball's going into nowhere..

[Timonator]

http://www.vfbinsider.de/images/Armin_%20Veh.jpg

I wish him good luck :nod maybe he goes the same path like Magath (though without going to Bayern!) :cool I heard his coaching ways are similar to Magaths...hard to the players, and more offensive.

LOL and Ebo, Timo's goalkeeping coach is back in the team! :drinkbeer

[Timonator]

Tomasson was benched, because he was sick and tired of Trap's defensive play. And said to the media: Today I can sit from the bench and see the beautifully long played ball's going into nowhere..

He should shut his mouth and play better! I don't like player who complain (same with Gronkjear). They can complain, if they play good, but Tomasson didn't play good in the last few games, so he should mind his own business first.

[Berean Todd]

Good riddance, Crappatoni is a piece of cr@p as a manager ...

[Zeman]

For me he is still a good manager

[Timonator]

Many VfB-fans loved Trap and are disappointed now. Well, he has won so much in the past with big teams and that gave us hope too. We are a small club if you compare us to Milan. Most of us were just honored to have him as coach. :nod

Aside from that, Trap is a real gentelman :nod

For zee German speaking readers:

Porträt Armin Veh
Das "schlampige Genie" verlangt Disziplin

Armin Veh gilt in der Branche als "rigoroser Verfechter des kultivierten Angriffsfußballs" (kicker). Wie sein Freiburger Kollege Volker Finke ist der 45-Jährige ein Anhänger des gepflegten Kurzpass- und Kombinationsspiels.
Armin Veh (Quelle: dpa)

Armin Veh


Wer den Ball besitzt, kontrolliert das Spiel, wer aber den Ball nach vorne drischt, verliert ihn schnell wieder, so das Credo des gebürtigen Augsburgers. Deshalb will Veh von seinem Team auch keine langen Bälle sehen. Er sei aber kein Systemfanatiker, betont der Bayer immer wieder gern. Kontrollierter und technisch ausgerichteter Angriffsfußball könne aber von jeder Mannschaft erfolgreich praktiziert werden, egal ob "es um Abstieg geht oder um Meisterschaft."

Distanz zu den Spielern

Der 1961 in Augsburg geborene Veh ist für Autorität und eine gewisse Distanz zu seinen Spielern bekannt. In seiner Zeit beim SSV Reutlingen wurde seine Art zu trainieren gar mit der von Felix Magath verglichen. Veh selbst spricht von nötigem Respekt vor dem Trainer, fügt aber hinzu, man könne "Menschen nicht wie ein Diktator führen. Ich versuche, auch Kumpel zu sein und meinen Spielern zu helfen, wo ich kann". Sein Kontakt zu den Vereins-Vorständen galt immer als vorbildlich.

"Schlampiges Genie"

Die Spieler-Karriere des Armin Veh begann beim FC Augsburg, wo er alle Jugendmannschaften durchlief. 1979 holte Jupp Heynckes das Talent zu Borussia Mönchengladbach, wo Veh sein Debüt in der Bundesliga gab. Aber die große Karriere blieb aus, der Mittelfeldspieler galt schnell als "schlampiges Genie". Zudem warfen ihn Verletzungen immer wieder zurück. Nach fünf Jahren bei der Borussia ging Veh zurück zum FC Augsburg und verschwand zwei Jahre in der Fußball-Versenkung. Von 1987 bis 1990 gelang ihm zwar ein Comeback beim Zweitligisten SpVgg Bayreuth, aber nach weiteren Verletzungen beendete er 1990 mit knapp 29 Jahren seine aktive Karriere.
Trainer-Karriere

Wie die Spieler-Karriere, so begann auch die Trainer-Karriere des Bayern beim FC Augsburg. Mit offensivem Fußball begeisterte der Jung-Coach Zuschauer und Fachpresse und führte später die SpVgg Greuther Fürth und den SSV Reutlingen in die Zweite Bundesliga. Als sich in Reutlingen finanzielle Probleme abzeichneten, wechselte Veh im Januar 2002 zum Bundesligisten Hansa Rostock. Er bewahrte die Hanseaten vor dem Abstieg und führte sie in der folgenden Saison nach glänzendem Auftakt auf Platz 13. Aber nach einem Fehlstart in die Saison 2003/2004 warf Veh im Oktober 2003 in Rostock das Handtuch und entging damit einer Entlassung. Zuletzt arbeitete Armin Veh wieder bei seinem Heimatklub FC Augsburg in der Regionalliga Süd.
Autor: Matthias Weber

[Zeman]

Aside from that, Trap is a real gentelman

Yes thats why (added to the fact he won a lot) I think he doesn't deserve the harsh comments I've read in this thread.

He works hard, he has won more than most of other coaches (and in three different countries), he has passion, he is a serious professionist and for sure deserve more respect from people who probably know very few of him.

[Timonator]

He still has my respect :nod and most of the VfB fans loved him. It just never made "click" between Trap and Stuttgart.

[MRC]

I am sorry he didn't make it with Stuttgart, I really thought he would improve them after the Sammer debacle. He certainly is a special character, can't forget his outburst during a Bayern press conference, I wish him all the best; hopefully Stuttgart can get some results now because they deserve it.