Eichin: "I cannot deal with fearful expectation"

Manager Thomas Eichin is not doubting the course that Werder are taking.
First Team
Tuesday, 17.09.2013 / 15:37

Four days before the North Derby with Hamburg, Werder manager Thomas Eichin took time in an interview to look back on the last couple weeks and months and explain why it's worth it to continue to support the Green-Whites...

Four days before the North Derby with Hamburg, Werder manager Thomas Eichin took time in an interview to look back on the last couple weeks and months and explain why it's worth it to continue to support the Green-Whites.

Mr. Eichin, before the North Derby, the Süddeutsche Zeitung spoke of the "burned out northern lights" and compared the showdown Saturday to the derby weeks from 2009 when the teams faced off in the semi-finals of the German Cup, UEFA Cup and Bundesliga all within four weeks. The result of this comparison isn't hard to hard to figure out.
Thomas Eichin: I did not read it but I can imagine it. I don't care about it though. The derby weeks are four years ago. That's an eternity in football. But if I want to experience these kinds of highlights at Weser Stadium, I must confront the hear-and-now.

And that means HSV against Werder- 14th vs 15th?
Thomas Eichin: That is correct. But for Werder Bremen it also means a new beginning, another course of action, also a change, experiment, new fresh faces looking for their chances, well-known faces who identify 100 per cent with this chance. Included in that are bitter setbacks like over the weekend but also rays of hope. I am certain of it. Maybe already on Saturday in Hamburg.

But after the 3-0 loss against Frankfurt, a bit of the fantasy for that is missing. Many fans have more the feeling that there is stagnation or even regression.
Thomas Eichin: I cannot deal with this almost fearful expectation. You can really be mad about that game, but this end-of-the-world atmosphere, this negative thinking around the team doesn't help anybody move forward. Of course what we saw against Frankfurt was bad. We have experienced what we projected, namely that it will be a difficult road. But we have only started this road. And I think that we were doing quite well until the match against Gladbach.

Back to the beginning of our chat, so there will be a new Werder northern lights in the football heavens?
Thomas Eichin: There is no guarantee in football. Maybe something went out in the last couple years or cooled. But we are putting everything into motion to start it back up again.

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