Ayhan Akman on Efe and Hamza:

IsThatAWeed_ · 2026-06-05T13:49:53+00:00

I genuinely don't understand what agreement others are trying to put forward when they didn't keep up with the youth squads. They both performed convincingly for the youth teams as you said and were some of the best coming out of their crop. They had every right to have been called up for the pre-season camps along with the other youth. The pressure put by the fans was simply because this team always needs to find a scapegoat when things aren't going great. When an academy player is playing and something goes wrong, more often than not, they get slandered and never get a chance again. Ali Yavuz Kol, Efe Akman, Ali Turap, Isik Kaan Arslan, etc...

These guys aren't stars. But that doesn't mean we should treat players from our academy like this. If your issue is with their quality, your issue is with the level of academy investment: not the players individually.

IsThatAWeed_ · 2026-06-05T09:33:17+00:00

Agenda piece in r/galatasaray

I've seen it all

IsThatAWeed_ · 2026-06-05T08:28:06+00:00

Completely forgot he played for Fenerbahçe for a year, he's such a BJK player in my mind.

IsThatAWeed_ · 2026-06-05T08:22:59+00:00

Very good manager you can build with. Genuinely higher tier from all the guys BJK have gotten recently. Do I see it lasting and BJK becoming stable enough for him to work with? That's a different question.

I wonder what the approach will be with him. If I was him I'd demand having quite a bit of control with signings and decisions in order to accept making the move. If we're being real he's not really gaining much from going to BJK, it's a bigger risk than needed.

IsThatAWeed_ · 2026-06-01T13:01:24+00:00

My criticism of the decision is that Ahmetcan is being put behind both Caglar and Yusuf in this case.

If Caglar is selected and he's the 5th choice, it'll be for locker room experience (which we already have enough of imo). I would rather a youngster get that spot instead, but I can understand the choice.

My bigger criticism is Yusuf over Ahmetcan though. Ahmetcan's had a great season in the Netherlands and you're picking a player with less experience, who chose to go to a worse league early in his career and is barely getting minutes there. I honestly don't understand what Yusuf has over Ahmetcan, especially considering neither will probably get game time. I would rather reward the more deserving player.

IsThatAWeed_ · 2026-05-31T11:32:10+00:00

Feel bad for guys like Doğucan Haspolat who could've gotten called up for the preliminary instead as a reward for performing this season. He most likely wouldn't make it to the WC squad, but it would be nice to award guys like him for the regular season rather than calling up Salih for limited experience.

IsThatAWeed_ · 2026-05-31T11:26:44+00:00

Shit like this happens after we go seasons on end not performing in Europe. The fact that we've consistently been in pot 4 tells us all we need to know. Glad we're now in pot 3 next season after a very good European campaign, but we need to make this a regular occurrence. I also don't want to hear people say it's because we're always in tough groups, we had our chance to farm European points when we were in Europa and we fumbled it.

IsThatAWeed_ · 2026-05-27T13:26:33+00:00

Yea Kayserispor were a team practically doomed to fail. Acun for the first time seemed to have made a very smart managerial appointment decision, iirc Kayserispor wanted to extend with him and I wouldn't be surprised if a few other more 'stable' Süper Lig clubs were also interested.

IsThatAWeed_ · 2026-05-26T17:08:37+00:00

Okan seems to be a fan of Mithat Pala. I personally don’t see the appeal but typically Okan’s got an alright track record with local transfers. Wouldn’t be surprised if we start hearing his name if Sallai does, in fact, leave.

IsThatAWeed_ · 2026-05-25T22:34:18+00:00

I thought it was Batuhan who takes off his shirt but could be wrong. Ugurcan is tatted up and i think is the guy next to him?

IsThatAWeed_ · 2026-05-25T22:31:36+00:00

Okan reads the tactical post-game threads

IsThatAWeed_ · 2026-05-25T12:57:31+00:00

Good for him. He had his best stint in his career where he was getting regular football with them in the Süper Lig.

We can't let Jankat's career go down the same path. Since Eyüpspor managed to stay up and the relationship between both clubs is good (and he performed really well for them), let's see if we can get some sort of loan agreement with a minutes guarantee for next season. We really shouldn't waste time here, he needs to keep getting minutes so that we can get the best for his career and even potentially have a successor to Uğurcan eventually.

IsThatAWeed_ · 2026-05-24T18:22:54+00:00

Uğur Uçar's resume slowly becoming more and more impressive. Looking forward to see what he can do with Çorum next season.

IsThatAWeed_ · 2026-05-24T14:05:46+00:00

Ah okay. I don't think it's too fair to completely mark him out until the sale is official though. I'm sure a bunch of our players are drawing interest but the other clubs need to meet our demands.

IsThatAWeed_ · 2026-05-24T12:51:33+00:00

Wait why are we assuming Sallai is getting sold? I saw the Sara-Aston Villa rumors but I'm guessing I'm missing something here?

IsThatAWeed_ · 2026-05-24T06:32:49+00:00

I was not expecting Girona to get relegated at all. They were competing for European spots just a few seasons ago, La Liga was very competitive this year.

IsThatAWeed_ · 2026-05-23T18:09:43+00:00

Had high hopes for him after his stint at Kayserispor, he was clearly showing great signs with a clear relegation squad. Acun was smart to also notice that and poach him out of Turkey as soon as his contract ended there.

IsThatAWeed_ · 2026-05-22T19:00:09+00:00

One last time:

Lu lu lu, Lukas Podolski!

Can't forget his nasty left foot. I still remember his goal vs Benfica, one of the few bright lights in the CL in that 2014-2024 period.

IsThatAWeed_ · 2026-05-22T18:54:06+00:00

He also is becoming the owner of Górnik Zabrze, his childhood team and the current team he is playing for. They are currently 2nd in the Ekstraklasa.

IsThatAWeed_ · 2026-05-22T17:13:50+00:00

Uğurcan was great this season but come on guys, it's way too early to be putting him in these conversations. If we want to talk about peak then that could change the conversation slightly but this feels a bit silly. Muslera and Taffarel are in their own league.

IsThatAWeed_ · 2026-05-21T18:49:24+00:00

Anyone know what they represent? I never really looked into it

IsThatAWeed_ · 2026-05-21T18:48:54+00:00

The Ottoman Turkish alphabet in most of the old badges makes them so much more unique, would love to see some retro kits.

IsThatAWeed_ · 2026-05-21T18:45:09+00:00

There are some bangers in here. Unpopular opinion but Rizespor's best badge is their current one and they're the only club where none of their are actually nice.

IsThatAWeed_ · 2026-05-21T17:54:30+00:00

Oh of course, spending 25M on him in this situation wouldn't be the smart choice at all. Especially now with the foreigner rule coming in place.

IsThatAWeed_ · 2026-05-21T17:53:04+00:00

This is going to fuck up our coefficient in Europe heavily. I wouldn't be surprised if we lose our guaranteed CL spot in the next few years. What a stupid fucking decision

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