Christian Ilzer

Um, I, I, I think it, it's interesting 'cause you had Sturm Graz the year before.

And Sturm Graz, when they initially go and win the title again is with an Austrian coach in Christian Ilzer, who's now gone to the Bundesliga.

And after a difficult start and inheriting quite a difficult situation, is, has got Hoffenheim into the, the Champions League.

I just wonder if we're looking at a clutch of Austrian coaches who could go on and, and do something.

You started to see them just start to wear down a little bit.

It was almost as if they had played at such a high rate of intensity under Christian Ilzer that they could not maintain it for the entirety of the season.

So I'll be interested to see if they're able to not just maintain that over the course of a campaign, but maybe even find a way to mitigate it and work around it.

So for Hoffenheim, the potential is there.

I don't even know why.

I have no kind of connection to them.

I just like this group, and I think Ilzer doing what he can do a- and the style that he wants to play, if he can find a way to balance it a little better and maybe not wear his players out, you could see this team truly make a challenge at a top four spot.

That said, it wouldn't be shocking if there was regression as well because it is such a high-intensity style.