When you move down a tier into the second division, change is expected. For St Pauli the changes have been relatively positive. New coach Andre Schubert is trialling new systems and formations, the new players are class and young and the average age of the squad has dropped to 26 years old.
A story on Hamburg Morgenpost has shown that the nine players who have left - Mathias Hain (38), Timo Schultz (33), Gerald Asamoah (32), Florian Lechner (30), Marcel Eger (28), Matthias Lehmann (28), Thomas Kessler (25), Bastian Oczipka (22) and Richard Sukuta-Pasu (21) - had an average age of 29.
While the loss of players in their prime such as 28-year-olds Eger and Lehmann is disappoint, the new lads have an average age of just 25.
The intake of these new young players will give the club a refreshing change, and if coupled with the perfect system we could see some decent success come about in the 2. Bundesliga next season.
Striker Mahir Saglik is the eldest of the five new signings. At 28 years old, he is the most experienced new face by two years, with defender Sebastian Schachten (26) and Philipp Tschauner (25) the next.
Lasse Sobiech (20) on loan from BVB Dortmund will add some youth to the defence and Patrick Funk (21) will add experience too. He was a captain in his youth days and will hopefully provide stability in the midfield.
Also, in training news, Max Kruse sat out of the session the other day due to a knock on the knee but was thankfully back into it yesterday.
Marius Ebbers couldn't finish training and was looked at properly yesterday to see the problem. An MRI confirmed he has a slight hamstring injury but it doesn't sound too serious.
During one on one's, Carsten Rothenbach, who only just returned from injury, starting limping. Thankfully it's only a small knock and he'll be back into training in a few days. I don't expect him to play in the friendly with VfL Osnabrueck, though he may appear the next day when we face Brondby.
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