Football Season Guide

It was an interesting season for Kayseri and it was also a historical season for the league. For the first time, a team who could score only twenty-five goals during the whole season, could manage to survive at the end of the campaign. Besides recording seven victories, to get thirteen draws enabled them to survive at the top level. Of course, the arrival of coach Hakan Kutlu made all team gain their warrior soul. Before he came, they have collected only one point in the last six fixtures. With him, they have lost to the title holders Besiktas and Galatasaray. For the new season, the fans will see coach Hakan Kutlu in action on the bench. They hope that they will be more ambitious this season. They also want to score more and concede less. However, the current squad quality did not make the fans feel optimistic until now. First of all, the whole attackers of the last season have left. From Mersin Idman Yurdu, Welliton and Nakoulma were signed in. Although to bring two players from a relegated team has been criticized, the duo are good players and can offer good performances. Twenty-year old Furkan arrived from the title holders Besiktas. It was a huge step for him to play in the Super League after spending the last season in a second league club as a loanee. No doubt that Kayseri look short in the offence zone as most parts of the team do. At the moment, there are six defenders in the team and five of them have just arrived. Besides it, there are only two centre-backs and one right-back. The fans did not also like that the coach brought two defensive players from a first division team. They think that their quality is not good enough for the top level. So the back-line is so fragile against the busy schedule. With the arrival of Muammer Yildirim, Ahamada got a good replacement. So the coach should be comfortable on the net. The front of the defence line looks good as the coach still has Srdjan Mijailovic and Samba Sow. It seems like Alain Traore and Umut Sonmez will take the creative responsibility. Can the duo do it? Not sure... It is sure that Kayseri have to sign four or five players at least. If they cannot do or think about promoting some young players, they are likely to spend the whole season around the danger zone.