Hamburg coach Thorsten Fink's job is on the line after his chairman lambasted the faltering team's defence on Monday.
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Hamburg were drubbed 6-2 at Bundesliga leaders Borussia Dortmund on Saturday, leading to chairman Carl Edgar Jarchow's astonishing public rebuke of his coach.
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Jarchow said he expects to see an improvement quickly, or else he and the board may be tempted to act.
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"I take the long-term view, but on the board we expect things to be implemented," Jarchow told SID, an AFP subsidiary, on Monday.
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"In Dortmund, it was a repeat of the debacle against Hoffenheim –defence is our weak point and these mistakes must be eliminated.
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"That is his (Fink's) job."
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Hamburg are 15th – just above the relegation zone – after five games, but more worryingly they have conceded 15 goals – 11 of which came in just two games.
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Having been hammered 5-1 at home by Hoffenheim in mid-August, Fink's defence again collapsed against Dortmund, despite recovering from 2-0 down to equalise just after halftime.
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With Dortmund's Poland striker Robert Lewandowski and Germany winger Marco Reus, plus new signings Henrikh Mkhitaryan and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang running riot, Hamburg's defence leaked four goals in 16 minutes during a second-half horror show.
That was a huge loss but it doesn't mean the team won't get better @ the end of the day. So fans should be patient too!