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Originally Posted by Nuje
Hah! Because they placed 6th last year? 14th 4 years ago? They're almost always in the top 6. I'm not a Schalke fan at all, but to say that Stoke is more prestigious is ridiculous.
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I'm not saying that Stoke is more prestigious. I'm just saying that Stoke is on the rise while Schalke has been a three-ring circus in recent years. It was shameful how they got rid of Jens Keller only to get Roberto di Matteo in ... which of course didn't end well and now they have changed coaches again (Breitenreiter). Plus there's constant unrest behind the scenes (with Boateng, for example). Not exactly a stable club in recent times despite an okay 6th place finish last season. Just one of those clubs which have potential but always fail to make the best of it.
And don't sell Stoke short ... they have done a good job in recent years and finished 9th in the Premier League, which (in my mind at least) is comparable to finish 6th in the Bundesliga.