Stuttgart (dpa / lsw) - Handball Bundesliga club TVB Stuttgart is moving away from its goal for the season for the time being and wants to concentrate on staying up in the league after the turn of the year. "We don't want to talk about our goal for the season, twelfth, for now, which doesn't mean that we're throwing our medium and long-term goals overboard," said managing director Jürgen Schweikardt of the "Stuttgarter Zeitung" and the "Stuttgarter Nachrichten" (Thursday). . "First of all, during the World Cup break, it's about turning the crucial screws to tease out a few percent more performance."
The Swabians are 15th in the table. just four points ahead of the relegation zone. Overall, the yield is "very disappointing," says Schweikardt. "We're four to six points short." Brother Michael Schweikardt took over the coaching post after TVB's weak start to the season with five defeats and the separation from Roi Sánchez, his contract is valid until June 30, 2023. "According to our analysis, we will speak to the shareholders in January - completely open-ended. That was agreed from the outset," said Jürgen Schweikardt on a decision about the future of the 39-year-old.
Overall, managing director Schweikardt is not satisfied with the development of the TVB in its eighth year in the Bundesliga. "We haven't developed further in the table or as a whole. But individually and structurally," said the 42-year-old. "For 2023, I hope that the club's progress will also have an impact on the pitch."
