The panthers' injury concerns persist.
After Alex Leindl's cruciate ligament rupture, coach Martin Wild had to accept the next bad news.
Fürstenfeldbruck - Bad news shortly before the game: Tim Kaulitz is not available to the Brucker TuS handball players for a few weeks due to a broken metacarpal bone.
Coach Wild's motto for the Wednesday evening game in Hamm is: "Close your eyes and go!"
Kaulitz is not the only failure that the Bruckers have to cope with.
Sebastian Meinzer cannot take the trip to Westphalia either.
He is prevented from doing his studies.
For Felix Kerst (adductors), an assignment is likely to come too early.
In addition, Johannes Stumpf and Max Horner continue to struggle with injuries.
But you want to bite your teeth and run up in Hamm.
Before the start of the season, Hamm was named by most experts as one of the top favorites for promotion.
In reality, however, the Westphalians lag far behind this claim.
11:15 points, seven defeats in 13 games, 15th place in the table: The numbers for a championship candidate are definitely different.
So far, Hamm has only known Wild from studying video, where he found a well-staffed team.
“I don't know a player or the coach personally,” says the panther coach.
He does not want to allow himself to judge what is going wrong with the Westphalians.
However, the Panthers want to exploit the weakness of the prevented promotion favorite.
Compared to the last four defeats, one thing above all has to get better: the goal finish.
Because the defense of the hosts is not to blame for the misery and will not allow too many opportunities.
With less than 25 goals conceded per game, the robust defensive forces usually have the opposing attackers under control.
"We have to come up with good solutions," says Wild.
If the TuS defense is still in its usual good shape, "let's see what's going on in Hamm."
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