Salah's hat-trick wrecked your Saturday
Trabzonspor 4–0 Galatasaray. Mohamed Salah scored a hat-trick and your unbeaten start is gone (3) (5) (8) (11). Thomas Reis won his first game in charge of Trabzonspor by setting his team up to unleash Salah, and it worked inside the first hour (8). Ugurcan Cakir was in the Trabzonspor goal, Noah Saviolo started at left-back (3) (8). You dropped off top spot in the Süper Lig with it (9) (13). Fenerbahçe beat Eyüpspor 8–0 the same weekend, and Beşiktaş lost away, so the table shuffled around you (9) (10) (13).
Worst defensive start in 60 years
Ten goals conceded in the first six league games. That is Galatasaray's worst defensive opening to a Süper Lig season in 60 years (1) (2) (5). Six games: 13 points, second place, +3 goal difference. The Trabzon collapse was not a one-off. The back line has been leaking since week one (4).
Gundogan's wife has had enough
İlkay Gündoğan has played 11 minutes this season, and his wife has gone public (6). "If you want to know why he isn't playing, ask your coach, not me or my family. We all love Galatasaray and we came here with affection," she said (6). That is a family answering fan criticism directly.
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Kasımpaşa at home next, October 9
Galatasaray have started preparing for the week 7 home game against Kasımpaşa on Friday, October 9 (7). A home fixture after a 4–0 away loss. Not much else to say about the timing.
Demirovic link resurfaces
Galatasaray are among the clubs reported to be interested in Stuttgart striker Ermedin Demirovic, along with Leeds United, Juventus and AC Milan (12). Unconfirmed.
Fan reactions
The mood is raw. One thread points out Okan Buruk's league record without Victor Osimhen, and another takes apart his selection calls against Trabzonspor: Yunus in the ten, Sallai at right-back (r/galatasaray). The Gündoğan situation is running as its own thread, with his wife's Instagram post doing the rounds. The Osimhen thread has the most heat.
