Four conceded in Trabzon
Trabzonspor 4–0 Galatasaray on Saturday, and no Osimhen in the side (4). That is the heaviest defeat of your season so far, and it drops you to 2nd on 13 points from six games. Last week was Trabzonspor away. That is the week you are digesting.
The pundits are not letting this one go
"Thomas Reis, Okan Buruk'u mat etti!" was the line from the Futbol Konseyi panel, with Fırat Aydınus, Uğur Meleke, Güntekin Onay and Mehmet Arslan all weighing in on week six (1). Their verdict on your team was blunt: "Galatasaray'ın tek oyun planı var, o da Osimhen yoksa işlemiyor" (1). One plan, and it does not work without Osimhen.
Conceding first is becoming a problem
You struggle to win games in which you concede first (3). That is not a one-off this season, it is a pattern running across the last two seasons (3). Four goals in Trabzon is the extreme version of it.
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Midfield work is starting, with January in mind
Galatasaray have started transfer work during the international break (2). The target area is midfield, and the move is aimed at January additions (2).
Rivals made up ground while you lost
Fenerbahçe closed a week in which both Galatasaray and Beşiktaş lost with an 8–0 win over Eyüp (5). İsmail Kartal is back at Fenerbahçe for a fourth spell as coach and a fifth arrival (4). They are in the title race, and your 2nd place is doing the work of keeping you above them.
Icardi's next move is still open
Mauro Icardi, who left Galatasaray, is still looking for a club (6). Tottenham made an approach for the Argentinian striker (6).
Fan reactions
The mood on r/galatasaray is grim and the numbers are doing the talking: one post lays out a 2026 calendar year record of 22–5–14 from 41 matches, down sharply on last year's 40–11–6 from 57. Others are picking apart the Trabzonspor defeat tactically and questioning the Leão signing, while the club president's public statement defending Okan Buruk and the team against recent media claims has its own thread. The 2026 record post is where most of the argument is happening.
