There is no doubt in my mind that Frankfurt have done a terrific job in the German League so far, and I'm quite impressed with their performances. It is very unlikely that they will be able to climb into the top-four position after almost half of the season is over.
As a matter of fact, I was not expecting them to even be in the top six position. Despite this, they have redeemed themselves and they have done exceptionally well. They have scored 32 goals in only 15 matches, which is a huge amount considering they've only played 15 matches. My opinion is that what they really need to improve on is their defense, since they have conceded 24 goals, which is quite a bit in my opinion. It really is my hope that they will be able to finish in the top four and finish the season on a high.
Indeed they need to get players that have a sole purpose on defense which means they will sacrifice their offense to give way on defense, but most of the time players would surely want the limelight on them and make it big by getting some goal,
for me Frankfurt is not a bad team, they are now more decent than the last season, and actually offensive wise they got something that other teams should be afraid of they have enhanced their offense since last season, and pretty much they are lucky with the departure of both Halland and Lewandowski in the Bundesliga for me they surely now have a chance in snatching the championship from Bayern Munich, or even landed on the 2nd standing of the Bundesliga,
I think Frankfurt should really try their damndest to get as close as Bayern Munich in the league table. I think in order to focus on their defense they can try to bring in a central defensive midfielder and another center back if possible. I have to say that they have a really high chance of finishing the league in the top four.
Considering they are doing fine at the fourth position but also there are other teams, like fifth Berlin is also at the same points, and Dortmund is at sixth trailing with just 2 points. These means that there is a chance that we could see Frankfurt dropping or they could end up winning more games and they could go higher as well, in that case Berlin and Dortmund would have to just pass the higher standing teams in the future.
I can't say much about Bundesliga because aside from Bayern being great, all others is a risk and usually not an easy thing to predict. In any other league I would say Bayern first, Dortmund second, Leipzig third and Frankfurt fourth but as we have seen so far that's not the case.
Yes, I agree with you that Frankfurt are under threat from other teams like Union Berlin and Borussia Dortmund. But I firmly believe that with the attacking options they have and the team chemistry they have going on, if their coaches play the tactics right, I think they are up for a champions league position in the next season. Dortmund has not been playing that consistently but Union Berlin has been doing well in my opinion. All Frankfurt have to do right now is try to concede less as their defense has been quite a bit of a problem for them.