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- looking forward to a Vidal-Thiago midfield double pivot. They bossed against Inter and they are such a great combo.
And to think that both Lahm and Alonso are going to retire after this season. Monstrous performance from both, with the former being my MotM.
It will be a hard blow for Bayern.
Not really impressed by them. We just allowed them to do what they wanted. P.S.G. impressed me much more, with their fast midfield.
Absolutely not. P.S.G. were unstoppable yesterday, while we are at our usual self.Conversely, you could say Barcelona let PSG do whatever they want too.
It was a bit of both. Teams playing well and their opposition playing poorly.
PSG played a perfect game, Bayern's win was more routine. Doesn't mean that you should underrate their performance though - you play the opponent that was given to you by the draw, if the opponent plays badly it doesn't diminish your performance; and you hardly can expect a better result than 5:1Not really impressed by them. We just allowed them to do what they wanted. P.S.G. impressed me much more, with their fast midfield.
Why do bayern play with such slow defenders? It's very high risk especially for a team that keeps the ball that well and keeps a high line. Sure Arsenal couldn't string a few passes together in order to be a threat but clubs like PSG and Madrid with stronger midfields will cause them a few issues.
Who's good enough and available? Pretty much all top teams are struggling to find a quality rightback. United went back to Valencia as the main option, Pep probably would be really happy if he got Rafinha to play for City next season. Barca haven't replaced Alves with a decent one either.I read yesterday in the sueddeutsche that they plan on going into next season with Kimmich, Rafinha and Rudy as the RB options because the players that would be good enough are too expensive. Even though it's just a rumour, it's something that wouldn't come as a big surprise to me.
He has been injured for basically the first half of the season and in the few minutes he played he didn't really impress.What is the issue with Coman who seems to have disappeared?
Didn't play well in the first few weeks of the season, then got injured for about 3 months and is now slowly coming back into the team through a few appearances as a sub.What is the issue with Coman who seems to have disappeared?
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No idea who's good enough, i watch way too little football for that. I'm actually fine with Kimmich, but then they need to bring in another CM. I think he has everything to succeed as RB, although i think it would be a bit of a waste of talent and I'd prefer him to become Alonso's successor.Who's good enough and available? Pretty much all top teams are struggling to find a quality rightback. United went back to Valencia as the main option, Pep probably would be really happy if he got Rafinha to play for City next season. Barca haven't replaced Alves with a decent one either.
I don't see anyone who'd be a world class signing to replace Lahm, so we might as well give Kimmich a chance with Rafinha as the back-up if it fails. Still don't get why we signed Rudy though.
Agree that we need a quality addition to our attack and Sanchez would be absolutely perfect. Can play on either wing and as a forward, gives us tactical flexibility, a quality backup option to Lewandowski if needed and has the right mentality to replace Ribery/Robben. His age is a bit of a concern, but if he gives us 2-3 years of excellent performances, then that's more than enough.
Please don't, those discussions always end up in one big clusterfeck of a thread.This deserves to be here to be fair:
What do you lot think? Would they be able to sustain the amazing quality of Premier League or would they simply become and Europa League quality team here?
Would they be level of West Brom/Everton or actually a bit closer to Tottenham and Arsenal (obviously not quite there yet).
There are a few classy ones out there, Coleman, Bellerin, Walker, Fabinho even if he played midfield lately, but they would be very very expensive to get, something Bayern is not known to pay..Who's good enough and available?
Who's good enough and available? Pretty much all top teams are struggling to find a quality rightback. United went back to Valencia as the main option, Pep probably would be really happy if he got Rafinha to play for City next season. Barca haven't replaced Alves with a decent one either.
I don't see anyone who'd be a world class signing to replace Lahm, so we might as well give Kimmich a chance with Rafinha as the back-up if it fails. Still don't get why we signed Rudy though.
Agree that we need a quality addition to our attack and Sanchez would be absolutely perfect. Can play on either wing and as a forward, gives us tactical flexibility, a quality backup option to Lewandowski if needed and has the right mentality to replace Ribery/Robben. His age is a bit of a concern, but if he gives us 2-3 years of excellent performances, then that's more than enough.
He has been injured for basically the first half of the season and in the few minutes he played he didn't really impress.
Didn't play well in the first few weeks of the season, then got injured for about 3 months and is now slowly coming back into the team through a few appearances as a sub.
None of them is even remotely near the quality of Lahm. They're solid players with different strength and weaknesses, but hardly worth discussing as a big money signing to continue the quality we had at the fullback positions over the last 15-20 years. If that's the quality that is available, we'd rather try to develop one ourselves and play Rafinha for 2 more years if it fails.There are a few classy ones out there, Coleman, Bellerin, Walker, Fabinho even if he played midfield lately, but they would be very very expensive to get, something Bayern is not known to pay..
I wonder what we will do when Valencia is going to decline..the rumours of Semedo, who is being linked with both of us, i don't know. Not convinced about him, pretty bad performance against Dortmund..don't rate good performances against Rio Ave or GD Chaves
We're linked with rightbacks all the time, not sure if there's any truth to any of the rumours though.Weren't Bayern linked with the Napoli RB (Albanian I think)?
Guess you just didn't see enough games of them. Fair enough.None of them is even remotely near the quality of Lahm. They're solid players with different strength and weaknesses, but hardly worth discussing as a big money signing to continue the quality we had at the fullback positions over the last 15-20 years. If that's the quality that is available, we'd rather try to develop one ourselves and play Rafinha for 2 more years if it fails.
None of them is even remotely near the quality of Lahm.
Not really impressed by them. We just allowed them to do what they wanted. P.S.G. impressed me much more, with their fast midfield.
This summer will be very important for Bayern and i think we'll see how ambitious the Bayern bosses are and in which direction the team will develop. Unfortunately, i don't have a very good feeling about that.
I read yesterday in the sueddeutsche that they plan on going into next season with Kimmich, Rafinha and Rudy as the RB options because the players that would be good enough are too expensive. Even though it's just a rumour, it's something that wouldn't come as a big surprise to me.
I'm also not happy with our wingers. Robben and Ribery are brilliant but they shouldn't be the no.1 options anymore with all their injury problems. Costa is a good backup but not good enough as a starter. He's also at an age where i don't expect big improvements from him anymore. Coman is still too raw. Bayern should replace Costa with someone who can play on a level as close to Ribery and Robben as possible (Sanchez?) and, if Hoeness & Co are really ambitious, another talented CAM who, in the best case, also feels comfortable on the wing.
I don't see anyone who'd be a world class signing to replace Lahm, so we might as well give Kimmich a chance with Rafinha as the back-up if it fails. Still don't get why we signed Rudy though.
Agree that we need a quality addition to our attack and Sanchez would be absolutely perfect. Can play on either wing and as a forward, gives us tactical flexibility, a quality backup option to Lewandowski if needed and has the right mentality to replace Ribery/Robben. His age is a bit of a concern, but if he gives us 2-3 years of excellent performances, then that's more than enough.
It's going to be fascinating watching how Bayern evolve this team. Their domestic dominance, both financially and sporting, means they've pretty much had their pick of players in Germany for umpteen years, and have always been competitive going for players from abroad.
However a combination of shifting finances in Europe & improved scouting means that Bayern won't have it all their own way. It'll be much harder picking up gems already in Germany, and the number of teams that can outspend them in Europe is much greater than just Real and Barca now. Half the Premier League has got major spending power these days, plus the wildcard of the Chinese league.
Basically we need to try to get Dembele ASAP. I doubt it will happen, this summer not at all and next summer the competition will be tough. Everyone will be throwing money at him and BVB. But he's the real deal. He's the only attacking youngster I know of where I'm fairly certain he will be true elite. Not the only one looking promising, but with him the odds are real.
For right back, I am actually a huge fan of Bellerin, and I would love it if we signed him. Not that he can be a Lahm 'successor', but I do think he's a very exciting young right back. We will not get him though, I'm sure. He looks settled and if he leaves theres' always Man City and Barca waving hello.
Henrichs looks great and should definitively be a potential target but Leverkusen players seem to be rather hard to get for us. Klostermann we'd have to wait and see how he does after his ACL, but buying players away from Red Bull should generally be considered a good idea.
Not that I would mind just letting Kimmich play the position for a while and see how he does, why not. He's a good youngster who has proven to have a stable attitude and ability to perform, but I'm not sure that Carlo got the memo to regard him as the new right back. We'd probably end up just with Rafinha being the starter. I love Rafinha, but that would be rather dissapointing.
Forget it. That ship has sailed, or let's say it never came close to anchoring in our harbor. Dembele is going to be a battleground for those clubs who are willing to make three digit million offers 2 years down the road.
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Forget it. That ship has sailed, or let's say it never came close to anchoring in our harbor. Dembele is going to be a battleground for those clubs who are willing to make three digit million offers 2 years down the road.
Yeah I guess you are right. His style is so spectacular that he's the player that will elicit feverish bids, and it's likely we'll not participate when it gets like that, as we rarely ever do.
But that's just the thing. Are we going to keep buying Costas for 30 millions € (make that, inflation wise, ~40 million in future windows) or are we going to compete for the real top players? As I said, Dembele's the real deal. Coman likely not, at least to that extent.
We let Sané and De Bruyne join City, as it seems, because we weren't willing to pay the fees needed to get them (both would have gladly joined us). You can argue each case's worthwileness individually, but a picture emerges where our being stingy, or 'prudent'/moderate/.., leaves us with worse players than our European competitors. I'd definitively have either one over Alexis.