When Hoeneß talked about five players he meant the five players Ancelotti left out Wednesday - Hummels, Boateng, Robben, Ribery and Coman. But yes - the Germans, Lewy, Robben, Franck, Coman for sure did not mind him to be gone.
I am delighted that it happened now and not in some weeks. You just saw the regression as the structures Guardiola implemented washed out more and more with time. In my eyes you had to do damage control. To blame the players - and not Ancelotti who was just the wrong guy for the job - is wrong. The passing, the positioning - everything went downhill. The team that was able to change tactics in seconds was handed out one tactic and when the opponent changed his they did not get a plan B.
Bayern never had the big money in comparison to some of the other bigger clubs in Europe (not compared to the other Bundesliga clubs) - especially not in 2009/10 when this squad started. The success story of that time is a good system combined with very good tactics, very good and intelligent players and some individualists that get help by the team but e.g. help out defensively, too - and very good team spirits.
The team is not worse than 2 years ago even with Lahm and Alonso gone - in that season we did not even have Robben or an in form Ribery. And Robben - if used right - is still going strong.