Exploding the Lewandowski myth
Let's not let emotions cloud our judgement, we have to scrutinize the facts with fair assumptions and a reasonable conclusion.
Lewandowski's being talked about as some kind of historic great.
You seriously think players like Kane, Aubameyang, Haaland etc. wouldn't produce similar numbers to Lewandowski if they were the sole striker at Bayern??
Look at the raw numbers. Haaland hit
44 goals in 40 games, which is unbelievable. Cry babies can say "oh but he wasn't at the Bundesliga for all those games!" Well guess what, he's got
13 goals in 15 games in the Bundesliga
with a far inferior Dortmund team compared to Bayern. Only God knows what he would have done at Bayern but I would put all my chips in that he would outperform Lewandowski across the board.
Let's look at Aubameyang's Bundesliga numbers. He was a winger and once they turned him into a striker he hit 40 goals in 46 appearances. In the Bundesliga that was astonishing
31 goals in 32 games.
Again, with a far inferior Dortmund team. I can't even imagine how much he would have scored and assisted at the head of this Bayern team. One thing is for sure, probably would outperform Lewandowski.
I would bet that Kane would also outperform Lewandowski, if he was in this Bayern squad.
No point pointing to Bayern's treble victory because
Bayern also won the treble with Mandzukic at the head of the team.
Muller assisted Bayern Munich 22 times in the Bundesliga and
Gnabry another 10 assists. The engine here isn't Lewandowski. You have to look at the numbers.
Any of the strikers I mentioned, plus more, would have converted the chances that were given to Lewandowski. To say otherwise is
just flatly dishonest. Coutinho came off the bench and immediately scored two goals against Barca plus assisted Lewandowski. That's 2 goals plus an assist off the bench in a Champions League match and he's not even deemed worthy of being kept at Bayern.
People are looking at Lewandowski but they don't realize that
he's a puppet at the head of an efficient Bayern system. When the team plays well, he plays well. When the team plays poorly, he's incapable of lifting the team.
Put Mandzukic, they win the treble. Put Kane there, win the treble. Put Haaland there Etc.
If you want to know if Lewandowski is consistent or not,
I'll remind people of the fact that Lewandowski in particular failed against the Spanish sides (which includes Atletico) plus also Liverpool between 2015 and 2019. It was actually embarrassing watching him against Van Dijk, Varane etc. He done nothing to help his team. Bayern fans know what I'm talking about. He fluffed many chances, he was weak and incapable of doing anything meaningful in the Champions League, for FOUR straight seasons. He cannot lift a Bayern team that is playing poorly. It's that simple. He also missed easy opportunities in all those games. So he's not a special striker at all.
Bottom line? Lewandowski isn't as special as you think
EDIT: I have a limited number of responses available as per restrictions to my account so I'll wait for as many responses as possible before responding to most/all of you in one go.