Arguably Sabitzer as well?! Shouldn't buy those Bundesliga players, they don't hold up when moving to a better league.Buying Upamecano for €40m might turn out to be a bigger waste of money for Bayern than buying Tolisso for €40m
Arguably Sabitzer as well?! Shouldn't buy those Bundesliga players, they don't hold up when moving to a better league.Buying Upamecano for €40m might turn out to be a bigger waste of money for Bayern than buying Tolisso for €40m
He started out really promising but in the last few months he's been a walking disaster. To be fair to him: Our entire defense is a joke right now, the formation with Kimmich as sole midfielder ahead of what amouns to a shifting 3 at the back is horrible.Buying Upamecano for €40m might turn out to be a bigger waste of money for Bayern than buying Tolisso for €40m
Wasn't his last Leipzig season also very shaky? It's just a rough indicator, but funnily enough his whoscored rating is actually exactly the same as last season. He's obviously very talented and still quite young, but arguably Bayern got what they paid for.He started out really promising but in the last few months he's been a walking disaster. To be fair to him: Our entire defense is a joke right now, the formation with Kimmich as sole midfielder ahead of what amouns to a shifting 3 at the back is horrible.
Don’t really care for Sabitzer. He was less expensive and is on less money. On top he was always only going to be a squad player. He is certainly underwhelming, I agree with you.Arguably Sabitzer as well?! Shouldn't buy those Bundesliga players, they don't hold up when moving to a better league.
Well as I wrote in my other post: I'm not sure Upamecano was significantly better last season. So maybe the plan was to build him up more long term, behind more experienced players like Hernandez and Sülinho.Don’t really care for Sabitzer. He was less expensive and is on less money. On top he was always only going to be a squad player. He is certainly underwhelming, I agree with you.
But Upa was bought as a starter and he is horrible. Bayern is missing Davies and Goretzka badly. A back four with Hernandez and Süle as CB and Kimmich and Goretzka in midfield would offer so much more stability.
Süle isn't great either. His backheel antics were responsible for the first Gladbach goal. And again he was far off his man for the first Bochum goal.Well as I wrote in my other post: I'm not sure Upamecano was significantly better last season. So maybe the plan was to build him up more long term, behind more experienced players like Hernandez and Sülinho.
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Did he? Looking up their appareance stats, it seems Schubert only replaced Nübel for four matches when the latter was available, after which Nübel was back in goal.Tweet
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Have I missed something? Last I heard he wasn't doing well for Monaco either. The lad has played less than 50 Bundesliga matches, conceded 76 goals, lost his starting spot to the current Vitesse keeper and yet reading about him in German media you'd think he's a 20 year old ter Stegen. Reminds me of Thomas Kraft.
Oh yes, that's the magic of Schalke: Schubert, who was signed as a promising talent and designated Nübel heir, did even worse, so they burned him after four games and never gave him another chance. He got lucky Fährmann was shipped out to "checks notes" SK Brann to nuke his value and confidence, otherwise he probably would have finished the season.Did he? Looking up their appareance stats, it seems Schubert only replaced Nübel for four matches when the latter was available, after which Nübel was back in goal.
If I remember correctly that was in the middle or shortly after contract discussions and he seemed to be quite distracted by that trouble? So this wasn't due to anyone actually thinking Schubert would be better quality, just a bad time for Nübel.Did he? Looking up their appareance stats, it seems Schubert only replaced Nübel for four matches when the latter was available, after which Nübel was back in goal.
What you're remembering was a four game red card suspension Nübel had to serve, which was actually a bit convenient as it took him out during the time he finalized/announced his switch to Bayern and Schalke took away the "will you stay if we make you captain?"-armband. The actual drop happened the week before Corona caused the league to take a break and persisted for a couple of games after things resumed, too.If I remember correctly that was in the middle or shortly after contract discussions and he seemed to be quite distracted by that trouble? So this wasn't due to anyone actually thinking Schubert would be better quality, just a bad time for Nübel.
Anyway I don't see why Bayern should want to keep him, seems to be a stupid decision.
Oh I see...What you're remembering was a four game red card suspension Nübel had to serve, which was actually a bit convenient as it took him out during the time he finalized and announced his switch to Bayern. The actual drop happened the week before Corona caused the league to take a break and persisted for a couple of games after things resumed, too.
I swear, every single fecking time, drunk in a taxi chances are I lose a banknote or two slipping out my pants pocket or fumbling them when I pay. It's not Kruse fault he's infinitely richer than me so I sure can't fault him for losing a few dozen grand in a taxi. In fact it kind of endeared him to me.Even the discussions about him as a person are flat out rubbish. He forgot some cash in a taxi and deleted a picture of him taken by a journalist without his consent. Not his fault that the German public is as dull as Löw or Merkel. Great guy.
Some nice results today giving me flashbacks to better times.
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I read some articles about Werner after Kiel's win over Bayern last season and believe he is a very exciting coach. He's more towards the Cruyff spectrum I've heard which is unusual for German coaches. Would like to see him him the Bundesliga.Meanwhile in the 2nd division:
St. Pauli break their winless streak, just in time to barely stay up top.
Bremen continue to show that Markus Anfang's vaccination creativity marked a new beginning for them. Ole Werner has won all seven games since taking over, Ducksch might be the best player in the 2nd division and Füllkrug has hit top form as well. At the moment it's hard to look past them for promotion and Werner's time at Kiel suggests this isn't just purely a purple patch for him either.
Hamburg may only be third, but they have perhaps been the most consistent team of the northern trio over the whole season, with just two losses and the best GD.
Daniel Thioune (of almost promoted with Hamburg fame) achieved a massively important win over Schalke in his first game in charge of Düsseldorf, who started the season with promotion hopes. Schalke on the other hand are yet again in a familiar spot, just one or two bad games away from a meltdown.
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I think that view is a bit outdated, sure, there are more pressing/transition merchants out there, because it's usually easier and more cost efficient to implement. But the ones who make it to the top usually value positional football ideas very highly and even in the second division there's not only Ole Werner, but also Hamburg's Walter, whose team currently averages over 60% possession.I read some articles about Werner after Kiel's win over Bayern last season and believe he is a very exciting coach. He's more towards the Cruyff spectrum I've heard which is unusual for German coaches. Would like to see him him the Bundesliga.
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Why would there be a run on tickets for that game? The two smallest fan bases in Germany. Or is the capacity that much reduced?Tweet
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Next level marketing from Wolfsburg: warning fans not to buy overpriced tickets from dubious sources for their next match against Hoffenheim.
Unprecedented levels of engagement for their Twitter account.
I think that's the point of the tweet.Why would there be a run on tickets for that game? The two smallest fan bases in Germany. Or is the capacity that much reduced?
Only 10.000 fans on Saturday. Wolfsburg sold 19500 season tickets in 2019 - and it is Saturday afternoon.Why would there be a run on tickets for that game? The two smallest fan bases in Germany. Or is the capacity that much reduced?
The pattern is that CBs who put out average performances and decide to leave don't concern us that much. I mean despite our defensive issues it just shows that we aren't worse of without Alaba and Boateng while Süle only continues to show that he still hasn't developed into a reliable enough CB.Alaba and Boateng (Flick's favourite CBs) left for free, now Süle (Nagelsmann's favourite CB) also leaving for free. It has become a weird pattern.
I don't think it's that weird: they had push up their wage ceiling quite a bit to renew Lewandowski and Kimmich lately and when you have to do something like that it always trickles down through the squad. Going to the limit for Lewandowski and Kimmich was probably a no-brainer, but the further down you go the more tricky things get, e.g. suddenly Gnabry and Coman, who I consider good players, but not necessarily world class, start negotiations by asking for something like €20m as well and in the end you have to pay them say €17m, because bottom line it's still cheaper than trying to get new attackers, but then you get to defenders, CBs especially, and while I understand that Alaba or Sülinho wanted fat contracts as well, given that Hernandez is supposedly on €14m and the wingers get €17m, it's much easier for the club to say no here, because unlike attackers you can actually sign a reliable CB for say €30m and €10m p.a., so they are letting their CBs go.Alaba and Boateng (Flick's favourite CBs) left for free, now Süle (Nagelsmann's favourite CB) also leaving for free. It has become a weird pattern.
To be fair he isn't that bad as a pundit (not great either). That said as it is well known that his relationship to Bayern is broken beyond repair no one should be surprised at the reaction.„Great analyst“… „respected person“… he surely can’t be talking about Loddar
Matthäus is with Elber and Pizzaro one of Bayern's ambassadors... His relationship is not broken anymore...To be fair he isn't that bad as a pundit (not great either). That said as it is well known that his relationship to Bayern is broken beyond repair no one should be surprised at the reaction.
Why should Salihamidzic care what a guy says who "would not even get a job as greenkeeper at Bayern" as Hoeneß famously announced?
Oh okay... I totally missed that developmentMatthäus is with Elber and Pizzaro one of Bayern's ambassadors... His relationship is not broken anymore...
Things like this always change. Like the Ex-Werder boss Lemke who is now friends with Hoeneß or Breitner who now again is friends again with Hoeneß and Rummenigge. The only one where this never will be is Thomas Berthold... - but who needs him...Oh okay... I totally missed that development
Dortmund getting trashed will never be not funny and the trolls are there anywaysBayern fans what do you prefer, Dortmund getting thrashed and all the trolls coming out their hole bashing the Bundesliga or Dortmund do well so the Bundesliga maintains a bit of integrity in Europe?
Any fan from any team would be dumb if they want a rival team to do good internationally just so the reputation of the league gets better.Bayern fans what do you prefer, Dortmund getting thrashed and all the trolls coming out their hole bashing the Bundesliga or Dortmund do well so the Bundesliga maintains a bit of integrity in Europe?
You're laughing now, but next year it will be your beloved Sülinho who is suffering.Dortmund getting trashed will never be not funny and the trolls are there anyways