Borussia Mönchengladbach

Phritz wrote:You forgot the most important match

Fixed

New Players for Season 2012/13:

Granit Xhaka - from FC Basel for 8 500 000 €
Peniel Mlapa - from 1899 Hoffenheim for 2 500 000 €
Branimir Hrgota - from Jönköping for 200 000 €
Álvaro Domínguez - from Atlético Madrid for 8 000 000 €
Luuk de Jong - from FC Twente Enschede for 15 000 000 €


Players that left BMG in Summer 2012:

Marco Reus - to Borussia Dortmund for 17 100 000 €
Roman Neustädter - to Schalke 04 on a free transfer
Dante - to Bayern München for 4 700 000 €
Logan Bailly - to OH Leuven on a free transfer
Tobias Levels - to Fortuna Düsseldor for 250 000 €

Mathew Leckie loaned to FSV Frankfurt for 50 000 €
Elias Kachunga loaned to Hertha BSC for 100 000 €

Pictures of the Squad of Season 2011/12

Spoiler:

(Pictures courtesy of Robbery - I took them out of the 2nd post pertaining to the squad as that will only have the current players for 2012/13.)

Farve will be on the cover of FIFA manger 13

BTW, grats to Marc-André ter Stegen for his second call-up to the German NT. I hope to see him play at least one half tomorrow.

hows BMG looking for the start of the new season? the first games gonnna be a big one!

They started with a mightily embarassing 1-3 home loss to Dynamo Kiev in the UCL qualifiers.

Well, the really frustrating thing is that it could have been 3:1, too. Somehow it felt like a déjà vu from Borussia Dortmund's CL group matches. They were mostly playing better, but got overrun by their more experienced opponents. (BTW, and the Basel match was almost exactly the same - Basel had 66% possession and looked more dangerous, but they got overrun via just 4 lightning fast counters. They were just lucky it ended 1:2 and not 1:3 like BMG's match as Yann Sommer made a fantastic save in the 95th minute.)

Such a pity - BMG won 2:1 in Kiev, but it wasn't enough after KIev's 3:1 in the first leg. But then, BMG is happy to play in the EL too, as they haven't had any European matches for 16 years now.

As Borussia Mönchengladbach crashed out in the last CL qualifier, they went straight into the EL group stage where they were drawn into the following group:

Group C:
Olympique Marseille (FRA)
Fenerbahce Istanbul (TUR)
Borussia Mönchengladbach
AEL Limassol (CYP)

Fixtures:
Th 20 Sep 2012, 19:00: AEL Limassol (CYP) vs Borussia M'gladbach
Th 04 Oct 2012, 21:05: Borussia M'gladbach vs Fenerbahce Istanbul (TUR)
Th 25 Oct 2012. 21:05: Borussia M'gladbach vs Olympique Marseille (FRA)
Th 08 Nov 2012, 19:00: Olympique Marseille (FRA) vs Borussia M'gladbach
Th 22 Nov 2012, 21:05: Borussia M'gladbach vs AEL Limassol (CYP)
Th 06 Dec 2012, 19:00: Fenerbahce Istanbul (TUR) vs Borussia M'gladbach

arangos freekicks

Again very bad game... Gladbach in this season somehow collect points, but it doesn't looks good. I anticipated lose vs. Stuttgart, but I can't understand how they make such errors. 1-0 festival of mistakes (at first - Stark, then MAtS and misfortune of Dominguez), 2-0 - terrible behavior of Jantschke. 2 free goals for VfB, tragedy. Borussia doesn't have idea for game, maybe in next season Max Kruse will make a difference.

I hope to keep the EL qual place to the end.

Well, BMG should start winning some matches again. The rest of the season are

Augsburg (H)
Wolfsburg (A)
Schalke (H)
Mainz (A)
Bayern (H)

Of these particularly Augsburg, Schalke and Bayern will be very difficult.

ProXima wrote:Again very bad game... Gladbach in this season somehow collect points, but it doesn't looks good. I anticipated lose vs. Stuttgart, but I can't understand how they make such errors. 1-0 festival of mistakes (at first - Stark, then MAtS and misfortune of Dominguez), 2-0 - terrible behavior of Jantschke. 2 free goals for VfB, tragedy. Borussia doesn't have idea for game, maybe in next season Max Kruse will make a difference.

I hope to keep the EL qual place to the end.

I definately agree with what you've said .This season has been slightly tough for us. We just haven't been the same this season but we can understand when we lost 3 key players last summer who were the backbone of our system ( Reus, Dante Neustadter) . We just haven't been as fluid in attack as we were with Reus/Hanke - Arango - Herrmann either.

I'm very excited about next season and I am looking forward to it so much just because of the Kruse signing. I've watched him enough to know that it is a good signing and he is a good player. I can't believe Freiburg only bought him for € 500 000 , a true bargain for such a player if you ask me.

This signing will bring us more dynamite and versatility in our attacking options for sure because he's capable of playing numerous positions ! It will be a joy seeing him linkup with the likes of De Jong and Herrmann for sure. What I like about this player is that he suits our system in my opinion, he is a counter attacking threat, he's not afraid to play the ball off the ground and he loves to do layoffs. He will surely reinject our attack since he's a creative force as well as a fairly clinical force so we will get more goals as well since we often lacked them this season . However I do not like his work ethic , I feel he does not contribute enough defensively.

This guy has been indirectly responsible for about half or more of Freiburg's goals this season . Truly been there best performer this season by far. I saw somewhere the other day that he's on a list for the top 10 amount of chances created in Europe by a player . ( I saw on one of the statistics sites I go to that he's created 77 chances ) I even remember just last month how he destroyed us with his 2 goals against us.

Just hope he can help us improve and be one of our better recent signings because to be fair De Jong and Xhaka haven't worked out that well . ProXima what are you thoughts about our midfield duo? Before we sign anymore players I'd like them to be defensive signings since I've not been too impressed with us defensively.

MaestroFavre wrote:( I saw on one of the statistics sites I go to that he's created 77 chances )

Seriously? Woooooow.

MaestroFavre wrote: ProXima what are you thoughts about our midfield duo? Before we sign anymore players I'd like them to be defensive signings since I've not been too impressed with us defensively.

I think that central midfield is ours weakest point. It is true that Nordtveit fulfilling expectations, but Marx is closer to the level of Greuther Furth than BMG. It's too bad that Xhaka (8,5 mio euro ) doesn't show anything interesting expect loses balls. More proposals for CM we don't have.

Therefore I hope we will strengthen this position a experienced DM. We need to look for new CB. Unfortunately, I have a feeling that time of Arango slowly coming to an end.

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Therefore I hope we will strengthen this position a experienced DM. We need to look for new CB. Unfortunately, I have a feeling that time of Arango slowly coming to an end.[quote]

Proxima did you hear or see the interview with Sporting Director, Max Ebert on May 30th??

If not here it is : http://www.borussia.de/english/season/news/borussia-news/news-detailansicht.html?tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=8096&cHash=81a58bf328f534eb76992068939fe2ce

He seems content with the end of the season standings if you ask me and slightly acknowledged our failings in Europe as well as addressed this transition season for us.

He also talked about the signings we made too ( Kruse and Kramer (only on loan ) . I guess you got what you wanted ; A defensive Midfielder in Kramer but he's not too experienced and especially not experienced in the Bundesliga so I don't know how he'll do .

In the interview he also says, when he's been asked to desrcibe the 2 signings : '' We’re still looking for one or two attacking players to give us even more pace, creativity and a greater threat in front of goal. ''


I don't mind it too much but there are other areas of the field I'd like to see reinforced more than the attacking part even though I felt we were a bit low on goals this season.Overall, we were 10th in goals scored and 8th in the least number of goals scored and ultimately we had a negative goal difference. Seems like we need reinforcements in all areas of the pitch.

It seems that Raffael will further strengthen the offensive. If Brasilian actually comes to team, then offensive would look like this:

------------de Jong------------
Kruse-------Raffael----Herrmann

At least I think so.
I think that Borussia should buy left/right back (opponent for Jantschke and Wendt) and young center back (future first-team player).

Kit's for next season:



Away & 3rd trikot - ok.
Home -

Dominguez   

Shooting at each other from 10meters no worse too.  

Squad 2012/13

The Goalkeepers:

#1 - Marc-André ter Stegen (20) (GK)
#21 - Janis Blaswich (21) (GK)
#33 - Christofer Heimeroth (30) (GK)


The Defenders:

#4 - Roel Brouwers (30) (CB)
#15 - Álvaro Domínguez (23) (CB)
#28 - Anderson (24) (CB)
#37 - Niklas Dams (22) (CB)
#39 - Martin Stranzl (32) (CB)
#3 - Filip Daems (33) (LB)
#17 - Oscar Wendt (26) (LB)
#2 - Matthias Zimmermann (20) (RB)
#24 - Tony Jantschke (22) (RB)


The Midfielders:

#5 - Alexander Ring (21) (DM)
#14 - Thorben Marx (31) (DM)
#16 - Havard Nordtveit (22) (DM)
#27 - Julian Korb (20) (DM)
#6 - Tolga Cigerci (20) (CM)
#34 - Granit Xhaka (19) (CM)
#7 - Patrick Herrmann (21) (RM)
#25 - Amin Younes (18) (RM)
#18 - Juan Arango (32) (LM)
#8 - Lukas Rupp (21) (AM)
#23 - Yuki Otsu (22) (AM)


The Attackers:

#31 - Branimir Hrgota (19) (RW)
#9 - Luuk de Jong (21) (CF)
#10 - Igor de Camargo (29) (CF)
#19 - Mike Hanke (28) (CF)
#22 - Peniel Mlapa (21) (CF)

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Borussia Mönchengladbach - Season 2012/13

Bundesliga:

Sa 25 Aug 2012: Borussia M'gladbach 2:1 1899 Hoffenheim
Sa 1 Sep 2012: Fortuna Düsseldorf 0:0 Borussia M'gladbach
Sa 15 Sep 2012: Borussia M'gladbach 2:3 1.FC Nürnberg
Su 23 Sep 2012: Bayer Leverkusen 1:1 Borussia M'gladbach
We 26 Sep 2012: Borussia M'gladbach 2:2 HSV
Sa 28 Sep 2012: Borussia Dortmund 5:0 Borussia M'gladbach
Su 7 Oct 2012: Borussia M'gladbach 2:0 Eintracht Frankfurt
Sa 20 Oct 2012: Werder Bremen 4:0 Borussia M'gladbach
Su 28 Oct 2012: Hannover 96 2:3 Borussia M'gladbach
Sa 03 Nov 2012: Borussia M'gladbach 1:1 SC Freiburg
Su 11 Nov 2012: SpVgg Greuther Fürth 2:4 Borussia M'gladbach
Sa 17 Nov 2012: Borussia M'gladbach 1:2 VfB Stuttgart
Su 25 Nov 2012: FC Augsburg 1:1 Borussia M'gladbach
We 28 Nov 2012: Borussia M'gladbach 2:0 VfL Wolfsburg
Sa 01 Dec 2012: FC Schalke 04 1:1 Borussia M'gladbach
Su 09 Dec 2012: Borussia M'gladbach 2:0 1. FSV Mainz 05
Fr 14 Dec 2012: Bayern München 1:1 Borussia M'gladbach
Winterbreak
Sa 19 Jan 2013: 1899 Hoffenheim 0:0 Borussia M'gladbach
Sa 26 Jan 2013: Borussia M'gladbach 2:1 Fortuna Düsseldorf
Su 03 Feb 2013: 1.FC Nürnberg 2:1 Borussia M'gladbach
Sa 09 Feb 2013: Borussia M'gladbach 3:3 Bayer Leverkusen
Su 16 Feb 2013: Hamburger SV 1:0 Borussia M'gladbach
Su 24 Feb 2013: Borussia M'gladbach 1:1 Borussia Dortmund
Fr 01 Mar 2013: Eintracht Frankfurt 0:1 Borussia M'gladbach
Sa 09 Mar 2013: Borussia M'gladbach 1:1 Werder Bremen
Su 17 Mar 2013: Borussia M'gladbach 1:0 Hannover 96
Sa 30 Mar 2013: SC Freiburg 2:0 Borussia M'gladbach
Sa 06 Apr 2013: Borussia M'gladbach 1:0 SpVgg Greuther Fürth
Su 14 Apr 2013: VfB Stuttgart 2:0 Borussia M'gladbach
Fr 19 Apr 2013: Borussia M'gladbach 1:0 FC Augsburg
Sa 27 Apr 2013: VfL Wolfsburg 3:1 Borussia M'gladbach
Fr 03 May 2013: Borussia M'gladbach 0:1 FC Schalke 04
Sa 11 May 2013: 1. FSV Mainz 05 2:4 Borussia M'gladbach
Sa 18 May 2013: Borussia M'gladbach 3:4 Bayern München


DFB-Pokal:

Sa 18 Aug 2012: Alemannia Aachen 0:2 Borussia M'gladbach (1. Round)
We 31 Oct 2012: Fortuna Düsseldorf 1:0 Borussia M'gladbach AET (2. Round)


Champions League Qualification:

Play-off round:
Tu 21 August 2012: Borussia M'gladbach 1:3 Dynamo Kiev
We 29 August 2012: Dynamo Kiev 1:2 Borussia M'gladbach


Europe League Group Stage:

Th 20 Sep 2012: AEL Limassol (CYP) 0:0 Borussia M'gladbach
Th 04 Oct 2012: Borussia M'gladbach 2:4 Fenerbahce Istanbul (TUR)
Th 25 Oct 2012: Borussia M'gladbach 2:0 Olympique Marseille (FRA)
Th 08 Nov 2012: Olympique Marseille (FRA) 2:2 Borussia M'gladbach
Th 22 Nov 2012: Borussia M'gladbach 2:0 AEL Limassol (CYP)
Th 06 Dec 2012: Fenerbahce Istanbul (TUR) 0:3 Borussia M'gladbach

Th 14 Feb 2013: Borussia M'gladbach 3:3 Lazio Rom
Th 21 Feb 2013: Lazio Rom 2:0 Borussia M'gladbach

I feel this month is very tough for us.  

Slomka's Hannover are good and can prove to be a tricky home game for us.

Leverkusen will be an even more difficult game away from home and I don't really need to highlight our struggles from Borussia Park.

Werder Bremen are our best bet for a win in August since I really don't think they've done anything really noteworthy in the market right now and they have a new manager and I do not rate Dutt very highly .

At the end of August I predict us to have these stats :
W D L
1 1 2

Lately Hannover is not a difficult opponent for Borussia, so I'm calm.

Bayer is a great team, but win with them isn't impossible.

Werder is very weak. Win with them is a must, the more that we will play in a Borussia-Park.

Kruse scores! 1-0

Are we playing 3 at the back?  

According to kicker.de, the back *four* is Jantschke, Stranzl, Dominguez and Daems.

rwo power wrote:According to kicker.de, the back *four* is Jantschke, Stranzl, Dominguez and Daems.

Thanks! I only caught the game 10 minutes before the goal was scored and I didn't check the lineups and the fullbacks really look advanced so I was wondering but I did realize eventually.

I really like the football we are playing though, quite fluid and direct ( As usual ); the link-up play is quite delightful.

However, our passing could be much better in midfield I find, and I don't particularly like the positioning of the midfield either and i think the midfield pressing could improve; the likes of Bittencourt are finding lots of space in between the lines and if a simple through ball played we could be exposed. It is also quite easy for Hannover to simply just play a long ball over our defense.

Besides that, I'm really loving Raffael's performance so far.

HT - Just a few minor adjustments we need to make and we should have 3 points today!

Has Borussia got option of first refusal Kramer?