Re: The Bundesliga Thread

by Helmer Sun Mar 09, 2014 3:23 pm

Aaron Hunt :bow:

by rwo power Sun Mar 09, 2014 3:57 pm

HEIL MEIN REDS wrote:Aaron Hunt

I guess he knew that a penalty would have been useless, given the recent PK record in the Bundesliga Very Happy

by Helmer Sun Mar 09, 2014 4:01 pm

never the less, such a great gesture by the player :bow:

, I saw the highlights and the referee did good imo by not booking player hmm

and his interview was also class Proud

by rwo power Sun Mar 09, 2014 4:35 pm

Yeah, sure. As the commentator said - first candidate für this season's fairness prize :bow:

by M99 Mon Mar 10, 2014 2:46 pm

Bundesliga wheel showing anyone can beat anyone in the Bundesliga, except Bayern Munich of course.

(Credits to reddit user /u/mattzaliar)

https://fbcdn-sphotos-f-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-frc3/t31/q71/s720x720/10005845_293250104160481_361907385_o.jpg

by rwo power Mon Mar 10, 2014 2:53 pm

Cool graphic!

BTW.... Squeeeeee!!!!!!! Yann Sommer will play in the Bundesliga from next season on! bounce

by Forza Mon Mar 10, 2014 3:14 pm

BMG is sort of a downgrade for him though, no?

by ProXima Mon Mar 10, 2014 3:27 pm

FCB > BMG
SL << BL

by VivaStPauli Mon Mar 10, 2014 6:15 pm

Forza wrote:BMG is sort of a downgrade for him though, no?

They got a decent spine for their team, they just had bad luck when they dumped more than a few bucks on de Bruyne and Xhaka. Neither of those names seems right to me, but I'm too lazy to look anything up now.

by Hapless_Hans Mon Mar 10, 2014 6:55 pm

de Jong, but they sold him since

by rwo power Mon Mar 10, 2014 8:50 pm

Forza wrote:BMG is sort of a downgrade for him though, no?

Well, playing regularly against the likes of Bayern, Dortmund, Schalke etc is quite a step up to St.Gallen, Aarau or Sion...

by Helmer Tue Mar 11, 2014 4:05 am

Pep wrote:"The Champions League is a huge game for us, it is not like a day-to-day game in the Bundesliga.

seriously

they will be untouchables forever in terms of league position in few coming years

by S Tue Mar 11, 2014 12:38 pm

http://www.goal.com/en/news/1717/editorial/2014/03/11/4674087/in-numbers-119-goals-49-games-unbeaten-bayern-munichs-incredible-?ICID=HP_FT_1

F*cking crazy stats there !

by Helmer Tue Mar 11, 2014 12:44 pm

61 – The goal difference of the Bavarian side is greater than the number of goals any other team in the Bundesliga has even scored.

by rwo power Tue Mar 11, 2014 1:14 pm

HEIL MEIN REDS wrote:
61 – The goal difference of the Bavarian side is greater than the number of goals any other team in the Bundesliga has even scored.

Well, as they only got 11 goals against so far, this isn't so extraordinary IMO.

by Helmer Tue Mar 11, 2014 1:17 pm

rwo power wrote:
HEIL MEIN REDS wrote:
61 – The goal difference of the Bavarian side is greater than the number of goals any other team in the Bundesliga has even scored.

Well, as they only got 11 goals against so far, this isn't so extraordinary IMO.

well that itself is extraordinary, the right balance between the goals conceded and goals scored

by rwo power Tue Mar 11, 2014 1:26 pm

Bayern do have the best GK in the world atm - and last season, they had a record in fewest goals conceded, too.

by M99 Tue Mar 11, 2014 5:49 pm

Bayern Munich needed so few saves that they wouldn't have lost any of the last 6 Bundesliga games even without a keeper.

(via Opta)

by free_cat Thu Mar 13, 2014 11:22 am

M99 wrote:Bayern Munich needed so few saves that they wouldn't have lost any of the last 6 Bundesliga games even without a keeper.

(via Opta)

That's amazing.

I also agree with Rwo that Neuer is the best GK in the world, with Valdes and Cech very close.
It's incredible Neuer's catching ability. He doesn't just save, he catches balls.

by Helmer Thu Mar 13, 2014 11:26 am

The amazing Thing about Neuer is not only the abilities, skills he has but he almost everytime makes perfect and right decisions

by sportsczy Thu Mar 13, 2014 11:44 am

Valdes lol

by free_cat Thu Mar 13, 2014 11:51 am

sportsczy wrote:Valdes lol

Watch Valdes become the best paid GK in the world next season by those who are professionally involved in football and in most of the cases know more than you and me about the sport.

by sportsczy Thu Mar 13, 2014 12:20 pm

I'm not saying that Valdes is not a good keeper this year... he's been very good. But he's not at the level of the truly elite keepers in the world. He's like Diego Lopez to me: Makes the most out of what he has, but has clear weaknesses. An elite keeper cannot have a clear weakness imo.

by free_cat Thu Mar 13, 2014 12:44 pm

sportsczy wrote:I'm not saying that Valdes is not a good keeper this year... he's been very good. But he's not at the level of the truly elite keepers in the world. He's like Diego Lopez to me: Makes the most out of what he has, but has clear weaknesses. An elite keeper cannot have a clear weakness imo.

Like "the best GK ever" Casillas unability to catch any cross?

by sportsczy Thu Mar 13, 2014 1:15 pm

Iker was out of this world in everything other than that... besides, it's not a clear weakness. It's just a weaker part of his game compared to the rest and he was prone to making mistakes there as a result. Valdes has several weak parts to his game. Namely:
- Poor against free kicks.
- Bad at defending corners. I actually feel that Iker is much better lol.
- Positionally inconsistent. He loses sight of where he is often so the angles are poor.

That said, he's been very good this year and has tried to solve these issues he's had forever. I think it's because this is a contract year for him and he wants to do his best... But he's still nowhere near elite for me.

by rwo power Fri Mar 14, 2014 9:11 pm

For some reason the pitch in Augsburg appears as if it is not only watered, but thoroughly soaped as well. I have seldomly seen as many players slipping without proper reason...

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