Re: The Bundesliga Thread

by footyfan01 Thu Dec 22, 2016 6:33 am

Ref was gonna give the Yellow, Linesman said Red. Forsberg made a studs up challenge from behind in full force. Really bad tackle!

Bayern are already 2-0 up & were dismantling RB. Hope we end up winning 5-0 or something of that sort to teach these pretenders a lesson!

by urbaNRoots Thu Dec 22, 2016 6:44 am

footyfan01 wrote:Dortmund are a fantastic team, they are 1 CM away from being CHL contenders. They missed Ralph G., an absolute elite LB & Sokratis one of the best CB's in the world today.

They have top players in every positions. Dembele is the biggest winger prospect in world football today (amazing player) & Pulisic is amazing too, as is Weigl. Reus & Auba are WC. Not scrubs like Iwobi as prospects.

They only failed in not getting a Gundogan replacement (Rode is a dud) & Bartra who is on very high wages. But if Sven Bender comes & peaks then Bender-Sokratis will be a decent CB duo.

I don't see a lot of room for improvement apart from 1 top CM & they will push for the CHL

lol be serious dude. They are very far from being the second best team in the Bundesliga let alone CL contenders. They need a whole new defence, and another CM. They need a better backup striker than Ramos. They need to loan out Pulisic/Mor and sign actual performers who can perform when Reus is inevitably out. They need a better manager than Tuchel, someone who knows how to set up a normal defence.

by RealGunner Thu Dec 22, 2016 6:45 am

Bayern 3-0

What a letdown of a match

League is finished

by Katy Perry Thu Dec 22, 2016 6:49 am

Bayern bodying their closest title contenders since 2012 like it's Hamburg. Won't get excited for a potential new winner of the BL for at least 15 years

by footyfan01 Thu Dec 22, 2016 6:52 am

urbaNRoots wrote:
footyfan01 wrote:Dortmund are a fantastic team, they are 1 CM away from being CHL contenders. They missed Ralph G., an absolute elite LB & Sokratis one of the best CB's in the world today.

They have top players in every positions. Dembele is the biggest winger prospect in world football today (amazing player) & Pulisic is amazing too, as is Weigl. Reus & Auba are WC. Not scrubs like Iwobi as prospects.

They only failed in not getting a Gundogan replacement (Rode is a dud) & Bartra who is on very high wages. But if Sven Bender comes & peaks then Bender-Sokratis will be a decent CB duo.

I don't see a lot of room for improvement apart from 1 top CM & they will push for the CHL

lol be serious dude. They are very far from being the second best team in the Bundesliga let alone CL contenders. They need a whole new defence, and another CM. They need a better backup striker than Ramos. They need to loan out Pulisic/Mor and sign actual performers who can perform when Reus is inevitably out. They need a better manager than Tuchel, someone who knows how to set up a normal defence.

Defense -
LB - Ralph G. is my favorite LB in world football today (excluding Alaba) - Guy is so good he can play CAM & CM like a boss. Schmelzer is a decent LB who is fantastic in attack, average defensively. Durm is also average

RB - Pizzacheck was always a top RB & is still decent. Pallasack who played RB this season is also absolutely fantastic (he is great) - Another top guy.

CB - Sokratis is one of the best CB's in the world (way better than Mustafi type) - I rate him higher than Boateng. Then they have Sven Bender & Ginter (top prospect) for the 2nd CB pairing which is decent (excluding batra & merino who played the last game).

Pulisic is a better prospect is a potential WC player. Mor is also a legit talent - Both are Better than the scrub Iwobi who starts for Arsenal. They don't need a back-up ST to Auba. They can play Schurrle or Reus or Goetze there. Schurrle is barely getting games & they can easily slot in Pulisic or Kagawa at CAM.

This team topped their CHL group with Real Madrid (& with kids & not even a full squad). They will be competing for the CHL with 1 top CM if Sven Bender returns from injury to his best @ CB (or else they have to buy maybe another CB too).

And the reason Dortmund are too low in BL is because they lost Hummels, Micky & Gundogan & got young kids in return who need time to manage both BL & CHL every 3 days.

Dortmund are not only the 2nd best team in BL - They will be winning the BL next season unless Bayern manage to improve - Their team is tremendous & they have some of the best young talents in world football today.

by urbaNRoots Thu Dec 22, 2016 6:55 am

Because of all those world class players Dorrmund are sitting 6th in a 1 horse race for the 2nd place lmao.

by footyfan01 Thu Dec 22, 2016 7:02 am

urbaNRoots wrote:Because of all those world class players Dorrmund are sitting 6th in a 1 horse race for the 2nd place lmao.

Dortmund topped their CHL Group ahead of Madrid. Dortmund are 4th now & the difference is 2 points between 3rd & 4th. Dortmund beat Bayern 1-0 in our head to head match.

Also Dortmund are now 9 points behind Bayern.
Arsenal are also 9 points behind Chelsea in the same 4th position.

Dortmund had 7-8 players injured this season & they bought 8 new players this summer.

by rincon Thu Dec 22, 2016 7:02 am

Dortmund isn't winning anything with how much they concede. They need to at least come second in the league before any other big talk.

by footyfan01 Thu Dec 22, 2016 7:05 am

rincon wrote:Dortmund isn't winning anything with how much they concede. They need to at least come second in the league before any other big talk.

Dortmund have their entire Defense injured - Bender, Sokratis, Ralph & Pizza & their GK Burki.

Their 2nd team defense did pretty well IMO. And they topped their CHL group behind Madrid.

by urbaNRoots Thu Dec 22, 2016 7:09 am

Because they did so well with them?

Bürki, Bender, Piszczek all average players, Guerrero is a CM in this team. Schmelzer is the LB who is also average.

by Tomwin Lannister Thu Dec 22, 2016 7:29 am

urbaNRoots wrote:Because of all those world class players Dorrmund are sitting 6th in a 1 horse race for the 2nd place lmao.

That guy's like the BuLi equivalent of Breva AKA Inter are the best squad in Serie A.

Dortmund are doing well in the CL sure, cup specialists who can rise to the big occasion but have no consistency. Not impressed.

by footyfan01 Thu Dec 22, 2016 7:39 am

urbaNRoots wrote:Because they did so well with them?

Bürki, Bender, Piszczek all average players, Guerrero is a CM in this team. Schmelzer is the LB who is also average.

Yes they did because these are really good players - Prime Piszczek is better than most RB's in the world today - I would take a prime Pizza over Carvajal, Valencia, Zabaleta, Clyne etc anyday. He is a top 5 RB. (any1 except Bellerin types)

Guerrero played CM & CAM & even LW, because they have no-one to play there with injuries & because Rode is a scrub. He is a top LB.

Bender is a very good player - Sven Bender was one of the pure best DM's defensively when he was younger & he was pretty good last season @ CB. He was injured this season.

Burki has had some fine saves - He is a decent GK - Not Neuer level but not bad either

Tomwin Lannister wrote:
urbaNRoots wrote:Because of all those world class players Dorrmund are sitting 6th in a 1 horse race for the 2nd place lmao.

That guy's like the BuLi equivalent of Breva AKA Inter are the best squad in Serie A.

Dortmund are doing well in the CL sure, cup specialists who can rise to the big occasion but have no consistency. Not impressed.

Please qualify for the CHL first. Dortmund topped a CHL group with Madrid in it. Madrid who are 11 times winners & the current CHL winner - Any they did it with 7-8 injuries by bringing 8 new young players !

by Tomwin Lannister Thu Dec 22, 2016 9:07 am

I'm actually a Juve fan but OK will do.

by BarcaLearning Fri Dec 23, 2016 12:27 am

Loool Bayern raped RB, not at all surprised.

by footyfan01 Sat Dec 31, 2016 2:56 am

The Flying Dutchman

Arjen Robben scored 6 goals and made 6 assists in 14 games so far this season

Arjen Robben: "I've been able to play well at a very high level again so I'm satisfied."

Robben: "It's not certain that you can play at your old level straightaway when you come back, It's hard work"

by Hapless_Hans Sat Dec 31, 2016 5:18 am

footyfan01 wrote:The Flying Dutchman

Arjen Robben scored 6 goals and made 6 assists in 14 games so far this season

Arjen Robben: "I've been able to play well at a very high level again so I'm satisfied."

Robben: "It's not certain that you can play at your old level straightaway when you come back, It's hard work"

Absolute legend.

by Katy Perry Sat Dec 31, 2016 6:19 am

21 days until next Bundes game Sleep

FFS, thank heavens Cassano never played in the Bundes. Guy has a habit of getting 20 lbs fatter for every week of holidays.

by footyfan01 Sat Dec 31, 2016 7:32 am

Bild | Serge Gnabry has a release clause of €8m in his contract. Bayern interested in the player but no offers yet

Ancelotti: "In the training camp in Qatar we'll prepare for the end of the season as best we can"

Ancelotti: "Bayern feels like a return home, to Milan. The club is like a family, in all areas"

Carlo Ancelotti: "If we had already been at our best during the first half of the season, we would have regretted that in spring"

Ancelotti: "But do you know what impressed me most? It was the fans - they really love this club"

Bayern could make a bid to sign Lazio's Dutch defender Stefan de Vrij (24) in January [Il Tempo] If Sule doesn't work out???

Bayern are interested in Borussia Dortmund youngster Christian Pulisic (18), according to The Sun

by Hapless_Hans Sat Dec 31, 2016 7:49 am

The Pulisic Sun stuff is of course pure BS.

Would take him of course. Pretty good talent and would boost our support in the US invaluably.

by elfmeter Sat Dec 31, 2016 7:56 am

Stop raping the talented players from the other teams already!

I cant recall, but I hope Sule and Rudy are not winter transfers.

by Hapless_Hans Sat Dec 31, 2016 8:08 am

Nope. Next summer. We'll continue raping and pillaging as long as we can.

by footyfan01 Mon Jan 02, 2017 4:35 pm

Arturo Vidal: "I'm very happy and satisfied with what I've done since I joined Bayern, although a few things are still missing"

Vidal: "I would like to win the Champions League. It's been a dream of mine ever since I started to like footbal"

Vidal: "This team has to win everything and that's why we've got the players we've got. I think 2017 will be our year"

Vidal: "Retire at Bayern? Yes it's possible. I feel good here and I'm happy. it's difficult to say that I want to finish my career elsewhere

Vidal: "I feel as if I'm at home. My family is doing well and my kids are better than ever"

Vidal: "When you're happy with a team, like I am at Bayern, then you want to stay there a long time"

by Hapless_Hans Mon Jan 02, 2017 9:11 pm

Best midfielder in the world.

by footyfan01 Tue Jan 03, 2017 9:38 pm

Bild | Davide Ancelotti will be upgraded to replace Paul Clement as Carlo Ancelotti's first assistant manager

Strongly disagree with Bayern letting Carlo appoint his 27 year old son. What has he done to deserve this?

by Hapless_Hans Wed Jan 04, 2017 2:27 am

Yeah I don't know. I think it's a bit weak, too. Then again, Davide is already an assistant, so it's not like he's being newly recruited.

Also, Clement will come back before the end of the season anyway.

Swansea Laughing

Edit: I see that tz are saying actually the Tiger will become first assistant, with Davide Ancelotti taking place on the bench from now on. Nothing surprising there.

by footyfan01 Wed Jan 04, 2017 8:19 pm

Philipp Lahm confirms that he plans to end his career when his Bayern contract expires in summer 2018

Badstuber's agent says that they have agreed with Bayern over a loan deal for the player this month, still looking for a club

Bild | Bayern will loan Badstuber out this month - Interested clubs: Hamburg, Stuttgart, Man City - Will get a new contract if he impresses

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