How will Ancelotti integrate James into the Bayern lineup?

Suggestions, please.

I'm at a loss.

I'm not sure really.
Tolisso played his best football as an advanced midfielder, why sign both he and James?

We will whoop your ass again either way

---------------Lewa
--James-------------------Robben
-------Tolisso--Thiago--Vidal
---------------Kimmich
-----Alaba--Hummels--Boateng

------------Lewa-------
Ribery-------hames----muller
------Thiago-----vidal--------

Onyx wrote:

---------------Lewa
--James-------------------Robben
-------Tolisso--Thiago--Vidal
---------------Kimmich
-----Alaba--Hummels--Boateng

I hope to the Living God that Bayern plays this exact formation against us when we meet up again. Literally one long ball would cause so much issues.

baffling signing

inb4 Tolisso is benched all season like Sanches was

Doc wrote:

Onyx wrote:

---------------Lewa
--James-------------------Robben
-------Tolisso--Thiago--Vidal
---------------Kimmich
-----Alaba--Hummels--Boateng

I hope to the Living God that Bayern plays this exact formation against us when we meet up again. Literally one long ball would cause so much issues.

Nice to see Madrid have embraced their Sam Allardici heritage.

I think it will be

Great Leader Sprucenuce wrote:

Doc wrote:

Onyx wrote:

---------------Lewa
--James-------------------Robben
-------Tolisso--Thiago--Vidal
---------------Kimmich
-----Alaba--Hummels--Boateng

I hope to the Living God that Bayern plays this exact formation against us when we meet up again. Literally one long ball would cause so much issues.

Nice to see Madrid have embraced their Sam Allardici heritage.

Due to the unfair practices of how we hire managers, Sam never got his chance at glory. Fortunately, his teachings live on.

He's going to have to play as the AM but still James and Thiago in the midfield without a pure DM is asking for trouble. Both can't defend, are slow and lose the ball easily. I have a feeling Carlo will go with his tried and trusted 433, with James and Vidal on either side of a DLP. Either way let him be Bayern's problem now

Florentino apologizing to Bayern for that robbery in CL with this deal.

Zero downsides fot Bayern. Discuss

halamadrid2 wrote:He's going to have to play as the AM but still James and Thiago in the midfield without a pure DM is asking for trouble. Both can't defend, are slow and lose the ball easily. I have a feeling Carlo will go with his tried and trusted 433, with James and Vidal on either side of a DLP. Either way let him be Bayern's problem now

Thiago has like the best defensive stats and stuff of any central midfielder in Europe or so
Also he's got a pass accuracy of about 90% and rarely loses a ball.

You need to go stand in the corner because you do not know what you are talking about

So essentially he is half correct so Hala just gets to stand up by his desk, think on his half correct answer.

Hapless_Hans wrote:

halamadrid2 wrote:He's going to have to play as the AM but still James and Thiago in the midfield without a pure DM is asking for trouble. Both can't defend, are slow and lose the ball easily. I have a feeling Carlo will go with his tried and trusted 433, with James and Vidal on either side of a DLP. Either way let him be Bayern's problem now

Thiago has like the best defensive stats and stuff of any central midfielder in Europe or so
Also he's got a pass accuracy of about 90% and rarely loses a ball.

You need to go stand in the corner because you do not know what you are talking about

So too does Veratti, but he too is slow, can't defend and loses the ball in his own half easily. Doesn't mean he is a bad player. Just can't be trusted that's all. You'll understand my point when Carlo sticks James and Thiago in the same midfield and you start leaking goals left, right and center

James will be a success, he'll be given a proper chance now.

He could reprise his 4-3-2-1 formation and use Robben and James as AMs behind Lewa

What a great transfer.... Bayern

Douglas Costa leaving for Juve should make room for this

---------------------------Neuer---------------------
--Kimmich---Hummels-------Boateng--------Alaba
--------------------Vidal----------Thiago-----------
---Robben--------------Mueller------------Ribery----
-------------------------Lewandowski---------

Bench: James

^^There... right there

James walks into Bayern team, let's be honest, immediately the best n10 in the team

Are Bayern really going to rely on Robbery again next season? We're not in 2013 anymore.

Surely Coman, Muller and James are going to play more? Ribery is 34 and injury prone while Robben is 33 and injury prone.

With Wingers (More of an inside Forward/Wide Attacking Mid-fielder with Alaba giving width) -

James Lewa Robben
Vidal Thiago Tolisso
Defense

Or in a changed formation -

4-2-3-1

Lewa(Muller)
Ribery/Coman James(Muller) Robben
Thiago Vidal (Tolisso)

Or in a 4-3-1-2

Lewa (Muller) Robben
James
Thiago Tolisso Vidal

If we switch to a 4-3-1-2, then Ribery is done (in what is likely his last season). He just doesn't have the goal-scoring threat & tactical flexibility to adapt to a non-wing position.

Robben will definitely start, he is as good as he has ever been if not better. And he will be amazing in a 2 ST position behind Lewa, his genius is wasted in the wing where he is double & triple marked & has only 1 foot with little space. In the WC he played off RVP & was amazing, in Bayern with a better team, off Lewa or Muller, he will be amazing.

Basically it depends on who performs how. If Muller is on fire, then I think we will try to squeeze James into LW & Muller as 2nd ST. If Tolisso is on fire, we will go to a 4-3-1-2 Diamond or a 4-3-3 with James as 10 & LW. It also depends on how good James is in the wing.

I don't think he is a winger but can Carlo get him to work as an inside forward type with Alaba providing width? That will be the 1st experiment, James as LAM type, it doesn't work we shift to a formation with James as 10. I don't think we go to a 4-2-3-1 with James as 10 as they we have 3 wing options for 2 spots - A finished Ribery, an injury prone Robben & a rookie Coman. We will probably go to a Diamond type formation & Coman is smart enough to adapt to that.