2013-14 German Bundesliga Thread: Bayern Champs Again

DD12 · Post #1341 » by **DD12** » Sun Apr 13, 2014 1:29 am

Det the Threat wrote:Well, as Pep stated two weeks ago.
Bundesliga's over and Bayern just doesn't care about it anymore.

So why exactly he played all of his starters then?

cgf · Post #1342 » by **cgf** » Sun Apr 13, 2014 2:56 am

DD12 wrote:
Det the Threat wrote:Well, as Pep stated two weeks ago.
Bundesliga's over and Bayern just doesn't care about it anymore.

So why exactly he played all of his starters then?

Probably because letting players sit and get rusty for weeks when you're still trying to win the CL is (There is no more appropriate word)?

DD12 · Post #1343 » by **DD12** » Sun Apr 13, 2014 3:07 am

So not that he doesn't care.. If he doesn't care, he wouldn't play any of his starters or would try to play some of them.

If you sit Ribery, Robben, Muller, Alaba, Lahm for a month and let them play in CL, they would play like they have been playing every week.

Also, when are you going to learn how to discuss things without cursing?

cgf · Post #1344 » by **cgf** » Sun Apr 13, 2014 3:12 am

DD12 wrote:So not that he doesn't care.. If he doesn't care, he wouldn't play any of his starters or would try to play some of them.

If you sit Ribery, Robben, Muller, Alaba, Lahm for a month and let them play in CL, they would play like they have been playing every week.

Also, when are you going to learn how to discuss things without cursing?

Playing starters =/= caring whether the win

playing starters only = caring that the starters are still getting match practice

Not so difficult concept, although you finance guys often struggle with even simple concepts.
(see I don't need to curse, but I'm much more of a smartass when I don't :wink:

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DD12 · Post #1345 » by **DD12** » Sun Apr 13, 2014 3:15 am

cgf wrote:Playing starters =/= caring whether the win

playing starters only = caring that the starters are still getting match practice

Not so difficult concept, although you finance guys often struggle with even simple concepts.
(see I don't need to curse, but I'm much more of a smartass when I don't )

They played for a year consistently. There is no lack of match practice.

They played a game where Dortmund embarrassed them.

Simple as it gets but I understand even this simple fact is pretty impossible for you to understand.

huskerdu · Post #1346 » by **huskerdu** » Sun Apr 13, 2014 6:49 am

Pep/Bayern did not care for the Dortmund game in the slightest. That much was obvious.

I hope Bayern fails miserably in CL, but that really is their only focus right now.

Det the Threat · Post #1347 » by **Det the Threat** » Sun Apr 13, 2014 12:02 pm

DD12 wrote:
Det the Threat wrote:Well, as Pep stated two weeks ago.
Bundesliga's over and Bayern just doesn't care about it anymore.

So why exactly he played all of his starters then?

Because they played their main rival and the team they might face in the cup final.

It will be interesting to see if he stays consistent with lineups during those last couple of games when they play most teams that are fighting to avoid relegation.

DD12 · Post #1348 » by **DD12** » Sun Apr 13, 2014 3:56 pm

Det the Threat wrote:
DD12 wrote:
Det the Threat wrote:Well, as Pep stated two weeks ago.
Bundesliga's over and Bayern just doesn't care about it anymore.

So why exactly he played all of his starters then?

Because they played their main rival and the team they might face in the cup final.

It will be interesting to see if he stays consistent with lineups during those last couple of games when they play most teams that are fighting to avoid relegation.

Exactly. They played their main rival to beat them to show the world they are the best in Bundesliga. They did care the game and that's why Guardiola put all his starters. They tried to play at their best but couldn't beat Dortmund.

Since they lost the game, of course, they act like they didn't care about the game and it was all about match practice. It is a pure BS to me if Guardiola mentioned that but hey he can't say "yeah we cared too much but we lost against them".

Post #1349 » by **ATL Boy** » Sun Apr 13, 2014 4:14 pm

Sejad Salihovic just became Hoffenheim's all time leading goal scorer!

Andi Obst · Post #1350 » by **Andi Obst** » Sun Apr 13, 2014 5:17 pm

ATL Boy wrote:Sejad Salihovic just became Hoffenheim's all time leading goal scorer!

Well, that doesn't mean much :lol:

Foye · Post #1351 » by **Foye** » Mon Apr 14, 2014 5:45 pm

Rode to Bayern and Traore to Gladbach confirmed today.

TheAdmiral · Post #1352 » by **TheAdmiral** » Tue Apr 15, 2014 7:03 pm

Gündoğan has apparently extended his contract until 2016.

cgf · Post #1353 » by **cgf** » Tue Apr 15, 2014 7:30 pm

Poor Ilkay :-(

I hope he's able to play again some day.

Det the Threat · Post #1354 » by **Det the Threat** » Tue Apr 15, 2014 9:32 pm

TheAdmiral wrote:Gündoğan has apparently extended his contract until 2016.

He won't be able to transfer anywhere this summer thanks to his injury problems and therefore extended his contract.
The big question now's certainly how much his opt out clause is thanks to extending the contract.

Also, Dortmund just reached the german cup final, beating Wolfsburg 2-0 at home.

Now Bayern just needs to beat Kaiserslautern tomorrow and then 7th place will be enough to qualify for EL-qualification.

Point forward · Post #1355 » by **Point forward** » Wed Apr 16, 2014 6:42 pm

Let's see how long my Lautern boys can hold up vs Bayern. A usual Lautern road match consists of conceding the 1st goal around the 15 minute mark :rofl:

Foye · Post #1356 » by **Foye** » Wed Apr 16, 2014 7:12 pm

Point forward wrote:Let's see how long my Lautern boys can hold up vs Bayern. A usual Lautern road match consists of conceding the 1st goal around the 15 minute mark

Game over. Time to switch to El Clasico.

Foye · Post #1357 » by **Foye** » Sat Apr 19, 2014 1:18 pm

5200 Mainz fans in Dortmund today. Must be our best away support ever. :nod:

AlexDelta · Post #1358 » by **AlexDelta** » Sat Apr 19, 2014 2:28 pm

And you are getting screwed over, because of the "if you are a Dortmund player, you are allowed to play the ball with your hand" rule.

Foye · Post #1359 » by **Foye** » Sat Apr 19, 2014 2:45 pm

AlexDelta wrote:And you are getting screwed over, because of the "if you are a Dortmund player, you are allowed to play the ball with your hand" rule.

I think it even was handball twice in a row.

But we are playing terrible to be honest. I don't know how we are down by only a goal. :nonono:

Edit: worst ref I've seen in a while. Not that we deserved anything but a loss today but god Markus Schmidt was unable to cope with the intensity and speed of the game at any time. His decisions where beyond woeful.

Rules goal by Jojic on Kirch handball.
Is afraid to send off Jojic in front of 80.000 Dortmund people.
Rules no penalty on Noveski foul on Lewandowski.
Rules penalty and red card against Bungert when there is nowhere else he could've gone with his arm.
Decides on a laughable foul on Hummels on what might've been a handball from Okazaki on the goal line.

Nothing but a pathetic performance by the ref.

Worse than the ref was only our backup left back Junior Diaz.
With Joo-Ho Park injured Jojic had a free ride to the goal on our left side.
We really should be pushing for a Ostrzolek transfer. Park can play holding midfielder, too, and we desperately need to upgrade on Diaz.

Andi Obst · Post #1360 » by **Andi Obst** » Sat Apr 19, 2014 6:34 pm

Freiburg with a huge win today, I love it. Great team to watch.