2013-14 German Bundesliga Thread: Bayern Champs Again

Foye · Post #241 » by **Foye** » Sat Aug 24, 2013 11:24 pm

Maex wrote:
Foye wrote:I was at the game, Nicolai Müller with another stunner. Love this guy.

My comunio man!

Choupo-Moting ain't too bad either. I expected little from him after he missed full 12/13 season but whenever he is on the pitch he immediately creates havoc in opposing defenses.

Wolfsburg desperately needs a high quality striker. The dead body of Ivica Olic shouldn't play more than half an hour anymore.

Today was the craziest BL Saturday I remember for a long time...6 games, 7 players sent off. The refs have done a very bad job today. Especially, the ref of Hoffenheim-Freiburg (Tobias Stieler) was absolutely clueless.

Post #242 » by **ATL Boy** » Sun Aug 25, 2013 12:39 am

Sejad Salihovic scored a PK goal in the 9th minute and got a red card as a result of the celebration/altercation smh. Hes always had a temper. With the goal today Sejo has the most points in Hoffenheim team history (Goals+Assists).

cgf · Post #243 » by **cgf** » Sun Aug 25, 2013 2:52 am

Nicolas Mueller is looking like this season's Max Kruse. I haven't watched any of their matches yet but the highlights of his goals and main x's highlight worthy attacks, he looks very kruse in the way he drags defenders and can shoot the piss out of the ball. Looking forward to catching them live sometime soon. Shame tomorrow's games will suck, although I do have Braunschweig steal some points from Stuttgart to root for.

Foye · Post #244 » by **Foye** » Sun Aug 25, 2013 9:00 am

cgf wrote:Nicolas Mueller is looking like this season's Max Kruse. I haven't watched any of their matches yet but the highlights of his goals and main x's highlight worthy attacks, he looks very kruse in the way he drags defenders and can shoot the piss out of the ball. Looking forward to catching them live sometime soon. Shame tomorrow's games will suck, although I do have Braunschweig steal some points from Stuttgart to root for.

You can forget about first 20 minutes. We are always looking to keep a clean sheet and won't risk anything at the start of games. And I think that tactic works very well. Yesterday, Wolfsburg was immediately looking to score right from the start. They evaporated a lot of energy but couldn't score. We still need to improve on team defense, though. Yesterday, a few times our D collapsed because a man went down to easily.
However, everybody (even Müller, Choupo Moting and Okazaki) puts in effort to defend which is nice to see and as the season progresses that should lead to a better D.

The result was two chances where we go 1 vs. 1 on the Benaglio in the first half already because Wolfsburg was too agressive...unfortunately Okazaki completely blew his and Müller came just short (beat Benaglio but it went the wrong way of the post). :-?

Point forward · Post #245 » by **Point forward** » Mon Aug 26, 2013 7:45 am

Stefan Kießling has ruled out "any possibility" that he play NT under Jogi Löw. Perfectly understandable IMHO - you are at least the 2nd best German striker and you constantly get shafted. Kies has been enough "verarscht", if you know what I mean. Sucks for our NT, he is a stud

Point forward · Post #246 » by **Point forward** » Mon Aug 26, 2013 7:47 am

Breaking news: Labbadia fired at Stuttgart. Not very surprising...

Maex · Post #247 » by **Maex** » Mon Aug 26, 2013 8:08 am

Was about time. Never was well suited for Stuttgart.

Other news is, that Martinez injury seems to be more serious and he may has to do a surgery.

So with Thiago and Martinez hurt, Bayern's deep central midfield is down to Schweinsteiger, Kroos, Müller, Götze, (Höjbjerg, Shaqiri) for three positions.

Foye · Post #248 » by **Foye** » Mon Aug 26, 2013 8:21 am

Was about time Labbadia got sacked. Last season he was only save because they went to the DFB Cup final. They had an easy way there having to play like 1 Bundesliga opposition, though. :lol:

Foye · Post #249 » by **Foye** » Tue Aug 27, 2013 5:49 pm

Watching this Bayern team is so boring. The scoreline is 1-0 in favour of Bayern....Freiburg has like 5% possession of the ball and Bayern is playing the ball back to Neuer like for the 500th time now. They are not creating many chances at all. Freiburg actually had the better chances at the start of the 2nd half.

It might have to do with Ribery and Robben not playing but there is still Götze, Shaqiri, Müller, Kroos and Schweinsteiger on the pitch.
Give me Heynckes over Guardiola any day of the week and twice today.

Hell, Schweinsteiger is playing like a Libero at times.

Foye · Post #250 » by **Foye** » Tue Aug 27, 2013 6:17 pm

And Freiburg scores. So deserved.

cgf · Post #251 » by **cgf** » Tue Aug 27, 2013 6:25 pm

Yeah I'm not a fan of tikitaka. I understand the idea of using possession to secure your defense, but when it comes at the expensive of offensive innovation it hurts you as much as the opponent. Sometimes you can't just wait for gaps to open up and have to force the action.

That's why I love Kloppo so much, he's managed to build an excellent modern defense with a fluid modern attack that operates at such high speeds with such ingenuity that the game doesn't get bogged down.

Post #252 » by **5DOM** » Tue Aug 27, 2013 6:29 pm

Did they say how serious Schweinsteiger's injury is?

Foye · Post #253 » by **Foye** » Tue Aug 27, 2013 6:38 pm

cgf wrote:Yeah I'm not a fan of tikitaka. I understand the idea of using possession to secure your defense, but when it comes at the expensive of offensive innovation it hurts you as much as the opponent. Sometimes you can't just wait for gaps to open up and have to force the action.

That's why I love Kloppo so much, he's managed to build an excellent modern defense with a fluid modern attack that operates at such high speeds with such ingenuity that the game doesn't get bogged down.

It felt like a time travel in the van Gaal era 2011 Bayern Munich team. Terrible, really.

5DOM wrote:Did they say how serious Schweinsteiger's injury is?

Watched a Spanish feed without sound so I don't know. :lol:

J-Mezzy · Post #254 » by **J-Mezzy** » Wed Aug 28, 2013 1:30 am

Yeah I knew Bayern wouldn't be as good this year. That team was near perfect last season and Guardiola has to come him with his tikitaka crap and turn that awesome team into a borefest

Point forward · Post #255 » by **Point forward** » Wed Aug 28, 2013 7:39 am

Bayern's problem IMHO is the championship hangover. After 2012, Lahm, Ribery, Robben, Schweini etc. were branded as "ultimate losers", and that made them great in 2013. They lack focus, but not necessarily b/c of Pep.

BTW: Schweini seems to have (EDIT) suffered a "nasty ankle bruise" and is "very questionable" for Chelsea :-?

Post #256 » by **Sleepy** » Wed Aug 28, 2013 7:30 pm

Last thing I heard was that Schweinsteiger was ok and expected back in training on Thursday. We'll see. He's not been playing great anyway.

And how :censored:

insane is Christian Streich?!? Charles-Elie Laprevotte (I have no idea if I spelled that right) and Christian Günther vs the :censored:

Bayern? Are you :censored:

kdding me? Yeah, it was "only" Müller and Rafiniha they had to deal with, but still. How :censored:

great is that?

I :censored:

love that dude. :censored:

!!!

Post #257 » by **ATL Boy** » Wed Aug 28, 2013 9:46 pm

J-Mezzy wrote:Yeah I knew Bayern wouldn't be as good this year. That team was near perfect last season and Guardiola has to come him with his tikitaka crap and turn that awesome team into a borefest

I don't mind. Borussia Dortmund ftw

cgf · Post #258 » by **cgf** » Thu Aug 29, 2013 12:24 am

Sleepy wrote:Last thing I heard was that Schweinsteiger was ok and expected back in training on Thursday. We'll see. He's not been playing great anyway.

And how insane is Christian Streich?!? Charles-Elie Laprevotte (I have no idea if I spelled that right) and Christian Günther vs the Bayern? Are you kdding me? Yeah, it was "only" Müller and Rafiniha they had to deal with, but still. How great is that?

I love that dude. !!!

Yeah, I really hope Streich lands in the Ruhr, either in charge of Schalke to give the BuLi a legit top 3 or with BVB to replace Kloppo when he moves on.

Point forward · Post #259 » by **Point forward** » Thu Aug 29, 2013 12:50 pm

Nobody but me will care, but my 1. FCK has just fired Franco Foda due to "extreme tension between team and coach". Nice job, dear Vorstand! In just 18 months, we fired Marco Kurz, Krassimir Balakov and now Foda - and it is not as if Wolfgang Wolf, Milan Sasic or Kjetil Rekdal (UGH) lasted long. "Der Fisch stinkt vom Kopf her" :-?

cgf · Post #260 » by **cgf** » Thu Aug 29, 2013 2:00 pm

Point forward wrote:Nobody but me will care, but my 1. FCK has just fired Franco Foda due to "extreme tension between team and coach". Nice job, dear Vorstand! In just 18 months, we fired Marco Kurz, Krassimir Balakov and now Foda - and it is not as if Wolfgang Wolf, Milan Sasic or Kjetil Rekdal (UGH) lasted long. "Der Fisch stinkt vom Kopf her"

Booooo, the big buli2 teams need to keep everyone they can that'll hold then back so my Eiserne can sneak into the 1st BuLi one of these years.