2011-12 Bundesliga - Dortmund Champion

Post #841 » by **Basti** » Sat Nov 26, 2011 11:23 pm

I see some similarities to Favre's last team in Germany. One season they are the upcoming team. The next season, after they had to sell their most important players (*cough* Reuss *cough*) they'll be fighting to remain in the Bundesliga.

Maybe I'm just talking out of my ass but I wouldn't be surprised if it happened.

Point forward · Post #842 » by **Point forward** » Sun Nov 27, 2011 6:06 pm

Bayern is just getting pwned in Mainz, FSV is leading 3-1 with 75 minutes played. Schweinsteiger has been such a loss for FCB, baffling that neither Kroos, Gustavo or Alaba can close the gap.

Foye · Post #843 » by **Foye** » Sun Nov 27, 2011 6:23 pm

Point forward wrote:Bayern is just getting pwned in Mainz, FSV is leading 3-1 with 75 minutes played. Schweinsteiger has been such a loss for FCB, baffling that neither Kroos, Gustavo or Alaba can close the gap.

Munich played "Hosenscheißer-Fußball" the entire game. :lol:

Point forward · Post #844 » by **Point forward** » Mon Nov 28, 2011 8:33 am

Bayern has to remind itself that soccer (especially in Germany) is not only playing, but also hustling. Going out and honestly busting your a** is a good road to victory. NOT doing it is just asking for trouble.

Edit: Mainz had four players who ran more than 11 km yesterday (Baumgartlinger, Soto, Caligiuri, Pospech), Bayern only one (Alaba). Also, Boateng played a whopping 14 bad passes, van Buyten with 12 was almost as bad. In contrast, Dortmund regularly has players who break the 13 km barrier (Kagawa, Bender, Großkreutz).

http://www.bundesliga.de/de/liga/matche ... r=a&tag=14

Foye · Post #845 » by **Foye** » Mon Nov 28, 2011 6:04 pm

Munich's defensive midfielders were horrible. They couldn't hold onto a ball. Boateng was horrible, too. He just isn't suited to play wing back. Müller was always alone on the right wing because Boateng would never consequently help him.

To be fair. 3 or 4 years down the road Dortmund's players will be physically out of order if they keep running that much.

Point forward · Post #846 » by **Point forward** » Thu Dec 1, 2011 9:49 am

Leverkusen buys loaned GK Bernd Leno for 8m until 2017. This means that Rene Adler (contract until 2012) will get the boot. Bitter ending for the guy who was the #1 German NT goalie until 2009, declined to sign a big contract, got into a string of injuries and never came back.

BL opportunities for Adler are rare: only HSV and maybe Bremen (if Wiese leaves) have gaps at GK. Classic example of an overconfident guy who overplayed his hand, see Hildebrand or Fromlowitz.

Foye · Post #847 » by **Foye** » Fri Dec 2, 2011 4:46 pm

Munich - Werder and Gladbach - Dortmund tomorrow. Should be great games.

Point forward · Post #848 » by **Point forward** » Sun Dec 4, 2011 3:06 pm

Bayern reduces Bremen to pile of rubble (4-1) and is tops again as BVB and Reus-less Gladbach play 1-1. If Schalke wins this evening, this will really push the top together.

jerrod · Post #849 » by **jerrod** » Mon Dec 5, 2011 4:27 pm

yeah, kinda sad to watch. bremen just didn't have the skill level

Foye · Post #850 » by **Foye** » Wed Dec 7, 2011 10:21 am

Been numberous times at the Bruchweg before but Saturday will be the 1st time I visit Coface-Arena in Mainz.

Playing against Hamburg. Should be a good game.

Point forward · Post #851 » by **Point forward** » Mon Dec 12, 2011 11:03 am

Bayern stays on top after winning the "Südderby" 2-1 in Stuttgart. VfB livid after Molinaro is (rightfully) sent off after two idiotic fouls vs Robben. Schalke moves up as BVB only draws and Gladbach loses vs Augsburg.

Note: after 16 game days, the only club in the BL with less than 4 losses is Dortmund. Incredible how equal the league is...

Rumor of the day: Podolski to Schalke?

Post #852 » by **Basti** » Mon Dec 12, 2011 1:55 pm

Did anyone hear Klopp's reaction when asked if he'd like to have Podolski on his team? Hilarious because it's true.

I imagine Podolski being unable to keep up his current level of play if/when he gets transferred to another club with much more media/fan pressure and/or higher expectations.

On another note, some beautiful goals this weekend. Sahan's equalizer vs. Dortmund was beautiful. I forgot another great one (I can only think of Pukki vs. Hertha but I'm sure there was another goal that was even better).

Foye · Post #853 » by **Foye** » Mon Dec 12, 2011 6:18 pm

Basti wrote:Did anyone hear Klopp's reaction when asked if he'd like to have Podolski on his team? Hilarious because it's true.

I imagine Podolski being unable to keep up his current level of play if/when he gets transferred to another club with much more media/fan pressure and/or higher expectations.

On another note, some beautiful goals this weekend. Sahan's equalizer vs. Dortmund was beautiful. I forgot another great one (I can only think of Pukki vs. Hertha but I'm sure there was another goal that was even better).

Why watch goals when you can watch a 0-0 draw Mainz vs. Hamburg? :-?

We had numberous chances but Caliguri and Choupo Moting were incapable of scoring buckets alone in front of Drobny. Schürrle is missed much here.
Only real chance Hamburg had was a free kick by Petric.

Point forward · Post #854 » by **Point forward** » Tue Dec 13, 2011 9:41 am

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yyf7RPSrZ1k[/youtube]

And then they wonder why Fürth never gets into the 1. Bundesliga :lol:

Foye · Post #855 » by **Foye** » Tue Dec 13, 2011 12:27 pm

Worse than Kuba last season.

Myth111 · Post #856 » by **Myth111** » Tue Dec 13, 2011 3:32 pm

Did the second guy end up scoring?

Point forward · Post #857 » by **Point forward** » Tue Dec 13, 2011 4:46 pm

Myth111 wrote:Did the second guy end up scoring?

The game ended 0-0, so I suppose he did not

Foye · Post #858 » by **Foye** » Tue Dec 13, 2011 7:19 pm

Myth111 wrote:Did the second guy end up scoring?

No because he was in offside position.

Point forward · Post #859 » by **Point forward** » Sun Dec 18, 2011 11:27 am

Bayern secures the X-Mas pole position by beating Cologne 3-0 - even after losing Ribery after half an hour with a red card. Dortmund and Schalke stay in Munich's slipstream after winning their games, Nuremberg gets an impressive away win vs Leverkusen.

Hot item of the day: Markus Babbel (Hertha) will "most likely" get the sack in Berlin. He is quite successful but the chemistry between him and manager Preetz is approaching toxic levels.

Point forward · Post #860 » by **Point forward** » Wed Dec 21, 2011 9:28 pm

In the DFB Pokal, Kiel (3rd league) stuns Mainz 2-0. Gladbach beats Schalke, and both Dortmund and Bayern win hard fought games. Fürth wins the "Frankenderby" vs Nuremberg 1-0.