2015-16 German Bundesliga Discussion Thread

cgf · Post #121 » by **cgf** » Tue Jun 23, 2015 3:16 pm

DD12 wrote:If he was to go to another club except Bayern, he wasnt gonna anything anyway. It is not like a team can compete against bayern next year. The way foye talks as if he went somewhere else, he would win some championship instead of 4th place trophy. That is not true. No matter where he goes, he wasnt gonna win anything anyway.

So you are calling for a Bayern Treble next year?

Andi Obst · Post #122 » by **Andi Obst** » Tue Jun 23, 2015 3:21 pm

No_20 wrote:„Schalke hat mich fasziniert, das Stadion, die Fans: Es ist etwas Besonderes, in der Arena zu spielen. Dort will ich nun die Ärmel hochkrempeln und Gas geben“, sagte Geis.

So yeah, if those are the things that matters to Geis, when it's understandable that he's not going to Wolfsburg.

Oh come on, that's what they all say. He would've said the same about any other club. I don't know why he went to Schalke, but that's definitely not the reason.

No_20 · Post #123 » by **No_20** » Tue Jun 23, 2015 8:05 pm

Little Nathan wrote:
No_20 wrote:„Schalke hat mich fasziniert, das Stadion, die Fans: Es ist etwas Besonderes, in der Arena zu spielen. Dort will ich nun die Ärmel hochkrempeln und Gas geben“, sagte Geis.

So yeah, if those are the things that matters to Geis, when it's understandable that he's not going to Wolfsburg.

Oh come on, that's what they all say. He would've said the same about any other club. I don't know why he went to Schalke, but that's definitely not the reason.

It makes sense dreaming about big stadiums and playing in front of many fans when you've played for a tinpot club like Mainz.

truth18 · Post #124 » by **truth18** » Tue Jun 23, 2015 8:07 pm

DD12 wrote:If he was to go to another club except Bayern, he wasnt gonna anything anyway. It is not like a team can compete against bayern next year. The way foye talks as if he went somewhere else, he would win some championship instead of 4th place trophy. That is not true. No matter where he goes, he wasnt gonna win anything anyway.

Very well said. 100% agree.

Foye · Post #125 » by **Foye** » Tue Jun 23, 2015 8:41 pm

No_20 wrote:
Little Nathan wrote:
No_20 wrote:„Schalke hat mich fasziniert, das Stadion, die Fans: Es ist etwas Besonderes, in der Arena zu spielen. Dort will ich nun die Ärmel hochkrempeln und Gas geben“, sagte Geis.

So yeah, if those are the things that matters to Geis, when it's understandable that he's not going to Wolfsburg.

Oh come on, that's what they all say. He would've said the same about any other club. I don't know why he went to Schalke, but that's definitely not the reason.

It makes sense dreaming about big stadiums and playing in front of many fans when you've played for a tinpot club like Mainz.

Well, I guess it makes sense dreaming about leaving Hamburg to be blessed with the opportunity of not having to play for a club with a management that rivals the Sacramento Kings level of incompetency.

Son, Calhanoglu, Tah, Öztunali....every semi decent player Hamburg ever had in recent years wants to get the hell out of the "great Hamburger SV". :lol:

truth18 · Post #126 » by **truth18** » Tue Jun 23, 2015 8:45 pm

Hey, let's not insult the Kings, Foye.

Det the Threat · Post #127 » by **Det the Threat** » Wed Jun 24, 2015 12:30 pm

truth18 wrote:Hey, let's not insult the Kings, Foye.

Nope, it's just NBA 3.0 :rofl:

BTW: Gladbach signed swiss defensive allrounder Nico Elvedi of FC Zurich for about €4 M.
Stuttgart buys goalkeeper Przemyslav Tyton and midfielder Lukas Rupp(Paderborn).
Darmstadt signs midfielder Mirko Vrancic of Paderborn.

Foye · Post #128 » by **Foye** » Wed Jun 24, 2015 12:42 pm

No more Firmino sucks. He was fun to watch.

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Andre3822 · Post #129 » by **Andre3822** » Wed Jun 24, 2015 4:28 pm

Do people feel like that's a fair price for Firmino?

DD12 · Post #130 » by **DD12** » Wed Jun 24, 2015 4:40 pm

cgf wrote:
DD12 wrote:If he was to go to another club except Bayern, he wasnt gonna anything anyway. It is not like a team can compete against bayern next year. The way foye talks as if he went somewhere else, he would win some championship instead of 4th place trophy. That is not true. No matter where he goes, he wasnt gonna win anything anyway.

So you are calling for a Bayern Treble next year?

They will win all domestic cups for sure.

Foye · Post #131 » by **Foye** » Wed Jun 24, 2015 4:46 pm

Andre3822 wrote:Do people feel like that's a fair price for Firmino?

22-25 mil. would've probably done it for anyone but an English team. It was pretty much clear he was leaving.

A team like Dortmund probably would've probably tried to lowball Hoffenheim offering 16-18 mil. if Tuchel really wanted him since it was clearly stated a while ago he is leaving this summer. :dontknow:

No_20 · Post #132 » by **No_20** » Thu Jun 25, 2015 7:19 am

So the fixtures list will come out tomorrow.

Interesting what the opening game at Allianz Arena will be. What do you guys think?

My prediction is Leverkusen. Wont be Wolfsburg and Gladbach they've played in the last 2 openers. Sky obviously wont give away Bayern-Schalke and especially not Bayern-Dortmund.

Foye · Post #133 » by **Foye** » Thu Jun 25, 2015 10:53 am

35 mil. for Douglas Costa? Sounds like a glorified overpay ahahaha.

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No_20 · Post #134 » by **No_20** » Thu Jun 25, 2015 11:07 am

Foye wrote:35 mil. for Douglas Costa? Sounds like a glorified overpay ahahaha.

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Their board and fans criticize the English for spending too much money.

Javi Martinez, Benatia, Douglas Costa all way overpaid imo.

Foye · Post #135 » by **Foye** » Thu Jun 25, 2015 11:13 am

No_20 wrote:
Foye wrote:35 mil. for Douglas Costa? Sounds like a glorified overpay ahahaha.

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Their board and fans criticize the English for spending too much money.

Javi Martinez, Benatia, Douglas Costa all way overpaid imo.

They've been terrible on the transfer market since Hoeneß stepped down.

cgf · Post #136 » by **cgf** » Thu Jun 25, 2015 4:38 pm

No_20 wrote:
Foye wrote:35 mil. for Douglas Costa? Sounds like a glorified overpay ahahaha.

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Their board and fans criticize the English for spending too much money.

Javi Martinez, Benatia, Douglas Costa all way overpaid imo.

How was Javi or Benatia an over-payment?

DD12 · Post #137 » by **DD12** » Thu Jun 25, 2015 4:52 pm

Benatia was really overpaid with 30 million euro. He only had one season with Roma which he wasn't superb.

45 million for Javi Martinez is a disaster lol.

cgf · Post #138 » by **cgf** » Thu Jun 25, 2015 4:58 pm

Javi's an elite 6. His addition was huge in winning them the treble. The fee was high but he paid it off in his first season, even if he's been really injury prone the last two.

And Benatia was the second or third best CB in the sport last year. I know dominating Serie A doesn't mean much anymore, but he was exceptional. Unspectacular first year at Bayern but at the time of the buy it was a good deal in today's market.

Foye · Post #139 » by **Foye** » Thu Jun 25, 2015 7:00 pm

Benatia is highly overrated. It seems they didn't teach him in Italy that the offside trap is sometimes used to prevent counter attacks.

Post #140 » by **magik9113** » Thu Jun 25, 2015 8:07 pm

cgf wrote:
And Benatia was the second or third best CB in the sport last year. I know dominating Serie A doesn't mean much anymore, but he was exceptional. Unspectacular first year at Bayern but at the time of the buy it was a good deal in today's market.

what is the difference between dominating the serie A and dominating the bundesliga?