Bundesliga, DFB Cup, and other Bundesliga business 2014/2015

Balu said:
Well, without Martinez and Schweinsteiger ever being 100% fit, that's pretty much impossible anyway, doesn't matter what tactics Guardiola uses. If we finally get Thiago, Schweinsteiger and Martinez fully fit for the 2nd half of the season, everything is possible in my opinion.
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If, and in my opinion it's a big "if", Pep finally jumps over his own shadow and actually plays the system that befits the squad best. I can't see the back 3 or the 4-3-3 possibly top the 4-2-3-1 considering the players we have and don't have.

Edit: Why the feck do those token woman reporters still ask Sammer about transfers before the game? He won't ever give an answer other than "I won't talk about anything related to transfers. We have to focus on the game."
 
Piratesoup said:
If, and in my opinion it's a big "if", Pep finally jumps over his own shadow and actually plays the system that befits the squad best. I can't see the back 3 or the 4-3-3 possibly top the 4-2-3-1 considering the players we have and don't have.
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I don't care that much about the formation. What I'd love to see is that we adapt to our opponents and don't force the whole high defensive line with crazy possession thing against everyone. In the first half of last season, Pep often did that, like against Dortmund with Martinez playing as a 10 and us playing long balls over the midfield to get past Dortmund's pressing. In the 2nd half of the season we became incredibly one dimensional in our style of play.
 
Balu said:
I don't care that much about the formation. What I'd love to see is that we adapt to our opponents and don't force the whole high defensive line with crazy possession thing against everyone. In the first half of last season, Pep often did that, like against Dortmund with Martinez playing as a 10 and us playing long balls over the midfield to get past Dortmund's pressing. In the 2nd half of the season we became incredibly one dimensional in our style of play.
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You have Lewandowski who is great in holding up the ball - Müller who can incredibly good head the ball into the way of others or be that so called "Umschaltspieler". And there is Robben...

Guardiola did not really play to the strengths of some of our players...
 
Balu said:
I don't care that much about the formation. What I'd love to see is that we adapt to our opponents and don't force the whole high defensive line with crazy possession thing against everyone. In the first half of last season, Pep often did that, like against Dortmund with Martinez playing as a 10 and us playing long balls over the midfield to get past Dortmund's pressing. In the 2nd half of the season we became incredibly one dimensional in our style of play.
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It's in close relation to the 4-3-3 in my opinion, when he started playing Lahm, Kroos and Schweinsteiger in midfield. With a midfield of 3 players with comparable strengths and weaknesses, being one dimensional was only logical.* Even with Martinez and Thiago being injured for long stretches, Götze or Müller in front of Schweinsteiger/Kroos - not ideal, but there you go - could have done wonders.

*I know I just can't let it go, but Lahm in midfield is making me fume with anger and bewilderment whenever I see the formation sheet. :mad:
 
Mehmet Scholl is co-commentator for the ARD - and it could be that his son will get some minutes match time...
 
Pep seems to rate Gaudino quite a lot, was hoping to see Hojbjerg get the nod though.
 
Hope we don't bottle it today, but this looks suicidal. Pep, stahp!
 
It's funny but after the treble and the World Cup win I don't mind crazy tactics like that. I probably enjoy the whole development around the team as much as running away with another treble. Pep could feck up big time, no doubt, but he could also create something truely special in terms of playing style and I don't think Bayern ever was innovative in terms of tactics. I really enjoy all the craziness surrounding the team at the moment.
 
It's also beautiful that Lahm is part of a back 3 and still manages to play as an attacking fullback :lol:
 
So its:

Lewandowski - Müller
Bernat ---------- Götze ------------Robben
Alaba - Gaudino
Badstuber - Dante - Lahm


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with Bernart playing more defensive compared to robben?
 
The link up between defense and offense when in possession is still pretty sloppy and slow, but we seem much more decisive in the last 3rd compared to last season. I like.

@PedroMendez
Bernat. ;)
 
That was insane from Lewandowski. Sucks that Müller didn't get the ball to Robben, would have been an easy goal.
 
There's still too much empty space on the field when one of our defenders or Gaudino has the ball.

Alaba is not a midfielder....
 
Gaudino is playing like a veteran. That would have been a fantastic assist (and a fantastic goal).

The way it stands now, I can see him bag significantly more minutes than the once again underwhelming Bernat once/if everyone's fit again.
 
Piratesoup said:
There's still too much empty space on the field when one of our defenders or Gaudino has the ball.

Alaba is not a midfielder....
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He struggles a bit in possession because we attack pretty much only through the right side, makes it much easier for Gaudino at the moment. Lahm's runs are just incredible today while I'm still not sold on Bernat.
 
Balu said:
He struggles a bit in possession because we attack pretty much only through the right side, makes it much easier for Gaudino at the moment. Lahm's runs are just incredible today while I'm still not sold on Bernat.
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Bernat seems lost between offense and defense, contributing to none.

It müllers again!
 
Müller :drool: . We play brilliant football today.
 
Balu said:
Müller :drool: . We play brilliant football today.
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Much better than the formation sheet suggested (and way better than, say, 5 months ago). Hope we can keep this up. Surprise me, Pep!

I hope Shaqiri will replace Bernat at halftime or soon after. He seems predestined for such a position if Alaba is playing elsewhere.
 
I also love that we overload the wings today as much as possible. Last year, Pep often chose tactics that isolated the wingers. Today it's exactly the opposite.
 
Excellent play by robben and nice finish by muller. Wolfsburg should become more open now and lewandowski should be able to get his goal.
 
Bernat... not trying to villainize him, but he is so out of it right now.
 
Wolfsburg are terrible so far, just bring in Arnold and get De Bruyne into the center, 2 powerful DM's and struggle to keep possession because there is feck all movement.
 
Alright, first half over.

Good: Lahm, Gaudino, Müller, Robben, Lewandowski
Disappointing: Bernat and Götze.
Neuer got lucky that his blunder didn't get punished.

So far surprisingly good, though far from perfect.
 
Piratesoup said:
Bernat... not trying to villainize him, but he is so out of it right now.
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I liked that he finally tried to make something happen though. And he instantly got back to defending after losing the ball. He looks a bit lost, clearly lacks confidence. The fact that we play without a left winger at all doesn't really help him. We just choose to ignore the left wing, it's all very strange. It looks a bit like this:

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Götze could drift more to the left and try to connect with Bernat and Lewandowski similar to how Robben, Müller and Lahm play on the right. Of course those 3 play together for half a decade now, which probably explains it.

Gaudino was immense, absolute incredible debut today.
 
I'd place Alaba and Gaudino further behind Bernat, especially in the first 30 minutes. He just seemed to jog around the middle line most of the time.
Gaudino is amazing so far. Had Kroos made any of those long passes, the commentator would've started drooling already. :D
 
First 25 minutes Bayern struggled a bit but then took the initiative. Wolfsburg way too passive overall. You need to pressure them to have a chance. Looks like an easy victory for munich right now.
 
Piratesoup said:
I'd place Alaba and Gaudino further behind Bernat, especially in the first 30 minutes. He just seemed to jog around the middle line most of the time.
Gaudino is amazing so far. Had Kroos made any of those long passes, the commentator would've started drooling already. :D
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I liked how easily he kept things ticking in the middle. Never seemed rushed, always found a smart solution and very rarely played the ball backwards. His long passes were just the icing on the cake.
 
2010
First match after the World Cup - Friday night - Bayern vs Wolfsburg
first goal: Müller (it was that crazy double pass with Kroos)

(ended 2:1 with other goals of Dzeko and Schweinsteiger)
 
His long passes and in general the picking of the right pass. Tried to make the game faster in midfield by not playing directly into the recipients feet a couple of times - a tendency that made me furious last season - but rather into the open space in front of them and it really benefited our attack. This guy could turn out to be a monster and I'm ready to board the hype train.

Anybody watching on ARD? What's Scholl saying?
 
Piratesoup said:
His long passes and in general the picking of the right pass. Tried to make the game faster in midfield by not playing directly into the recipients feet a couple of times - a tendency that made me furious last season - but rather into the open space in front of them and it really benefited our attack. This guy could turn out to be a monster and I'm ready to board the hype train.
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Feel a bit sorry for Hojbjerg. He had a good impact last season in a few games, played a good pre-season as well. It's just that there's this 17year old who appeared out of nowhere and stole the show.

Arnold in, great. I love the Bundesliga at the moment, in pretty much every game several great young German talents are playing. It's so exciting.
 
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