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

It is kinda cool to watch us beat Dortmund by sitting deep and scoring on the counter.
 
What is it about Alonsos face that says " Ref. I can commit 5 fouls that break up promising attacks but you cant ever book me for them." It always frustrated me when he was at the redshite.
 
Either the camera is in a new position or someone forgot to put the lens hood on. Albeit I think the big stadium cameras all have lens hoods installed by default so not quite sure what went wrong here.
Bad combination of an early spring day, kickoff at 6:30 and sun position. Still shouldn't happen...

interesting game. BVB doesn't produce much excitement after the first 15min.
 
Phew... lucky lead altough no team was really dangerous throughout. Lewandowski is doing very well, Müller is the biggest source of tempo and quick advancement, Boateng is a colossus and Alonso, lo and behold, is once again completely pointless, slow and should have seen a yellow card after 15 minutes... it's really a scandal that he's never benched.
 
You can go on and on about the class of former defender generations but Boateng is the best defender around and absolute world class.
What a performance so far!

Respect for Dortmund; they made the game most of the time. Great to watch overall. Intense.
 
You can go on and on about the class of former defender generations but Boateng is the best defender around and absolute world class.
What a performance so far!

Respect for Dortmund; they made the game most of the time. Great to watch overall. Intense.

They looked like they are up for a good fight but apart from that they didn't produce anything worthwhile really.
 
Dortmund are really pressing for a goal now but still haven't got anything. Bayer just trying to pick them off the counter.
 
What is it about Alonsos face that says " Ref. I can commit 5 fouls that break up promising attacks but you cant ever book me for them." It always frustrated me when he was at the redshite.

Maybe I'm being biased but I don't remember him being bad for that at Liverpool?

He did piss me off at Real Madrid for that reason though, the amount of second yellows he escaped was madness.
 
Maybe I'm being biased but I don't remember him being bad for that at Liverpool?

He did piss me off at Real Madrid for that reason though, the amount of second yellows he escaped was madness.
Nah he did seem to get away with it but he has got worse with age.
 
And Alonso still doesn't get substituted. What the feck is going on? I get it that Lahm was injured, but Alonso plays like he's missing a leg.

Thiago! :drool:
 
Thiago is sooo good for us. Fantastic.

Müller is also putting in a shift. He's produced some sterling one touches so far.
 
Thiago is playing like he didn't miss a minute through injury :lol:
 
That should have been a pen... Alonso stepping on Auba's foot. Lucky break.
 
Great credit for Pep.
2 HUGE away game in the next 2 weeks. And he made up a great defense based line up for them.
It stood the Dortmund test.

AND THIAGO IS BACK!!!:drool:

Thiago is playing like he didn't miss a minute through injury :lol:

He and Götze are talentwise above everyone in this Bayernteam.
And that is saying something. He is soo good.
 
Well, that was different. At least we didn't run into counters like idiots again. 1 shot, 1 goal... not a lot of good things to say. Boateng was great, Müller as well, Lewandowski worked like a beast and Thiago looks like a potential world beater.

Alonso...


If Pep wants to stick to the 3-5-2, please like this:

--Boateng - Benatia - Badstuber
Lahm -- Schweinsteiger -- Bernat
-----Götze ----- Thiago
---Müller --------- Lewandowski
 
Well, that was different. At least we didn't run into counters like idiots again. 1 shot, 1 goal... not a lot of good things to say. Boateng was great, Müller as well, Lewandowski worked like a beast and Thiago looks like a potential world beater.

Alonso...


If Pep wants to stick to the 3-5-2, please like this:

--Boateng - Benatia - Badstuber
Lahm -- Schweinsteiger -- Bernat
-----Götze ----- Thiago
---Müller --------- Lewandowski

Yes, but not in that match. In this match it was good to play like this. Götze would have been a tad too much. And it was too early for Lahm to play the defensive part.
 
Yes, but not in that match. In this match it was good to play like this. Götze would have been a tad too much. And it was too early for Lahm to play the defensive part.

I fear we'll never see Lahm back at RB