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Robben. After. A. Corner. With his bald fecking head. What is going on?
And deflected. I wouldn't have it any other way.
And deflected. I wouldn't have it any other way.
Schalke is so stupid, they didn't even try to attack against 10 men.
Di Matteo might want to run Bayern tired and then win on penalties... ahem.
Get fecked... this is Chelsea all over again.
You aren't far off
I have laid munich now guys. so if munich win please share the love!
Wolfsburg equalise!
I really wonder what we trained during the winterbreak, it's amazing how much worse we are.
Barnetta is still at Schalke 
What's wrong with the referee? Not a single minute additional time? What the feck?
#guardiolaout
Lets hope to god Pep gets his act together and avoids another horrible CL exit. This is eerily reminiscent of our slump a year ago, just earlier. It baffles me how a team with these players can play as badly as we did in these last two games. Yes, we lost a man but even before that we played bad. It wasn't a complete collapse like against Wolfsburg, but Schalke played like shit and a team with our quality really should be capable of more than just give Robben the ball for 60minutes and hope some magic happens.
Schlake is so fecking useless surprised they ended up getting a draw.
I dont share the negative sentiment. The only annoying thing is, that we conceded after a corner. We need to get organised at set pieces.
A draw is as good as it gets for us at Hannover, so I'm happy with it. Soto still has it and de Blasis really offers something we were missing without Hofmann.
What's the matter with Bayern? Two games without a win, major crisis!
What's the matter with Bayern? Two games without a win, major crisis!
It doesn't seem much different from Guardiola's Barça's usual slump in Feb-March every year (affectionately known as Hlebuary among the Barça fans
), because of his periodization in terms of fitness he would make them peak early and late in the season. The difference being that last season it didn't really happen until the latter stages and it never recovered/improved. If it follows his usual pattern you should be reaping the benefits from March onwards.Why is the bundesliga terrible when it comes to added time, it always seems to happen in Bayerm games. No way on earth should there be a match with no added time at the end...
It's so annoying and every single fan I know hates it.
Let's hope this is true for us this season.It doesn't seem much different from Guardiola's Barça's usual slump in Feb-March every year (affectionately known as Hlebuary among the Barça fans
The referees - all of them in Germany - are like that. 3 Minutes added time is already pushing it hard for them. Don't know really: 2 goals, one almost goal with many discussions, 5-6 subs,1-2 yellows ... it all counts zero.
Yeah and the most annoying thing is that the last few mins are so important for late goals. With so many stoppages it really spoils the game in a sense. What do the german commentators/pundits think of it?
I know for a fact it would become an issue here on Skysports if it happened in the prem.
They barely say anything against the referee nowadays, they'll even agree with them after a replay shows they clearly where wrong (happens often on offside calls...). I can't remember a commentator ever criticizing the ridiculous lack of stoppage time.
That would require them having seen the wrong calls themselves, which never happens becuase it would require them to remove their heads from their backsides. Ususally, commentators are the last in the stadium or on any TV to see anything correctly. Must come with the job description.
Some Ajax journalists are saying De Boer has overtrained his players in Qatar.
Have Bayern Munich made double-training sessions every day too in Qatar???
Maybe Pep ran into the common trap of many "concept" coaches: the winter break allowed him to develop his master plan how the game is to be played without the reality check he gets every 3rd-4th day underneath the season.
Anyway, way to soon to ring the bell of doom. Schalke is no pushover, and we dominated them with 10 men. Things will look very differently with Lahm and Rib on the pitch. Tho i'm a bit worried about the latters impact. May well be he is past his prime for good.
I thought that Götze started really well today. He is the perfect replacement for Ribery, if we continue to play with wingbacks.
The only thing that I am a bit worried about is the combination of Schweinsteiger and Alonso. Schweinsteiger is overall a very complete player, but his best role is as (deep) playmaker, who occasionally bursts forward. In the current line-up Alonso is dictating the pace, while Schweinsteiger is playing more like a traditional b2b midfielder. Its not necessarily his strongest role. Alonso started this season fantastic, but dropped a level for quite some time now.....I´d prefer only one of them in the starting lineup.
The only thing that I am a bit worried about is the combination of Schweinsteiger and Alonso. Schweinsteiger is overall a very complete player, but his best role is as (deep) playmaker, who occasionally bursts forward. In the current line-up Alonso is dictating the pace, while Schweinsteiger is playing more like a traditional b2b midfielder. Its not necessarily his strongest role. Alonso started this season fantastic, but dropped a level for quite some time now.....I´d prefer only one of them in the starting lineup.
I think you have to give them time to find the right balance with each other. Schweinsteiger can adapt - he is just no real defensive number 6. That is why Kroos and Schweinsteiger together as the defensive solution was never the right decision either. Both too less defensive minded.
I thought we looked great the first 15 minutes - it just looked like the breakthrough would come soon. I like the Götze/Robben/Müller-combo - that already worked fine last season and even this season it is probably the combination that has the most goal/assists together. Then the scene with the red card happened. But actually it should not. In the scene before Matip brought Müller down who would have been free in a hole without that - so Götze had to pass to the left where Bernat maybe (it cannot have been more than a toe) offside. That should have been a freekick.
About the time after the winter break. It is nothing that only happens with Barcelona - Bayern has always problems short after the winter break. I guess the best form is timed for late March and later in the season. The first matches - often the February match in the CL, too - never run really smoothly. Last season we lost that test match to Salzburg and were very concentrated against Gladbach - but the next match was a lucky win with a last minute bicycle kick by Thiago.
Pep as Qatar manager then?
Udo Lattek, one of germany's greatest coaches, died today aged 80. He'll leave a hole in the landscape of german football.
The Bayern/Shalke game was disappointing, Shalke are so negative and how Prince Boateng stayed on for 80 minutes is beyond me. On the plus side Benat was quality again, best LB in the game right now IMO.
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I'd say the greatest manager. Hitzfeld is a close second.
It's really sad how quickly it happened. Not too long ago he was still part of the Doppelpass team, then less than two years ago it became public that he has Parkinson's. He passed away on Sunday, 3 days ago.
BVB: Weidenfeller - Großkreutz, Sokratis, Hummels, Schmelzer - Gündogan, Sahin - Kampl, Reus, Aubameyang - Immobile
Dortmund's line-up today, that looks completely different to the one Klopp played against Leverkusen. Interesting that Klopp went back to Großkreutz at rightback, I remember him saying that he isn't an option anymore in that position.
Dortmund's line-up today, that looks completely different to the one Klopp played against Leverkusen. Interesting that Klopp went back to Großkreutz at rightback, I remember him saying that he isn't an option anymore in that position.
That lineup looks much better balanced.
Drmic got himself injured so he's missing from Leverkusen. Also interested to see how Timo Baumgarti gets on for Stuttgart, 18 year old CB and he seems to have nailed down a starting role now. Augsburg have Baba missing still which is unfortunate for them (African Cup of Nations).
Without doubt the biggest German coach. Won all European titles with different clubs - the European Cup with Bayern, the UEFA Cup with Gladbach and than the Cup winners Cup with Barcelona.
Franco Di Santo might reach double figures in the league for the first time... ever? Just scored his 9th of the season, in his 13th league appearance
How's Dortmund been playing? How's Höjbjerg doing with Augsburg in general? Couldn't see the games until now.
Dormtund like most games this year with a lot of tempo and heart but little convincing and the few chances they had have as usually gone to waste. Defensively they are still fairly stable though, didn't allow any good chance so far.
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