Rob Bowman
Full Member
Why are our youth players always included in our squad depth . Hojbjerg was twice subbed in for 5-10 minutes in games that were already decided and when our squad was drained through a lot of injuries. He's mainly part of our u23 team that's playing in the 4th league. Afaik he's not even playing for Denmark's nationalteam yet, he's only part of their U21 team.
Of course, I'm not denying our quality in depth. But it happened during the summer as well, every talented youth player who was once mentioned as a great prospect is seen as part of the squad to make the numbers look completely ridiculous.
Sorry guys, don't want to ruin your muppet fantasies, but right now we're playing a 4141 and our best line-up for the 3 CM positions so far is:
Kroos Thiago
--- Lahm ---
Neither Martinez nor Schweinsteiger looked as good in any of those 3 positions as those 3 did. They struggled with injuries, that might be a reason but neither is as natural a fit in midfield at the moment as they were in last season's 4231/424 system. Kroos isn't surplus, he's absolutely crucial and I'm sure he knows it and the club knows it. He'll get more money and he'll stay, don't get your hopes up, really.
So the youngest ever player to play for Bayern should not count... .
The point still stands you squad is ridiculously overpolpulated with class !!
And so you know I live in Germany and have seen Bayern play at the Allianz this year. I was making a major point and glossed details sorry.