Re: Bayern Munich v MCFC pre match thread
Just to show you some stuff from Bayern.
The Goals of the first four Bundesligagames of this year - the start of the year is always a little difficult.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BYnAcmnljrs[/youtube]
Bayern - Freiburg 7:0 (German)
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=92aZIaToO1g&feature=results_video&playnext=1&list=PL893FC09C4D3A9CA1[/youtube]
Schalke - Bayern 0:2 (with music)
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xxttzMQaWiA&feature=related[/youtube]
Bayern - Leverkusen 3:0 (English commentary)
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XLV43c_oAeY[/youtube]
If you did not get enough:
A compilation of last seasons goals
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0680DvC54Dg&feature=related[/youtube]
They probably will play like this:
____________ Neuer _____________
Rafinha - Boateng - Badstuber - Lahm
Gustavo - Schweinsteiger
Robben - Müller - Ribery
Gomez
(can be that Robben does not play all of the game - then Kroos will play in the middle and Müller will go to the right)
Gustavo is a better sweeper than Tymoschuk is so he probably will start.<br /><br />-- Sun Sep 25, 2011 12:32 am --<br /><br />
1. Hart - self explanatory.
2. I would keep our back four as it has been so far even though Lescott has fully not convinced me so far this season.
3. De Jong is vital for a strong defensive performance against Bayern's monsters, he makes our defense look very good at times. Yaya has been having a tough time recently with his consitency but i think we can rely on him here. If De Jong is still out, Barry is a great alternative.
4. I would play Balotelli over Nasri in this game but due to his on-going suspension he is ruled out again. Nasri for me needs more league games with the team to really start weaving his true magic, after Balotellis performace today i think him , Silva, Edin and Sergio would be amazing!!
5. Dzeko over Tevez for me, Carlos does not look in the slight interested and still needs his fitness improving, until i see Tevez determined and his eye truly on the goal we can rely on him in the big games. Worst thing you can do with Edin is rest him, he needed to play against Wigan IMO and try and get another goal to keep his confidence up. Bayern play with quite an open defense and this is where Dzeko shines, closed up shop like the Everton game today and Fulham last week is where he struggles abit.
What do you mean with a quite open defense? If you let the opposite team in 11 games - one Cup Game, 2 Champions League Qualification Games, 7 Bundesliga Games and 1 CL Group Stage Game - make only about 13 shoots on the target it does not really sound open, or? That is 11 games with 90 minutes - 990 minutes with 13 shoots on target - one shoot every 76 minutes. And the quality of this shoots was poor - until now Manuel Neuer is really underpaid. They have to give him enough exercise in training sessions as he does not get this in the games.
If you just mean that we do not play catenaccio style - right - why should we?