Borussia Dortmund (H) | CL | Post Match Thread

[mattyads]

Really weird performance, very reminiscent of Feyenoord. Except his time we changed tactics and saw the game out. Am slightly worried about the energy levels given we have the dips on Sunday, but our quality is undeniable.

Can't expect to dominate a game against Dortmund for the full 90 minutes, but there were two 15 minute spells where we were second best, and that has to change or were open to the flow of the game rather than dictating it.

That lack of communication that led to Donnarumma impersonating Otamendi was worrying also. Not sure if it was a Nunes brain fart or a poor pass, but thankfully somebody stepped up and dealt with it.

I don't want to pile on the anti Savinho train, but his end product is just non existent at the moment, and is nowhere near the output levels we need. He's a threat, he's mostly a hard worker, but he's also one of those players who has a knack for finding the defenders legs with a cross, or row z with an open net. Needs to find a ruthless streak and soon. In comparison, Cherki has feet sprinkled with magic, he could smash a shit against his own post and it would end up in the opposite net, and he'd mean it.

Overall we look much more healthy than last year. The bench was very strong and we were able to change the game with Dias coming on and a back three instantly halting their ambition of a comeback. Beat Leverkusen and we hopefully don't have to sweat as much about trips to Madrid and the bloody arctic.

Spot on

 

[blue whippet]

"You only sing when he tells you"

Made me laugh that.

 

[Wretched Vengeance]

Currently working away from home and a few hours ahead of GMT so no chance of staying up to keep an eye on the score.

Delighted when I checked and saw the result earlier this morning. Will look for the highlights.

 

[s1ty m]

Yep, his progress in his first (half) season left him at a crossroads as his second season began but he seems to have turned down Rodri Road rather than on to Kalvin Phillips Parkway if you’ll pardon the appalling metaphor

But, it is a really good description. Nico has really impressed and has a toughness that brings steel to our midfield. The idea of a Rodri-Nico pairing in the middle is mouth-watering.

 

[Blue Maverick]

Imagine going to a match and not watching it but standing with a fucking megaphone saying all follow me, what a twat. Good performance glad to see Pep been more pragmatic and bring on Dias to shore up the back after that dodgy 15mins. The dippers game will be interesting.

 

[Tuearts right boot]

Why bother going to the match to have your back to it for ninety minutes? Doesn't make sense to me.

You're clearly not the owner of a very big drum

 

[Protein Junkie]

We need to get a Savio biggest critic league going.:-)

With promotion up into the Nunes critic league and relegation into the Rico league.

 

[Bluesince1979]

Savinho played well

Savimho played marginally better than he usually does

 

[mattyads]

Yep. Manufactured atmosphere.

This is so true!

Don't get me wrong we need a rocket at home sometimes atmosphere-wise, but the drone that comes from a lot of foreign away support is soulless, its like white noise.

As somebody else said it doesn't correlate with the game so it kind of feels detached.

 

[eastmanc]

You're clearly not the owner of a very big drum

You are right I don't own a drum.

 

[Vienna_70]

Imagine going to a match and not watching it but standing with a fucking megaphone saying all follow me.

It’s something that you often see at German football games.

It’s part of their football culture.

 

[eastmanc]

"You only sing when he tells you"

Should get that chant going. A proper lesson in spontaneity.

 

[Newman Noggs]

Who appoints the guy with the megaphone as boss and where do I apply ?

 

[IcriedwhenTueartleft]

First 10 minutes we were off the pace, the next 60 minutes we played as well as we have for a couple of years & were superb. Then we took our foot off the gas and had a 10 minute poor spell again.
People getting very excited about Savinho should realise, that is what we expect and need from him 3 games out of every 4, not once every 3 months. Consistency is key. Do that most games and nobody will be complaining.
Doku should have been hooked earlier, his non-stop giving the ball away after our 3rd goal cost us a goal and nearly another. Despite that, he was superb for 60 minutes before that.
Majestic from Phil Football.
Our GK was excellent too, that misplaced pass across the penalty box would have seen Ederson concede a penalty. Impressed by the way Donarumma does not dive into tackles/challenges in such situations but instead, holds back and assesses the situation first.

 

[eversince 76]

Six teams from the PL in the top 12 of the Chumps.

I know which of these two competitions is the better one, and is certainly not the one run by those corrupt tossers at UEFA.

You do know the PL is lead by the FA? Like the FA is a trustful organisation. 115? Or do we need to sum up what people see as an agenda vs us breaking up the comfy top 4 or red cartel. They are as bad as UEFA.

Anyway, different discussion. My sole interest goes to the team in 4th position and I can’t give a flying feck about the position of other PL-teams.

Great win last night. Up the dippers next.

 

[vmsuhail]

17 points guarantees a Top 8 spot
16 points gives a 95% chance.

So 2 wins should do it. Easy.

 

[East Level 2]

The whole thing makes me cringe to be honest. Them goons stood at the front directing the singing, the twat thumping a drum.
Its all very ‘try hard’ isnt it

Why bother going to the match to have your back to it for ninety minutes? Doesn't make sense to me.

The clown with the drum seemed to be facing the corner flag. Why didn't he turn round and keep one eye on the pitch?

 

[Gray]

You do know the PL is lead by the FA? Like the FA is a trustful organisation. 115? Or do we need to sum up what people see as an agenda vs us breaking up the comfy top 4 or red cartel. They are as bad as UEFA.

Anyway, different discussion. My sole interest goes to the team in 4th position and I can’t give a flying feck about the position of other PL-teams.

Great win last night. Up the dippers next.

Think the FA is in overall charge of all football in England and has sole responsibility for the FA Cup, but has little or no influence over the Premier League. The PL management is as corrupt as UEFA I grant you that.

 

[Lee the Blue]

Good performance overall but took foot off gas probably thinking of next Sunday and due to the short break from last Sunday
Who the fuck let that idiot in with the drum and the megaphone I dont understand why they travel so far to not watch the game jumping up and down swaying from side to side waving scarfs singing repetitive moronic songs Germans are a weird nation

My mate commented that he'd wonder what the reaction would be if he'd rolled up at the turnstile with a huge drum and a megaphone - Ill level with you Im not entirely confident he'd have been allowed to bring them inside.....so why were the Dortmund fans permitted to do so?

 

[Burtonblue]

Excellent after the first 10 mins when we were sleepwalking.
Foden Reijnders and both Nicos had v good games. Haaland obviously terrifying.
Donnarumma also v reliable and to those who said he was poor with his feet they were wrong. That double tackle in the second half was quite brilliant. Eddie would have probably got a red.
It’s quite exceptional how Savio can do brilliant things and then regularly fail to find a blue shirt with his final pass. He defies the laws of probability and Brownian motion. I think the day he gets that bit right he will become unstoppable.
Bring the scouse bastards on.