Bundesliga 2017/18

Maldeika said:
Dortmund has missed the point of rebuilding their team from a raceball team to a ball possession team - not just the tactics but with their acquisitions, too. A lot of the teams first took the same approach - so it was gegenpressing team against gegenpressing team or later ultradefensive teams with 5 on the back. There was a period after their two title wins in which they were really good with setpieces and had some decent footballers that often were able to even break down busses - in Europe the old tactics worked great - but Klopp's mental abilities (you need everybody to run for each other else it cannot work) ran out, too. Dortmund made the mistake to want to build a spine out of players that went away but did not make it elsewhere and came back "home" again. Tuchel had them on a good way to get them playing ball possession with fast transition - but he had problems with both the establishment in the club who still dreamed of the "hardrock football" of yesterday and bought players for it and the old "spine" that was not really good in the new style...

That is my take on it. The problem is that you do not need to look to rival Bayern if you cannot get ahead of the other pack for a couple of years even if your assets compared to that teams are enormous.



Did not help - at the end they lost 1:4 to Leverkusen.
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Yeah, I watched it.

Just couldn’t be bothered posting.
 
Bayern (well technically Bild) today revealed that Nico Kovac will take over as manager next season.

Not particularly well known outside of Germany or Croatia, but he has done a fantastic job at Eintracht Frankfurt in the past few seasons. He took over and just about saving them from relegation - winning the play off against Nuremburg, before nearly qualifying for Europe last season and getting to the final of the German Cup.

This season Eintracht are competing for a European place again, and are in the last 4 of the Cup.

Hopefully he can get them in the top 4 before he leaves.
 
cptaidan88 said:
Bayern (well technically Bild) today revealed that Nico Kovac will take over as manager next season.

Not particularly well known outside of Germany or Croatia, but he has done a fantastic job at Eintracht Frankfurt in the past few seasons. He took over and just about saving them from relegation - winning the play off against Nuremburg, before nearly qualifying for Europe last season and getting to the final of the German Cup.

This season Eintracht are competing for a European place again, and are in the last 4 of the Cup.

Hopefully he can get them in the top 4 before he leaves.
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Bit of a dick move that when Frankfurt are still competing for European places. An interesting appointment though, a huge step up in every level for Kovac.
 
bavarian blue said:
Frankfurt not impressed by the timing.
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There is no good timing until after the end of the season - but the press is on this topic for months.

Frankfurt for sure was not surprised - Kovac left himself that "backdoor" in every press conference when asked if he stays in Frankfurt and he has a release clause if Bayern knocks on the door.
 
cptaidan88 said:
The next time someone says there's no such thing as a wrong opinion I'll show them this. Comparing Bayern's success to what Hitler is one of the greatest leaps I think I've ever heard.
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Culling any opposition of their best players, win the league by a mile every year and ensure there's no competition and expect to be supported in European games for the good of Germany, and they play in red and white. Could go on and on with the factual comparisons. Close to the bone, full of truth and with a dollop of British humour on top.

but you'd of course find a way to declare it a great democracy and competitive environment.
 
BJL_City said:
Culling any opposition of their best players, win the league by a mile every year and ensure there's no competition and expect to be supported in European games for the good of Germany, and they play in red and white. Could go on and on with the factual comparisons. Close to the bone, full of truth and with a dollop of British humour on top.

but you'd of course find a way to declare it a great democracy and competitive environment.
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Bayern are not a fucking charity. It's up to the other teams to close the gap not the other way round.

The Premier League hasn't been much of a contest this year, but I've still managed to enjoy it but presumably you think it's been a disgrace?

We announced Pep midseason - so we poached him right? And because we are righteous we were trying to rescue Mahrez from the great injustice of playing for Leicester?

It's fucking football and you have the nerve to compare it to Nazi atrocities, and then attempt to justify it?
 
cptaidan88 said:
Bayern are not a fucking charity. It's up to the other teams to close the gap not the other way round.

The Premier League hasn't been much of a contest this year, but I've still managed to enjoy it but presumably you think it's been a disgrace?

We announced Pep midseason - so we poached him right? And because we are righteous we were trying to rescue Mahrez from the great injustice of playing for Leicester?

It's fucking football and you have the nerve to compare it to Nazi atrocities, and then attempt to justify it?
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no, because we haven't won the past 5 titles, bought Hazard and Kante from Chelsea, De Gea from the Rags and Kane, Eriksen and Alderweireld from Spurs, for example. You've clearly had a thought and humour bypass.

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