Bundesliga review part 2. the new one :)

[aguero93:20]

You are going to think I am a right plank here but I never realized that in the Bundesliga you only play 34 games.

Not only do they play 4 games less than anyone in the Premier League they get 5 weeks off in the middle of the season, I find that incredibly unfair when it comes to having players fresh for the knockouts of the Champions League.

They don't have a League Cup either in Germany so even less games.

I don't see it as "unfair", let's face it nobody is stopping the English league having less teams in the top flight.

Apart from England I don't think any of the big leagues has a second cup.

Arjen Robben has just extended his contract to summer 2017 so that just leaves Kroos now.

Portugal, Ireland, Scotland and Wales don't count then? :)

 

[MihaiCity]

You are going to think I am a right plank here but I never realized that in the Bundesliga you only play 34 games.

Not only do they play 4 games less than anyone in the Premier League they get 5 weeks off in the middle of the season, I find that incredibly unfair when it comes to having players fresh for the knockouts of the Champions League.

They don't have a League Cup either in Germany so even less games.

I don't see it as "unfair", let's face it nobody is stopping the English league having less teams in the top flight.

Apart from England I don't think any of the big leagues has a second cup.

Arjen Robben has just extended his contract to summer 2017 so that just leaves Kroos now.

Portugal, Ireland, Scotland and Wales don't count then? :)

France too

 

[sam-caddick]

34 games plus 6 cup games, if you go to the final. Overall maximum 40 domestic games in one season. (Or 42 if a club has to play relegation play-offs).

Never understood, why there is a second cup played in England, tbh

It's a dying cup and it wouldn't surprise me if it got scrapped in the next ten years, I think killing it off would bring back some of the spark to the FA Cup again as that is arguably another dying trophy, for the top teams anyway.

The big one for me is Germany having the longest winter break at 5 weeks yet they have the least amount of domestic games to play out of the other top leagues in Europe.

I know England having no winter break didn't stop English sides a few years ago in the Champions League but it has to change to allow us to be more on a level playing field fitness wise. I think it's no coincidence that City looked absolutely knackered coming into the CL again in Ferbruary after having to play 18 matches during December and January.

It has to change, forget tradition.

 

[Alex - City Matters]

What do you guys think will happen with Dieter Hecking? Were there some calls he should be sacked after the draw with Braunschweig? It looks like he's putting together a decent team together there, with players like Max Arnold, De Bruyne and Gustavo.

 

[Ruhr]

i think, there is no other club that has spent so much money in the last 10 years for such poor results. Except that title out of the blue under Felix Magath. But even then Volkswagen had no idea or philosophy of football other than spending much money. With Klaus Allofs as club manager and Dieter Hecking as coach, i think for the first time they have a duo that could really improve the club and built up a top team. So i don´t believe, they will change things just because of some setbacks. Not to forget, they have one of the best youth academies in germany.

 

[Alex - City Matters]

i think, there is no other club that has spent so much money in the last 10 years for such poor results. Except that title out of the blue under Felix Magath. But even then Volkswagen had no idea or philosophy of football other than spending much money. With Klaus Allofs as club manager and Dieter Hecking as coach, i think for the first time they have a duo that could really improve the club and built up a top team. So i don´t believe, they will change things just because of some setbacks. Not to forget, they have one of the best youth academies in germany.

Apart from Arnold, what other youth players could we see coming through soon? Is Knoche an academy player?

 

[Maldeika]

i think, there is no other club that has spent so much money in the last 10 years for such poor results. Except that title out of the blue under Felix Magath. But even then Volkswagen had no idea or philosophy of football other than spending much money. With Klaus Allofs as club manager and Dieter Hecking as coach, i think for the first time they have a duo that could really improve the club and built up a top team. So i don´t believe, they will change things just because of some setbacks. Not to forget, they have one of the best youth academies in germany.

Apart from Arnold, what other youth players could we see coming through soon? Is Knoche an academy player?

They won the U19-Championships last year and have been the winner of the Northern U19 league the recent 3 years.
Robin Knoche is a youth product as well as Julian Brandt, that transferred to Leverkusen at the beginning of this season.

 

[Alex - City Matters]

i think, there is no other club that has spent so much money in the last 10 years for such poor results. Except that title out of the blue under Felix Magath. But even then Volkswagen had no idea or philosophy of football other than spending much money. With Klaus Allofs as club manager and Dieter Hecking as coach, i think for the first time they have a duo that could really improve the club and built up a top team. So i don´t believe, they will change things just because of some setbacks. Not to forget, they have one of the best youth academies in germany.

Apart from Arnold, what other youth players could we see coming through soon? Is Knoche an academy player?

They won the U19-Championships last year and have been the winner of the Northern U19 league the recent 3 years.
Robin Knoche is a youth product as well as Julian Brandt, that transferred to Leverkusen at the beginning of this season.

Is Brandt the one who scored like 10 goals in the first 5 league games in the u19?

 

[supercrystal7]

The last few games should remind a lot of Dortmund fans where they would be without Reus this year. The answer is midtable and probably out of the Europa League. Dortmund are learning now that you cannot keep taking the cheap way out. You get what you pay for and if they don't invest heavily in the summer, both in replacing Gotze and Lewandowski and keeping Hummels, Reus and Gundogan then they will fall.

 

[Alex - City Matters]

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