supercrystal7 said:
We will have to agree to disagree. Injuries are a given and a constant problem with Robben. He has always been selfish, but last year he took it to counter-productive extremes. However, over the last 3/4 years he is in a special group with Iniesta, Xavi, Schweinsteiger etc
Robben last year had injury problems and then he had to fight with a system that did not match his strengths. Müller had the same problems all year. They play faster right now and with more movement and that gets both players to get in gear again. But if you do that you need the right players in the central midfield.
Robben in the right system is phenomenal. Like in 2009/10 and in the second part ov 2010/11. Tell me a right winger that does 12 goals and 10 assists in 14 matches or 16 goals and 7 assists in 24 matches - that were his numbers in this two years. He never made that before like this, that is why I talk about the right system. He needs somebody like Müller in the middle (he told in an interview just two weeks before that it is like this even if critics of him then mentioned that it might be just because like this he does not have him as an opponent for the right side ;) ) for that who opens him spaces and holes for his shots and somebody like Lahm behind - and a faster match. In a slower system - like Bayern played it in the last year - he is less efficient. That is why somebody like Martinez in addition to a healty Schweinsteiger was so important!
But everybody of this attacking players needs the matching surrounding to thrive...
But Robben and Ribery have gotten very strong competition even for their spots. Heynckes will even put them in rotation. In the recent 12 matches Müller had 9 goals and 6 assists, Robben 2 goals and 4 assists, Ribery 2 goals and 4 assists, Kroos 4 goals and 2 assists (maybe with 100 minutes difference in playing time) - and now even Shaqiri with 1 goal and 4 assists in the 330 minutes he played... - only three of them can play in so many different combinations.
