I think the initial question was about this quote by one of BM members:That goes far back into my youth when he was goalkeeper at Bayern...
I cannot tell much about his abilities as a coach. Bayern is not really profilic in getting good goalkeepers out of their youth players. Früchtl is a good one - but he is in every training with Neuer, Starke and Tapalovic and I do not think he gets extra goalkeeper training with his youth team. The best goalkeeper coaches in Germany's youth Schalke seems to have with Stuttgart following close.
Starke - our third goalkeeper will be goalkeeper coach in the new NLZ (youth performance center) Bayern opens starting August. He will still be part of the Asia tour of the professionals as Neuer, Früchtl and Ulreich are still injured but then will start his new job. I can imagine that we try to get modern goalkeepers. Pep has left Gerland (Bayern's assistant coach who takes up the job as youth leader now - he is the guy who brought up Schweinsteiger, Lahm, Müller, Hamann, Hummels etc.) a big book with notices about training forms etc. and a youth concept - our U17 and U19 who play for the German championship right now (or were second) play like a Guardiola team...
Somehow a lot of our backroom staff leaves in recent times. Liverpool got some of it, the youth coach department was totally revamped, the rehab leader leaves to Gladbach, some phyios left... - do not know what I should be thinking about that.
"Now don't bully me or shoot me down lol, but I've got something juicy to throw into the mix. My son plays in burton albion under 13s as a goalkeeper and he has just come back from a weekends coaching at Bayern. He said the coach who was coaching him said after learning my lad was a city fan that kimmick was coming to city and it'd been signed and sealed months ago. Would be amazing signing in my opinion. He'd cover right back and centre mid. The coach, who's name is Walter and had a "massive tash" according to my lad lol, said city are making some "serious signings" this time round. Like I say I'm no itk but I thought a rumour from a 13 year old visiting another country has as much credibility as sky sports news".
Tbf to Nolito, imo he wasn't bad at all, just not special.
But that tweet re his daughter, probably shows why Pep just blanked him for half a season, he's not got the right attitude to settle down here & do his job.
So he can fuck off.
Let's get:
Bertrand, Walker, Mendy, Van Dijk, Sanchez (along with Bernardo and Ederson).....and win the treble! No excuses.
Always felt he had a weird running style - sort of hunched over.I always thought he looked and played as though he's a little erm unhinged.
Always felt he had a weird running style - sort of hunched over.
A good incisive player initially, but dropped off after the red card. Guardiola probably gave up on him because of his attitude.
So, he can't handle the weather in Manchester but expects to be in the running for the 2018 World Cup - in freezing, snowy Russia??
Showing my age but he reminds me of Norman Wisdom running with his milk and shouting Mr Grimsdale.He looked like he had the shits.