With this line-up you would get killed in the real FC Bayern forum. Apart from some sun shiny days in the CL group stage where luck came to his hand Kroos is about the most hated player especially as he seems to be the loved muppet of the coach who has not earned it, has less sprints than Neuer has in most of the matches and half of the intensive runs Schweinsteiger and of the Dortmund midfield players have. If he looses the ball he does not run after it - when somebody steps on his feet he only works behind the middle line, slows down the match and does not have much assists or goals apart from standards. When he played the ten in the first half of the season, when Robben was injured he only had 2 assists out of match play in the Bundesliga. Kroos plays as static as Gomez does - and together with Robben and Ribery as wingers it is just does not fit. Robben still has to make his first good match in this constellation.
With Schweinsteiger injured (and Gomez) we saw some real great test matches where we had a very good organised front with Robben, Ribery, Müller and Mandzukic (and partly Shaqiri) changing their places all the time, like this being a constant threat for the opponent - and it really was fun again - like in the best matches we played the recent two-three years. Robben seems to be really back and has been a very good assistant, Müller is scoring for fun again, Mandzukic makes goals and assists, too - and Ribery is his usual self. Dortmund did not like that very much last weekend either...
