Kramer better not have another concussion...
Could've just said: Köln are an eyesoreKöln's jerseys+shorts are an eyesore.
4 points separate 2nd and 8th place. Aside from the best and the worst teams, this league is stupidly even.
Let's look at those european results. Bosz destroyed BVB's campaign; naivety ruined Leipzig & Hoffenheim's; Hertha are Hertha; and Koln are the worst team in the league. So what exactly are we supposed to take from those results that tells us anything about the actually quality of any of those teams other than Hertha? And we already knew what Hertha was.The problem is that it's more a reflection of a lack of very good teams this year. Just look at the results in Europe again.
When I watched a BMG team that hasn't finished top two in eons outplay the likes of Barca & Citeh in the CL, I have a tough time agreeing with that *shrug*It's kind of a **** league aside from Bayern and one other team that rotates every couple of years. It's been that way since I can remember (i.e. the 80s).
"let's talk about X"Forget all the excuses.
Dortmund failed
Leipzig failed
Hoffenheim failed
Hertha failed
Koln failed
In the league no team is actually playing very good on top apart from Bayern.
All I want for christmas is three more years of top-class Raffael and for Eggestein/Kühn to study from him < 3
Even with Oxford in midfield not going too well and Hecking's desire to sit deep ceding the initiative to HSV; Raffa's brilliance decides this final match before the winter break for the small team from just outside Köln.
Cuisance almost scored a beauty earlier as well. A real cracker cutting onto his left from the right side.
When I watched a BMG team that hasn't finished top two in eons outplay the likes of Barca & Citeh in the CL, I have a tough time agreeing with that *shrug*
There's always been outlier performances from German teams in Europe. Anyone remember Karlsruhe's 7-0 vs Valencia? And of course I was simplifying things a bit to make a point. There were some years for sure where it wasn't so clear who was no.2, and some years where 1/2/3/4 weren't that far apart, but overall the point stands. A Bayern rival emerges and then fades as they sell the players that made them Bayern rivals and they can't replace them with players of equal quality. I think there was at least temporarily justified hope that Dortmund could break this trend, but at the moment it sure looks like they've gone that way too. At least - unlike Werder Bremen - their commercial footing should be solid enough to prevent a free fall into the relegation zone no matter what nonsense Aki Watzke and Michael Zorc come up with.