German Football 2018/2019 Part II

[Cassano]

Men against boys

 

[YNWA14]

The funny thing is Dortmund should have scored early when they carved Bayern open with that beauty play down the left.

 

[Deficient Mode]

Bürki turning around from a liability to a great shot stopper is probably the biggest difference between last year's underwhelming Dortmund team and this year's team. Others get too much credit.

 

[Duchene2MacKinnon]

Without Burki this game would’ve been ugly. Honestly the Dortmund defence aren’t even there. Especially, when crossing Hummels and Lewa just eating them in the air

 

[Duchene2MacKinnon]

And another goal after a sensational save from Burki. You have to feel for him it’s 10 v 1 at this point.

 

[kingsboy11]

Don't deserve to win the Bundesliga if this is your performance in the biggest game of the year.

 

[ScottishCanuck]

Turned it off. Disappointing but not unexpected.

 

[Duchene2MacKinnon]

Wow again. Never seen this before to be honest.

Should’ve started Belardi lool

 

[Deficient Mode]

Without Burki this game would’ve been ugly. Honestly the Dortmund defence aren’t even there. Especially, when crossing Hummels and Lewa just eating them in the air

I guess they're all too tired to jump. How many times has a Bayern player cleanly won a header in the Dortmund box today? 5 or 6 in one half? Embarrassing.

 

[ScottishCanuck]

Dortmund's back 4 have been a shambles for ages now. They never fix it. Celtic levels of incompetence.

 

[Hadoop]

WOW what a rampant performance by Bayern so far. They are eating BvB for lunch.

 

[KJS14]

The funny thing is Dortmund should have scored early when they carved Bayern open with that beauty play down the left.

Yeah, the whole half could have been a lot different if Dahoud finishes that one and they go 1-0 up. They haven't created anything since.

 

[Albatros]

Kovac completely undressing Favre.

 

[Deficient Mode]

Bayern haven't even been that good. They aren't really generating high quality chances on their own. Dortmund's defense has just been spectacularly bad.

 

[YNWA14]

A reality check game. Yikes.

 

[Cassano]

Why favre bench Gotze and Weigl

 

[Deficient Mode]

Why favre bench Gotze and Weigl

No one knows with Götze. I guess Dahoud is more capable of making those runs from midfield to get in scoring position and that "paid off" with his missed chance in the 10th minute.

Weigl has been behind Witsel and Delaney all season and Favre really refuses to rotate him in. He's a backup at both CB and midfield unfortunately.

 

[spintheblackcircle]

 

[Pavel Buchnevich]

Favre lost us the game before it started by not starting Goetze. That was absolutely the dumbest decision we've seen from him all season. Playing scared. Playing to tie. And if thats the case, it still doesn't make sense. Goetze's runs the offense in this team. He should be the first name on the team sheet. Reus, Sancho and Alcacer have had timely goals or assists, but everything goes through Goetze.

I didn't see the second half, so I don't know what happened there, but they looked unprepared and very slow in the first half. Bayern came to play in that first half, we played our worst half of the season.

A lot of people are going to now claim that Bayern has won the title now, like they did a few weeks ago. Its a one point lead now. Bayern are not good this season. They should not win out, especially with games against Leipzig and Frankfurt. We don't play another team the rest of the season in the top four. I think we have the easier schedule at this point, so I'm not convinced Bayern's going to win this. We gotta win our next four games, and put pressure on them. Both teams should be able to win their next four games. If the gap is still one point or its less than that after those four teams, we are in the better position.

 

[John Pedro]

wow that was amazing...

it's just sad how dominant Bayern is in Germany... I was hoping this would be Dortmund's year.

 

[Luigi Habs]

Leipzig are a fun team to watch. Too bad they had a bad start. They could’ve been battling for the title otherwise.

 

[Albatros]

Too bad they're not. Really.

No, I'd even rather give it to FC Bayern for the Xth and Yth (and Zth if need be) time.

 

[Bon Esprit]

And now something complete differnt:

Pokal semis are

HSV-Leipzig
Bremen-Bayern

Leipzig/Bayern should be the final

 

[TheMoreYouKnow]

HSV-Bremen would be a lot more fun though. But that's the thing with German football these days...fun things don't happen.

 

[Albatros]

HSV-Bremen would be a lot more fun though. But that's the thing with German football these days...fun things don't happen.

Mmm, yesterday HSV lost to a relegation candidate at home after conceding a 90+4 minute goal, it was decently good fun.