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nitram
Profile Blog Joined September 2004
Canada5412 Posts
October 19 2011 20:23 GMT
#1881
On October 20 2011 04:50 Retric wrote:
Dortmund is such a shame.

Players have been shuffled way to much this season.
These sites might be of more use than a StarCraft site, where the majority of posters look on WCIII as the dense misformed fetus produced during Blizzards latest miscarrige.
duckii
Profile Joined April 2010
Germany1017 Posts
October 19 2011 20:28 GMT
#1882
Dortmund clearly not ready for european football. Very sad because I had hopes for them to reach the quarters. But this is really painful to watch.
Retric
Profile Joined May 2011
Germany284 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-10-19 20:37:26
October 19 2011 20:33 GMT
#1883
Possible Headlines:

"Bundesliga pays the price for their youth madness"

or

"Germany supports Greece, not only financially"


edit: thank god Leverkusen 2 : 1 Valencia
Mavkar
Profile Blog Joined February 2010
Germany592 Posts
October 19 2011 20:52 GMT
#1884
Oh man, we Germans were so excited last season to see Dortmund rip Europe a new one. But now the jokes on us. Dortmund this season is nothing like Dortmund last season. I hope they can atleast pull it together in the Bundesliga and atleast finish on a place for Euro league.
I'm shy and reserved, even on the internet.
TranceStorm
Profile Blog Joined May 2007
1616 Posts
October 19 2011 21:12 GMT
#1885
Hmm, it seems to be the trend that German champions who aren't Bayern have trouble replicating their good form in the next season. Is it just because they lose some of their players and struggle with the increased workloads of their new schedules?
Retric
Profile Joined May 2011
Germany284 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-10-19 21:37:42
October 19 2011 21:19 GMT
#1886
On October 20 2011 06:12 TranceStorm wrote:
Hmm, it seems to be the trend that German champions who aren't Bayern have trouble replicating their good form in the next season. Is it just because they lose some of their players and struggle with the increased workloads of their new schedules?


Yes,
2007 Stuttgart: always ups and downs
2009 Wolfsburg: complete failure, almost relegated into the second league last season
2011 Dortmund: see above, well at least they are third in the bundesliga

but i cannot recall those clubs losing players (except Sahin who went to Real Madrid this summer)
maybe dzeko, but he stayed a while before he left....


the thing is....german clubs are poor and do not invest, clubs like Inter (Massimo Moratti / Oil), AC Miland (Berlusconi / Media), Juventus (invested already 100 mio with another 150 mio coming), Chelsea (Abramowitsch / Oil), ManCity (some arab guy / Oil), Barca (big bank loans/ insane TV rights revenue), Real Madrid (same) invest insanely every season, thus they can have constant progress. (example: dortmund bought perisic for 6 mio, lost sahin, thats it)

The squads of german clubs are very thin quality wise, thus they cannot handle the pressure of competing internationally and in the bundesliga, which leads to a collapse, and due to the collapse they do not reach uefa cup or champions league ranks in the bundesliga, which leads again to lack of income.....
Maenander
Profile Joined November 2002
Germany4926 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-10-19 21:48:39
October 19 2011 21:42 GMT
#1887
On October 20 2011 06:19 Retric wrote:
Show nested quote +
On October 20 2011 06:12 TranceStorm wrote:
Hmm, it seems to be the trend that German champions who aren't Bayern have trouble replicating their good form in the next season. Is it just because they lose some of their players and struggle with the increased workloads of their new schedules?


Yes,
2007 Stuttgart: always ups and downs
2009 Wolfsburg: complete failure, almost relegated into the second league last season
2011 Dortmund: see above, well at least they are third in the bundesliga

but i cannot recall those clubs losing players (except Sahin who went to Real Madrid this summer)
maybe dzeko, but he stayed a while before he left....

Wolfsburg lost their manager after winning the title and Dzeko was unhappy since they didn't want to sell him, not even for 40 million €.

I don't know what's wrong with Dortmund, yes they lost a central figure in Sahin and Barrios was injured, but it seems like the level of the individual performances dropped as well.
The defense looks very shaky in the Champions League

edit: Arsenal, ManCity and ManU all won their games but not in a very convincing fashion. Only Chelsea seems to show the same level of dominance we are used to from PL clubs.
Maenander
Profile Joined November 2002
Germany4926 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-10-19 21:51:29
October 19 2011 21:50 GMT
#1888
On October 20 2011 06:19 Retric wrote:
The squads of german clubs are very thin quality wise, thus they cannot handle the pressure of competing internationally and in the bundesliga, which leads to a collapse, and due to the collapse they do not reach uefa cup or champions league ranks in the bundesliga, which leads again to lack of income.....

Schalke's squad last year was very deep (and they were very successful in the CL) and everyone complained about it
nitram
Profile Blog Joined September 2004
Canada5412 Posts
October 19 2011 22:32 GMT
#1889
On October 20 2011 06:42 Maenander wrote:
Show nested quote +
On October 20 2011 06:19 Retric wrote:
On October 20 2011 06:12 TranceStorm wrote:
Hmm, it seems to be the trend that German champions who aren't Bayern have trouble replicating their good form in the next season. Is it just because they lose some of their players and struggle with the increased workloads of their new schedules?


Yes,
2007 Stuttgart: always ups and downs
2009 Wolfsburg: complete failure, almost relegated into the second league last season
2011 Dortmund: see above, well at least they are third in the bundesliga

but i cannot recall those clubs losing players (except Sahin who went to Real Madrid this summer)
maybe dzeko, but he stayed a while before he left....

Wolfsburg lost their manager after winning the title and Dzeko was unhappy since they didn't want to sell him, not even for 40 million €.

I don't know what's wrong with Dortmund, yes they lost a central figure in Sahin and Barrios was injured, but it seems like the level of the individual performances dropped as well.
The defense looks very shaky in the Champions League

edit: Arsenal, ManCity and ManU all won their games but not in a very convincing fashion. Only Chelsea seems to show the same level of dominance we are used to from PL clubs.

I follow Dortmund and I have no idea why there was a drop in form with Hummels and Subotic. Piszczek is playing well although he plays best with kuba on the wing in front of him (they both play together on the Polish nt. Smeltzer is completely overrated. In the dm spots Bender is doing well but Gundogan is failing hard. GroBkreatz and Kagawa seem to be out of form and Klopp is changing the 3 forward mid positions to often, Kagawa, GroBkreatz, Gotze, Kuba and Perisic. Lewy is getting little support up front, especially compared to how much Barrios got last year. Barrios needs to get back in form although I think he is a bit overrated.

On the bright side, I think it just looks bad because BVB played their toughest opponent at home while playing the other two away. When Marseille and Olympiakos come to Dortmund, they will surely have trouble. BVB play arsenal last and by that time, Arsenal will probably already have clinched the top spot and not field their strongest team. There is still a chance that Dortmund will come second out of the group.
These sites might be of more use than a StarCraft site, where the majority of posters look on WCIII as the dense misformed fetus produced during Blizzards latest miscarrige.
TranceStorm
Profile Blog Joined May 2007
1616 Posts
October 20 2011 00:06 GMT
#1890
On October 20 2011 06:19 Retric wrote:
Show nested quote +
On October 20 2011 06:12 TranceStorm wrote:
Hmm, it seems to be the trend that German champions who aren't Bayern have trouble replicating their good form in the next season. Is it just because they lose some of their players and struggle with the increased workloads of their new schedules?


Yes,
2007 Stuttgart: always ups and downs
2009 Wolfsburg: complete failure, almost relegated into the second league last season
2011 Dortmund: see above, well at least they are third in the bundesliga

but i cannot recall those clubs losing players (except Sahin who went to Real Madrid this summer)
maybe dzeko, but he stayed a while before he left....


the thing is....german clubs are poor and do not invest, clubs like Inter (Massimo Moratti / Oil), AC Miland (Berlusconi / Media), Juventus (invested already 100 mio with another 150 mio coming), Chelsea (Abramowitsch / Oil), ManCity (some arab guy / Oil), Barca (big bank loans/ insane TV rights revenue), Real Madrid (same) invest insanely every season, thus they can have constant progress. (example: dortmund bought perisic for 6 mio, lost sahin, thats it)

The squads of german clubs are very thin quality wise, thus they cannot handle the pressure of competing internationally and in the bundesliga, which leads to a collapse, and due to the collapse they do not reach uefa cup or champions league ranks in the bundesliga, which leads again to lack of income.....

Isn't it true though that german clubs have more balanced budgets (i.e. they aren't incurring massive losses like other European clubs). I suppose that you really need tons of money to run a successful club nowadays.
ViperPL
Profile Joined March 2011
Poland1775 Posts
October 20 2011 08:11 GMT
#1891
Oh man, Dortmund's D line looked like total shit last game. So inaccurate and out of position all the time, and Schmelzer being worst of them all. It was pretty funny to see Olympiakos faceroll them like they did. On the bright side though, Lewandowski's goal was pretty nice. Still, it will be a real struggle for BVB to advance to knockout round, they will more likely fight for 3rd place to at least get to the other competition (European League is the name?).
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Retric
Profile Joined May 2011
Germany284 Posts
October 20 2011 08:11 GMT
#1892
On October 20 2011 06:50 Maenander wrote:
Show nested quote +
On October 20 2011 06:19 Retric wrote:
The squads of german clubs are very thin quality wise, thus they cannot handle the pressure of competing internationally and in the bundesliga, which leads to a collapse, and due to the collapse they do not reach uefa cup or champions league ranks in the bundesliga, which leads again to lack of income.....

Schalke's squad last year was very deep (and they were very successful in the CL) and everyone complained about it


yes, but Schalke reached the semi final just because Inter was really really really bad and had a really really really bad manager.
And Schalke finished only 14th in the Bundesliga.

I just want a german club (not bayern) to reach a champions league spot in the bundesliga two times in a row.
Well I really hope that Dortmund will achieve that this season since we took over Italy's third place and have 3 + 1 positions for the champions league.
meatbox
Profile Joined August 2011
Australia349 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-10-20 11:32:42
October 20 2011 11:31 GMT
#1893
On October 20 2011 17:11 Retric wrote:
Show nested quote +
On October 20 2011 06:50 Maenander wrote:
On October 20 2011 06:19 Retric wrote:
The squads of german clubs are very thin quality wise, thus they cannot handle the pressure of competing internationally and in the bundesliga, which leads to a collapse, and due to the collapse they do not reach uefa cup or champions league ranks in the bundesliga, which leads again to lack of income.....

Schalke's squad last year was very deep (and they were very successful in the CL) and everyone complained about it


yes, but Schalke reached the semi final just because Inter was really really really bad and had a really really really bad manager.
And Schalke finished only 14th in the Bundesliga.

I just want a german club (not bayern) to reach a champions league spot in the bundesliga two times in a row.
Well I really hope that Dortmund will achieve that this season since we took over Italy's third place and have 3 + 1 positions for the champions league.

still burning from that crappy week from inter mate , inter lose 3-0 to milan on the weekend, then 2-5 after being ahead at 1-0 and 2-1 , season over in 4 days

Olympiakos against Marseille were dire but deserved at least a point against Arsenal, possibly 3 points, luckily I did pick them to win, paying almost $4 at home to dortmund LOL,

your thoughts on the return leg in Germany? Keep in mind 3 unlikely wins will be enough most likely
www.footballanarcy.com/forum
meatbox
Profile Joined August 2011
Australia349 Posts
October 20 2011 11:37 GMT
#1894
On October 20 2011 03:41 DragoonPK wrote:
Show nested quote +
On October 19 2011 15:37 meatbox wrote:
On October 18 2011 01:25 DragoonPK wrote:
I'm pretty sad in regards to how Inter Milan is doing. Tons of injuries and lack of concentration gave us lots of bad losses. I'm hoping we can win tomorrow!

, wasn't a great win, but Inter really need to incorporate more youth into their first team squad, Zarate and Alvarez should be starting most games, Coutinho has done well whenever called upon but rarely utilised... I like having Nagatomo at LB and Maicon at RB, news has it Isla will be joining Inter some time in the future , Andrea Poli should see some game time soon enough and Sneijder is slower becoming the heart of the team (along with zanetti), highly influential on and off the pitch.


yeah Coutinho plays pretty well everytime I see him. Sadley he is injured for now. Zarate is quickly becoming an awesome weapon for Inter. El Capitano Zanetti and Snjider are exactly how you said they are, they bring the best out of the team. Alverez doesn't preform well, but there are still tons of opportunity for him to show potential. Hoping for another win sunday! Forza El Nerazzuri!

Hope so, the flying donkeys are a tough opponent unfortunately, unbeaten in their last 4 Serie A fixtures... hopefully Andrea Poli and Coutinho return soon, they can compete for places imo, Stankovic, Motta, Cambiasso are not at the same level they were 2 years ago, picking Muntari against Catania was a poor decision , I knew they'd lose
www.footballanarcy.com/forum
clusen
Profile Joined May 2010
Germany8702 Posts
October 20 2011 15:59 GMT
#1895
On October 20 2011 17:11 Retric wrote:
I just want a german club (not bayern) to reach a champions league spot in the bundesliga two times in a row.
Well I really hope that Dortmund will achieve that this season since we took over Italy's third place and have 3 + 1 positions for the champions league.

Bremen? They just invested in their stadium and not in their roster.
meatbox
Profile Joined August 2011
Australia349 Posts
October 21 2011 09:20 GMT
#1896
A compelling article I've read on why serie a has dropped off, and how germany look set to maintain 3rd place, worthwhile read my germany friends

http://footballanarchy.com/2011/08/27/why-serie-a-won’t-retain-four-champions-league-places/
www.footballanarcy.com/forum
sixfour
Profile Blog Joined December 2009
England11061 Posts
October 22 2011 17:05 GMT
#1897
Just when you think Balotelli can't top his previous really fucking stupid antics, he then sets his house on fire by launching fireworks out of his bathroom. Hilarious enough to almost make me forget that 96th minute equaliser we conceded earlier
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Liquid`Drone
Profile Joined September 2002
Norway28738 Posts
October 22 2011 18:31 GMT
#1898
im pretty certain he's technically retarded by now
gotta suck to be that stupid and also that much in the spotlight.
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BarbieHsu
Profile Joined September 2011
574 Posts
October 22 2011 19:53 GMT
#1899
On October 23 2011 03:31 Liquid`Drone wrote:
im pretty certain he's technically retarded by now
gotta suck to be that stupid and also that much in the spotlight.


The money and doing work he loves must soothe his anguish.

Nice article on ESPN today about up and coming playmakers, including Marvin the Martin.
Holgerius
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
Sweden16951 Posts
October 22 2011 20:18 GMT
#1900
Lolol, Balotelli is fucking hilarious. XD Gotta love dumbasses.
I believe in the almighty Grötslev! -- I am never serious and you should never believe a thing I say. Including the previous sentence.
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