2014 - 2015 Football Thread - Page 658

On April 12 2015 03:11 Stratos_speAr wrote:


There have been several games where Gündogan has been one of the best players on the pitch. Yea, he's not back to elite status, but he's clearly been pulling his weight and has definitely been one of the best on the team. Hummels has also recovered from his horrid 2014 form and is still a rock defensively.

As for Ginter and Jojic, I'm not all up in arms and thinking they're useless, but I feel like there's a reason he hasn't seen even a single minute of play in forever in a day. He didn't really get enough chances when he did play in the fall, but something must not be going right in training or else Klopp would've given him a chance by now. I do think that they may turn out to be decent investments if given the time, but it's still just "potential", which we've invested a lot into and gotten almost nothing out of.

I simply see Volland as a decent replacement for Mhki. By adding that depth, it gives us additional options to create that attacking midfield by mixing and matching positions based on who's in. Mhki is essentially useless at this point and needs to be replaced with someone that can offer something. Alternatively, if we stack up on strikers (sell Immobile and Ramos, buy replacements), we can shift Aubameyang to the right permanently and then Volland would be fairly unnecessary. I heard rumors that BVB are looking at Max Kruse (and I'm sure other teams are as well), and that may be a decent pick up. We'll have to see where that goes.

As for Immobile and Ramos, they just haven't shown the quality. They've been given countless opportunities and their deficits clearly aren't merely due to tactical choices by Klopp. Neither of them has shown any kind of strength on the ball, ability to hold the ball, smart positioning or quality finishing skills. They just aren't that great.

I really don't see Klopp as being nostalgic or failing the team tactically. On the one hand, it may seem that way since we keep doing the same thing and failing, but what I'm seeing is that the real problem is that the quality simply isn't there. Remember, we've tried a number of tactical options and nothing has solved our defensive incompetence or offensive impotence. The only thing that is going to change this team is 1) overhauling personnel and bringing some new people while dropping dead weight, and 2) having a nice, long off-season to train together.



Yes, some of these players may have fit into past BVB teams, but how do they fit into current ones? Do you really think there's some magical formation that would fit with the current roster that would make Mhki, Immobile, or Ramos more efficient that Klopp is just missing? The problems definitely have not been purely tactical. Mhki still routinely makes terrible decisions and misses passes that he shouldn't be missing.

Mhki may very well go on and find his form again, but the problem is producing here. In order for him to become a quality player again, it isn't just that he needs the right people around him and to be deployed in the right way. He needs to actually make the right choices and execute, neither of which he has been able to do, and it's pretty questionable to blame his terrible choices and failure to shoot on target/pass accurately solely on Klopp's tactics.

On April 12 2015 04:50 Steveling wrote:
Welp, 2 mistakes, 1 from bravo and 1 from pique and barca will lose the title now with 1 more mistake.

On April 12 2015 04:50 Steveling wrote:
Welp, 2 mistakes, 1 from bravo and 1 from pique and barca will lose the title now with 1 more mistake.

On April 12 2015 04:58 ZapRoffo wrote:


You definitely can't count all of Real Madrid's games as wins in the bag, they have to go to Sevilla too, and go to Celta right after the tough Atletico CL games, where Barca barely won.

On April 12 2015 05:30 Pandemona wrote:

Bale wasnt on the pitch, last freekick i saw Real have Bale took it ^_^ (when both Bale and Ronaldo on pitch)

On April 12 2015 17:56 Rebs wrote:


Sevilla might be hard but there are plenty of points for Barca to lose and not many for Real. Really shouldve won that game though. But it happens I guess.

I think the league is 50-50 at best and I have a nervy feeling real will Pip them quite comfortably.