Bundesliga 2014-2015

[pookenstein]

The best football-league in the world deserves its own thread.

And today it starts off with the best team in football, the glorious FC Bayern, who will take on the up and coming VfL Wolfsburg in a few minutes.

Let the games begin. I predict Bayern to win this game 3-1 and the league with a comfortable distance of 12 points to Dortmund.

[pookenstein]

Solid start. Not too spectacular, but solid.
The Ref was awful though. Olic goal is hand. Dante fouls Olic, no penalty. Rode scores and Müller is not offside. All in all it should have been a result with two goals for Bayern.

[Franklin]

Agree, bundesliga is the real deal, Bayern got unlucky in the 2014 champions league but I'm confident they'll win it back in 2015, with Mourinho's chelsea being the only solid challenger. Jose will win the premier league this season no doubt about that but I don't fancy his chance to win the champions league just two seasons after coming back to chelsea.

[Venti Quattro]

:lmao :lmao best football league

Is the best football league being killed off by Bayern signing every opposing team's star?

[Franklin]

^ same happens in the La Liga as well, only difference is two teams practicing it instead of one.

[Venti Quattro]

^ same happens in the La Liga as well, only difference is two teams practicing it instead of one.

That's why when it's all said and done, the Premier League is the most interesting top-tier league to watch, even though English players are godawful overrated and overpaid.

[lefty]

That's why when it's all said and done, the Premier League is the most interesting top-tier league to watch, even though English players are godawful overrated and overpaid.
Bingo

It's the most interesting to watch because of all the teams competing for the title (but let's face it, some middle team from la Liga would c-stomp the likes of Everton or Tottenham)

[Infinite_limit]

Bayern is fortunate Wolfsburg's Malanda choked a squatter.

But a-lot of significant players for Bayern were out. The back 4 looks adequate with Badstuber back in action after 2 blown knees. But the season ending injury to Javier Martinez leaves an enormous hole with MF defense. This has forced Alaba to slide more inside and play out of position. Shaqiri doesn't seem to be the long term replacement to Ribery. If not for the Lewandowski signing I would not only question Bayern reaching the UCL Semi-Finals but even winning Bundesliga. Letting Kroos go makes Thiago utterly vital.

[pookenstein]

Bayern is fortunate Wolfsburg's Malanda choked a squatter.

But a-lot of significant players for Bayern were out. The back 4 looks adequate with Badstuber back in action after 2 blown knees. But the season ending injury to Javier Martinez leaves an enormous hole with MF defense. This has forced Alaba to slide more inside and play out of position. Shaqiri doesn't seem to be the long term replacement to Ribery. If not for the Lewandowski signing I would not only question Bayern reaching the UCL Semi-Finals but even winning Bundesliga. Letting Kroos go makes Thiago utterly vital.

I think Pep will play with three defenders. Boatang is allowed to play again against Schalke next week, so the defense will be better. Winning the Bundesliga won't be a big problem imo, because Bayern feasts on the lesser teams They might loose a game or two against the likes of Dortmund, Leverkusen etc, but one of their strenghts is, that they very seldomly loose to the third or forth tier clubs of the league.

[pookenstein]

:lmao :lmao best football league

Is the best football league being killed off by Bayern signing every opposing team's star?

You can make a case for EPL, but Bundesliga has the complete package.

And don't kid yourself with the "Bayern buys the best player" shit. Don't get me wrong, they do, but so does every other club. Difference is, that Bayern, just like Real, Barca, Chelsea etc are a tier above the clubs they buy from.
Example: Dortmund is to Bayern what Berlin, or Gladbach (Reus) is to Dortmund. Maybe not to that extend, but you get what I mean.
Everybody does it. Teams like Leverkusen buy Hamburg players. And so on.

[tlongII]

EPL is easily the best league from top to bottom. Bundesliga is pretty much Bayern alone.

[Franklin]

^ it's not like EPL has two three or more real contenders. I see only two real contenders in the EPL this season, Chelsea and City. Arsenal hasn't been relevant for years while United is no longer the same since Fergie left, Liverpool managed a superb effort last season but they're just a joke tbh. Bayern is just too stacked they overshadow the rest of the bundesliga but it doesn't mean other German clubs are weak compared to their English counterparts imho.

[pookenstein]

Good pickups by Bayern. Alonso played well yesterday. But Bayern let Schalke get to them with their hard play and in the end the draw is ok.
Four points after two games is ok. Nothing more, nothing less. If we had our main guys available, I think we would sit on six points, but Dortmund already lost a game, so all is well.

[Infinite_limit]

Heeeeee's Back

http://www.deeyoo.com/heeso/0sawiro/sport3/kagawa.jpg


For 6.3 Euro? What is Man U doing.

[Franklin]

United only bought him for 11m something if I remember correct, so 6.3 euro for someone who has already been marginalized doesn't sound too bad for United imho.

[Infinite_limit]

United only bought him for 11m something if I remember correct, so 6.3 euro for someone who has already been marginalized doesn't sound too bad for United imho.
No idea why he's struggled to break into the Man U lineup. He will be torching Arsenal in UCL

[FlAVaK]

United only bought him for 11m something if I remember correct, so 6.3 euro for someone who has already been marginalized doesn't sound too bad for United imho.

They bought him for 16+. But he was no. 9 overall in PL jerseysales, and money isn`t that important for ManU anyway...

[FlAVaK]

No idea why he's struggled to break into the Man U lineup. He will be torching everbody

This.

Offensive Midfield: Reus/Kagawa/Mkhitharyan :wow

[FlAVaK]

For 6.3 Euro? What is Man U doing.

And the fee was 6.3 Million GBP which equals about 8 Million €, so it`s about half the fee ManU paid in 2012...

[Infinite_limit]

This.

Offensive Midfield: Reus/Kagawa/Mkhitharyan :wow
Only 25 years old.

[FlAVaK]

Only 25 years old.

Ja, not as old as Robbery! And outside of Kehl (retires next year) and Weidenfeller/Kirch (both probably will retire in 2016) there are only three older (28/29) guys in Kuba, Piszczek and Ramos. Everbody else is 26 or younger and some prospects (Hofman, Bittencourt, Leitner, Ducksch, Koch, Günter) are stashed in smaller Bundesliga teams (Günter @Galatasaray). Even if Reus and/or Gündogan leave in 2015, future squad looks great in Dortmund...

[Sportstudi]

Sry guys, but I had to share this one:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OXE5Z1yBTBs

[lefty]

This.

Offensive Midfield: Reus/Kagawa/Mkhitharyan :wowcrofl moyes

[DAF86]

Where's the thread to talk about the Ligue 1? I want to ask Brazil how's he liking Bielsa so far?

[Brazil]

Where's the thread to talk about the Ligue 1? I want to ask Brazil (http://www.spurstalk.com/forums/member.php?u=14466) how's he liking Bielsa so far?

I saw a thread for all other leagues I think.

well Bielsa is a tricky pony, he put his boss on a very difficult position with his interview. All former OM management was asking for his head especially Tapie who has still a lot of influence everywhere but Labrune managed the issue properly IMO.

i am quite surprised he was able to keep locker room focused, on a way it seems they are using the controversy as a fuel which is quite remarkable knowing that Bielsa said clearly the players he has are not the ones he wanted. Not sure if all that is sustainable but he run a solid system and has good results. Last win against yes a weak opponent was quite impressive.

marseille is a tough spot for a coach, I'm curious to see if Marseille will eat him on the long run or if he will impose his will.

[DAF86]

I saw a thread for all other leagues I think.

well Bielsa is a tricky pony, he put his boss on a very difficult position with his interview. All former OM management was asking for his head especially Tapie who has still a lot of influence everywhere but Labrune managed the issue properly IMO.

i am quite surprised he was able to keep locker room focused, on a way it seems they are using the controversy as a fuel which is quite remarkable knowing that Bielsa said clearly the players he has are not the ones he wanted. Not sure if all that is sustainable but he run a solid system and has good results. Last win against yes a weak opponent was quite impressive.

marseille is a tough spot for a coach, I'm curious to see if Marseille will eat him on the long run or if he will impose his will.

He will be out of there sooner rather than later, tbh. He doesn't last much anywhere, he's way too much of an idealist and as soon as he sees something he doesn't like he let's everyone now it and bosses don't like that one bit.

Regarding the players he should be fine, he has connected closely with every group of players he has had. 90% of the players he has had love him, although all of them were Spanish speakers, maybe he has some problems getting through to non-Spanish speaking players.

[Brazil]

He will be out of there sooner rather than later, tbh. He doesn't last much anywhere, he's way too much of an idealist and as soon as he sees something he doesn't like he let's everyone now it and bosses don't like that one bit.

Regarding the players he should be fine, he has connected closely with every group of players he has had. 90% of the players he has had love him, although all of them were Spanish speakers, maybe he has some problems getting through to non-Spanish speaking players.

Im not very familiar with his work so thanks for the info.

Marseille is not an ideal place for an idealist :lol this team and this city have long history of stuff behind the scene and border line.

i wish him to be successful tbh but ya I'm curious to see how things evolve for him and the team

[lefty]

:rollin
Venti Quattro resistanze NASpurs IronMaxipad


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p4sTSyQXixE#t=14

[Jodelo]

2. Bundesliga but still :lol

[resistanze]

:rollin
Venti Quattro resistanze NASpurs IronMaxipad


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p4sTSyQXixE#t=14

I'd sub him off immediately

[pgardn]

It did take a hop on him.

Still should not have been air mailed.

[Venti Quattro]

I'd take him off the team immediately

[lefty]

I'd sub him off immediately

So he can sign for Arsenal?

[Venti Quattro]

So he can sign for Arsenal?

£5... Too expensive imo.

[lefty]

£5... Too expensive imo.
:lol

[resistanze]

:lol

[IronMaxipad]

:lmao

[pookenstein]

This will be a sad year for the Bundesliga. Bayern dominates in a year after a World Cup.
2006 and 2010 they sucked, but this year they still win. Winning the league was never in doubt, but I expected it to be a somewhat rough ride until our main guns are fully functional. Now it seems, a healthy Robben, Xabi, Neuer, Boateng, Götze and Müller are all it needs to put the league to shame.

I may have to take my initial statement back. It seems like there is Bayern and a bunch of wannabes playing in the Bundesliga.