turnbull Posted August 13, 2014 Share Posted August 13, 2014 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Rev Posted August 13, 2014 Share Posted August 13, 2014 Even that can't stop me from thinking how awful that shirt is! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sexbelowsound Posted August 13, 2014 Share Posted August 13, 2014 Even that can't stop me from thinking how awful that shirt is! They've had some bangers recently, that unfortunately isn't one of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted August 14, 2014 Share Posted August 14, 2014 4 shots on goal is all they had, think Guardiola tinkers way too much with his system to try and prove he is a genius Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RunRickyRun Posted August 14, 2014 Share Posted August 14, 2014 Just got a cheeky Bet365 account with 7p left it in it You are PuntersAdvice and I claim my £5! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoelVilla Posted September 12, 2014 Share Posted September 12, 2014 Brilliant game between Leverkusen and Bremen tonight. The Bundesliga is probably the most entertaining european league. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Rev Posted October 7, 2014 Share Posted October 7, 2014 Roberto Di Matteo's very lucrative "gardening leave" contract at Chelsea (£6.75m a year for almost two years since he was relieved of his managers duties) expired on 1st July and he's now back in work. Took the Schalke job, which is a bigger job than I thought he would end up with. Good luck to the lad! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nath182 Posted October 7, 2014 Share Posted October 7, 2014 Roberto Di Matteo's very lucrative "gardening leave" contract at Chelsea (£6.75m a year for almost two years since he was relieved of his managers duties) expired on 1st July and he's now back in work. Took the Schalke job, which is a bigger job than I thought he would end up with. Good luck to the lad! I'm sure he'll do well there, I think Schalke have a good team but have been poorly managed recently. Watching the highlights last night, there was some criminal defending on show from them. On another note, Gladbach are doing well unlucky not to beat Mainz though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted October 7, 2014 Share Posted October 7, 2014 CB - howedes, kirchhoff, santana, matip (also have the young greek lad out on loan) LB - aogo RB - Uchida Midfield - boateng, draxler, clemens, meyer, goretzka, sam, farfan, barnetta, Striker - huntelaar Thats a very good squad think they need another striker to back up huntelaar, but in meyer and goretzka they have 2 of the highest potential players in germany (and thats not including draxler who had over 100 games under his belt at 21) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVFCforever1991 Posted October 7, 2014 Share Posted October 7, 2014 They should be challenging for 2nd with that squad tbh.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isa Posted October 7, 2014 Share Posted October 7, 2014 It's a good squad but still lacks many great players. They should've looked to try and move towards the next level by making one or two 'big' signings. Instead, their entire summer business was restricted to two bosmans which smacked of no ambition and happiness just to perpetually finish in the top four. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaChris Posted October 7, 2014 Share Posted October 7, 2014 I thought Kevin Prince was quite a big signing for them, an enigma of a player but on his day excellent and says it all for Italian football that a prominent AC Milan player left to go join a top 4 German team. I'm not a huge fan of Huntaleer but he'd probably start for half premier league clubs and he plays most games for Holland. Is Farfan still injured? He's always someone I'd have like to have seen in the prem, similar to Ashley Young. Same as last season this season the most interesting thing about the Bundesliga will be the relegation battle. Bremen, Stuttgart and Hamburg were the bottom 3 last week, all have played in the champions league since 2006 so could easily have some big names in the second division next year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isa Posted October 7, 2014 Share Posted October 7, 2014 Yeah, Boateng, Draxler and Huntelaar and possibly Meyer are the only genuinely top-class players I'd say they currently have. To continue their progression, they could've done with a couple more players of that sort of calibre, especially in defence. The Bundesliga is great and wide open but it's just a shame that the title race is more of a one-horse race than the SPL now. It would be nice to see some of the others show the ambition to try and eventually challenge for the title. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kurtsimonw Posted October 8, 2014 Share Posted October 8, 2014 Boateng was massively overrated at Milan. He was basically just lucky enough to play off Ibra for a few years. When Ibra left, Boateng was shocking and it's no surprise he left. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted October 8, 2014 Share Posted October 8, 2014 To continue their progression, they could've done with a couple more players of that sort of calibre, especially in defence. howedes is a very good CB even though he played LB at the world cup, kirchoff has lost his way a bit and wasnt good enough for bayern but he's still good, papadopoulous had probably about as much potential as any CB in the world 3/4 years back back with the injuries and the fact that he's a nutter hasnt quite stepped up, matip is a good player, uchida is decent enough and plays pretty much every game for Japan, aogo flirts with the national team, santana was never outstanding but played in the CL final with dortmund didnt he? agree that they showed no real ambition, although sam was a big signing, another who flirts with the national team they're a team who's main ambition will be to keep what they've got for as long as possible and hope to produce another draxler / meyer every couple of years, if they can keep them there and get draxler / meyer / goretzka in the midfield thats got tons of potential its not a bad defence Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isa Posted October 8, 2014 Share Posted October 8, 2014 Boateng was massively overrated at Milan. He was basically just lucky enough to play off Ibra for a few years. When Ibra left, Boateng was shocking and it's no surprise he left. He was one of Schalke's best players last season. To continue their progression, they could've done with a couple more players of that sort of calibre, especially in defence. howedes is a very good CB even though he played LB at the world cup, kirchoff has lost his way a bit and wasnt good enough for bayern but he's still good, papadopoulous had probably about as much potential as any CB in the world 3/4 years back back with the injuries and the fact that he's a nutter hasnt quite stepped up, matip is a good player, uchida is decent enough and plays pretty much every game for Japan, aogo flirts with the national team, santana was never outstanding but played in the CL final with dortmund didnt he? ...its not a bad defence Yeah, Höwedes is good. They've obviously been unluckly with Kyriakos who probably won't realise his promise due to injuries. Kirchoff looks injury prone too. Santana is one of those who is a better athlete than defender. Kolašinac has potential. But they have too many players that are decent but not really Champions League quality. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kurtsimonw Posted October 8, 2014 Share Posted October 8, 2014 Is that the same Santana that used to be at Dortmund? He was a hilarious defender at times. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isa Posted October 8, 2014 Share Posted October 8, 2014 Yep, it says it all that Dortmund were happy to let him leave for their biggest rivals really. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaChris Posted October 8, 2014 Share Posted October 8, 2014 Choupo-Mating is a decent forward, might see him in the premier league soon. The issue really here is for all the praise and improvement of the Bundesliga in the last 5 years, if you're a top player it's still either Bayern Munich want me or I'd rather play in one of the other leagues. It's the same for Schalke as it is for Dortmund and Leverkusen. Taking punts on youngsters or decent players who've lost their way (Kagawa). Proven quality like Xabi Alonso or Benatia would never sign for them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVFCforever1991 Posted October 8, 2014 Share Posted October 8, 2014 Choupo-Mating is a decent forward, might see him in the premier league soon. The issue really here is for all the praise and improvement of the Bundesliga in the last 5 years, if you're a top player it's still either Bayern Munich want me or I'd rather play in one of the other leagues. It's the same for Schalke as it is for Dortmund and Leverkusen. Taking punts on youngsters or decent players who've lost their way (Kagawa). Proven quality like Xabi Alonso or Benatia would never sign for them. Didn't he just join Schalke in the summer? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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