Bundesliga 2015/2016

Mustafi is the more proven. Has had a really good season at Valencia. And has now the experience of having played in England, Italy and Spain. Whereas Ginter only has played a good role at Freiburg. At Dortmund he is a failure until now.

He never had a game for everton judging from his wiki page. Meh, just being pedantic, he is a good player.
 
Now 1860 with a late goal as well :lol:
 
These teams with the lead in the relegation battles just don´t go for the kill. Just sitting back. No pressing. No proper counterattacks. They forget what put them in the position of a lead.
 
Full time. The great Hamburg escape for 1860 as well. I imagine this won´t be popular with 80% of the thread.
 
Full time. The great Hamburg escape for 1860 as well. I imagine this won´t be popular with 80% of the thread.

No. There cannot be more of a joke of a football club than 1860 is.
 
Full time. The great Hamburg escape for 1860 as well. I imagine this won´t be popular with 80% of the thread.

I supported 1860 in this even though Kiel is part of the north of Germany. Mostly Bayern fans will be upset with this result really.
 
I supported 1860 in this even though Kiel is part of the north of Germany. Mostly Bayern fans will be upset with this result really.

That´s why i said 80% of the thread :D I was indifferent to both but i felt bad for Kiel.
 
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Available in their offical fanshop :lol:
 
Scolari is coach of Guangzhou Evergrande...

On July 23rd he will see some old "friends" as they are playing a friendly against Bayern...
 
rumours flying high around FC Bayerns shopping list.

According to several more or less reliable sources, they agreed to leave de Bruyne for another year at Wolfsburg. De Bruyne just extended his contract meaning next year he'll cost in the 60-70Mio € range, if he is able to maintain his performance level. Head of VW, who owns Wolfsburg and is a member of Bayern's board (:wenger:) played a part in the agreement.

"Sport 1" names Antoine Griezmann/Atletico Madrid, Maxime Gonalons/Olympique Lyon, Angel Di Maria/Manchester United, Breel Embolo/FC Basel and Matteo Darmian/FC Turin as prime targets. In the meantime, di Maria announced somewhat half-assed he will return to Old Trafford after the summer break.

Oh, and Xavi Alonso will swap his "3" for Pizarros "14" in the upcoming season. And Raimond van der Gouw recommends Manuel Neuer as De Gea replacement :D
 
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And if we remember the recent seasons at the end Bayern will have made a couple of smart transfers nobody thought about who - when it goes like the recent years - all are performing great... :cool:
 
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The first round of the German Cup is at the 8th/9th/10th of August. Bundesliga starts Friday August 14th.
 
Breitenreiter is the new Schalke manager. Not sure what to make of it. He did alright with Paderborn but I don't think he's anything special, certainly hasn't done anything that makes him a standout candidate for the job.

And it seems like Ribery is out for a few more months :(. What the feck is wrong with our medical staff? It's a fecking ankle injury, I don't get. It turned from 'he'll be back in a few days' to 'he's out for half a year'. :mad:
 
Breitenreiter is the new Schalke manager. Not sure what to make of it. He did alright with Paderborn but I don't think he's anything special, certainly hasn't done anything that makes him a standout candidate for the job.

And it seems like Ribery is out for a few more months :(. What the feck is wrong with our medical staff? It's a fecking ankle injury, I don't get. It turned from 'he'll be back in a few days' to 'he's out for half a year'. :mad:

You guys really need a new winger this summer.
 
Breitenreiter did a decent job at Paderborn, but managing Schalke will be a completely different task in lterally every single aspect. Seems like an extremely risky choice to me.
 
Breitenreiter seems to be the low budget solution. Not a bad choice, but if things go tits up again, he´ll be sacked in a heartbeat. He doesn´t have the standing/charisma/experience to last very long in this chaos.

Breitenreiter is the new Schalke manager. Not sure what to make of it. He did alright with Paderborn but I don't think he's anything special, certainly hasn't done anything that makes him a standout candidate for the job.

And it seems like Ribery is out for a few more months :(. What the feck is wrong with our medical staff? It's a fecking ankle injury, I don't get. It turned from 'he'll be back in a few days' to 'he's out for half a year'. :mad:

He was never fully fit for an extended period of time since he lost that balon d´or to Ronaldo. His body doesn´t age well. I doubt, that he´ll ever fully come-back, which is a shame. He is a brilliant player. Very underrated on the caf.
 
He was never fully fit for an extended period of time since he lost that balon d´or to Ronaldo. His body doesn´t age well. I doubt, that he´ll ever fully come-back, which is a shame. He is a brilliant player. Very underrated on the caf.
Yeah, he started on fire in Guardiola's first season with us. Absolutely fantastic, but after the winterbreak it all changed and since then he stumbled from strange back problems without a clear diagnosis to some real injuries to this mysterious ankle injury now. He hasn't been fit for more than 18 months and there's no other player available who could provide the team with what Ribery gave us over the last 8 years.
 
Breitenreiter seems to be the low budget solution. Not a bad choice, but if things go tits up again, he´ll be sacked in a heartbeat. He doesn´t have the standing/charisma/experience to last very long in this chaos.
I think they dogded a bullet with Wilmots. I'm not impressed with his work for Belgium at all and if the rumoured demands are true, that could have been another incredibly expensive failure (and because of his history at the club, an even more difficult one to get rid of). Breitenreiter is a bit of a boring but somewhat save appointment. I'm not even sure if he's really a better coach than Keller, but the fact that he's appointed as the 'real' manager at the beginning of the season should help his standing and he can't really do worse than Di Matteo in my opinion. There's so much talent in the squad and it's unlikely that their injury crisis will continue as bad as it was last year. He's also more likeable than Keller, we'll see. The big problem is that Heldt is still at the club.

I still believe that Gisdol would have been perfect for Schalke at the moment though, surprised that there weren't any rumours at all. His style of football and energy would fit perfectly to the club and to the squad, the fans would like him as well and he's a somewhat interesting character, at least in comparison to Breitenreiter.

Will Streich ever coach a different team than Freiburg? That's an interesting one as well. I'm not sure if he fits in anywhere else, but he's clearly a fantastic coach.
 
I think they dogded a bullet with Wilmots. I'm not impressed with his work for Belgium at all and if the rumoured demands are true, that could have been another incredibly expensive failure (and because of his history at the club, an even more difficult one to get rid of). Breitenreiter is a bit of a boring but somewhat save appointment. I'm not even sure if he's really a better coach than Keller, but the fact that he's appointed as the 'real' manager at the beginning of the season should help his standing and he can't really do worse than Di Matteo in my opinion. There's so much talent in the squad and it's unlikely that their injury crisis will continue as bad as it was last year. He's also more likeable than Keller, we'll see. The big problem is that Heldt is still at the club.

I still believe that Gisdol would have been perfect for Schalke at the moment though, surprised that there weren't any rumours at all. His style of football and energy would fit perfectly to the club and to the squad, the fans would like him as well and he's a somewhat interesting character, at least in comparison to Breitenreiter.

Will Streich ever coach a different team than Freiburg? That's an interesting one as well. I'm not sure if he fits in anywhere else, but he's clearly a fantastic coach.

I agree with almost everything you say, but Schalke fans/management don´t fancy a "boring" manager. They want Pep/Klopp 2.0. Someone with flair; someone who is exciting; someone who reflects their ambition to be a top club. Thats why Breitenreiter will have a hard time and when things don´t go his way, he´ll lose their backing.


Yeah, he started on fire in Guardiola's first season with us. Absolutely fantastic, but after the winterbreak it all changed and since then he stumbled from strange back problems without a clear diagnosis to some real injuries to this mysterious ankle injury now. He hasn't been fit for more than 18 months and there's no other player available who could provide the team with what Ribery gave us over the last 8 years.

:( As much as I dislike his antics, I love him on the pitch. He is such an outstanding player and he carried Bayern on his own for years.
 
Mainz want to sell Jara after his actions in the Copa America against Cavani.

Mainz' sporting director Christian Heidel told Bild:
"We do not tolerate that. What makes me more angry than the prod, however, is what happens after. There is nothing I hate more than theatrics.

"He knows that if an offer comes in, he can go."
 
So the Bundeliga calender for next season is out:

1st matchday starts on Friday, August 14th with Bayern - Hamburg. Dortmund - Gladbach is probably the highlight of the 1st matchday though and will hopefully tell us a lot about what to expect from Tuchel's Dortmund side. The season ends 9 months later on Saturday, May 14th.

The games between the top teams (Bayern, Wolfsburg, Dortmund, Leverkusen, Schalke, Gladbach):

Matchday 1: Dortmund - Gladbach
Matchday 3: Bayern - Leverkusen & Wolfsburg - Schalke
Matchday 5: Dortmund - Leverkusen
Matchday 6: Bayern - Wolfsburg
Matchday 8: Bayern - Dortmund & Gladbach - Wolfsburg
Matchday 10: Gladbach - Schalke
Matchday 11: Wolfsburg - Leverkusen
Matchday 12: Dortmund - Schalke
Matchday 13: Schalke - Bayern
Matchday 14: Leverkusen - Schalke
Matchday 15: Gladbach - Bayern & Wolfsburg - Dortmund
Matchday 16: Leverkusen - Gladbach

Matchday 17 is played December 18-20. The second half of the season mirrors the first half, so matchday 18 starts with Hamburg - Bayern and Gladbach - Dortmund on January 22nd and so on for the following matchdays. The winterbreak is 5 weeks long.

Overall it looks okay, relatively balanced. We start with 3 home games in these matches, then have 5 away games in a row and finish the season with the last 2 at home, which is a bit odd. Schalke has an incredibly difficult run from matchday 12 to 14 and then again in the second half of the season from matchday 29 to 31 (Dortmund, Bayern & Leverkusen in a row). That stands out as bad luck.
 
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Mainz want to sell Jara after his actions in the Copa America against Cavani.

Mainz' sporting director Christian Heidel told Bild:
This may be the media narrative, but it's not really the case. Jara was always likely to leave this summer. The club wasn't happy with his performances, Jara wasn't happy with his limited appearances. Him poking Cavani doesn't change anything.
 
Dortmund to win the title might be worth a little punt at 20-1. They look really good during this Asian Tour already, despite Tuchel only being there for four weeks. Lots of good interplay with unfamiliar line-ups with impressive youngsters like Stankovic, Maruoka and Dudziak. Gundogan, Reus, Kagawa and Mkhitarayan look rejuvenated. Aubameyang still banging in the goals. Immobile sell to sevilla flushes in some more cash. They play M´Gladbach on opening night. An impressive win and their odds will be under 10-1.
 
Can't wait to see Mayer in action this season. IMO the biggest German talent out there. Its not normal for germany to produce such an accomplished technician on the ball. What's great about the bundesliga is that the youngsters always get their chance to prove their worth. Pity Mats Moller's team is relegated as I'm a big fan of him too.
 
Dortmund to win the title might be worth a little punt at 20-1. They look really good during this Asian Tour already, despite Tuchel only being there for four weeks. Lots of good interplay with unfamiliar line-ups with impressive youngsters like Stankovic, Maruoka and Dudziak. Gundogan, Reus, Kagawa and Mkhitarayan look rejuvenated. Aubameyang still banging in the goals. Immobile sell to sevilla flushes in some more cash. They play M´Gladbach on opening night. An impressive win and their odds will be under 10-1.
No one in their right mind would trust the Dortmund medical staff with their money. No one at all!
 
No one in their right mind would trust the Dortmund medical staff with their money. No one at all!

Dortmund´s athletic coordinator Dr. Andreas Schlumberger switched from Dortmund to Bayern Munich´s medical staff this summer. :lol:
 
Can't wait to see Mayer in action this season. IMO the biggest German talent out there. Its not normal for germany to produce such an accomplished technician on the ball. What's great about the bundesliga is that the youngsters always get their chance to prove their worth. Pity Mats Moller's team is relegated as I'm a big fan of him too.

Götze? Gündogan? Özil?
 
Right then chaps, think you fellas will need to keep an eye on Joelinton from Hoffenheim. He got a transfer this summer to Hoffenheim, 18 years old and a striker. He just started and scored two goals in the first pre season match (which ended 16-0). Looks the part I must say!
 
Time for a "proper" match! Wolfsburg vs. Bayern, Supercup final. Time for Bayern to play a horrible first match of the season again!