Lord Bendtner scored an absolute screamer of a tap in from a yard out.
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I had the chance to flick channels just to watch Douglas Costa destroy 2 Hoffenheim players to set up Lewandowski. That was impressive.
That was one intense ending to a match. Glad we won.
Bayern hit the post 3 times. It was 21 shots (8 on target) vs 8 shots (1 on target)
It took a lot time... But as unlucky they were with their chances before - if you do not give up...
Neuer slipped while rushing out. Otherwise he probably would've been first to the ball.
Costa 
What was he supposed to do? He clearly didn't think that Boateng would let this (sloppy) pass slip (he was already off his goal line, watch his starting position) and imo he did the right thing to close the angle. As @do.ob said, if he hadn't slipped he would've been there. Dortmund fans must be excited that they aren't the only ones to concede (way too) early goals.
Darmstadt...
...but 1:1 at Schalke...
What was he supposed to do? He clearly didn't think that Boateng would let this (sloppy) pass slip (he was already off his goal line, watch his starting position) and imo he did the right thing to close the angle. As @do.ob said, if he hadn't slipped he would've been there. Dortmund fans must be excited that they aren't the only ones to concede (way too) early goals.
The mistake was not Boateng but Alaba's sloppy pass...
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I agree that Alaba is the main culprit here... but if Boateng would have reacted a tad bit sooner and make himself as big as he is he could've gotten there, imo. Pure speculation, of course, but that was my impression when I first saw it.
I agree that Alaba is the main culprit here... but if Boateng would have reacted a tad bit sooner and make himself as big as he is he could've gotten there, imo. Pure speculation, of course, but that was my impression when I first saw it.
I didn't expect Douglas Costa to be this good for Bayern. He's been brilliant since his transfer.
So much for 'adapting to a new culture, league' etc. It's a weak excuse for bad performances because plenty of players have been good since the start of a season.
It's not a weak excuse, it's the reality.Costa belongs to the exception, there are way more players who need time to adapt in order to improve than those who become instant hits.
Several Twitter accounts quoting Sammer that Benatia is out for several weeks with a hamstring tear. Did anyone catch this on TV?
Is it really? Plenty of top players have started out really well; Di Maria, Sanchez, Ozil, Diego Costa, Neymar are just a few that popped up right away in my mind.
Why only limit your analysis to top players? Take all footballers in general.
Because I expect top players to perform immediately, therefore I limit the discussion to top players. Douglas Costa was bought for 30 million euros from Shakhtar and he already had CL-experience with them, therefore I expect him to perform immediately and he did.
Then we were talking about two very different things.
Not necessarily though. Do you think 'adapting' can be used as an excuse for top players specifically?
It really depends on the situation, how good the player was and how much of a change it is for him to go from one club to another but in general I'd say no. I'm always willing to be patient but part of me will always be frustrated.
I think there is two things to it - adapting - and a team that let's you adapt. Sometimes the first thing a player gets in a new team is an injury in training...
It is not just Costa that integrated well - Vidal did, too - and Alonso last season.
It is not just Costa that integrated well - Vidal did, too - and Alonso last season.
How the fecking feck could Bayern win this. And we fail to score against a crap Newcastle team
Hoffenheim was crap too though.
Is Dante really our only available CB for Leverkusen? Haha, oh dear. Alaba-Dante-Rafinha probably.
Douglas Costa looks like the kind of player we needed this summer. Only 24 too. Could be a brilliant signing for Bayern.
What I think is interesting is, that with Vidal now other players from Chile come to the Bundesliga. Aranguiz to Leverkusen, now Vargas to Hoffenheim...
Recently, Bayern's been pretty good at adapting new players. Robben, Bernat, Costa, Thiago, Alonso, Vidal, Lewandowski, they all played very strong from their first match on. Notable exception is Götze.
BVB is sort of an example of the opposite, really. It isn't as if Aubameyang, Mikhytaryan or Immobile were complete muppets before they arrived.
They weren't as good as half the Bayern players you mentioned, the better you are, the more chances are you'll fit in right away but when you look at things globally, there are more average/bad players than good ones so..
He has more goals after one and a half matches than United has after 3...
Only 10 to Bundesliga Championship (we always won it in his career when he has 13 goals...). I hope Lewy comes in for Götze or Robben soon. Robben is not the one of old.
That stat doesn't count when your lot faces Hamburg at home.
One thing that's for sure is he knows how to get goals.
I said it before the season that Costa would be huge for Bayern and so far he's proving me right.
Vargas off to Hoffenhem? would love to see him here, think he is massively underrated, outstanding for Chile.
He was already sitting in the stands in Hoffenheim. Only the last ok of Napoli is missing.
That stat doesn't count when your lot faces Hamburg at home.
One thing that's for sure is he knows how to get goals.
I said it before the season that Costa would be huge for Bayern and so far he's proving me right.
Müller never used to be the one who scores that many goals against Hamburg. Actually that usually is Robben's thing. Or it was Pizza's. But it was the first Bundesliga match of the season - and the national hymn was playing... That usually does the thing with Müller...
He was clinical last week - but today he had 7 shots (2 on post) and created five chances - and at the end it was just a goal.
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I took Jairo out of my fantasy team and he goes on to score. Would be great if that worked every week.
Gladbach trailing Mainz by one goal at home at half time and not at all undeserved.
So Gladbach lost the game in the end 1-2.
With them struggling (esp. with the departure of Kruse), Wolfsburg´s fate lying in the hand of a 24 year old red head and Leverkusen maybe not even qualifying, we could be in for a pretty poor season in terms CL with Bayern being the only ones being left to carry the German torch.
Let´s hope the German teams deliver in the EL or otherwise we might lose some ground in the league rating aswell.
With them struggling (esp. with the departure of Kruse), Wolfsburg´s fate lying in the hand of a 24 year old red head and Leverkusen maybe not even qualifying, we could be in for a pretty poor season in terms CL with Bayern being the only ones being left to carry the German torch.
Let´s hope the German teams deliver in the EL or otherwise we might lose some ground in the league rating aswell.
So Niklas Stark has joined Hertha Berlin today.
Well I think a lot will depend on Dortmund, IMO they are the only German team in the EL I would consider as having a shot on the title.
This might really turn out to be a horrible year for German football in terms of continental competitions.
-Bayern are obviously Bayern
-Dortmund and Schalke who are kind of our most reliable/experienced team didn't make it into CL
-Gladbach really seem to struggle with losing Kruse/Kramer and look pretty weak
-Leverkusen are already have one leg out of the competition and just lost their key sigining to a half year long injury
-Wolfsburg just lost the one player who actually turned them into a decent team
-Bayern are obviously Bayern
-Dortmund and Schalke who are kind of our most reliable/experienced team didn't make it into CL
-Gladbach really seem to struggle with losing Kruse/Kramer and look pretty weak
-Leverkusen are already have one leg out of the competition and just lost their key sigining to a half year long injury
-Wolfsburg just lost the one player who actually turned them into a decent team
What? Did the De Bruyne transfer become official?
I don't expect much from Gladbach or Wolfsburg in the CL, I hope they'll get a lucky draw and can finish 3rd in their group and continue to play in the EL. Dortmund and Schalke need to do really really well in the EL if we want to finish on more points than Italy. And Leverkusen needs to step it up to beat Lazio tomorrow, which would be really important in the battle for 3rd in the country coefficient.
I've no idea what to expect from Augsburg. They might surprise me by playing above their level in the EL because of the excitement to take part for the first time, similar to Hannover a few years ago. Or they fall apart completely and just suck.
Either way, we're lucky that Italy already lost a team and we'll have all 7 teams in the group stages (unless Dortmund totally fecks up on Thursday). Worst case would be that Leverkusen don't make the CL but have to play in the EL, but that doesn't necessarily have to bad for our points total. If they take the EL seriously, they can easily collect as many, if not more, points than they collected in the CL the last years.
Don't Gladbach still have Raffael and Herrmann? Or are they not good enough without Kruse?
Dortmund I think should do well and Wolfsburg will still be decentish. Leverkusen is probably gone though.
Dortmund I think should do well and Wolfsburg will still be decentish. Leverkusen is probably gone though.