Fußball

I don’t like the idea of resting players. Frankly, I don’t see the logic with the light schedule in the Bundesliga anyways. Maybe you can justify it in the EPL with some hectic scheduling…but even that is pushing it. This is your job…seriously…athlete or not…its all you do. I don’t think this is a player thing either. This is a coaching thing. For me this is yet another reason why the need to toss Heynckes out with the wash this Summer.
Backtracking for a second…before today – who said Bayern was out of the race. Six points would be tough – but with a tougher Dortmund schedule – anything can happen. Meanwhile the big mouthed Bayern boobs in the front office were going around shooting their mouths off about how all was last…with the crowning comment coming from Heynckes himself before the Mainz game – congratulating Dortmund and saying they deserved the title. All this before the events of the day!
So Bayern fields a decent team…which frankly still should have handily defeated Mainz…but yet again Bayern finds a way to drop points and ties the game. Dortmund win it – and now all is 100% lost on the season from a Bundesliga title perspective.
It’s tough to say that Dortmund didn’t deserve it. Perhaps there is a learning lesson in there for Bayern. A bunch of middle wage Poles smoked the high paid line up of Bayern. For me – Dortmund proves that a good coach and strong player chemistry can win a title. Bayern proves that overpaid players will put in less, be more temperamental and require the most aggressive coach to extract a maximum performance.
Bottom line – congrats to BvB. I had a DAB in the honor.

Not a banner night for Robben as Bayern go down 1 – 0 to BvB. A missed penalty and fan shot from point blank range were the difference. It was a solid match for both teams, with BvB showing a little more quality in the end. Except for Subotic. I don’t think anyone will disagree Robben has a tendancy to go down harder than he needs to in a lot of cases…either way, you just don’t get up in a guys face like that after a kick. Ridiculously embarrassing. Didn’t this douche get charged with sexually assaulting a minor or something. Classy!

A solid but not exceptional game from Bayern. They could have scored a number more…but also very well could have conceded a few as well. For the 9th team in the French League – Marseille didn’t do to badly.

Some refreshing play watching Muller and Robben at the front. They really seem to be clicking of late. Further praise goes to Alaba – the mid-fielder turned left back continues to impress.

Not so much in central defense though. Boateng just looks out of sorts in the middle. The whole needs to be sealed up prior to the inevitable clash with Real Madrid in the next round.

Wow – what a difference a weekend makes. Maybe all that alarmism was uncalled for. Well, I don’t want to blow to much sunshine up anyone’s behind here – but I do like some of the changes Heynkes made to the Bayern squad. Drifting Kroos to the back was a welcome change. This is what I have been looking for. I think he was still as effective as he’s ever been in the front – and giving Muller more of a central role took some much needed heat off of Ribery and Robben to run rick shot on the Basel defense. Playing Alaba on the back right was a bold and interesting move. Frankly, one that I would not have thought of. I think he played the position admirably and contributed meaningfully on the field. Great call. About my only complaint is still Gustavo. What is that guy even doing on the field – while Tymo sits on the bench. Makes no sense to me…but with such success…we’ll let that one slide for now. Fingers crossed this new, confident Bayern team is here to stay!