Transfers & Rumors Discussion Thread Vol. XIX

Scary thing is he just barely turned 21. He's got potential to become one of the best.

 

@Bazi said it best. if he already signed the contract these ridiculous and outrageous comment about kroos would have never happened. but just because he wanted to explore his options and doesnt want to stay in your favorite club he gets blamed for every single thing he does wrong. but dude. whatever, say what you want about the dude. he already proved his worth and doesnt wait for criticism from an online poster. thats the dark truth of this matter.

as i said, carry on

 

Still didn't refute any of the criticisms, and even called on Bazi to do it for you.

I criticize Lahm when he plays in midfield too and he doesn't have any contract dispute. Kind of kills that whole conspiracy theory you came up with.

The fact is Kroos has many holes in his game as a CM/DM with his only real strengths being possession and long range shooting.

Javi Martinez and Bastian Schweinsteiger formed the best central midfield in Europe last year and are both much more complete, well rounded midfielders. It is mind boggling why we are so content to have that critical spine of the treble winning squad discarded.

 

I am not calling anyone. I dont care about arguing on the Internet. Life is too short to measure dicks on the web

 

So then why are you arguing on the internet?

 

i am not. i was telling you, dont you get tired of making the same argument? then you asked for contribution. i gave you one.

 

Not really.

I asked for a rebuttal of my specific criticisms of Toni Kroos, and all I got was comments about measuring dicks.

 

Honestly? I could unterstand it. He barely gets recognized under Pep, just a normal move to look at some offers - if there really is one

I don´t know how you guys felt, but watching the Real Game I kinda had the impression that the big breaking point, in which we have to replace the likes of Schweinsteiger, Robben and Ribery isn´t really that far away from now. I´m not going to say that I had the impression just from watching this one game here, but let´s be honest: Ribery is 31 and is looking incredibly tired and we can´t settle 100% on the Fact that Robben will have another Monster-Season. I´d probably be looking around carefully on the transfermarket for available wingers actually.

I´m kind of scared, that Bayern will sleep over their rebuilding...just like Barcelona and United did.

 

I can´t see Müller as an accurate Robben replacement at all, since IMO he´s strengh is more as 9 or false nine in high rotation. Götze is no winger at all, and already absolutley wasted at that position. As an Ribery-Replacement, there is only one option really: Reus. I´m quite confident that we´ll pay his buyout clause next summer (35m?). But for Robben? If we want to continue with an offense consisting and existing out of dangerous wingers, we´ll have to get something really good as an Arjen-sucessor. I sure as hell hope no Draxler.

 

Javi unhappy ?!?

You don't say ?!?!?

He went from starter and best DM in the world to a bench player ...

But I guess we are better off with Rafinha as a starter...

 

taking what media and the board ara saying i just see this in the next transfer window:
GK: neuer/starke
FB: rode/rafinha, alaba/LB
CB: boateng, CB, badstuber, DANTE?
DM: lahm, MARTÍNEZ?
RW/LW: robben, ribéry, müller, /sub LW-SHAQIRI?
CM/AM: schweinsteiger, kroos, thiago, götze
FW; mandzukic, lewandowski

So it seems contento is leaving and it's obvious bayern is going to do something about that.

then i think that bayern will let dante or martínez leaving depending on the offers or how the players are seeing their future here. i don't think letting leave one of dante or martínez may change bayern plans as i guess they already are looking for a CB + badstuber (for dante) and we got rode (for martínez), so apart of rode and the CB they may sign another player only if both dante and martinez are leaving what its not likely to happen i think.

my wish would be keep martínez as DM and as 4rth CB, sell dante and get a new CB like benatia as we need a fast CB and a one like laporte is too slow in my opinion leaving boateng, the new CB, badstuber + javi martinez.

finally we only would need another player if shaqiri leaves in the same way as contento.

i tell you bayern have built a great team since ribéry and in 2014 we have future if we are talking about age except for lahm, schweinsteiger, robben and ribéry but i would be sad if a trainer like guardiola can't keep players like mandzukic, kroos or martínez. in barcelona he was wrong letting go out a player like eto'o as ibra and villa never fit like the first in the team and barça spent a lot of millions with them.

 

Pep, please fix this.

 

With who we have and what style we play.. What would your defined lineup be?

 

He's been dealing with injuries, fever, dental problems etc. all season long and has gotten roughly the same amount of playing time as Dante and Boateng since February. There's nothing that needs fixing.

 

Dante has just signed a contract extension and even we get a new CB to start, Dante would be the ideal choice to rotate with him and Boateng. Next season will decide whether Javi has a place in Pep's plans or not; as mentioned in the press conference by Pep, Javi has been injured for way too long this season to properly evaluate his performances.

 

Except that the playing time came at CB.

That could use some fixing.

 

He gave an interview 2 months ago saying he wants to play in midfield because he's a midfielder while he's being used as a CB instead.

 

Contento news.

Hertha Berlin, Hoffenheim, Werder Bremen and Napoli are said to be interested. FC Bayern are asking for €3m, but Hertha don't afford it at the moment so they're proposing a loan with a fixed buying price clause.

 

Javi Martinez is absolutely correct, but it doesn't make sense that he would go to Barcelona where his situation would be exactly the same. As I said in the Pep thread, I'm starting to reconsider my assumption that Pep was doing a phenomenal job and all changes he has made deserve the benefit of the doubt. We're almost a full season through now and I think we can start judging how his changes have impacted the squad. He has marginalized Martinez in order to... I guess start Lahm in midfield and play a 4-3-3.

No, actually he won a starting spot in central midfield ahead of club legend Claudio Marchisio.

 

Bayern lost one meaningful match this whole season and some already put Pep into doubt. A match that took place in the CL semis knockout to be precise, thus usually difficult competition. So wtf is wrong with these people?

 

Maybe because that's the only team we've played who are actually close to or on our level all season and we were owned to one good shot at goal in 90 mins

 

I have a natural skepticism, I'm sorry that you don't. I'm not calling for Pep's head, but we're now seeing the results of his management after a full season and it is time to draw some conclusions. This stage of the season is when A) Poor physical conditioning will play a part (a concern voiced about Pep's training sessions before the season even started) and B) A team of this quality will actually be challenged.

 

for a second i thought you were new here