1st round match today. We won 4-0. Bartra with the winner followed by PEA hattrick. I'll try and do ratings from now on for those that don't watch the match. Burki 7: didn't really have much to do. But was there to make the saves when called upon LP 6: He's gotten too slow. He is a creative player and you need pace. Against better opposition he just cannot keep up. Bartra 8; Excellent. Definitely improving. Sokratis 6: Can't get better. Cannot get worse. We can improve on him but I'm fine keeping him. His performance under 3 different coaches has not changed one bit. Beste 7: Decent. He's a better backup to Raphael than Schmelzer. Nuri 5: If only he still had his pace. Was invisible but not in a bad way. His decision-making is still fine. Dahoud 8: I wish we had signed him last year. He shows all the attributes we would have needed to not only secure a 2nd spot but also compete with Bayern last year. Castro 3: Utter garbage. He looked more like he belonged to the 6. BL than the opposition. Except for a few moments I don't see how else he could have fooled people into thinking he's a pro footballer. Max 5: He was fine. Needs to build more chemistry. Schurrle 4: Worst player in yellow not named Castro. PEA 9: Clinical and still the striker from the last 3 years. Kagawa 5: First game back. One practice session and still showed his class. Passlack: Just got a few min. PB 6: Decent possession, chance creation was decent but am not sure why he has no idea how to use width. And I hope he doesn't play Castro once Weigl is fit to play next to Dahoud.
Appreciate the update, Slash. I didn't even know there was a Pokal match this early. Glad we won though.
Thanks for the thread I only followed with the BVB match tracker - thought Max got subbed out with an injury- was it serious?
Have to comment that your rating is colored by your hating Castro and loving Dahoud. There wasn't that great difference between those two. Otherwise OK. Personally, I didn't especially like the match, moving was slow and some odd substitutes, so I'd give PB 5 You forgot Isak, also he got few minuttes only and didn't contribute much, but 5 is OK
I'm pointing out that he's utter crap. Doesn't belong in this team. His performance speaks for itself. If it sounds like I hate him, it's a by-product of his performance. I have nothing against him on a personal level. He's probably a decent guy off of the pitch. I wasn't actually going to mention Passlack either. But I figure people might be interested in his first appearance of the season. Like him Isak didn't have many touches and was a nonfactor.
He's not exactly my favorit either, don't misunderstand me, but since he's playing all the time, also under TT, maybe he has some function that we don't understand, however strange it might sound. By the way I agree with you on Schürrle, and I still don't understand why the füück we bought Philipp and let Mor go
Castro wasn't that bad and Dahoud, while pretty good, wasn't that great. I agree though, Schurrle was poor. He is a very costly fehleinkauf
Mor is not that good, has a poor attitude and requested to leave. Remember, according to Mor himself he only came to Dortmund because of TT. I like Phillip much more
What kind of appel could TT have on both Mor and Dembele? Isn't that only something they say? Anyway, there's no room for them on the pitch at the same time. Now that the latter is probably lost, might be the time to make a star of Mor. What he showed in Japan was great, and I don't remember him playing since
It is great to see Auba continue his scoring streak. 4 goals alreayd, let's hope he can get 10 times as much. I don't understand the criticism about him missing chances. He is the most clinical top striker out there. The only exception is Belotti who I have not seen. Dahoud is going to be fantastic. He and Gotze have the intelligence, technique and quick passing to be incredible together. Sadly Reus not likely to be a factor this year at all, because the three of them would be brilliant.
Pokal first round for HSV. Against 3. BL side. Up a man around the 70 min mark. Loses 1-3. [emoji23][emoji23][emoji23][emoji23]
Against Magdeburg in round 2. I'll be rooting for RB. http://m.bild.de/sport/fussball/dfb...eiten-runde-52931606,view=amp.bildMobile.html