2016 - 17 General Discussion Thread

At least you've finally answered the question.

21/22 year old Gotze without regular games, playing out of position just had to be better than Ribery, Robben or the Bayern golden boy Muller. Ribery and Robben being two of 5 or so best players in the world at the time, many people arguing that Ribery deserved to be world player of the year. Yep definitely sounds like they bought Gotze to address a need and not to stockpile talent.

We can leave it there.

 

Dahoud is criminally over rated.

 

More interesting for you perhaps, but understanding why he failed at Bayern is important in getting him back to his old form.

 

Götze out for the rest of the season due to a metabolism disorder.

 

Just read that now as well. Honestly it explains a lot given his material weight gain/fluctuations.

He seemed to be training hard.... but you can tell he's not "right".

 

Just seeing if anyone knows how to get 2 tickets for the Sud Tribune ! I am from Canada and taking my son to a few Bundsliga matches. He is a big BVB fan and I would like to go to the Friday March 17th game against Inglostadt. Thanks in advance for information.

 

I hope he can recover and manage the disorder. Awful news. It explains the constant weight fluctuation. I wish the club kept it discreet because I am certain Götze does not want it to affect his national team career and transfer prospects in the future.

 

I only saw that Götze is out indefinitely. Hopefully not for the entire remainder of the season!

 

Welcome - another fellow Canadian. I went to a match back in 2014 (Ruhr Derby), and the only way I was able to get match tickets was through viagogo.

 

Indefinitely may be worse than the rest of the season since it's just three months to the end of May.

 

Hopefully they get to the bottom to what's wrong with him and sort things out. He is lucky he came back to Dortmund.

 

Am I wrong to think the club would be required to disclose that to any potential suitors? I would think he would either have to be stabilized on some sort of a management plan, or get a clean bill of health before National team prospects enter into play. I can't see how DFB would even want him if he isn't playing regular for BVB.

 

I don't see why the condition would be treated any differently from other medical issues/injuries. Hopefully they can manage, if not resolve it.

 

I wish Gotze the best. Hopefully, he comes back strong next season.

 

This, while clearly not great news, at least gives some context for his struggles. We've all noted his body shape and maybe this doesn't completely change that, but him figuring this out and becoming healthier and in better shape to play probably offers the most likely way for him to improve to where we all want him to be.

 

Well I was lucky to go last fall and bought tics on Viagogo for the Freiburg game- when I got there I ahd take off my BVB shirt since I was in the visitor section !! Lucky they screwed up my Real tic for the Champions game and I got a tic off a fan outside the stadium at a very good price! The Football Gods where on my side that day. Viagogo is a big scam, I refuse to use them ever again ! Trying ebay, it looks like prices are not to bad. Thanks for your story

 

The cup match was postponed due to weather.

Der Platz ist unbespielbar: Das @DFB_Pokal-Spiel zwischen @SF_Lotte und Borussia Dortmund wurde soeben abgesagt! Mehr Infos folgen! #sflbvb pic.twitter.com/7Zjt30n7yA

— Borussia Dortmund (@BVB) February 28, 2017

 

Their pitch is a disaster and has drawn some criticism (typical for 3rd tier).... this should have been played at the Westfalenstadion.

 

The pitch condition is expected considering they were only recently promoted to the 3. Liga. A postponement is good, the squad needs to save energy for Leverkusen and Benfica!

 

Don't small 3rd tier and below clubs normally prefer to play their DFB Pokal matches in BL1 stadiums for the revenue boost?