Bundesliga 2018-19, Bayern Munich or bust!

I'd love to see the game... but judging from highlights, Leupolz played some nice balls in her DM role and Lohmann was playing higher up at the pitch. I thought Gerhardt was a winger though?...

I wouldn't be surprised if we see Lohmann in the squad for the upcoming games against Spain and Italy as Hrubesch has a thing for talents...

 

Peter's done and dusted for the NT. She might be kept around for her "experience", but she's not gonna be regularly playing for the NT if MVT isn't stupid.

Yes Bayern are still rather poor tactically it feels like, and Wörle feels also slightly arrogant sometimes. With Dallmann - who knows what would've happened...

Freiburg's has been rather poor the whole season though... I believe it's a combination of Scheuer and his player material this season...

 

Very similar to Schweers, Gerhardt has experience playing both LB and winger. I just think it's still unknown where she'd be most effective for her club though, as she's realistically not going to be finding match time ahead of wide options like Rolfö - Däbritz - Beerensteyn - Skorvankova - Roord - Lohmann.

So if she's going to stay at Bayern, I feel she'll only improve her chances to potentially start matches if it's within a FB role. And even if she does this, it still won't guarantee any future senior team selection, when both Siems and Hechler, will probably continue to impress for their clubs too.

I mean it's like Rall. A player who's often both a winger and a RB at club level, only being picked for the national team as a RB because it's where she could be most useful.

That would be really interesting, but it would also require somebody leaving the squad... and who would that somebody be..?

Remeber, Marozsan and Leupolz will probably come back into the next squad, meaning the options are going to be pretty full now, and this without the inclusion of any new names.

 

I mean Germany could just make the midfield/attack pool the same and drop Petermann as I don’t believe she’s needed these days with Schüller in the squad
I’d be slightly surprised though if Lohmann’s not in the squad, I think she has been very impressive

So while I think Leupolz will be the preferred DM and Marozsan will be subbed on, I think Lohmann could get a shot in the midfield as Schweers’s injured and Däbritz might partner Leupolz

Yes Elsig’s a great CB but has some really ugly mistakes at times in a Potsdam team relying on her a lot these days...

 

Petermann joined Potsdam with a better record as a forward than Kemme's final season with the club, so there shouldn't be any excuses for her not being able to contribute as a really important player on her new team.

Plus should her run of uninspiring form at Potsdam continue, this seasons version of Schüller will keep Petermann out of credible contention for WC selection.

 

I agree, her form has been impressive. But even if Petermann actually left out of future squads, there's still no place for Lohmann in a potential WC squad without the coaches removing am established regular from the current senior team 22 player pool.

So Rauch - Rall - Knaak - Rolser are the only names I'd think most replaceable right now, but if Marozsan finally used as a CAM to partner Popp, I would begin to have more belief in Lohmann's chances of any potential senior team recognition as a CM.

The little I've seen of Leupolz as a DM says there's other players in the league more capable of playing DM for the national team. But seeing how Leupolz, Magull, Hendrich, Lohmann, all play for the same club, it should be easy to discover what combination works during the season.

 

Well, the few matches she's started as a FB for Wolfsburg, her productivity has already seen a significant improvement over anything coming from Maritz or Blässe.

 

Seeing how few goals Petermann, Rolser, Popp, Kayicki, score as forwards in this league, it should be obvious to the dummies aka the national coaches by now, it doesn't matter if the team play 2, 3, or 11 forwards in the same team.

Their not going to be anymore effective as a team, forcing everybody to operate within a two striker system, when Germany's best most creative goal threats are all AM's.

Seriously, you don't need anymore than 2-3 forwards on this squad, when the coach has Huth - Däbritz - Marozsan - Dallmann - Magull - Schüller, all fully capable of being highly effective forwards.

Having individuals come into to an already well established national team program, to impose their own vision on a group of already successful players, is a big reason why the current German wnt program has struggled so badly lol.

And it's highly unlikely Bremer or Lotzen (I'm sure their injuries aren't the kind people return to themselves very quickly) will be WC candidates, with Kemme surely needing to be super impressive on her return with Arsenal, if she has any realistic hopes of forcing her way back into the national team squad, no?

 

I've seen opinion suggesting 16yo Oberdorf completely dominated her duels against Bayern's CM, in the process looking another level above Lohmann.

So Bayern's continued problems probably have to do with a lot more factors beyond their "ponderously slow offense"...

 

Maier and Hendrich had to do a lot of defending today due to Bayern's midfield looking quite underwhelming... I mean Lohmann is decent as 6 but is much better playing 8 lol

Wörle has a really great squad but doesn't seem to get it right

 

She went to the US, and came back to Germany unable to control a football... but your always going to look great when the highlights of a match shows you scoring 3 goals completely unchallenged inside the penalty box...

Some really nice passes exposed Freiburg's awful defense again, but I can only give Freigang credit for being in the right place at the right time, and nothing more than that.

 

Because their coach somehow managed to forget his best starting 11 from last season, and the basic comprehension of the benefits continuity provides.

Meaning he stupidly rotates Rolser - Roord - Däbritz - Rolfö, even though they're still clearly his clubs most effective attacking options, and this with all of them playing in the one area of the field that didn't require major rebuilding after last season's progress.

Oh, plus not knowing where or how he's supposed use Hendrich and Magull, two names also known for being two of the leagues best mid-field players from last season lol.

 

If he's going to play Skorvankova because she's the more mature option, he really shouldn't be starting Lohamann next to her in a 4-2-3-1.

Their horrible encounter with Wolfsburg should have facilitated a return back to what they were doing last season, but....

 

Good... I'm honestly tired of watching Wolfsburg reaching UCL finals to just end up looking terrible versus a tactically superior Lyon side.

Yes, they've long looked good enough to consistently reach finals if they never meet Lyon early, but what's the point if their just going to end up being completely dominated without making any adjustments to their game play/style...?

Meaning now their coaches HAVE to acknowledge how poor they've been over the years versus this one particular team, and actually try something more effective than hope an individually strong front 4 will save the day being individually strong...

 

https://tv.dfb.de/video/highlights-sc-sand-vs-vfl-wolfsburg/23893/

Did I just see Peter miss an open goal lol

 

Talking about players missing open goals lol, it looked like a crazy game between Hoffenheim and Duisburg.