Bundesliga 2018-19, Bayern Munich or bust!

@hotjam2 You can't fake parity though... and even when other leagues try to do it, I'm still seeing final scores that look the exact same or worse than what a 6th place Frankfurt just did to a last place Gladbach.

Frankfurt, a club that used to fight Potsdam as the dominant force domestically and Europe, are now sat 6th in the league with them still retaining senior and junior international caliber talent. But you want to argue the league's flaws because they destroyed it's worst team..?

Surely the time to worry about the parity of the league, is when fellow relegation candidates are destroying the bottom placed club by 7 and 8 goals.

 

... Pretty sure Popp, Däbritz, Schüller, have scored more or the same amount of goals. But I'd agree with you wanting to promote Hoppius as a surprise stand out goalscorer this season; as she's accomplishing the feat within a lowly MSV Duisburg side.

 

@hotjam2 Freigang plays up front within a Frankfurt team that still posses enough talent to regularly feature names like Aschauer, Feiersinger, Pawollek, Groenen, Reuteler, providing assists.

So I'd wait before hyping her current feats in front of goal, as Martinez could easily come back from the U-17 WC and take a first team place from her.

And I say this believing Frankfurt aren't completely useless just yet, looking like they've just struggled to form a balanced team with any kind of continuity during the first half of the season.

This being similar to this seasons Freiburg team, struggling with random issues of cohesion, for a coach who's probably already making plans for next seasons Bayern side...

 

LMAO that you're even comparing Hendrich and Maier when playing different roles in a game says a lot about you... Especially when Maier's not even in contention to play CB

 

You should probably try to watch her with more evidence than 50-60 mins of one match..., but don't be shocked to see Martinez start league games for her club this season.

Germany's got various issues with the women's program, but I know both Martinez, and Stegemann, (without injuries) will be very impressive as they break through into senior league football.

 

I think Bayern were very lucky to win this match, but why are you still trying to shape a false narrative around Maier, when a little thing called reality continues say the exact opposite to every one of your clearly biased conspiracies...?

I mean Maier is a FB, and still consistently contributes more assists and goals than any other player you feel should replace her. And for somebody who you continue to question defensively, I find it highly suspect to see you ignore her peers struggling in the exact scenarios you feel Maier weak...

LOL, I really like Hendrich, but the way you ignore her constant defensive failures as a CB/FB is ridiculous. And I think you've forgotten that Bayern signed Benkarth to become the next #1 GK, but she's injured, so....

 

I know you have some weird issue with Japanese players, but it was actually Naomoto who initially stole the ball from Leupolz in mid-field, leading to Bühl going 1v1 versus (and beating) Hendrich for what should have been a penalty/goal.

But anyway... yes. I've also maintained that between Gwinn and Bühl, it's actually Bühl who's probably the player with the higher potential to become a truly elite senior international. So your not crazy for noticing this too....

 

Plus, I find it interesting to see Gasper's form improving with Potsdam, and will be watching closely to see how she performs versus Wolfsburg, knowing how disappointing Rall's shown herself to be facing higher level opposition.

Fellhauer and Seims won't make it due to injury, but Pawollek, Hechler, Gasper, Wolter, Feldkamp, are young FB and DM options I wouldn't be shocked to see included in pre WC squads.

With Gasper's future as a potential senior team FB option likely to be in real focus should she be fit, start, and play well against Wolfsburg.

 

The same reason they continue to pick various players not called Simon or Schweers at LB, and still lack a defined selection of players for mid-field, or the attack. It's a mess.

So it's not disapproval on Maier's individual quality forcing the national team coaches to make odd player selections for the RB role, as they've been doing this for EVERY position on this team over a pretty long period of time now.

Honestly... I don't think anybody can pick the German wnt's 1st choice team, as the coaches continue to make numerous changes every match.

 

Bayern have improved their squad, but clearly haven't been a great team all season. Still being rather reliant on Däbritz and Rolfö to score/create goals, within a team shape/defense that's clearly worse than it was last season. But this is supposedly all the players fault for lacking individual quality...

And I'm sure Popp's been used in various roles for Wolfsburg this season, with this theme being repeated again as she started within a two player CM versus Hoffenhiem's 3 player CM, and still contributed a great assist for Pajor's goal.

So what's your point...?

 

Freigang can't consistently control a football, possessing the first touch of a new born Deer. And most of Petermann's development has been in Germany too, making any potential correlation to her time in the NCAA, and her national team career, a rather horrible one with a little more research.

So no.. even if it's impressive knowing the lower level status of her current club, there's no coincidence with Hoppiuos scoring goals in this league, having played a part in the NCAA.

 

Well a deserved draw for Potsdam. Elsig as you said has so much to do in the Potsdam defense - not her best game though... I'll give Potsdam creds for not backing down but trying to play despite the risk of Harder/Hansen/Pajor coming after them when losing the ball in the midfield

Strong same from Huth and Gasper today...

Maritz and Peter will doom Wolfsburg in the CL against Lyon, it's just not good enough

 

As the libero within Potsdam's back 3, Elsig looked really uncomfortable at times trying to cover multiple roles. But when she wasn't constantly helping Schmidt and Rauch, I thought she still really struggled deciding how to mark Pajor correctly, and especially whenever this saw the Wolfsburg forward drop slightly deeper to receive the ball to her feet.

So it would have been interesting to see what would have happened if Ilestedt were playing instead of Schmidt, as it was pretty obvious for long periods of the match that Schmidt had been missing for most of the season, which definitely created some moments of indecision that almost cost their team conceding more goals.

 

Which is why I couldn't understand seeing Gwinn receive wnt match time ahead of Huth, as these two players are clearly at very different stages in their careers, where I feel Huth is honestly miles apart from Gwinn for the ability to consistently provide decisive quality during high level matches.

And yes, being strong defensively during any 1v1, dynamic and constantly looking for the forward pass, not taking too many touches of the ball, Gasper produced a really good individual performance.

Meaning, it probably won't be too long before Gasper receives senior team recognition for one of the FB roles.