BVB 2010-2011 General Discussion Thread [R]

Money for Klose? You mean for his salary?

Klose's contract expires after this season.

He would be a free transfer.

 

After the last two years he's had, I think the guy just wants to be on a team where he actually matters.

 

I agree with everything you said except the Barrios thing.

I think Barrios would actually see Klose as a threat.

And I think that is a good thing. I noticed too many times this season where Barrios looked "fat and happy" (not literally) because he knew if he was healthy he was going to play. Some real competition might put a fire under Barrios' ass again.

Another thing BVB fans need to realize is that Lucas Barrios sees BVB as a stepping-stone to bigger and better things.


Trust me, if there is one BVB player who wishes Real Madrid had come for him instead of Sahin, it is Lucas Barrios.


I don't blame him for that. I believe this is reality.

I believe people who think Barrios is going to become a Chapuisat and stay with Dortmund for the rest of his productive years have their heads in the clouds.

 

Exactly. I see Helmes isn't the same guy he was before his injury.

If Wolfsburg is relelgated, Helmes could help Mainz in Europa League if he's willing to take a pay cut.

I know what you're saying.

Barrios would be hard to replace, but he can be replaced......

 

People thought we'd never replace Amoroso. We eventually found Frei.

People thought we'd never replace Frei. We found Barrios.

I never said it would be easy to replace Barrios or Sahin.

But they can be replaced. Players come and go. It is the CLUB that endures.

The club may not be successful in the way it was this season, but even if those players come back, it is no guarantee the team will be successful again.

As far as Barrios goes, if you can, take a look at some of Klose's action in Kaiserslautern and Bremen.

His game and Barrios' aren't much different......

Of course Klose is older now, but he's also pretty much had two season "off....."

 

We don't know that he's coming yet. LOL!!

 

I heard about that yesterday. Just didn't have time to post.


From what I read, it would seem to me that we still might play with two strikers next season, but with Perisic (if he's coming) or Lewandowski up front with Barrios.


How they can turn down a Klose with his wealth of experience is beyond me.


But maybe they just want to keep the team young and easier for Klopp to handle.......

 

Everyone says that shit because it is the easiest thing to say.

If it were about money, BVB would have said it was about money.

Miro Klose has made his big money at Bayern. The guy is more concerned with cementing his legacy.

He'll probably go overseas now.

 

Believe me, I agree with you.

I'm just trying to gauge what BVB is thinking.

I think they might be taking the "youth movement" thing just a bit too far.

 

Tell us something we don't already know man.

Everyone has been saying this for awhile now. But nothing is "done" at all.

I think BVB will get him, but just don't wish to pay 6M Euros.

It "reads" like a pretty solid goal-scoring lineup until one realizes that:

**Lewandowski shits his pants about 85% of the time he's on the field.

**Barrios seemed to play when he felt like it in the second half of this past season.

**Kagawa was out for half the season and a player with his game is always more susceptible to foot injuries once he's already had one. Kagawa has had two now.

**Goetze won't be a surprise anymore. Once teams started gearing their defenses to stop him, he wasn't nearly as productive.

**Persic will quickly find that Bundesliga defenses are much tougher than Belgian ones.



We need to enjoy this title now. In my opinion, we just had a "dream season" in which most things went our way.

That isn't going to happen again next season. The work will be harder and the pressure much greater for our boys next season.

And I wonder if they can handle it. Because they are exactly what I said above.

Boys.......

Klopp said we won't be signing Klose.

And if we had, Klose wouldn't have to "fight for time" with us. If we'd signed Klose, we would have gone back to a two-striker set.

The fact we're signing a shitload of midfielders tells me we're going back to the 4-2-3-1 next season.

I believe Klopp decided he doesn't want to change formations and that is why we aren't signing Klose.

I disagree, but hey, he's a title-winning coach now.

However, I think much of the second half of last season showed that clubs were starting to figure out how the challenge the 4-2-3-1.

Time will tell if I'm right or not.......