Allienz Frauen-Bundesliga 2017-18(Winters coming)

The back 4 for the 1st half was clearly Minge (RB) - Schöne (CB) - Puntigam (CB) - Simon (LB), and at no point did it switch to a three...

You may have thought it was three because Minge isn't, and has never been a RB, meaning her positioning was awful while she was on the field. But Freiburg's first half team selection was clearly a horrible and costly experiment from their coach.

 

If it wasn't for the GK's complete disaster of a pass, Simon completely shut down all of Wolfsburg's threat on her side of the field.

Plus if you watched the 2nd half, you would have also witnessed a pretty strong performance from Bühl enabling her to find and waste 3 clear chances to score, with Freiburg as a group becoming significantly better once their coach had reversed parts (not all) of his first half team selection failure.

But with Magull also missing an open goal in a 2nd half, a 2nd half she was definitely a more involved presence as a CM, like you, I'm also at the point now where it's hard to ignore the nature of her decline in form, not so randomly coinciding with her announced move to 2nd place UCL qualification rivals Bayern...

 

Yeah, and It's even easier to look great when the leagues 3rd place opponent don't even want to attempt trying to win for 45 mins lol....

Freiburg not starting with a main striker when Petermann and Kayikci are both available on the bench, is ridiculous. Starting a young CM Minge at RB, when you have THREE better options available is just nonsense.

And all this while never seeking to make tactical changes for an entire 45 mins just looks rather suspicious to me, as it would end up with the 2nd half showcasing how quickly 2 simple substitutions could have dramatically changed the match in Freiburg's favor.

 

With the surprise late season return of first choice CB Brüggemann, I'd argue Essen actually got slightly stronger in the past two weeks; so if I was looking at anything in this coming match, I'd be watching the Doorsoun - Brüggemann CB partnership, and compare it to the disaster of the Doorsoun - Hegering partnership being exposed during their cup semi final defeat.

Klasen is still a huge problem for Essen defensively, which could create various positional problems for Doorsoun to cover; but I also wouldn't be shocked to see Essen do a lot better vs Wolfsburg this time, as their coach finally has zero reason not to Dallmann as a #10 behind Schüller.

I don't expect Essen to get anything like a draw or a win, but I'm saying if this match see's Essen using Dallmann as a #10 behind Schüller... I think Dallmann could make a fool of me this season, and produce the combined best assist and goal ratio of any player in this league...

 

Hmmm... I still feel Dallmann moving to Arsenal would be a bad decision for her own development, but most likely seen by her as a very good decision for her financial future lol.

And with Weiß recently announcing her intention of playing in a new league next season, Wolfsburg's already announced their recruitment of Doorsoun.

So Essen are currently set to lose three of their best players, with no sign of Schüller's departure happening any time soon.

 

@hotjam2 A team you should really be highlighting for a potential underwhelming future is Potsdam...

Losing Kemme and Wälti, and so far only recruiting Petermann and a horribly average CM Dieckmann from Duisburg, doesn't look very promising to me.

In their favor Petermann - Huth - Schwalm will still score goals, and they do have access to a very strong youth program/second team to cultivate their own talent for the first team, but should Elsig leave...

 

Wolfsburg are Champions
Harder again the outstanding player

Masar with two goals
but they were tap ins

 

But do you really think Kerschowski’s a deserved starter after her mess...?

 

Klasen's positioning is really bad lol, which is why she has to use her speed to make big effort last second tackles so much.

Still a better FB than Kerschowski though.... but when it come to the national team, neither of them should be legitimate RB/LB options anymore.

 

I can't understand why, or how, a player like Baunach is left on Wolfsburg's bench so much.... but she should really be looking to leave this club once this season ends, as her talents could be better used within a Freiburg or Potsdam central mid-field.

 

Verena Wieder to Freiburg though

i’ll have to watch the highlights when I get back home hotjam

 

Yeah, still being very young this comes as a rather unexpected transfer for Wieder; especially knowing the way Bayern have been talking about her eventual progress to the first team, making me think a loan move the next step in her steady development...

So maybe Wieder watching the progress of fellow youngsters Bühl and Gwinn at Freiburg played a big role in this surprising decision to sever all connections to Bayern so young...?

 

I'm not saying Doorsoun is possibly moving to Wolfsburg, Wolfsburg's already said they've recruited Doorsoun as a defender next season....

And I thought Wolfsburg signed Wolter as more RB cover, meaning they already have Blässe - Kerschowski - Maritz - Wittje (maybe Simon very soon too) competing for the FB positions, no?

So Doorsoun's coming to a team with enough FB cover, but lacking CB options, where Wensing may not return, Wedemeyer isn't trusted for big or regular level competition, and Peter really isn't good enough.

And if Doorsoun can't find match time as a CB in that scenario... I will have no comprehension why Wolfsburg want to waste her time.

 

lol, then this might not be the sport for you...

 

lol.. And your shocked with this...? In the time frame the public only know the wnt being a complete mess, this cup final was probably the least viewed and lowest attended match in the past decade of female cup football in Germany.

Wolfsburg don't seem to care about wasting their budget on recruiting well known but mediocre/average in talent foreign names to increase the depth of their squad; and that's the only club who'd probably match her current pay demands, no?

Freiburg, Potsdam, Frankfurt, all lack the obvious budget, while Bayern as the likely 2nd place UCL qualifiers are already overloaded with useless forwards they don't need.

So Aluko's probably looking in the wrong place if she's expecting to play regular football for one of the top team in this league.