Bundesliga 2025/26 - Is there a league after Lohmann?

1-0 Juv at halftime. Endemann looking like the most dangerous for WOB, but why she keeps coming straight down the middle when she’s an winger. Anyway, she’ll probably be the first to get subbed since the only scoring sub they got is the similar left winger, Bussy.
Meanwhile Juv got 12 subs on their bench with quite a few big names from their Italian NT.

I would say keep Endemann in & take out Popp who’s been her usual useless self these days against top opposition

 

Indeed, I want Cristiana Girelli as a super-sub at the hour mark!

 

2-0 Juv at 60th mark, they’ll probably go for an more defensive sub now

 

Indeed Viola Calligaris is in. But also Chiara Beccari for excellent new signing Ana Capeta. By the way, I was surprised she was allowed to play despite being a so recent signing.

 

70th minute & still no subs for WOB, what’s with their coach?

at least Popp given her teammates plenty of rest with all her dives she’s been taken

 

I've never seen/heard a less interested crowed for a UWCL Wolfsburg home match...

The home fans have seen enough... can't even be bothered to fake hope anymore lol.

 

VAR gives Wolfsburg an lifeline; 2-1 on an PK at 81st minute

 

I said Lerch was a mediocre coach who needed luck to compensate for his lack of tactical application... and this bum gets a VAR assisted PK...

Wolfsburg looked terrible at times pre winter break, and have come back for the 2nd half of the season even worse... wow.

 

oh me oh my, the incoming Krumbiegel can’t defend lol

 

I fear a Wolfsburg's late equalizer, as it happened eary in the season vs Bayern.

 

Minge once again absolutely nonexistent as a mid-field pressence, Popp wasting everyone's time looking lost in mid-field.

Wolfsburg have been a poor team tactically for many years, but at least those other teams actually had some form of offensive identity.

This Wolfsburg team is BOOORING! And what's worse, it's somehow boring with all the right peices within it's squad to be a significantly more dynamic team...

 

This game has been terrible for this stage of UWCL football.

Lethargic from both teams... Juve with a little desire to score goals, could have won this with ease.

Wolfsburg's coach is a joke lol... the name Wolfsburg not reflected in the quality of play anymore...

 

Linder equalized with an scorcher, maybe her American college experience helped out?

 

Told you so.

 

If Wolfsburg are serious about getting past Juve, the 2nd match they use Beerensteyn wide left, Popp centrally, Endemann wide right.

Then you drop Minge, and start Kielland - Lattwein as the double 6, to allow Peddamors to go back to her CAM role.

Defensively you have to hope Küver and Levels healthy, but also ask what happened to Kleinherne, and Bergsvand...?

This Juve side will not be able to stop a balanced Wolfsburg side scoring goals. But damn.. Lerch's team selection is a massive handicap.

2-2 after playing like facile matter for 90 mins, tells you Wolfsburg should be doing better than this...

 

The more I see Minge, the more I'm truly confused to the nature of her new found importance...

As a box to box CM she's genuinely forgettable; not providing strong defensive cover, or providing any accurate progressive forwards passing. At her best, she's either really deep/part of the back 4, or a 2nd striker...

And within this Wolfsburg side, its becoming very clear Minge part of a double 6 is genuinely underwhelming, to the effect questions need to be asked why Lerch doesn't adjust anything to try and get the best from these women...?

Surely the obvious solution here is to use a dedicated DM Pivot, allowing Minge to either start as pseudo 3rd CB, or play further forward as an AM.

Kielland - Lattwien - Peddamors, the best trio for a 4-2-3-1. You change the system to accommodate a DM pivot, suddenly you can rotate Minge into more credible team selections.

 

Wedemeyer starting ahead of Bergsvand and Kleinherne is... a choice i don't expect to see in the 2nd match lol.

I thought this might have been Bjelde's most complete display in a Wolfsburg jersey too. Which doesn't really say much when you consider how poor Wolfsburg were as a team.

Nobody should expect Wolfsburg to be contenders for the UWCL, but their perfomances have be so inconsistent, if they lost this latest game 3-0 to Juve, it wouldn't have even felt unfair lol...

So I expect to see both teams play better for the 2nd match, as the standard of play during the 1st game felt far beneath standards of both sets of players.

 

Yeah... Johannes shouldn't be selected for the next wnt squad...

She joined Wolfsburg with a blatant weakness catching crosses. But now instead of missing basic catches, Johannes can't command her penalty box on FK's and Corners...

The amount of errors she makes in these situations is ridiculous, and given the form of Dick at Hoffenheim, I don't feel Johannes should be rewarded with wnt selection until things change for the better.

I'm hoping Mahmutovic takes over the wnt's #1 GK role in the absence of Winkler, with the coaches gradually easing Berger out of rotation.

But damn... even if Johannes has improved her reaction to crosses, to be a starter for the wnt, she really needs to showcase improved abilities to competently deal with FK's and corners.

 

Some good news for German fans thst wouldn’t read on Batfink’s ‘alter universe’ posts; with six goals, Shakira Martinez is currently tied for third as so far most goals scored in the WSL(Batfink had us believing she was scoreless!)….and tied at third with the likes of Miedema, Kerolin & A Thompson. You could say Martinez is in some mighty good company!

of course some bad news too out of merry old England; Schuller got zero playing time in Man U’s easy Champions league win yesterday—-and Sydney Lohmann has completely disappeared from Man City’s playing roster

 

Schüller also played a total of ZERO minutes for Man Utd during their comprehensive 0-3 away win Vs Athletico Madrid in the UWCL.

Meaning not only has this move exposed the theory she left Bayern for more game time, but it further raises doubts about Schüller's genuine intentions to remain part of the wnt.

Now it leaves the wnt with Cerci, and Anyomi, as the two most credible forward options, while Fudalla, and Mühlhaus, both sit at the top of the league for goal contributions.

Bottom dwelling Nürnberg have Lein so far scoring 6 goals, assisting 3, but doing this while looking more like a winger. Kössler previously ignored, departing Germany again to try another attempt aka take a fresh start in America.

It see's Martinez, and when she healthy Hoffmann, have a clear path to remain parts of the senior wnt...; making it even more important Cerci finally allowed to play as a striker in future.

Bobboy might have potential, but remains a long way from any senior wnt thoughts. Birkholz in a similar stage of development to Bobboy too; it really begins to highlight how the wnt needs to find more goals from midfield and the wings...

Endemann, Baum, Bender, Mahmoud, Zicai and Steiner, all show potential to be goal scorers from wide positions. Fudalla, Mühlhaus, the new options who could add goals from mid-field.

Overall... as long as the wnt continues to utilize a lone forward, it might be OK to have Anyomi and Cerci the two forwards rotating between match time.

But having watched the various limited forward options play, it's bad news if the result is having Freigang, Martinez, Hoffmann, all considered starting options during WC qualification...

 

I know Fudalla's form should 100% see her selected for the next wnt squad... but again, I have absolutely no idea where she's meant to play in Wück's 4-3-3...

At Leipzig, and now Leverkusen, Fudalla's best form has come next to a main forward allowing her play as the teams 2nd forward.

And seeing her within Leverkusen this season, it even more obvious now why she's not a CAM, or not even a AM, but a striker who needs to be part of a system that accommodates TWO forwards at all times.

Now... if the wnt had more competent CM's who could dictate/control play, I genuinely believe Fudalla's style could function perfectly fine at the senior wnt level.

However, having witnessed a pretty strong U23 team struggle to utilize Fudalla's strengths, I don't see how this supposed to improve for her within a Wück team, that is even more reliant on strong athleticism offsetting poor tactical identity...

Fudalla not capable of playing in a front 3, it surely leaves the only option for her to play in a mid-field trio; where Senß, Nüsken, so erratic they were recently partnered with an even more all action style of Brand...

More adaptable AM's like Alara, and Mühlhaus, both doing so well for the u23's in mid-field/forward roles, it only shining a brighter light on Fudalla's inability to adapt to international football.

The leagues top scorer HAS to be given the opportunity to showcase what she has to offer the wnt. But knowing Wück prior selections... I wouldn't be shocked to see Fudalla selected and thrown out wide just to fail and never return.

 

Schimmer almost scored a world class hattrick playing wide left withn a front 3 Vs Nürnberg...

She'd later be subbed after a fantastic long distance effort hit the post. But her performance once again highlighted why she could easily play for stronger teams one day if she just learned to do the simple things more effectively...

Staying healthy not always in a players control, but at age 25 making smarter decisions might just be beyond her capabilities right now..?

However, should Schimmer's shot selection ever combine with smarter decion making, she easily becomes a legit forward who scores 10-15 goals in a season.

No left foot, no intention of passing, and poor awareness at times, it's just hard to see if Schimmer's game ever develops beyond being so incredibly one dimensional.

Maybe... just maybe... part of Schimmer's issues simply come from her skill set being better suited to being a striker, who's playing out of position...

 

LOL... Wolfsburg are terrible. And the fact this club had no intention of removing Stroot, lets you know they'll persist with an even more underwhelming Lerch for more seasons beyond this mess too...

1-1 with Essen, and it's the same old story with the incredibly low standard of play... wow.