The German Football Thread

BVB now only 8 points off CL.

I told my friend a few weeks ago when they started to win games they would end up finishing with cl football. It's so pleasing to see them getting back on track

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Up next is Hamburg away so they should be able to continue this run (especially with Reus in the form he's in).

The Batman/Robin celebration was pretty funny as well.

Good to see Dortmund turning a corner, genuinely think next season if they don't lose any key players and prevent long periods of key injuries they can challenge Bayern for the Bundesliga title. Ribery and Robben will have to decline sooner or later, Schweinsteigger and Alonso will start to decline/declined already as well as Lahm, plenty of players wrong side of 30 who are fairly reliant on pace/work rate which will drop. Alonso already is being found out e.g. by teams who press him and block his central passing lines.

Dortmund have a nice young team, Reus, Kagawa, Kampl, Gundogan, Sahin, Hummels, Sokratis, Subotic, Aubameyang, Immobile all 26 and under. Bayern have a lot more experienced heads in the side especially in midfield that are getting near the twilights of their careers. It's also yet to be seen if the likes of Bernat/Hojberg/Green/Rode/Gaudino etc. can replace those midfielders that are getting near the end of their careers. Gotze obviously is a shoein for future Bayern munich sides in midfield and possibly Alaba too whos their most versatile player but I'm unsure if the weaning in period will not affect their performances domestically, Bayern are due a bad run, and as soon as Robbery start to decline that's when they'll struggle. It's not going to stay like this for too long, unless Bayern hoover up all the top talents of the league again soon. With Guardiola giving youngsters a chance, I have a feeling that they won't do that, not yet anyway.

As far as their midfield is concerned I think they don't have to worry a great deal. From what I've seen Rode and Bernat are solid talents. Thiago also seems like he can mature into a top class midfielder and Götze's already proven himself at the highest level. Whether they can match the likes of Alonso and Schweinsteigger is yet to be seen.

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Kagawa Sahin and Gündogan is one of the finest central midfield any team can put up.

Imo anyway Gündogan was on his way to the best central midfielder before his back issue. I saw him play once in 2012, he was sublime.

Just hoping all three can find their top form soon. Sahin played better than at any time since leaving BVB. And Kagawa too looked like he was getting back to his old self (Manu did a right number on him).

I forgot about Thiago, he's had his injury problems though. Maybe a full Bayern team without injuries isn't problematic if the likes of Thiago e.g. reach their potential.

Rode is solid but do you see them taking on the mantle of Schweinsteigger, or do you see Bernat as a better solution to LB than Alaba if he takes a long term midfield/CB position in the future?

Poor Reus.

It's not a serious injury, just some bruising. No idea why they felt the need to start Reus for a game like Dynamo Dresden.

BVB finally putting in some decent performances and catching up, still a while to go to the end of the season, but a champions league spot isn't out of the question yet (maybe this is being overly optimistic, but who knows eh?) !! Even though we know Bayern won't slip up, Wolfsburg are only 8 points behind them and plus their win over Werder was pretty impressive having come back from trailing 3 times in the match. Wolfsburg have been awesome this year and they're still in the Europa league too! If they win that, maybe attract some more talent, they could possibly win the German league soon?

They've had such a farcical season, a loss wouldn't even have hurt really.

They've had such a farcical season, a loss wouldn't even have hurt really.

It's not a serious injury, just some bruising. No idea why they felt the need to start Reus for a game like Dynamo Dresden.

Yes a loss would have hurt. The worst thing for Dortmund to do is lose a game like this, when they've been playing very well so far this season. They have the depth to play in all three competitions and keep a challenge for top 4, there's no need for a sacrifice, plus with the chance to win silverware this season I don't see why Dortmund won't do it.

That's nonsense. Going out of the Pokal, the best chance to get a trophy this season, against a third division side, wouldn't have hurt, especially after the bad league campaign?