Didn't see one so thought I'd make one.

Here's an interesting article-

http://www.football365.com/f365-says/9786300/F365-Focus

Of course they made the champions league qualification round after coming 4th with a team including Marco Reus, Dante, Ter-Stegen and Neustadter. 3 of the above 4 left after that season

Unfortunately they didn't have the money or reputation to land primary targets which included Olivier Giroud.

http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/transfer-news/arsenal-closer-to-olivier-giroud-signing-885634

Now they have a capable squad again which includes- Max Kruse, Patrick Herrmann, Thorgan Hazard, Christoph Kramer and also includes former Arsenal man Havard Nordveit.

Unfortunately Kramer's 2 year loan runs out this summer so he goes back to Leverkusen.

Another club who invested shrewdly and signed Calhanoglu, former Arsenal targets Tin Jedvaj and Drmic as well as Papadopolous (on loan). Think they can get the latter on a permanent now Schalke have signed Nastasic on a permanent. They supplement the in-coming Kramer, Bender, Bernd Leno, Karim Bellarabi and Son Heung-min.

Plenty of decent squads in the Bundesliga but it's just that Bayerns financial might is on another level.

So G89, guess that makes them now MunchenGladtobeBach?

That's a goal 9 times out of 10 with most keepers in our league

The new Mourinho.

I'd like to see him prove himself somewhere where he doesn't have half of the World XI in his starting line-up.

Thiago Alacantra talking about his comeback, his English is a lot better than I thought it would be. Guy has the potential to be one of the top CM players in the world, hopefully he can stay clear of injuries now.

est wrote:

I'd like to see him prove himself somewhere where he doesn't have half of the World XI in his starting line-up.

Exactly. So far he's proven himself to have a gift for being appointed to manage unbelievably dominant teams that are at their absolute peak.

His English is very impressive alright.

Burnwinter™ wrote:
est wrote:

I'd like to see him prove himself somewhere where he doesn't have half of the World XI in his starting line-up.

Exactly. So far he's proven himself to have a gift for being appointed to manage unbelievably dominant teams that are at their absolute peak.

I used to doubt him back in A-M, thought Messi is helping him alot and he needs to do more to be a proven top manager.

However, looking at how he changed Bayern's playing style now to a totally dominant and flexible team, I am sold. He has totally rendered formations useless.

Also Barcelona haven't been as good as they used to be. There's no doubt that Guardiola has had the luxury of working with the world's best players but despite that he's exceeded expectations, particularly at Barcelona.

Burnwinter™ wrote:
est wrote:

I'd like to see him prove himself somewhere where he doesn't have half of the World XI in his starting line-up.

Exactly. So far he's proven himself to have a gift for being appointed to manage unbelievably dominant teams that are at their absolute peak.

I've always found that theory very curious. 
In 07/08 Barcelona won no trophies, they ended up third with only 67 points in the league, behind Villarreal. Their top scorer was an aging Thierry Henry. 

Guardiola took over that summer and immediately won the treble. If that's managing an unbelievably dominant team, wouldn't you say that if he came to Arsenal this summer and won the treble next season too? 

Look no further than the success/lack of thereof of the respective national teams.

Or is Guardiola somehow responsible for that too?

No ones suggesting he had a squad of rank amateurs, he had the best players at his disposal and managed to exceed expectations all the same.

I don't think Guardiola has exceeded expectations at Bayern. He took over a team which had just won the treble, demolishing everything in their way. I don't think they play better football now either.

Not at Bayern but he did at Barcelona.

Guardiola has always inherited champion squads and been able to sign up the absolute cream of global talent to complement them. I don't think there's any other manager who's had such luxury, even Mourinho doesn't come close.

I don't think it discredits his ability but it's a much bigger factor than his ability in his success. That said, I'm not sure if other managers would have achieved any more (or as much) in his place. At Barcelona he had an irreplaceable mystique due to his history at the club.

Again, inheriting a team that came third with 67 points and won nothing the season before is not "always inheriting champion squads".

Rijkaard lost the plot. 

The squad Guardiola came in to coach was full of players who'd already won everything, as well as some of the finest talent in Europe. It was almost entirely complete.

Eto'o and Messi and Henry.
Xavi and Iniesta (remember Euro 2008 by the way?). 

Guardiola deserves a lot of credit for the likes of Busquets and Piqué. 

6 days later

Watch out for Patrick Hermann. Seen him now in 2 consecutive games against Bayern and Dortmund and I'm really impressed. Dunno why there isn't any hype around him but he looks very good to me.

8 days later

Tomorrow's Kicker reporting that Arsenal might be interested in taking Klopp this summer. Firstly don't think that will happen but Kicker is known to be a very reliable German paper, they aren't known to make up silly rumours.

They are not making silly rumours up, they're just connecting the dots. There are few clubs in Europe that would be of interest to Klopp and most of them would be in England. City apparently are hoping to get Ancelotti or Guardiola should either get the sack, Chelsea and United aren't looking. Leaving us and Liverpool at a stretch, and if it's between us and them it's clear which side he'd want to manage, all provided that we'd be interested/Wenger would be ready to leave obviously.

Wenger and Klopp double team?

Very unrealistic though, can't even think of many double managerial teams. There was the Daglish one at Liverpool and also Sweden with Lagerback

Sascha Lewandowski and Sami Hyypiä couple years ago at Leverkusen. Worked great at Leverkusen, don't think it would in the EPL.

21 days later

Schalke have sacked Kevin Prince Boateng and Sidney Sam with immediate effect following an apparent disciplinary issue.

Midfielder Marco Hoger is also been suspended.

Wow, that's some news given that they are one of their best players.

Maybe based on reputation but Boateng has been a massive disappointment.

How's Sam been doing? He was pretty good for Leverkusen last year. Might be a decent free pickup? You don't see many players who can dribble well at top speed.

He has barely played and when he has he has been disappointing too.

To be honest, a lot of Schalke's struggles going forward have been down to Di Matteo and his negative boring playstyle.

He has been a poor appointment and maybe sacking Keller was not the best decision that Schalke board took at the beginning of thhis season.

8 days later

All over twitter that Boateng and Lewandowski had a fight in one of the training sessions at Bayern Munich, players had to stop them. Sweet.

Boateng to Arsenal then.

a year later

Three youngsters in Germany:

Felix Passlack and Christian Pulisic are two gems at Borussia.
Niklas Dorsch at Bayern is a young CM who is turning heads.

There are fights in pretty much every club from time to time I reckon.

Post was from a year ago Rex. Savz just bumped an old thread.

Can not wait to see how RB Leipzig do in the Bundesliga next season. Davie Selke is one of my favourite young strikers around. Yussuf Poulsen is also a top striker they have.