mentalvortex wrote:
Kurt Eisner wrote:
Yeah, neither am I, they're a ridiculously fragile team.
I think Dortmund's issues go deeper than the coach at this point, losing to Bayern over and over and over and over and over again must have had an effect on a guy like Reus for example. They're perpetual losers at this point, and it shows. Though Rose certainly hasn't done particularly well, I like that he's trying to transition away from Witsel, Bellingham has been brillant, but that's pretty much it. Defensively they've gotten worse if anything. But to be fair their best players are Haaland, Bellingham and Guerreiro, Haaland will leave this summer, Bellingham the next most likely and Guerreiro's never fit for a full season. It's not an easy job for any manager.
I personally feel that they have ignored making any half-decent defensively signings for far too long.
No amount of hot shot young forwards they sign is going to cover that.
There was a reason why Bayern were happy to let go of Hummels so easily and Zagadou or Akanji were always mediocre at best.
Both Meunier (who has been average) and Guerreiro have great upsides going forward, I would not classify them as very good/world class defenders.
Agree that their defensive signings were mostly very poor. Getting Hummels back was a horrible decision, Akanji and Zagadou were very promising defenders when they were signed but either injuries or playing in a dysfunctional defence for a long time will make you look poor eventually.
They've also become even more inconsistent under Rose than they were before. They've put in some very impressive performances together even in just the last couple months, thrashing Freiburg, late comeback at Frankfurt, the away win at Hoffenheim or even the loss vs Bayern which had some scandalous refereeing and should've been a win. But then conceding five at home to Leverkusen, going out to 2nd tier St. Pauli in the cup or conceding four to Rangers now.
Still think Rose is a good manager but even moving clubs within the same league can be tricky sometimes especially with the millstone he arrived around his neck with.
