FC Bayern 2011

Has there ever been a more positive injury for a team? Hope Tymo impresses.

What do I hear know : Van Gaal has "halved" the dressing room for the visitors ?!

Lijp van der Gijp : he should stop acting like a fake dr. Phil

http://www.tz-online.de/sport/fussball/fc-bayern/mesut-oezil-gross-muenchen-442171.html

Van Gaal: "I would have kept Ze Roberto"

http://www.spox.com/de/sport/fussball/bundesliga/0908/News/louis-van-gaal-bayern-muenchen-franck-ribery-jose-bosingwa.html

The real 'Disziplinfanatiker' are the Dutch managers! Rinus Michels was similar.

"Sogar seine Töchter müssen van Gaal siezen"

http://www.bild.de/BILD/sport/fussball/bundesliga/vereine/bayern/2009/08/14/louis-van-gaal/seine-toechter-muessen-ihn-siezen.html

blutgraetsche wrote:The real 'Disziplinfanatiker' are the Dutch managers! Rinus Michels was similar.

"Sogar seine Töchter müssen van Gaal siezen"

http://www.bild.de/BILD/sport/fussball/bundesliga/vereine/bayern/2009/08/14/louis-van-gaal/seine-toechter-muessen-ihn-siezen.html

took me a minute to figure out what Siezen means

Verdammte hässliche Sprache

Pfft. Was ist daran "hässlich"? Die Engländer kennen noch nicht einmal den Unterschied!

blutgraetsche wrote:Pfft. Was ist daran "hässlich"? Die Engländer kennen noch nicht einmal den Unterschied!

Sie verstehen mich (mir ?) falsch : das Wort "Siezen" ist Sau-schrecklig !

Deutsch, wie Niederländisch, ist eine hässliche Sprache

Ach was. Schönheit liegt im Auge des Betrachters. Oder im Ohr des Zuhörers. Alle Sprachen haben ihren Reiz. Italienisch und Französisch mögen besser klingen, aber Deutsch hat auch seine Stärken. In Deutsch kann man feine Poesie eines Heinrich Heines verfassen, und gleichzeitig den Zweiten Weltkrieg martialisch ankündigen.

Alles Ansichtssache.

how will bayern look now with robben,

there are plenty of options


---vanbommel-tymo
-------schweini

robben-gomez-ribery



------vanbommel-tymo
robben-----------ribery

-------kklose-gomez


----vanbommel
robben-ribery-schweini

klose-gomez


atm i have no clue what van gaal is thinking

The first one looks the most promising, the second one is way too attacking (both Robben and Ribery can't defend for shit), the third one is even more lightweight.

A good alternative to the 4-3-3, a 4-2-3-1:


-----------Van Bommel---Tymoschuk------------
--Robben-------Schweinsteiger--------Ribery--
-----------------------Gomez------------------------

Hoeneß: "We intend to play Robben on the right."

Looks like 4-3-3 is going to be Bayern's system indeed, with Ribery and Robben on the flanks. Van Gaal doesn't like a double pivot 4-4-2, it's either diamond 4-4-2 or 4-3-3. With Ribery and Robben playing, 4-3-3 is more likely, or a 4-2-3-1 as posted above.

P.S.: Hoeneß also said that he doesn't believe Bayern's defence to be the problem.

WTF?

Whats the latest with the Robben transfer in Germany?

He is gonna play against Wolfsburg this weekend, at least according to the Dutch news!

If everything works out as planned, Robben will have his medical tomorrow, and may play against Wolfsburg on saturday even. Bayern and Real agreed on the deal very quickly, just a matter of days. Bayern never intended to 'swap' Ribery with Robben, they want both.

That's what Hoeneß told the press.

Fey wrote:He is gonna play against Wolfsburg this weekend, at least according to the Dutch news!

What position? Goalie? Right back?

Lesley wrote:

Fey wrote:He is gonna play against Wolfsburg this weekend, at least according to the Dutch news!

What position? Goalie? Right back?

Left wing! Together with Ribery, Pranjic and Schweinsteiger.

What a country

Fey wrote:Left wing! Together with Ribery, Pranjic and Schweinsteiger.

Well, if we would now also sign Rafinha and played Butt instead of Michaelamity we'd be alright for this year.

Robben is one of the top five c**ts in football though. Damn, it will take some getting used to. I've hated his cuntish ways for so long.

He definitely is a c**t of the highest degree. Will fit in perfectly with Mark Van Bommel.

Excellent player though, there is no denying.

You need a good RB, probably a better CB, too, and definitely a GK. Rafinha would be a good buy, if you sign him that is. Going by Hoeneß' words, he doesn't intend to invest in the defence. But could be just talk.

If you really manage to sign Rafinha, too, you'll have two very strong flanks. Lahm & Ribery on the left, Rafinha & Robben on the right. Looks very promising on paper at least, could challenge the best of them.

But GK and CB need to be sorted out, too, especially the former.

According to BILD, you have to take a loan to finance the Robben deal, at least a part of it.

Nach BILD- Informationen muss der Robben-Transfer teilweise über Kredite finanziert werden.

http://www.bild.de/BILD/sport/fussball/bundesliga/vereine/bayern/2009/08/28/arjen-robben/stuermt-er-schon-gegen-den-meister.html


Shouldn't kill you, of course, but it's still intersting to see that your 'Festgeldkonto' seems to have vaporised in the last few years. This new strategy that started with the signings of Ribery and Toni a few years ago is considerably riskier than Bayern's business philosophy prior to that.

You spent around €75m this summer (Robben included), while earning around €20m from selling players. Even in the European context, that's a lot of money. And you may still sign more players.

We also made 40m or so from the CL last year.

"Nach BILD-Informationen." Good one.

Well, you have to take the wages into account also, which are quite substantial for a number of your players. Robben won't exactly be cheap either, being used to the handsome wages in Madrid.

Transfer fees are one thing, but it's the wages that can be a real bitch in the long run.

press conference, bayern presents robben


http://www.n24.de/?pl=live

robben with the "10" on his shirt, seen already a picture

Link?

www.fcbayern.de

you can see it directly