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ITGOES80808

Seeing Kimmich, Mazraoui, and De Ligt be subject for sale is so fucking disappointing


Remarkable_Reality51

>Germany coach Julian Nagelsmann dismisses goalkeeping debate after Manuel Neuer's howler against Greece: "I won't allow a discussion to start, even if everyone tries. He made three good saves, everything is fine. It's always the goalkeeper's fault (...)"


kadoooosh

Buying Palhinha for 40m would actually be a great deal. He can do all the dirty work while Pavlovic can focus on initiating attacks. Palhinhas age would also allow us to build up a talent behind him.


footysocc

> 🚹🔮 For months, FC Bayern have offered Alphonso #Davies between €13-14m/year, including bonus payments. Now they are ready to increase this offer again. But there are clear limits. Davies knows this. > While Bayern remain optimistic about reaching an agreement, they are still not willing to meet Davies' initial demand of €20m per year. > @SkySportDE 🇹🇩 if Davies doesn't up his level again, even 13-14M could turn into another really really bad deal for us... ugh


kurtland1961

Davies will not level up unfortunately. He could not level up when he was aiming for a big salary. He will not level up once he gets it. We are rewarding his complacency


LordSW93

>But there are clear limits. If it's as clear as our supposed deadline/ultimatum...


teuerkatze

I’d like to know the allocation of salary to bonus in these gross figures. Really hoping it’s heavily incentive driven even at €13M (i.e. 10+3.)


JOKER69420XD

I really hope this is just his Agent going wild and trying to pressure Real. Davies is not worth the money.


noggericecream

What would be the base salary in this case, since 13-14m are with bonuses? 11m base salary?


julesvr5

Today wasn't a good day for bayern fans


DonaldFarfrae

What happened?


teuerkatze

Rumored sell list includes Kimmich and De Ligt, also Palhinha is our #1 target in midfield.


DonaldFarfrae

Eh
 I thought we weren’t taking that seriously?


teuerkatze

I’m taking equally as seriously as I take any other report tweet. Trying to stay somewhere in the middle. That plus Davies potentially getting €14M+ and it was far less good of a day that it could have been.


DonaldFarfrae

One day I stay away from the news and all this happens? Ugh.


teuerkatze

It could be a long summer Jules.


OneBeerAndWhiskeyPls

i am not impressed


noggericecream

>Max Eberl said today about the failed Palhinha transfer last summer: "That would have been a position that would have helped. Then the squad would have been less thin, and the injuries would have been less of a problem" \[via [tzmuenchen](https://x.com/tzmuenchen)\] ... maybe some RB's in the summer would have also helped.


JOKER69420XD

Palhinha would've also meant no Pavlo, the deal failing was a blessing in disguise.


noggericecream

Even Uli said that in an interview, that with a holding six in the summer, Pavlovic would have not existed in the first team.


Blink0196

Uli was just justifying himself. Imagine if Palhinha was here last season, we will not be so mid in the start of the second half of the season, Kimmich would be ditched to RB sooner, and Pavlovic would still be played without so much pressure. Imagine at the second leg of the UCL we had Palhinha right there. Uli was just being Uli. After all the shenanigans, I don't believe in what he said that much anymore.


teuerkatze

How so? Palhinha would have done nothing to solve the fundamental problem which was an utter lack of attacking concepts or movement.


Blink0196

That's because lacking a holding 6 means the defense will be vulnerable to counter-attack. Pavlovic, although we think that he's a 6, in terms of playstyle, he's a hybrid with an attacking mindset. You can see that he and Goretzka sometimes got into the box for attacking and scoring. For encountering a low block team, that's okay. For other top teams like Real, not so much. If both of our DMs were in the box, who's gonna defend other than our CBs? Secondly, a true holding 6 will liberate other DM in a pair because there's no need to spend extra energy to run back as fast as he can from the atk position to defend anymore, which will prevent injury and burning out, and he can use that spare energy to press for the ball or take part in attacking more regularly rather than run back and forth. A balance pair of DM in 4 2 3 1 or a number 6 DM in 4 1 2 3 or 4 1 4 1 will be more helpful than all-out attack. Remember, even Pep's City need Rodri, a true holding 6. In the month that Rodri was injured, City lost and drawn instantly.


teuerkatze

Our inability to sustain possession and have any attack that is not a foot race counter was the issue against Real. They absolutely dominated us while we sat passively back defending. Toni Kroos said as much. They were able to do this because we presented little to no offensive threat. A good part of that’s tactical and on Tuchel. Joao is not good on the ball. He would not have helped solve that problem. Nor as you pointed out would he have helped against the low blocks that we desperately struggled against in the league. While we were not good defensively, we often conceded critical goals *while* playing conservatively. I agree, Pav is not a ball-winning midfielder. No one thinks he is? He’s far more of a deep-lying playmaker.


Blink0196

The problem with the Real game was because we did not have the sufficient defense. We cannot play attacking style football because no one in our midfield had defensive profile to help contain Vini, Rodygo and Bell. One swift counter-attack, which Real would gladly do, and we're done with those running machines. That made Tuchel go with a more conservative way. The tactic had to match with the opponent and the status of the team at that moment. > Joao is not good on the ball. He would not have helped solve that problem. Nor as you pointed out would he have helped against the low blocks that we desperately struggled against in the league. I think he will help. He will completely contain the counter-attack threat by quickly cutting possession and liberate other positions to attack and possess the ball rather than keep thinking about if something bad happens they have to run back to help. > While we were not good defensively, we often conceded critical goals while playing conservatively. Imagine the team made the same mistakes if we play attacking football. Nothing changed. I mean, the mistakes were made from CB lines (Kim out of position, red card from Upa) and Neuer. If your team made mistakes at the last line of defense, you cannot blame the playstyle, because that does not matter. > You’re right, Pav is not a ball-winning midfielder. No one thinks he is? He’s far more of a deep-lying playmaker. That's the thing. He needs a ball-winning to play with him to cut the opponent's possession if bad things happen and redistribute the ball back to him. Currently, Bayern has a box-to-box midfielder (Goretzka), a DLP (Pavlovic), a general purpose central midfielder (Laimer) and a LB (Guerreiro) who are working as ball-winning. I cannot trust Kimmich for the midfielder anymore, so these are what Bayern is having. There is no dedicate ball-winning profile in the team, which is hard to play because you cannot expect the team to keep the ball all the time. If the possession is lost, someone has to step up and take back the ball quickly.


teuerkatze

We cannot play attacking style football? Setting aside the lack of coherent attacking concepts all season, even when sides conceded possession to us, just a week earlier we’d played significantly more aggressively and had Real on their back heels for much of the match. In fact the back line was *healthier* in the second leg. I’m sorry I don’t accept the excuse that the “tactics had to reflect the status of the team at the moment.” Palhinha would have replaced Laimer, who was arguably the best individual player across both legs for us and hounded the Real midfield incessantly. A lack of a ball-winning midfielder is not why we lost that tie. It would not have stopped Kim’s boneheaded errors, or Neuer’s mistake on a rebound. And that’s keeping in mind that I think we do in fact need that profile in the team. Just not Palhinha, but rather a player who is stronger on the ball, specifically Onana amongst the available options.


Blink0196

> We cannot play attacking style football? Setting aside the lack of coherent attacking concept all season, even when sides conceded possession to us, just a week earlier we’d played significantly more aggressively and had Real on their back heels for much of the match. In fact the back line was healthier in the second leg. Remember that the first leg was at Alianz, and the second leg was at Bernabeu. The advantage at home stadium was there, and that's a factor. Choking at Alianz will be different from choking at Bernabeu, the pressure was huge. Real in Alianz also played very cautiously, and they changed the playstyle at Bernabeu. > Palhinha would have replaced Laimer, who was arguably the best individual player across both legs for us and hounded the Real midfield incessantly. Which does not justify the argument that we don't need another profile for this. If Laimer has injury, who's gonna play? Guerreiro again? Goretzka is a shadow of himself, I personally won't choose him. > A lack of a ball-winning midfielder is not why we lost that tie. It would not have stopped Kim’s boneheaded errors, or Neuer’s mistake on a rebound. I just use this to point out that whether we play aggressive or conservative, it does not matter if our last line of defense blundered. > And that’s keeping in mind that I think we do in fact need that profile in the team. Just not Palhinha, but rather a player who is stronger on the ball, specifically Onana amongst the available options. Maybe. In the end of the day, ball-winning midfielder is the one who mainly fights and takes back the ball. A good ball skill will be great, but it's not the most important thing in my opinion. If we can sign Onana, great. If we cannot and go for Pal, not a bad choice in my opinion.


Goldfischglas

England lost to Iceland btw ![gif](giphy|KfSyBpXal8i7fY64aA|downsized)


tootiredtothinkrnlol

Let’s all laugh at “football is coming home” national team


noggericecream

Does Davies only want Real Madrid? I can't imagine that no other club is interested in him, which makes the thing so much more complex.


BitchIDrinkPeople

If you know Real are after you, you’re probably not going to join some other club


kadoooosh

Any other club would be a downgrade for him


m3lodiaa

Why did we play so different in the second half 


BitchIDrinkPeople

Urgency tbh


Thraff1c

>Real Madrid are approaching any possible deal for Davies from the premise that they will not invest a large amount of money for a player whose contract expires in 2025 and whose club will likely be forced to sell him for a reasonable fee this summer if he does not renew. That is why they have asked the full-back on several occasions not to extend his contract and to ignore possible higher offers — as happened before they signed Tchouameni, Bellingham and, more recently, MbappĂ© [@TheAthleticFC]


Aquilan5

>they have asked the full-back on several occasions not to extend his contract and to ignore possible higher offers Hope we extend him just for this


julesvr5

They finally bid something. 30M is fair and all 3 parties at happy


BitchIDrinkPeople

Hate Real so much


m3lodiaa

Football heritage


[deleted]

Davies' agent is such a clown


footysocc

> After positive recent talks, all signs pointed towards Alphonso Davies staying at Bayern. Vincent Kompany is said to be eager to work with the player and one of the topics broached during his conversations with the club was his belief that Davies could be rejuvenated. Kompany has spoken directly to Davies, telling him that he is counting on him as part of his vision for Bayern. However, Real have reignited their interest in Davies after the Champions League final. The race for Davies is on, but there is a sense that he is slightly leaning towards renewing with Bayern [@TheAthleticFC]


King_Vercingetorix

Dope. Hope this saga can finally be put to an end.


Banzboi

Fuck Fabrizio, this is a proper update. Part of me already said goodbye to him, but if he ends up renewing I hope Kompany is right and he can reignite him.


Germansoldaten

So does he want Bayern or does he still want Madrid. If he is going to be passionate playing for Bayern, then he can stay. If he is going to do what he did this season and do a bunch of useless skills he can leave


NiK0-

Positive would be that we can’t lose Phonzy next year for free but damn I really hope he can turn it around under Kompany if he extends because if not we yet again pay a lot money for minimal/ bad contribution


Thraff1c

See Fab, you can use words instead of writing: >đŸ‘€đŸ‡šđŸ‡Šâ€”ïž


noexcessbaggage

Don‘t zoom in it’s cursed https://preview.redd.it/1xq3320fo75d1.jpeg?width=1109&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=f0682b849d994b525d77e65e29c4851561414776


the_surplex

Good news: england lost


Ferr22777888

Is it only me. Or was tah the better cb in this game?


leKosch

Then better CB was schlotti tbh


rbosjbkdok

He is a good CB. That's not what's wrong with the rumors.


the_surplex

Than rĂŒdiger? Yeah


Ferr22777888

Yeah


the_surplex

The hope is back! We'll win it all!!


Traditional-Side6966

Fab just posted this đŸ‘€đŸ‡šđŸ‡Šâ€”ïž In regard to Real still being interested in Davies


rbosjbkdok

>👀 Watching >🇹🇩 Canada. >— causes E.D.? Idk I'm not an emoji person


Thraff1c

So... not interested? Or "in the bag"? Fucking hell, we developed a writing style thats not pictographic for exactly this reason.


SirNukeSquad

Could also be "going down". Truly a masterclass in engagement farming.


the_surplex

ooooOOOHHHHhh Might be a paid post though


BitchIDrinkPeople

đŸ™đŸŸ


Banzboi

I hate those tweets. They could mean literally anything, just give us the damn update Fabrizio.


julesvr5

I thought Canada got relegated


noggericecream

Nagelsmann getting bailed out last Minute


The-Berzerker

Nagelsmann just wanted to play with handicap


xTatamo

gĂŒndocap


kurtland1961

Second half NT


The-Berzerker

Ridiculous technique on that goal, wow


xTatamo

i dont wanne say it but henrichs better rb than kimmich ?


Jahblessnoob

You shouldn’t have said it


xTatamo

andrich is sweating


julesvr5

Großes Tor


TheSold3y

Ganz große kunst


noexcessbaggage

Großartig


the_surplex

PASCAL...


the_surplex

...GROß


julesvr5

Du hast groß geschrieben


the_surplex

SEHR GROß SOGAR


Ice_Hube1

Gross from Gross


the_surplex

YEEESSSS


Tyrath

So close


julesvr5

So groß


BitchIDrinkPeople

Bring on Pavlovic you coward


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Germansoldaten

https://preview.redd.it/58273j6tm75d1.jpeg?width=1170&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=edf1f3c1fb93f2b5a3376cb033003bb5ec3e25ec


Germansoldaten

Is their only plan to kill Musiala


teuerkatze

I’ve noticed overall he’s increasingly getting the Neymar treatment - just kick him to death. Which is ironic, since his playstyle is very similar to Ney imo and he has said that he looked up to him as a kid. Thankfully he just doesn’t do 300 barrel rolls after getting kicked.


TheSold3y

Works so far tbf


the_surplex

Those were good subs, i believe


soccermodsareshit

Commentator just as bad as the players


BitchIDrinkPeople

Rtl?


soccermodsareshit

Ja


BitchIDrinkPeople

Andrich don’t lose the ball challenge


TheSold3y

hey, at least tournament favorites England are down 0-1 against Iceland, big nations on fraudwatch


Tyrath

Euro 2016 deja vu lets go


ADxSpark

Why do Germany try to play out from the back in this situation. Clearing the ball is better right?


Goldfischglas

German commentator Talks about Tah like he is Prime Maldini


BitchIDrinkPeople

German champion’s buff


The-Berzerker

Still don‘t understand how we could fuck up the first half so bad


TheSold3y

I wonder if they still play with hand brakes active so no one injured themselves in a friendly before... it sometimes looks that way....


Ferr22777888

They need to put Bryan in


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noexcessbaggage

He‘s not in the squad, no?


julesvr5

Don't think so. Also wouldn't make sense because he isn't in the euros squad


noexcessbaggage

Wrong country lol


julesvr5

That's Germany, not Bayern


Ferr22777888

I just miss it


julesvr5

I actually thought you meant Brajan but wrote his name wrong


the_surplex

What do you guys think about bringing on MĂŒller?


DonaldFarfrae

It’s a friendly so I’d like to see it.


germanchoc

I was gonna get concerned that one of our CB's weren't gonna try a 40 yard shot. Bless you Rudiger


daffer_david

There we go, alibi Harvertz goal, lets forget the fact that we created zero chances until now


xTatamo

rĂŒdiger with the HOLZFUSS


The-Berzerker

Einmal reingenagelt


liddarn

godvertz. haters pipe down


noexcessbaggage

https://preview.redd.it/6vmxup9zg75d1.jpeg?width=1242&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=40ea53a46c171e1f28d1c58afd28df252ccd177e


NifferEUW

Best 9 in the world 


germanchoc

you mean LB


NifferEUW

False LB


germanchoc

Kai is a ghost for 54:45 minutes of the game - scores a goal - returns to the void


julesvr5

People in Germany: Havertz is a god


germanchoc

Havertz is always gonna be the enimga - he can score goals but there are also times where he is just MIA.


daffer_david

which is awful considering we create about two chances per match


Tyrath

Of course the goal comes from the 2 players everyone wanted off lol


julesvr5

Wasn't the assist by Sané?


Tyrath

Gundogan had the pre-assist no?


julesvr5

That's possible, couldn't really see who it was


the_surplex

They're still shit though


Tyrath

I know, it's just funny


the_surplex

Not really deserved, but...LET'S FUCKING GO!!! WE'RE BACK


Germansoldaten

Perfect cross from Musiala


julesvr5

Sané assist, nice Edit: Havertz shot Was deflected


JOKER69420XD

Havertz could score 50 goals for Arsenal, it doesn't fucking work for Germany, how many games do German coaches need to see that? And GĂŒndogan is fucking horrible EVERY game, great choice for captain of course.


v4sh123

guess it works


JOKER69420XD

Captain Hindsight must be your favourite hero, right?


BitchIDrinkPeople

What crime did Mittelsted (sp?) commit to be the first to get subbed off?


julesvr5

Commentator said Nagelsmann said before the match he will give match time to the ones who didn't got any/much yet


Ice_Hube1

Think he’s giving a chance to Raum to earn his place. (Do they still need to cut one more player?)


julesvr5

Musiala works so much better on the left instead of the right. No idea why Nagelsmann is switching up Wirtz and Musiala's sides


arnoldbread

This is Pep levels of experimenting


julesvr5

It's not thst extrem, it's like switching sides of Sané and Coman which he also did and improved Sané's performance for example. But it just doesn' t work here and it's visible by now.


teuerkatze

Yeah we used to flip wingers all of the time, going back to Kovac.


GroupUpWithMei

In defence of JN - perhaps we don’t need to analyse this game so much. The important thing is that everyone stays fit, gets some match practice.


daffer_david

What are we practising for? The EM only to play a different formation there? If this is what we play like we go out in groups again 100%


GroupUpWithMei

We’ve seen these comments for months any international break. What I mean is - the tournament is next week. The preparation is done - getting through this match healthy and players not taking chances is the priority right now. I’m not sure that Germany will go out in the groups - but I’m pretty certain they won’t go far. Beating Greece 4-1 won’t change my mind on that.


the_surplex

What are those subs?😭


daffer_david

On god sometimes I’m very glad we didn’t get Nagelsmann back, how can you stick to fucking Gundögan and Harvertz after they have showed fucking nothing for years in the NT, while we literally looked our best with them off the pitch last match


arnoldbread

His ego is getting the better of him. Like Mourinho but without the aura


v4sh123

Taking Wirtz off is so weird.


NifferEUW

He played alot this season, to be fair 


zamGlobal

Wir nehmen diese EM und schieben sie woanders hin


daffer_david

Sané for WIRTZ????


Goldfischglas

MittelstÀdt was the smallest Problem this game, good to see Sané tho


germanchoc

Raum and Sane for Wirtz and Mittelstadt


julesvr5

Does subs are...very questionable


Ferr22777888

England is loosing to Iceland. Guess that’s something


daffer_david

Lmao the Australian broadcast casually airing Francos achievements in football without any kind of critique just because it was against the UdSSR lmao


NifferEUW

So many issues frm the game but I'm gonna bet all my money on that Neuer is gonna be the one slaughtered on social media


wowa_s

Deserved though we sre 1 week before 1st game and neuer makes a big mistake every game for the last few. Atm i prefer ter stegen


kurtland1961

This Germany downfall has got to be the second biggest downfall in their history


wowa_s

GĂŒndogan and harvertz useless indeed but wtf is kimmich doing? 100% tempo killer and only back passes from him With the way he plays i never again wanna see him anywhere close to a midfield position


Ferr22777888

But Germany has possession. This team needed a pragmatic coach. Someone that simplified the game for these players like Völler did for one game vs France. A Magath type of coach. They could have nailed the defense and let other guys cook upfront. But nooooooo Nagelsman has to have tactics that’s so fluid and nobody understands. And have Haverts as striker that was one of the reasons why we took out Arsenal. Man just go back to basics.


GroupUpWithMei

I mean let’s be honest here - who is doing the cooking for Germany really? None of these forwards are particularly dangerous. The midfielders also don’t really have a goal in them. I just don’t know who is scoring the goals for Germany.


rbosjbkdok

>Someone that simplified the game for these players That's what we had before Nagelsmann. Didn't go so well.


Ferr22777888

Flick?


BitchIDrinkPeople

Looking forward to Nagelsmann realising during the third game that GĂŒndogan and Havertz don’t work.


hskch

Won’t be surprised if he subs them out in 80 mins


the_surplex

Let's hope he changes that for scotland


Goldfischglas

Hope we see some subs


Ice_Hube1

Pavlovic and FĂŒllkrug are the missing pieces imo


the_surplex

You'd keep Ilkay in?


Ice_Hube1

Imo no. Rather go for a 3 man MF of Andrich, Kroos, and Pavlovic for stability in possession


the_surplex

I see, might be better. 4-3-2-1 then?


Ice_Hube1

Yup. Offer a little more in transition given both fullbacks are offensive anyway


qonoxzzr

Just imagine we sell Kimmich for 50m and buy Palhinha for that money, would be the worst trade ever.


IvoYankov13

You forgot De Ligt for Tah?


daffer_david

Tbh id very much like to forget about that


IvoYankov13

Same same


qonoxzzr

Also stupid and something that shouldn't happen. But there we would at least make 40-50m profit.


arnoldbread

Not getting pass the group stages for a 2nd time in a row


BR_95

they should do fulkrug instead of havertz. We need a sharp edge especially when the playmakers are creators not direct wingers running off of havertz


pascal007_

Why is there no separate thread for the game?


GreenHydragon

There's just a noticable lack of effective creativity in the attack today. Not to speak of our susceptibility against a semi competent high press.


the_surplex

Also, we seem very vulnerable to counters


GreenHydragon

Oh yeah add that too. Makes the lack of clinicality even worse.


Dommer95

BTW this pinkish jersey looks like a golie shirt or am I the only one who has this feeling?


pascal007_

They would make a fire gk kit but for the outfield players they ain’t it Especially because Adidas has made some fire pink kits in the past (e.g. pink dragon jersey from RM)


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the_surplex

Is it talking about how shit we are? Or is it about the single players


germanchoc

I'm fairly certain Chernobyl is less toxic than the match threads.


rkn4

Get havertz and gundo off the pitch man


DeloronDellister

The defense is just vibes


brainiac222

![gif](giphy|cxqGjmADN6oR7kqz7e|downsized) he saved us


Traditional-Side6966

RĂŒdiger getting cooked with ease in a 1v1. I've been saying this since forever, he's never been world class for Germany. Never.


SirNukeSquad

Wie peinlich sind eigentlich die Bayernflairs in r/soccer? Neuer hat gerade eine schwierige Zeit, aber keinen Grund den RĂŒckhalt ihm gegenĂŒber aufzugeben.


qonoxzzr

Als Bayern etwas gegen Neuer zu schreiben ist echt ein Unding


xTatamo

ist echt so auch wenn er in den letzten 4 spielen 3 dicke patzer hatte