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Magic Lamps

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  1. I am sure the club will not do it. The board is often wrong but not that plain stupid. They will not pay 75m for Wilson either.
  2. No idea why you are so obsessed with that. As I said just because other clubs do it, does not legitimize it. I just don't think it is smart from Bayern's perspective weakening an already weak league in the long term..not winning it this year makes it even more hilarious. The prem can handle it that's the difference. Anyhow, you won't change my opinion and I don't give a fuck about yours. So why don't you just piss off already to some plastic Bayern forum where you belong as you sooner or later will do anyway
  3. The fuck you are talking about. Always this whataboutism..only because other clubs might do it too does not make it a better practice Buying fringe players from clubs in the same league for decent amounts or picking up 35y.o. free agents is not the same as telling rivals' major players to run their contracts down. You are always talking so much bullshit...no wonder you are a bayern "fan"
  4. No one here freaks out about that. Would be completely sensible..but for Chelsea amd most english clubs the mentality is"Kostet nix kann nix" as we say in German.."if a player is not super expensive he must be shit." So we rather pay 50m for am average yet "proven" player than 30m for an up and coming one that might not stand the pressure. With Morata we managed to combine both downsides in one deal tho
  5. If those are really the conditions then we need to pull the plug. 6m loan or bust. No one wants another has been lingering on too long. Sarri will hopefully not be around till 2020 anyway
  6. That is bullshit. It depends on physical condition. There is not a magic barrier that you hit on when turning 28 as a left back and 29 as a left back. Some folks decline in their mid 20ies some in their mid 30ies and most in between based on various factors. You will find that some of the best fullbacks had their best seasons above 30. Ashley Cole and Branislav icanovic imo both had their best seasons aged 30-31. Zanetti was at his best way over 30 too. Maldini at 35, roberto carlos at 31-32. Philipp lahm at 30-31 i could go on.. just because there is no wc left or rightback over 28/29 right now does not mean there can not be..as there are enough past examples of fullbacks reaching their peak in their early 30ies. It is not all due to peak physical condition which often can be contained till the 30ies but also experience, anticipation and tactical skills which can be inproved at any age. Kyle walker the imo best rightback in the world is 28 and still getting better and i believe azpi has at least 3-4 years at top level left in the tank
  7. Goretzka is like the tactically polished German version of loftus cheek. Good at everything, physically adn technically, but not really outstanding at anything. And moved to Bayern too early. A box-to-box midfielder like him in that team and that league is just wasted, i got no idea how he will improve there without changing his profile. No wonder he has stagnated for 2 years now.
  8. fair enough. but i think you looked up all comps stats for those didn't you? in this case it would only fair to include hazards 2 efl cup goals too so he has 12 and 10
  9. LOLZ. Azpilicueta is 29, that is a perfect age for a defender. And in Reece James's case he has contract till 2022 so we are in comfortable position not to lose him if we don't want. He's got another year or 2 to break into the team. what i could well imagine is that Sarri is not being used to having that big a roster to wath over so simply ignores our 39 loanees and just does not assess them during the season at all, just the ones he takes to preseason. which is really a shame cos i am sure both, james and even abraham could help us out right now.
  10. and Alonso and maybe Jorginho who are both not the fittest. I don't think it is a too grave case of exhaustion as they only had to stand a few matches back to back recently but there are warnign signs and Sarri should see them early also because we have so much mediocrity in depth, rotating will not make much of a difference.
  11. thats true but apart from Ballack and Lewandowski all those were not exactly amazing players. But true Bayern rape the rest of the bundesiga just to erase competition without noticing how they shoot themselves in the foot long term by doing so. The marginalization of the bundesliga also means a marginalization of Bayern which we are witnessing right now. I don't think sancho even looks this far ahead. (Don't mancity have a buy back clause anyway?) i just think he is so full of himself that he thinks he has found the holy grail and now wants all his english buddies to join him bundesliga. Still Dortmudn should make him shut up. A player has no business publicly discussing other club's transfer policy and undermining his own clubs interest in the process. Also both players favourite position is LW
  12. that is hardly fair. Messi is probably the best player of all times, surely the best of the 21st century by a landslide, which I have to admit even though I dont like him. And Sarriball is obviously not a goalmachine and never was. His highest overall tally was 94 the year before last year and that even in Serie A is an ok but not outstanding number. City scored 106 last season. Last season Naples only scored a meagre 77 goals. What Napoli produced last season looked easy on the eye and good for highlight reels but obviously there were patches that were just as frustrating to look at as we are this season. And I don't think all the posession is a way of defence like the Del-Bosque Style. I think Sarri is just unable to find ways to break teams down or the team is unable to execute them. But back to Hazard. He obviously stands out bc we have a very average squad compared to what we had in the previous era and is the focal point of everything at Chelsea. Also currently in the EPL there is not that standout player but a few world class ones like Salah, de Bruyne, Silva, Agüero and Hazard. I dont even think those are much worse than the likes of mbappe, c.ronaldo or Neymar but they dont stand out as stars as much mainly because of marketability, competitiveness of the leagues, and more critical reception of public and press. Hazard, whilst world class for 6 years now has at no stage of his career bee a top5 player and never will be. His talent is second to only Messi i would venture but in terms of ambition, greed, hunger he lacks behind all those names mentiioned. I don't mind, he is who he is and he still might very well be the technically most gifted player in the history of this club. still if he is to become an absolute legend here he will do so by longevity, by seeing his peak out here and staying over a few more years. We will never forget how he carried this team to 2 epl titles albeit against mediocre competition, but I would always take peak Lampard and peak Drogba over peak Hazard. If Hazard leaves in summer it will hurt-short time but if we manage to overhaul the squad and find a decent manager he will not be missed for long. One final note is that we sadly will never find out how good Hazard would have been in a genuine quality side. I am not really sure if he has benefitted or been a victim of the huge abyss in quality between him and his fellow attackers but when you look at city they have 6,7 top class attackers so you see peeps like Sterling scoring as much as Hazard. To sum up, Hazard standing out so much si not only due to his remarkable (albeit not generational) quality but also to the lack thereof in the rest of the squad wrt going forward.
  13. But why have we not sold him already then? I could well imagine that Granny has only turned down the offers so far because Willian is adamant he will stay. We can do nothing but let his contract run out if he really is so keen on remaining here
  14. It is really Willian's obsession to ruin this football club. If he had any self-respect he would leave asap
  15. He would not even be in the same team. I wonder why Dortmudn allow him to talk this much bullshit. If CHO is really as good as jadon and BAyern think he is then it is not in BVB's interest to have him play for their nemesis. Imagine it was the other way round and CHO would talk up Sancho urging him to join Spurs. The fans would be livid.
  16. He is in Monaco doing fuck all..glad we dodged that massive bullet of a shit player
  17. Erm.wut? .depay has 6 goals for lyon in all comps
  18. I have alwas liked his combination of pace and power but he is still not a scorer and always has these games where he is just a passenger. If you look at his teammate Bertrand Traore who is physically and technically inferior he is always eager to get himself involved. Both are not good enough for us tho.
  19. Already? I think if we do in summer that should be early enough if Luiz leaves us which I hope he wont. Btw Ake has same amount of goals as Willian this season. Edit: a reason might be the looming transfer ban and Ake being hg and suites by Jtd and Tottenham
  20. good one. well if Willian wants to leave, he will. For his career he should move. Got a shot on CL and the spanish title secured and will also get a last big contract which he will not get here. I really wonder why a club like Barcelona is in for such a shitty player who is already 30 but dafuq I know
  21. also our entire attacking play is predictable. The only way we can score is individual play or maybe an early long ball usually by DAvid luiz or seldom Jorginho. We have been sussed by Everton and sicne then almost every team copied their gameplan and it was downhill from there. Small teams dont really bother to attack us anymore. They know all they hve to do is sit back and they got a 50% chance of 0-0. This is also why our defensive record has improved so much. Sarri could have easily seen that by now and train some new variations but ofc he does not bc he is just a bang average coach.
  22. both. they are both not good enough and need to be gone until this club can succeed again.
  23. It is a double edged sword. We completely dominated the air when playing City and won every header in their area. But City rarely concede set pieces and always prevent crosses, so it is really the queston if you can afford to play so many short players who of course tend to be better on the ball or more agile. That being said i am 100% sure that height is not the reasonw hy Emerson is not selected. I think, even if we had Barkley/RLC and Morata/Giroud playing we would also have Alonso starting like vs Fulham or Wolves. He picks Alonso because he thinks he is a better player than Emerson, which again shows how deluded Sarri is.
  24. Not a suprise tho. Our midfield with Kovacic and JOrginho has 0 creativity, Pedro is more of an off-the ball runner as seen today, Hazard is played out of position and Willian is shit. REally no idea if we ever will see anything better with Sarri at the helm, we have regressed so much since Hazard plays false 9 and Morata once again lost his confidence if he ever had some
  25. Sarri is doing his best to drive Eden and CHO out of the club while clinging on Willian, Alonso
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