Bundesliga 2017-2018 season thread :

Discussion in 'General Worldwide Football Discussion' started by Dirk, Jun 22, 2017.

  1. StillHurts31

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    I think Brandt get's underrated due to Havertz and Bailey being top quality young players in that Leverkusen squad and because he's been around for so long- still a supremely talented player. That said I'd have Sane in over him, I'd undoubtedly be dropping Draxler though. He hasn't improved at all in the last 4 years seemingly.
     
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    Yeah Brandt does get overshadowed (especially by Bailey) but he's not kicked on like he was expected either.

    Funny to think that Klopp tried to sign Draxler & Brandt, thank f#ck he ended up with an Egyptian instead. :laugh: He also tried to get Sane at an earlier date, woulda taken him.
     
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    Imagine Sane, Firmino, Mane with Salah infront of them :cry:.
     
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    Klopp also spoke to Dembele prior to his Dortmund move. :cry:

    Mane, Firmino, Salah & Fekir will have to do us, I think we'll be ok!
     
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    Brandt is a top player, Draxler is shite.
     
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    yeah, I don't like him either. Whining **** when he was playing in Wolfsburg. For me he's overrated. I really don't know why he was voted best player of the Confed Cup 2017.
     
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    He’s better than anything England can offer IMO.
     
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    Brighton have been linked with Walace who I believe plays for Hamburg. Seems to tick a lot of the boxes we look for in a player, and we do like signing a player from a bottom half Bundesliga club (Groß & Suttner from Ingoslat, Balogun from Mainz, Hunemeier from Paderborn)

    I was just wondering what kind of player he is, and if you think he’s any good. Guessing he’s our back up option from Thomas Delaney as he’s now gone to Dortmund :cry:
     
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    played...past tense, Bleeds ;). Was excluded from the 1st team under new coach Christian Titz because of his behaviour on and off the pitch. "Downgraded" to train with the 2nd team.

    if he's any good he didn't show it at HSV. He's young so maybe it will make "click" for him that he has to act like a professional if he wants to succeed. Came to HSV with "big balls" because he was part of the Brazilian Olympic team that won the gold medal. Soon realized that no one here gives a shit about that and on the field he couldn't impress either (made some 20plus appearances for HSV, 18 last season but none in the last months because of...see above).

    Good riddance. Another bad buy for us but as I said, maybe he can change his behaviour and act as a professional and maybe playing in Germany (and Hamburg especially) was the fault and he shines from now on
     
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    Better than Sterling?
     
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    I meant Draxler, but IMO he’s better than Alli and Sterling who would play in his position of attack mid.
     
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    So Hoffenheim have announced Nagelsmann is set to leave the the end of the upcoming season.

    RB Leipzig have then announced Nagelsmann will take them over in 2019.

    :laugh:
     
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    Bayern should’ve gone for him tbqfh.
     
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    He was sounded out but at the time wanted to stay where he was. Plus Bayern needed a trainer now, not in 12 months.
    I'm pleased to see he's staying in the BL though.
     
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    I don't understand a f##king word of that. I'm using plank, I generally use 4 by 2 and occasionally bang a couple of nails in it.
     
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    Must have been a stinker of a match.......hang on, I'll get my coat :coat



    St Pauli fans greeted with stink bombs before match at Hamburg


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    It was a stinker, both on and off the pitch.

    After being relegated from the Bundesliga for the first time last season, Hamburg came up against city rivals St Pauli in the second division - their first meeting in seven years.

    The build-up to the derby was overshadowed by violent clashes with police involved, and match day did not pass without foul play either.

    German newspaper Bild reported stink bombs had been used at the station in Bahrenfeld, where St Pauli fans would get off to walk to the game, leaving a "beastly" smell in the area.

    Many St Pauli supporters had to cover their noses as they arrived at the ground - there were reports of stink bombs being used in the away block, and a local newspaper said excrement had been spread on the floor near the away fans' entrance.

    Hamburg police deployed 1,500 officers for the 57,000 crowd at the Volksparkstadion stadium.

    The match ended 0-0.

    St Pauli fans greeted with stink bombs before match at Hamburg

     

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