Re: Official: Piggy to United

by Myesyats Sat Jul 11, 2015 8:43 pm

VivaStPauli wrote:
Hapless_Hans wrote:
VivaStPauli wrote:While Alaba and Lahm have been great false massage & diet experts, I do miss the time when Bayern utilized them in a way that made them dangerous.

Goals scored by Lahm under Heynckes :0
under Pep: 3

Goals scored by Alaba under Heynckes: 8
under Pep: 9

pls go

Bayern with Alaba and Lahm under Heynckes: most terrifying wing play in European football.
Bayern with Alaba and Lahm under Pep: laughably midgety midfield, getting outplayed by Real and Barca, crash out of the UCL in disgrace, wings abandoned.

Wings are overrated, it's all about that mobile midfield. The game is won in the middle Molenation

by VivaStPauli Sat Jul 11, 2015 8:44 pm

Play midfielders in midifeld, then, not fullbacks.

by Myesyats Sat Jul 11, 2015 9:01 pm

VivaStPauli wrote:Play midfielders in midifeld, then, not fullbacks.

Midfielders in midfield? Too mainstream. Pep revolutionizes football, didn't you hear of that?

Anyway, Alaba plays in midfield for Austria doesn't he?

by Gil Sat Jul 11, 2015 9:06 pm

I brought the term era-adjusted to this forum. Never forget. Can't believe Harmonica stole my style.

by Hapless_Hans Sat Jul 11, 2015 9:08 pm

That terrifying wingplay if only Pep had chosen to start Götze and Weiser Sad

by Hapless_Hans Sat Jul 11, 2015 9:09 pm

linetty wrote:
VivaStPauli wrote:Play midfielders in midifeld, then, not fullbacks.
Midfielders in midfield? Too mainstream. Pep revolutionizes football, didn't you hear of that?

Anyway, Alaba plays in midfield for Austria doesn't he?

Alaba was midfielder who was utilized at left back by Heynckes, that's the funny thing about this Laughing

by VivaStPauli Sat Jul 11, 2015 9:12 pm

Yeah the problem with Alaba in midfield isn't that he's bad there, he started as a midfielder, the problem is that he can't be replaced on the left wing as LB, same goes for Lahm at RB. Pep is an idiot.

by RealGunner Sat Jul 11, 2015 9:38 pm

Good move by Bayern

This is basically the same as Madrid letting Alonso go since he was past it.

by Hapless_Hans Sat Jul 11, 2015 10:48 pm

The Mirror wrote:Man United agree Bastian Schweinsteiger deal - everything you need to know about the German star
[..] He initially made his name as a winger, playing on both the right and left and was used in a variety of positions up until 2009, when Jupp Heynckes arrived and decided to solidify his role as a central midfielder.

His comfort around the opposition box, whether teeing up teammates, shooting or standing over a set piece was the reason he spent so much of his career in attacking positions, but Heynckes recognised it was his positioning and ability to read the game that made him so valuable at the base of the midfield.

http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/transfer-news/bastian-schweinsteiger-signs-manchester-united--6047422

English football journalists ffs. Imagine they earn their living with this

by Great Leader Sprucenuce Sat Jul 11, 2015 10:50 pm

LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL.

by Hapless_Hans Sat Jul 11, 2015 10:51 pm

van Gaal will make a printout of wikipedia and hand it out to journos next press conference imo. He's not going to let this one slip.

by futbol Sat Jul 11, 2015 11:24 pm

by VivaStPauli Sun Jul 12, 2015 12:00 pm

That article is gold.
Apparently Rosenheim is in Southwest Germany now (though this does, in a way, make sense, since it is on the page of the mirror, so of course they switched sides), and apparently he went through a phase of growth where he was in "his early teams"... Loving it.

by M99 Sun Jul 12, 2015 2:25 pm

Hapless_Hans wrote:van Gaal will make a printout of wikipedia and hand it out to journos next press conference imo. He's not going to let this one slip.

inb4 Hans edits Wikipedia so Van Gaal looks like a fool.

by Hapless_Hans Sun Jul 12, 2015 2:26 pm

turns out van Gaal was never at Bayern Laughing

Jupp

by Art Morte Sun Jul 12, 2015 2:28 pm

Not at all worried about this transfer.

by BAYERN_MUNICH Sun Jul 12, 2015 3:09 pm

Hapless_Hans wrote:
The Mirror wrote:Man United agree Bastian Schweinsteiger deal - everything you need to know about the German star
[..] He initially made his name as a winger, playing on both the right and left and was used in a variety of positions up until 2009, when Jupp Heynckes arrived and decided to solidify his role as a central midfielder.

His comfort around the opposition box, whether teeing up teammates, shooting or standing over a set piece was the reason he spent so much of his career in attacking positions, but Heynckes recognised it was his positioning and ability to read the game that made him so valuable at the base of the midfield.
http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/transfer-news/bastian-schweinsteiger-signs-manchester-united--6047422

English football journalists ffs. Imagine they earn their living with this

Lol, it was Heynckes who made Schweinsteiger a CM/DM in 2009 during his interim job after Klinsmann. So they are right.