Post by mandragora on Mar 19, 2017 23:23:21 GMT
Why do they try to get rid off Tuchel anyway (=> Watzke, Zorc).
Because he's too alike his idol Guardiola for his own good and just as high maintenance.
Like Dortmund they were/are near or even over their actual strength, and now they fall bak for two reason: a) they get tired/ worn out, and b) the other teams learn to adapt and developed an other approach. But I think they will get into the CL.
Leipzig will recover. They had similar problems in spring last year in he 2nd division.
I absolutely do hope that Schalke and even Gladbach manage it to edge out Berlin and Köln, and avoid Mainz and or Freiburg.
As for Bayern:
Some may say that we were better under Shittiola, but I see us in a much better position now.
Shittiola always wanted to absolutely dominate the game, but this needs a lot of energy and resources (and of course the players who can dominate in this fashion), hence our squad was tired, worn out and many players were even injured at this stage of the season.
Amcelotti is far more relaxed and has the entire season in mind. Our game might not be as beautiful or breath taking or commanding, but it does the job - like the 1:0 victory today (goal Thiago - Müller).
But instead of being tired, were are comming closer and closer to our max., while all players are fit to engage the next deciding weeks.
Ancelotti's timing and resource-managment is outclassing those of Shittiola by far.
I'm not worried about Real (maybe I should), for Ancelotti has a far broader set of tactics he can apply, while Shittiola was and is very limited here. Especially when it comes to the defense (or playing ugly but efficient).
More so, Ancelotti is not in love with our next opponent, it is not his "home-country".
He had a great time in Madrid, but now he wants to win and so does the team.
You're in a far better position than under Guardiola. You're no longer stuck with a dogmatic who sticks to his "philosophy" no matter who's the opponent and what players he has available. Carlo realizes it's humans and not robots he's working with. Besides. it's the last season for Lahm and Alonso; that'll give the team an incentive to put an extra effort in.