Poor league in my opinion, and getting weaker
Watching Hertha Berlin vs Schalke in Bundesliga 2 atm, decent game with a bumper crowd. The top division is struggling a bit from being raided by EPL sides though.
Were they keeping up with us after about 15 games?
Spoke to a lad today who attended an ac milan game over the festive period , said it was like watching a league 1 game .
Yes
I think the quality follows where the money is.
So what is it, historical funding that's keeping them aloft?
The Prem is really the only show in town where the quality is spread "fairly" evenly.
"Fairly" is doing a lot of heavy lifting there.
The teams at the bottom of the table in Serie A would probably be midtable to playoffs in the Championship, IMO. The league overall is great to watch though, better than the PL entertainment wise.
As per our previous conversations - that will still depend on how well he does in the CL. Bayern generally operate by weakening the rest of the league by aggressively poaching the competition
The stats prove he's not just doing a standard job. It's as simple as that
Again, we’ll see - I don’t think he’s a bad manager. But he’s not doing anything unexpected.
Need a win v 'Vardy's Cremonese (on Monday?) Hellas are struggling big time this season - what's happened to them?
But he is doesing something unexpected
I think Edwards could yes.
Again as before that’s a nuanced question. Do think he’d be winning the league? Yes I do.
I'm not looking for an argument but I'll say this one last time
When you have the best players in the league by a mile, you can play like that quite happily. That wasn't ever up for debate.
Anyone who is half decent is flogged for profit with minimal investment. It was going to catch up with them sooner or later. I will be there tomorrow evening to shout some abuse at Vardy!
Then why don't they break these records every year?
I feel like I've had this conversation with you Christ knows how many times, but possession based football is a good bet when you have a far better side than anyone else and/or have a world class squad. Other sides aren't good enough to punish it. When you do it with one of the weakest squads in the league, you get ripped apart and we've seen that so many times in the Prem.
So your saying it's just a really poor year in the bundelsiga and nothing to do with kompany?
Keep ignoring what I say but ok.
How have I ignored it?
He went the whole season unbeaten in his first year but ok.
Yeah I know. I love Alonso but kompany won the league easily last year against his Leverkusen team
I’d argue that Leverkusen massively overachieved that season - through sheer brilliance and to Kompany’s credit - a poor Bayern year.
