Roland17:
Matt Hummels has to rank top 5 defender with great ball technique.. His passing, composure and movement with the ball is class, saw him display this skill against Liverpool and today he is doing same against Hamburg.

raumdeuter:


Hummels is good going forward but poor defending. His pattern is to move towards midfield to thwart attacking moves before they build up, when he succeeds he looks great but when he misses he looks like an idiot

The meltdown vs Liverpool was mainly due to his lack of leadership in that defence where Lovren and Sakho were getting free headers in dead balls

Roland17:


The reason I intentionally skipped some aspect of his defending, I believe he not as bad as you are painting him. he is not a high volume tackler of the ball either however I love his timing and 1v1 defending especially against a pact attacker.

Defending set pieces, or any sort of crossing has been an issue for BVB this season, they have lost leads but I love what tuchel is doing with the roaster, a lot of young players coming in.

raumdeuter:


What Tuchel is doing is great he's changing the way they play but he might run out of time soon because Guardiola is taking gundogan to city. Hummels looks like he's going to Barcelona and Mikitaryan future still hangs in the air.

Pulisic Weigl and other youngsters won't win you anything. I heard he wants to buy Dahoud from Mochengladbach, Yunus Malli from Mainz but can those make you a force in Europe? Forget they're plundering the rest of the bundesliga like they always accuse bayern of.
At this point I don't mind Götze returning to them but they still need a lot of cover to be a force if they don't win soon their top players would start looking for where they can win.

Reus has never won any title and he'll be 28 soon

A40:

If there was a set-piece (corner or free-kick) and you saw Ramos coming forward would you put a defender on him or not?

He is playing further from goal than he used to at Juve. Let me that follows Bayern and the BuLi tell you. Change in position does not make him magically forget how to score brah

A40:
Berlin bound. Now to fight for Milan
Thomas Mueller with his 150th and 151st for Bayern

pelvicky:
pep finally gave your boy a start



hope his performance deserve a start in UCL final

raumdeuter:
Ideally I would have preferred the

Lahm--Benatia--Boatank--Alaba
--Martinez-Vidal

Combo for defence to midfield but at this point I just want 2 of the 3 Martinez, benatia, Boateng in Central defence

we need to nulify atleti aerial threat

A40:
We would most likely see Javi at the back beside Benatia. Boateng I am not sure can start in the first leg after missing 3 months.

The koko is who pairs Vidal in midfield. Thiago or Alonso

raumdeuter:


Though Alonslow is susceptible to counter but I still prefer the height and physicality he offers over Thiagos sleekiness

The away game we need to score a goal, Atletico wouldnt mind 0-0 at home. We need as many away goals as possible

Lordave:
3 man central defence would be preferable.

Boateng Martinez Benatia

Lahm and Alaba at the back wings.

Vidal and Thiago(We need creativity in the midfield, we need someone to deliver killer passes from the midfield, we can't just rely on Costa and Lahm's crossings to beat Atletico who are quite good in aerial balls.)

Costa Lewandoski and Muller

A40:

Not a bad formation at all. Only problem is Boateng has missed 3 months of football. If he can go this weekend then he is definitely a contender for Wednesday

Roland17:


This is the reality of what BVB has to deal with in this generation...they are what they are.. A selling club, the organization and Tuchel understands they would inevitably lose the core of their experienced players, still some doubts about Reus staying either ways and the reason they are buying young again...

I don't think the expectation for the roaster is to win the champions league, naaaa...maybe make Bayern sweat for the league next season and qualify for the champions league again but nothing extra ordinary baring a miracle .... Maybe Europa league which they flopped during the week.

raumdeuter:


Sequel to this. Rumors now floating that Hummels might prefer to return to Bayern the club he learnt his football.

He's not going to be my first choice but he's better than benatia or Badstuber who can't stay fit.

Personally I would have preferred Mustafi who's younger

Roland17:
I would not be surprised if there is substance to this rumor, he turns 28 at the end of the, this is his most important contract decision, he has to be pragmatic, joining Bayern would accord him a softer landing considering he does not have to worry about adapting to another style of play in a different league.

There is an obvious dearth in quality defenders in today's footie, so there would be serious tussle for his services.

raumdeuter:
I would prefer Martinez and Benatia starting in central defence to get them accustomed before Atletico

edoyad:


In all honesty, do you believe Bayern stand a chance against Athletico ? We're talking Athletico Madrid here dude, it doesn't matter who starts for you