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lolawilliams:
Its still hurting riley lebron left the heat..he even said it publicly.. But I doubt that was the main reason he left heat.. Wade was stil on fire then. Evn if bosh wasnt that better. If he had waited, they would have signed whiteside early. And you know that another champ for them... For a team to pick you for high school team without going to college ncaa.. You gotta show them you appreciate that, that was what he ddnt realiised when he left.. if cavs had won a ring, he would hve gone somewhere else, I think that was y he signed a year contract with cavs.. He thought he'll gt them d ring nd then leave but it never happened.. Even if he left heat cuz the players were gettin old.. I feel that wasnt the main reason

He helped them win two rings so that's normal, but watch his actions not his words. There was a power tussle somewhere and the age of Wade and Bosh made it easy to decide on bolting. It would have been impossible to pay Wade, Bosh, LeBron and Whiteside. The Heat were drowning in luxury taxes then

Forget all those sentiments. LeBron is a very calculating ninja. He wants rings but he also needs love and wants to be in control wherever he is. With the Cavs he is second only to the owner. He can get a coach hired and fired. Determine what he wants to earn. So much power sorta like Kobe with the Lakers

lolawilliams:
About the highest payroll.. Theyre really bothered about winning the ring, they dont care how much they spend.. Just that tristan doesnt deserve that huge amount of money.. I hope we trade him nxt season.. K.love doesnt deserve that also, $113m for 5 yrs is much.. I just hope we trade him for cousins whos more stronger nxt season

Exactly! And that is easier to do with an owner you have by the balls and is willing to spend spend spend

Do you think Tristan would have gotten that deal if he didn't share the same agent with LeBron? Your guess is as good as mine

The Kings won't trade Cousins for Love. Not going to happen

lolawilliams:
I just read that he sold 16000 copies in its first week of release, oh noo... Kanye would sell that within 30mins..
hov shld sign this dude to roc. He's a good mc

Lmaooo. That's what I'm talking about. Some of the all-time albums didn't sell a lot

People too like bubble gum rap right from time

omotayos01:
What about Martinez, kimmich, and the guy on loan at levekuseen.

Why did we buy hummels, if Martinez is not going to play as a midfielder.

The guy is just a talent that has nt been proving to b consistent overtime.

He might just go the way of gotze, breno and the rest so call talent.

With the way our players take dey injure that shouldn't be a problem. I'm guessing you are talking about Hojbjerg. He would most likely be sold.

The buzz around the boy is serious. I hope he doesn't wind up a flop but with the likes of Madrid and Barca still in existence not forgetting EPL clubs we have to do the odd spending especially when it can potentially resolve a long term issue.

omotayos01:
If javi Is fit for the match, hw would have pick him above benatia.

Benatia is not suited for the pep style of play and sometimes hardly make forward runs or passes thereby slowing down our build up play. What he does is to pass to the next CB or the fullback depending on the position he play. I even prefer kimmich only that he is better than kimmich aerially when there is dead ball.

Really if that was the best defender in Italy then Baresi must be weeping. His strength is mostly his physicality and occasional aerial prowess I can't point to any other aspect of defending he excels at

He can't build up play from the back like Javi or Boateng can. His anticipation and reaction is always suspect. I would have said we hold on to him and see how he fares under Carlo but he is always injured. We would see sha

raumdeuter:
The problem is WHEN FIT, Robben is still our best player. He has the type of game changing magic few has, And his pace hasnt really slowed down.

I was all for selling Ribery until our last game vs Atletico and I would say that was one of his best games for Bayern. Their contract expire next year June. Maybe both can just sit out the last yr and unleash Robben in February only for CL games

The decline of players on the wrong side of 30 is usually steep and brutal. Plus this is the 2nd straight year he is suffering a season ending injury with more than 2 months of the season to spare

Nobody is going to buy Ribery anyway except maybe Guangzhou Evergrande. Before the Atleti game I recall how badly he played vs Juve and the first leg at Madrid. That is another instance of 1 good game in 3 but how many starts now compare to Goetze and see what I'm talking about

raumdeuter:
I agree the Madrid series were very winable and he bungled the tactics for that game

You know at Bayern every player is on a short leash. His Thiago and Bernat were benched after that horrendous display in Calderon

I agree but some on a shorter leash than most. The issue with Goetze is that Pep just never uses this ninja. Look at when he brought him on vs Barca last season? Vs Benfica and Atleti this year. Some players would refuse to be subbed in if they were in Goetze's shoes. Tevez did it

raumdeuter:
Even at the start of this season Lewandoski was benched before the wolfsburg game. And the Gotze at False 9 experiment started before Pep. A friendly vs Brazil in 2011, I think he scored. He played at false 9,

This is true. However that was more of a one off thing. International football is a different monster from club. I recall that was when the German Messi bants started. Klopp didn't run that experiment with him though

raumdeuter:
Gotze plays in attack. Over the past 3 yrs his competition have been Mandzukic, Lewandoski, Muller, Robben, Ribery, Costa, Coman. Gotze is best through the middle but unfortunately thats Mullers best position also

I have a very simple philosophy. When you want something to work you find a way if you don't want to you find an excuse. Depending on the opposition I don't see why there aren't matches Mueller can be rested and Goetze started in his place.

raumdeuter:
To arrange a Bayern 11 and fit in Gotze means you have to drop Muller or Lewy who are barely injured, Or hope for Robbery and Costa injury to play him on the wings where he isnt very effective.
WHat are the chances of those happening at once

That is true but that is where rotation comes in. Also we should be phasing out Robbery in an aggressive way. I only arrange them in Bayern formations for old time sake, especially Ribery

raumdeuter:
A40 make an attempt give me a Bayern 11 that would include Gotze and let me see those who you would bench. The competition in our attack is fierce and one poor game would get you benched. If you now consider that your competition is Mr consistency Muller

Now try and give a lineup that would give Gotze an established role.

Lahm----Boateng---Hummels----Alaba

-------Alonso-----Vidal-----

Mueller---Goetze-----Costa

------Lewandowski----

------

Lahm----Boateng---Hummels----Alaba

-------Javi-----Vidal-----

Robben---Goetze-----Costa

------Mueller------

Lahm----Javi---Hummels----Alaba

-------Thiago---Vidal-----

Coman/Robben--Mueller-----Goetze

------Lewandowski----

raumdeuter:
Are you saying Pep had something against him just like Low had something against him in Brazil? He is gifted and capable of magical moments but when you give those magic once in 3 games which top team would be waiting for those once in 3 games?

I can't say for sure. Low tried some funny moves at the last World Cup. Remember Mustafi at RB, Still the situation for Germany is much better. He at least got a second chance which Pep never gave him.

nitlad:
Interesting to see A40 and Raumdeuter doing a 360 to term Pep's tenure a failure.

Declaration wey me don make even before Fraudiola named the starting 11 for his first match.

Walahi I was wondering what took you so long. I don't recall arguing he was going to be a success though. Let's be frank if Pep says he wants to come to Chelsea they would negotiate Conte's release.

lolawilliams:
Ok I got the layers album.. tabernacle, gotta know, quiet, pray nd layers too damn great.. Detroit rappers be stuntin so hard on atlanta rappers these days.. Too bad ppl dont know him that much.

Ehen. Now you are learning

No real hip hop head will not know about Royce Da 5'9. Atlanta have great artists won't say rappers. Though Outkast especially Andre can stand with anybody. T.I sef dey try back in the day

All these mainstream people that always get hyped won't let you know there are many other dope MCs.

raumdeuter:
Pep's best game for me was our away game at City which we won 3-1

The worst is the Madrid 4-0 game

I would consider his regime average though. Not getting to a CL final in 3 attempts would not get him any points from me

The most annoying tactics for me was playing Lahm in midfield

One of the major problem of his era was that we didnt move on quick enough from our old guards, losing Schweini, Robben and Ribery at vital stages of the season cost us a lot. The 2013 season the stars aligned and they were all fit at once, In hindsight he bought players like Costa, Vidal and Coman a season late. Teams get emotionally attached to senior players and dont move on quick enough. We saw with Giggs, Terry, Gerrard Lampard, Totti, Casilass Raul etc some of them became embarrassments and almost destroyed whatever legacy they built earlier in their career. I hope we dont make the same mistake with Lahm.

I have a different opinion of Gotze though. I think he thrives in a small club. There are players who cant live up to the demands of a big club which means every misstep is judged harshly. At BvB you can have torrid games and you are still guaranteed to start next week. Gotze's performance for Germany werent inspiring either at the world cup which made him chop bench until the final. If you check Reus this season he has been very inconsistent but Dortmund would keep playing him, same with Hummels for the past 3yrs. If they performed in Bayern like that they would be destroyed by the fans and media. See Benatia best defender in Serie A taken off after a woeful first half vs Juventus and benched for both Atletico series. If that was in Roma he would still have continued playing

There are some players that I believe dont have it to deliver every game at top clubs e.g Thiago Bernat and Gotze being among. Coman jury is still out on him

I can even give him a pass for last year's Barca but both Madrid ties were winnable. We were at full strength and had no business losing both ties. Madrid had never won in Munich not even in the years of European wilderness (02-07) what's worse he didn't even have the decency to own the loss instead claiming the players made him change tactics

Let me chip in on Goetze. As you know I am his biggest advocate on this thread

I think the coach put him on a very short leash. It was apparent from Day 1 that Goetze was not a Pep buy, however a great coach would have still tried to make him work. He was no Messi so I was alarmed seeing Pep trying to use him as a false 9. Then he was shifted from pillar to post but that didn't stop him from netting 14 goals and 15 assists. Instead of giving the boy an established role and trying to build up his confidence Pep was doing eye service and playing to the gallery. Even the games he started Goetze you could bet your mortgage that Pep would remove him somewhere between the 56th to 61st minute whether he played badly or not

This season I think he started very well and his injury came at the worst possible time and worse it was a lengthy one.

I think Pep was partial to some players and unfair to others. Juan Bernat is good enough to start CL semifinals and Goetze isn't? Thiago was good enough but Goetze wasn't?

Being benched in these games tend to crush your confidence. It spilled into the National team too. Though he played well vs Portugal and Ghana. Then gets yanked off at halftime against Algeria in a match where everyone played like shyte till extra time

That he came off the bench despite all that to win Germany its 4th World Cup says a lot about his character. I have also observed his behavior throughout this situation at Bayern. Not many players would handle themselves with the class he has. To be frank if I were him I'd either ask for an extension or wind down my contract if a CL club does not come calling. Another season on the bench is not the end of the world

raumdeuter:
I have a feeling Bayern would offload Vidal in a year or two for megabucks to our usual customers in England who buys our left overs and are trying to groom a replacement in Renato Sanches

By this time next week, Vidal would already be 29, we dont want to make the same mistake we did with Robbery and Schweinsteiger on him plus he is South American possibility of having a discount on his official age so its likely bros is already 32.

All our core are young and are all extended till 2021

Which is why he only got a 4 year deal. I'm sure Vidal can give us a couple more years. I doubt Bayern care about any profit off his sale.

My most pressing concern is Robbery and how soon we can move on from them. We are the only elite team in Europe parading wingers pushing 35. Can't they do a Kobe and just announce their retirement going into next season since they are definitely not going to be sold. They have earned the right to go out on their own terms but that time needs to be now IMO.

2016/2017 should be their farewell tour. I would give Robben a 1 year extension on the condition that he does not play till after Winter break

raumdeuter:
According to SportBild the addons for Sanches are as follows:

- 5M when he gets his 25th cap with the Portguese national team
- 10M if he makes the Fifa World XI
- 10M if he is in the top 3 Ballon D'Or
- 20M if he wins the Ballon D'Or

Realistically the max I suspect we we would wind up paying is €40-50m.

If he achieves the last two objectives then he is worth every cent

Money dey ground well well this summer I suspect

omotayos01:
Why do we have to pay so much for the guy when we have arrays of midfielders in our rank..

Are the board contemplating on selling any midfielder next summer to accommodate him or what?

Left to me, I don't think his acquisition his necessary at this point in time. maybe the board is thinking what I am not.

If he is as good as he has been touted then you never know. Alonso is old, Vidal is already pushing 30. I think its important we build a young core and with no outstanding talent coming from the academy we had to go for it.

I think we also need to get a long term replacement for Lahm and offload Rafinha

BTW Javi is a huge doubt for Dortmund

Ahead of the Pokal Finals and Pep's last game. What would be your lineup? Also I'm curious as the Pep era winds down. What is the general assessment of him. The highs and lows and if you could describe his tenure in one word what would it be?

For me

Lahm---Boateng----Benatia----Alaba

------Alonso-------Vidal---------

Ribery----Mueller-------Costa

------Lewandowski--------

Alternately


Lahm---Boateng----Benatia----Alaba

---------Thiago--Vidal---------

Mueller----Goetze------Costa

------Lewandowski--------

My assessment of Pep basically is he achieved the basic minimum with the squad he inherited and with the additions he made. Thrashings of arsenal, Dortmund, Man U, Wolfsburg, City at the Etihad and beating Chelsea to the Super Cup were the highs for me. The lows was obviously losing 4-0 at home to Madrid. I don't know if I will ever forgive Pep for that loss, his maltreatment of Goetze and chasing out Dr Wohlfahrt is another chapter of his numerous phuckups not forgetting how he dismantled Don Jupp's team. It must also be said that he suffered with injuries to the squad. We also took a little too long to get backups for Robbery

The sore point for me is that aside Boateng I look around the squad and I can't point to any player that significantly developed under Pep

If I were to describe Pep's stay at Bayern in one word it would be Anti-climax

omotayos01:
Let me quickly come here and share my opinion as a bayern fan and someone that watch all our match this season.

I will say airmark opinion abt javi is totally out of place and is not current with bayern formation and Martinez position.

As it stand, Martinez is a CB/DM depending on the position the manager want to play him and nt as well as never was he a makeshift CB as airmark opine. So A-40 is hundred percent correct.

I prefer him as DM instead of him playing CB though.

I think the argument should just end as bayern fan on this board have spoken and it seems we all share the same sentiment.

Welcome to the thread. I would not be surprised if the Apoche cra cra thinks you are me because his IQ is low like that but fire dey go.

Series tied. No surprises whatsoever

Its almost like the return of Curry has made everyone else lazy until last night

You can't blame them too. Who else can drop 15pts in 2 mins.

Very balanced display by the Warriors. 7 guys in double digits. Steph took just 15 shots and finished with 28pts

As the series swings to OKC it would still boil down to how well the supporting cast of the Warriors can play, the Thunder don't have such depth so have to hope for a perfect game from Westbrook and K.D

They do have the length and athleticism to bother the Warriors. I personally want to see how often Kerr uses the "death lineup" in OKC

lolawilliams:
I dont think thats the reason. The reason lebron bcame one of the world most hated athlete is because of his move to miami heat.. And after four season in tge south beach. He felt he has done his hometown wrong, something he ddnt realise four years ago.. If he left heat cause of the old players, he wouldnt hve gone to cavs back.. He'll look for a better team

I like your argument but I disagree and here is why. I for one didn't hate LeBron because he left Cleveland

That aside do you think if Wade and Bosh were in their prime he would have left? Part of the reason he left the Heat was because he knew guys like Pat Riley would not dance to his tune. Going back to Cleveland where he is the 2nd coach, GM and has the owner at his beck and call ready to spend was a no brainer

I hope you know Cleveland have the highest payroll in the league

lolawilliams:
Was that the reason he left heat,cause they were old?

Yesssssss

lolawilliams:
yeah. Ft dej loaf nd big sean.. ok I can remember him.. Big sean reps detroit, is dej loaf also frm detroit?

Yelawolf. Dej Loaf. They are all Detroit guys

SIRcumalot:
where was that famous warriors defence in this last game ? hopefully them go show face today.
you don't believe in this defensive metrics but you think Iguodala alone is going to stop LeBron.

OKC vs Warriors na always high scoring game. For Finals you go see

He will most likely limit his effectiveness. Didn't you see the clinic he put up the last time.

airmark:
No wonder . e don red for you.



That's where Javi belongs . That's where he is more useful. He is surplus to requirements as cb if benatia, boateng , badstuber are fully fit. Now you should understand the point. Since you are a liverpool fan, I will not add salt to your injury tonight. Just take a walk alone and sleep in one corner.



They are not enough , they should thank their stars I have limited time to dig out stuffs to expose their idiocies. This ajakaja 40 , could nt say Jack when dayo put benatia as cb ahead of javi against athletico. You see Dayo wanted to rescue his boy, but it's too late. Also one Kendrick Lamar is here rapping nonsense, when we have witnessed the likes of tupac. Mba

Apoche cra cra. Who cursed you with this kind of stewpidity

If I posted the exact lineup Dayo did the bipolar nitwit would wail. I posted a different lineup you are still wailing. Must my lineup be the same as Dayo's

Are you not running mad like this?

airmark:
So chile and netherlands were of the same strength in that world cup? Are you just deliberately making a fool of yourself? Did nt holland beat that chile 2-0 ? so what kind of talk is chile did nt beat spain 5-1? Please bounce i am done with you. Your master has confirmed javi has been a makeshift cb during the time the real cbs were battling with fitness. If you like commit suicide Javi is a makeshift cb and will fight for his position in the midfield next season. Though , dayo has returned him to the midfield already .

Who said they were of equal strength? The loss was less humiliating is the point.

Oponu don't bounce just yet. Wait let me bash your head some more. So you don't go to another thread and m0ronically claim Javi has never started a crucial match at CB for Spain

Titus Bramble. You have been thoroughly schooled

I have shown you Javi starting ahead of fit CBs for club and country. Even sites that measure performance metrics and player positions all agree that Javi is also a CB. Whoscored, Transfermarkt and his wiki page cannot all be wrong

Before you pull a straw man and post the Bayern page be sure to do the same for Barcelona and Mascherano and tell us where he is listed

Mr All DMs are deep lying playmakers

GOOFANTI

kendrick9:
Hummels and boateng(bayern best CB) will be the starting choice next season....Benatia will be a squad player, though rumours are linking him with a move

I would have said we hold on to him but he is too injury prone. If we get a team willing to pay €20m let's sell him while we can

kendrick9:
He pushed Javi to midfield cos he wanted more defendive stability in midfield, whats so hard to understand.... Truly u lack comprehension skills..
Once again,get this into ur skull, javi martinez is equally adapt to CB and DM.

Help me tell the Apoche cra cra. Almost two weeks now I have been drumming it into his head that is longer than Falomo Bridge

lolawilliams:
Lebron met irving in cavs nd timberwolves collected wiggins nd gave us k.love.. they didnt bring them in cause of lebron.

You guys initiated the trade for Love on LeBron's arrival. Irving was never going to be enough though hence the trade for Love

Your boy knew what he was doing. D Wade is 34 and Bosh is 32

lolawilliams:
I only care about the most popular rappers.. ive heard of the name royceda, but I hvnt heard any of his song.. Which city/state is he reppin?

Lol you are a mainstream babe. I was rolling on the floor when you called TLOP hardcore

He is reppin Detroit. If you know Eminem its likely you know Royce

You didn't hear Detroit vs Everybody?

lolawilliams:
I'm findin it difficult to believe youre not a gsw fan :/

Hahaha OK oh

Its hard for anyone to call themselves a true GSW fan. I knew them when they had Baron Davis at PG and Mikael Pietrus manning the 2 and 3 along with Matt Barnes and Stephen Jackson. They had no fans

Their success story is sweet to watch though. Curry, Klay and Draymond were drafted and no one saw them coming. They are the perfect antidote to your LeBron who needs two ready made all stars anywhere he goes

lolawilliams:
Youve said it all. Youre a very old school nigga when it comes to rap.. thats the reason why you dont like it.. But dont u feel wolves sound kinda old svhool??
Ahh I dont even know who royce is

Wolves is OK. I liked Chance's verse on Ultralight Beam

Kendrick also killed in No more Parties in L.A

But most of the album na noise. Walahi that album was not organized

You don't know Royce Da 5'9? Bad Meets Evil, Slaughterhouse. I have a lot to teach you oh

His latest album is Layers.

SIRcumalot:
MDBTF is among his best work ever you can't drop a great album everytime.its at least one of the finest album released so far this year.

The hype that surrounded it was TOO MUCH!!!! And it badly failed to deliver

SIRcumalot:
the hawks are the 2nd best defensive team in the league. na still broom the cavs take sweep them.
the hawks are the 2nd best defensive team in the league. na still broom the cavs take sweep them.

The Spurs had the best defense. They are also out. These things don't count in the playoffs

Hawks and Golden State aren't in the same category of defense come playoff time

lolawilliams:
Iguodala will only slow him down. He can never hold king james down. And I doubt he can still do that

cavs got a better defense than gsw, you know?

What was the result when Cavs and Golden State went head to head this season

In a Finals all you need to do is limit his efficiency. If he needs 27 shots to score 28pts Iggy would have done his job

lolawilliams:
Cause jcole had no features in it.. Tlop would have sold than 5mlli copies im its first week of release if he hadnt released it on tidal... tlop is so hardcore.
Nike nike treat employees just like slaves, gave lebron a billi not to run away.. Man you got me playing facts atm .

I am a very old school nigga when it comes to my taste in rap. I like being told a story. Listen to Forest Hill Drive you feel like you are being told a story, Only Built for Cuban Linx you feel like you are watching a movie

TLOP is all over the place. The album no get head or tail. Sometimes I think Ye tries too hard. Genius should be effortless not forced

Too much crowd mentality dey worry people so the album sales won't surprise me. Have you heard Royce's album?

SIRcumalot:
TLOP was a shit album ?
(it's at least better than yeezus)
we are never going to agree on Anything
warriors,e go funny if OkC goes up two in this series.

Yeezus was also trash. My Dark Beautiful Twisted Fantasy was Kanye's last good solo album

lolawilliams:
Only smoke break is nice.. Jcole's forest hills drive over colouring book. Tlop over both

Blasphemy!!! Forest Hill Drive is better than both albums.

lolawilliams:
most rested he's been in 4 years....he now has finishers from outside and inside.......AND EVERYONE IS HEALTHY... Sometimes when I look at lebron's body size nd movement, I ask myself can anyone hold him down.. Well lets wait and see what will happen in game 2 vs okc

That Bini boy Iguodala would hold him down.

Its unfortunate nobody in the East can take advantage of the laughable defensive abilities of Love and Irving