BVB is in the ranking it belongs to in terms of squad. Mediocrity.
After Klopp there was an equally good coach, T. Tuchel. But he was performance-oriented and that didn’t suit players like Schmelzer and Sahin, who sat on Aki’s lap and Tuchel had to leave. The disrespectful interviews after the 2017 cup final are legendary.
In my opinion, this gives a very in-depth look at the character.
And someone like him is now head coach of BVB. What are you waiting for there?
And the coaches afterwards… I remember how Lucien Favre benched Roman Bürki for years, one of the worst kickers in the Bundesliga according to all statistics. Then there was Aki & Susi right on the lid.
On the other hand, BVB’s failure was systematically ignored for almost two decades. Besides, it also started with Kloppo. (“A silver medal in CL is great”). Aki spoke nicely about the 2021 or 2023 championships which were awarded with « We are the only ones who can challenge Bayern until the last day » – blah blah. However, this performance-sensitive environment hinders ambitious actors. It is not for nothing that those around us said “the cabin is not unhappy with the departure from Bellingham”. Bellingham is a champion and doesn’t like defeats and draws. This annoyed the team’s fair-weather players and caused problems.
Other management errors are injury problems that have lasted for years. I can’t tell if it’s the training, if it’s the medical staff or the water in the shower. Haaland was for example. B. was constantly injured at BVB, even Pep couldn’t resist the urge to attack BVB. (“I don’t know what they did with Haaland at BVB”). Compared to other clubs, downtime due to injuries is terrible at BVB.
And the transfer policy is a total disaster. BVB was very good at discovering talents, promoting them and turning them into world-class players. But the BVB failed to recruit experienced professionals. Whether players like Schürle once or players like Malen in the current team – expensive, mediocre at best. Burn money. The millions for Haaland were burned for a Haller. Haaland mentality: monster. Haller mentality: The main thing is cool shoes and a good hairstyle. Did you miss a penalty in the decisive championship match? No problem, as long as your hairstyle suits you. It’s tragic that Haller got sick, I wish him good health. The fact that he passed the medical check-up at the BVB three days before we learned that he was suffering from cancer says a lot about the quality of the medical service. The injury stats say hello.
And overall it results in a mediocre team, with expensive players like Süle, Sabitzer, Malen, Haller (even if they were loaned unsuccessfully) – who cost a lot and do nothing. Great talents are no longer available. So you are in your place in the team: cup exit in the second round and midfielder in the Bundesliga standings.
In the 2021 Cup Final, five to six world-class players were on the field: world champion Hummels, legend Piszczek, Sancho in the Prime, current Real Star Bellingham, current ManCity stars Akanji and Haaland. It was a competitive team.
However, the millions from Bellingham, Akanji, Haaland & Co. were only used to buy very expensive mediocre players like Haller, Sabitzer, Nemcha, Can etc. or to finance them like Süle.
Apart from Kobel, no player in the BVB team would play in the first eleven at Bayern or Leverkusen. The workforce has systematically deteriorated.
If BVB is not careful and urgently changes course, in 10 years it will be closer to HSV and Schlake than to Bayern and RedBull Leipzig.
You mention a lot of good things, but sometimes you exaggerate them too much.
Regarding Klopp’s statement: We must also put into perspective where BVB comes from, namely from (almost?) bankruptcy. Getting to the CL final in less than 10 years is certainly commendable, even if it’s always extremely boring, no matter where, when you lose a final, but that’s why you can’t have all the performance in advance, which was not the case. waited, forget it.
I would like to clarify the statement that « Bellingham is a champion » from another point of view: Bellingham is a player who cannot lose at all and, if that happens, at least at BVB he tends to look like a little. the child is offended. This no longer has anything to do with a good mentality, but it simply deteriorates the atmosphere within the team.
I agree with you on the criticism of the transfer policy, but I think the painting example is completely wrong. He was signed at 22 and has obvious potential for improvement. I would attribute less to him the fact that his performance fluctuates over the long term than to a transfer policy problem that you have not yet mentioned.
FOR YEARS they signed strikers who worked in dual striker systems (Malen at PSV, Adeyemi at RBS, Füllkrug at Werder, Haller at SGE, Beier at TSG), but NEVER let that system come into play. The fact that players are then (partially) unable to exploit their strengths is simply logical, because they are used in a system which does not allow them to be highlighted as well.
In my opinion, BVB is definitely not a mediocre team in the Bundesliga. Players like Sabitzer, Malen, Adeyemi, Süle and Schlotterbeck have already shown that with a good system they can certainly belong to the Bundesliga elite. can happen to Dortmund to not get players to perform at that level, whether due to injuries or other reasons, this brings us back to the things you already mentioned.
But if you were referring to the CL, I agree with you, it’s not (much) more than the middle class.
About the 21st Cup Final: Piszcek wasn’t world class back then, despite all the love Akanji was always very controversial at BVB and under Pep he simply made huge strides to reach this level now.
And let’s wait for the second half of the season, I can imagine that a Schlotterbeck would be in the first XI at Bayern, because a certain player there tends to have a worse phase (although I would have liked him to done this year). be different).
However, I think your last sentence is very absurd, because before BVB is relegated to the 2nd league, Schalke first goes to the 3rd (I’m sorry dear Schalke, I just couldn’t help but say that, please take it with humor)