There are still 5 days left in the window and it’s clear there is a MASSIVE issue at the CB position (especially since Stani and Ito are injured).
Do you think Bayern will make a move to sign one more CB before the window closes? If so, who is out there? Tah? Someone else?
Love to hear your thoughts!
by binkieboy69
7 Comments
Game 1, we win!
“It’s all over, sell the defense, fire the coach, bring back Pep!!!”
Be happy they didn’t drop the season opener and look forward to the second match of the season.
We won, yes it is to quick it is the first match, and as I said, we won
Stop being so negative, ppl like you disgust me
we won,in the end it matter IF we won and not HOW we won
I wonder if de Ligt stayed and started with Dier and we lost, would they be as upset with our defense?
imagine if we sign van djik
This CB duo is straight up atrocious
Ah yes, scapegoating.
Kim made a mistake, indeed, Upa made one as well but it didn’t cost a goal. No discussion there, indeed, both screwed up and were awful. There you’re right but I think you’re a bit shortsighted.
You fail to consider thattKompany decided to play Upa and Kim almost as fullbacks (positionally) in the build up, this was Kim’s first game playing that weird situational RB role in the build, and neither him nor Upa are skilled enough to take on the build up phase on their own.
You fail to acknowledge that while the CB pairing was indeed crap, the CDM pairing on the defensive side of things was simply nonexistent. They didn’t create chances from open play either to compensate for their lack of defending. Kimmich and Pavlovic had 0 defensive actions this game which is appaling considering they’re *the double pivot* and supposed to be in charge of the build up and defensive phases in the midfield.
It’s easy to scapegoat the CBs, and certainly, they sucked today, but the defensive unit (CBs, fullbacks and CDMs) as a whole, was very poor.
My biggest complain is that Kompany didn’t even bring Palhinha from the bench. Why sign such an expensive player and go through a 2 season soap opera, only to yet again play Kimmich and/or Pavlo as a 6.
So there were many things wrong today defensively, Kim’s mistake is just the tip of the iceberg. If only he’s scapegoated it means we’re not seeing the big picture. Scapegoat Kim, replace him with Dier and it won’t make much of a difference because the defensive unit itself is deficient, not just the CBs.