[CL] Champions League 2015/2016 (9 Viewers)
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After sadly being out of the european competitions, thanks to not being effective enough during those home games against City and Juve, I'm a bit sad about it but way more proud about the way our guys approached those games.
Though, I also read about how football's being done at Man City and think it's absolute crap.
There were about seven to eight thousand Gladbach fans at the Emptyhead and reading all those reports, what they expierenced was a total joke.
First off all, there was no support at all from the home crowd and it rather felt like an audience at the opera instead of a football game.
The thing the club does is to also put the "singing section"(WTF is this and are those others just allowed to clap and buy merch at the shop?) right next to the away fans section and seperate it by a couple of stewards and a tiny fence.
I mean, if your cynical you might believe that this is on purpose to create a fight between fans to finally end all of the fan culture at their stadium.
During the game, the only ones you could hear were those Gladbach fans and the "City fans" were just holding their smartphone at the Gladbach fans being in awe about others singing and supporting a club.
After we scored it got crazy with their fans throwing food at ours and pointing at a couple of them to tell the stewards that they had to be banned from the stadium for....um....standing up and cheering.
The funniest part was them singing "you don't sing anymore" after taking the lead(only time they ever sang during the game), which was countered by "you only sing when you're winning" by Gladbach fans, but probably wasn't heard given that most of them ran out of the stadium before the end to maybe go shopping again(the shop is open again, was the last thing the stadium announcer said) or so...
I know that football's a business(they had a banner thanking their sheikh
) and you need money to sign players and stay competitive, but I'd rather have us being a "selling club" and never win a title instead of experiencing anything like that at Borussia Park.
I mean, if that ever were the case it'd probably be time to look for something else to spend your time and money on.
Though, I also read about how football's being done at Man City and think it's absolute crap.
There were about seven to eight thousand Gladbach fans at the Emptyhead and reading all those reports, what they expierenced was a total joke.
First off all, there was no support at all from the home crowd and it rather felt like an audience at the opera instead of a football game.
The thing the club does is to also put the "singing section"(WTF is this and are those others just allowed to clap and buy merch at the shop?) right next to the away fans section and seperate it by a couple of stewards and a tiny fence.
I mean, if your cynical you might believe that this is on purpose to create a fight between fans to finally end all of the fan culture at their stadium.
During the game, the only ones you could hear were those Gladbach fans and the "City fans" were just holding their smartphone at the Gladbach fans being in awe about others singing and supporting a club.
After we scored it got crazy with their fans throwing food at ours and pointing at a couple of them to tell the stewards that they had to be banned from the stadium for....um....standing up and cheering.
The funniest part was them singing "you don't sing anymore" after taking the lead(only time they ever sang during the game), which was countered by "you only sing when you're winning" by Gladbach fans, but probably wasn't heard given that most of them ran out of the stadium before the end to maybe go shopping again(the shop is open again, was the last thing the stadium announcer said) or so...
I know that football's a business(they had a banner thanking their sheikh
) and you need money to sign players and stay competitive, but I'd rather have us being a "selling club" and never win a title instead of experiencing anything like that at Borussia Park. I mean, if that ever were the case it'd probably be time to look for something else to spend your time and money on.
After sadly being out of the european competitions, thanks to not being effective enough during those home games against City and Juve, I'm a bit sad about it but way more proud about the way our guys approached those games.
Though, I also read about how football's being done at Man City and think it's absolute crap.
There were about seven to eight thousand Gladbach fans at the Emptyhead and reading all those reports, what they expierenced was a total joke.
First off all, there was no support at all from the home crowd and it rather felt like an audience at the opera instead of a football game.
The thing the club does is to also put the "singing section"(WTF is this and are those others just allowed to clap and buy merch at the shop?) right next to the away fans section and seperate it by a couple of stewards and a tiny fence.
I mean, if your cynical you might believe that this is on purpose to create a fight between fans to finally end all of the fan culture at their stadium.
During the game, the only ones you could hear were those Gladbach fans and the "City fans" were just holding their smartphone at the Gladbach fans being in awe about others singing and supporting a club.
After we scored it got crazy with their fans throwing food at ours and pointing at a couple of them to tell the stewards that they had to be banned from the stadium for....um....standing up and cheering.
The funniest part was them singing "you don't sing anymore" after taking the lead(only time they ever sang during the game), which was countered by "you only sing when you're winning" by Gladbach fans, but probably wasn't heard given that most of them ran out of the stadium before the end to maybe go shopping again(the shop is open again, was the last thing the stadium announcer said) or so...
I know that football's a business(they had a banner thanking their sheikh ) and you need money to sign players and stay competitive, but I'd rather have us being a "selling club" and never win a title instead of experiencing anything like that at Borussia Park.
I mean, if that ever were the case it'd probably be time to look for something else to spend your time and money on.
Though, I also read about how football's being done at Man City and think it's absolute crap.
There were about seven to eight thousand Gladbach fans at the Emptyhead and reading all those reports, what they expierenced was a total joke.
First off all, there was no support at all from the home crowd and it rather felt like an audience at the opera instead of a football game.
The thing the club does is to also put the "singing section"(WTF is this and are those others just allowed to clap and buy merch at the shop?) right next to the away fans section and seperate it by a couple of stewards and a tiny fence.
I mean, if your cynical you might believe that this is on purpose to create a fight between fans to finally end all of the fan culture at their stadium.
During the game, the only ones you could hear were those Gladbach fans and the "City fans" were just holding their smartphone at the Gladbach fans being in awe about others singing and supporting a club.
After we scored it got crazy with their fans throwing food at ours and pointing at a couple of them to tell the stewards that they had to be banned from the stadium for....um....standing up and cheering.
The funniest part was them singing "you don't sing anymore" after taking the lead(only time they ever sang during the game), which was countered by "you only sing when you're winning" by Gladbach fans, but probably wasn't heard given that most of them ran out of the stadium before the end to maybe go shopping again(the shop is open again, was the last thing the stadium announcer said) or so...
I know that football's a business(they had a banner thanking their sheikh
) and you need money to sign players and stay competitive, but I'd rather have us being a "selling club" and never win a title instead of experiencing anything like that at Borussia Park. I mean, if that ever were the case it'd probably be time to look for something else to spend your time and money on.
Players who ran the most in group stages:
Dahoud and Volodko...holy shit.
Top-12 of the ones who're still in the competition:
Not surprised to see Marchisio, Sturaro, and Alex Sandro up there. Kudos to our fitness regime and Allegri for getting the best out of Dybala physically. Seeing an 80% fit Khedira up there was surprising.
Our fitness training and Juventinata aside, there's a third reason as to why we have 5 players in top-12. These numbers reflect that we play a deeper D-line and cover much of the vertical length of the pitch. Barca and Bayern play with more intensity, but they play with a higher line and cover less space for most of the 90 minutes. As a result, they run less overall and are able to shift their energy towards playing with more intensity. They're also better passers and let the ball do more running.
This is not a complaint, just an observation. We probably don't have the means - the front line and speed - to play a more pressing game with a higher D-line.
Dahoud and Volodko...holy shit.
Top-12 of the ones who're still in the competition:
Not surprised to see Marchisio, Sturaro, and Alex Sandro up there. Kudos to our fitness regime and Allegri for getting the best out of Dybala physically. Seeing an 80% fit Khedira up there was surprising.
Our fitness training and Juventinata aside, there's a third reason as to why we have 5 players in top-12. These numbers reflect that we play a deeper D-line and cover much of the vertical length of the pitch. Barca and Bayern play with more intensity, but they play with a higher line and cover less space for most of the 90 minutes. As a result, they run less overall and are able to shift their energy towards playing with more intensity. They're also better passers and let the ball do more running.
This is not a complaint, just an observation. We probably don't have the means - the front line and speed - to play a more pressing game with a higher D-line.
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