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Kompany to Bayern


Reptilia said:
An absolutely mental appointment. Wouldn’t be surprised to see Kane go to Man U now.
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Can you imagine man, Kane must be thinking Kompany, f***ing really.

Imagine going from Tuchel to Kompany.

And before people try to justify it, ask yourself which one of them would you rather have here?
SebastienELLISbexter said:
We all know better than one of the most successful and well-ran clubs in the history of football.
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Man Utd employed Moyes and Ten Hag
 
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SebastienELLISbexter said:
We all know better than one of the most successful and well-ran clubs in the history of football.
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Aye, looks like it.
Mboma said:
He'll have better defenders than what he has at Burnley, but he'll still need to reign in that all or nothing attacking football that he seems intent on playing. Odd with him being a very, very good defender.

Can't see it working their for him, but I bet he's as surprised as the rest of us that he's favorite.
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Bayern’s weakest position by a mile is centre back
 
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Comeback_Kenwyne said:
Against Real Madrid they had a Korean lad who looked like a competition winner. Every goal came from a calamitous comedy mistake by him.

Oh and the other one was Eric Dier.
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I see their problems getting worse if they appoint Kompany and his "We'll score one more than you" philosophy.
 
Comeback_Kenwyne said:
Against Real Madrid they had a Korean lad who looked like a competition winner. Every goal came from a calamitous comedy mistake by him.

Oh and the other one was Eric Dier.
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Kim min-jae, 58m euros from napoli.
In fairness he was the best defender in serie A the season before .
 
The Situation said:
It's shows a naivety and weaknesses in the extreme for a manager to try and play a pretty way as opposed to a style that actually suits the players at his disposal.

The best managers can adapt and adjust to those situations.

He also spent £100m on players that largely don't actually fit the style he wanted to play, and cost them loads of points by refusing to budge.

Muric was absolutely fine for Burnley last season, and then trying to be smart Kompany went out and spent £19m on Trafford who was one of the worst players in the entire PL. He eventually got dropped when it started to become so bad that it was embarrassing, and although Muric made a couple of howlers, he single-handedly won them points in his end of season run in the side which corresponded with Burnley's best run of the season.
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Exactly this

Compre to Edwards at Luton. Came in mid November - inherited a squad totally at odds with his playing philosophy and lying 10th in the Championship - got them promoted.

Spent c. £20M (less than a fifth of Burnley) and while they were relegated (took it to the last day), came closer to staying up than Burnley who they finished ahead of in the league.
 
The Situation said:
It's shows a naivety and weaknesses in the extreme for a manager to try and play a pretty way as opposed to a style that actually suits the players at his disposal.
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I agree the best managers can mix things up depending on their players but I don't think it's naive.

It's quite a sensible way of playing to get noticed higher up the leagues. I'd argue Russell Martin has done a similar thing in his career.

Replicate the current "elite" way of play lower down and teams higher up will notice what you're doing and think you'd be a good fit for their systems. In a way it's a better way to get known than having no obvious identity (or a pragmatic one). Top teams won't know whether you can deliver what they want. Bayern can be reasonably sure Kompany can deliver what they want from their team
Comeback_Kenwyne said:
Against Real Madrid they had a Korean lad who looked like a competition winner. Every goal came from a calamitous comedy mistake by him.

Oh and the other one was Eric Dier.
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Kim is a superb passer of the ball. De Ligt is a top class defender. Upamecano is decent too.
 
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woodlebert said:
I agree the best managers can mix things up depending on their players but I don't think it's naive.

It's quite a sensible way of playing to get noticed higher up the leagues. I'd argue Russell Martin has done a similar thing in his career.

Replicate the current "elite" way of play lower down and teams higher up will notice what you're doing and think you'd be a good fit for their systems. In a way it's a better way to get known than having no obvious identity (or a pragmatic one). Top teams won't know whether you can deliver what they want. Bayern can be reasonably sure Kompany can deliver what they want from their team
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Totally agree on the getting noticed higher up the leagues and the reference to Martin.

I posted the below back in September 2023:

With regards to Martin, I think he has realised that the best way to go up the ladder quickly in modern day football is to develop a reputation for playing a heavily possession based game. To me, he has done very little to have the reputation that he does. 19th and 13th with MK Dons in L1 (who actually subsequently made the L1 playoffs the season directly after he left), and 15th and 10th with Swansea. He had the 5th worst defensive record in the league during his 10th place finish with Swansea, and when he finished 13th with MK Dons his side only conceded 8 less goals than the bottom side in 24th!
 
Comeback_Kenwyne said:
Against Real Madrid they had a Korean lad who looked like a competition winner. Every goal came from a calamitous comedy mistake by him.

Oh and the other one was Eric Dier.
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And Upamecano is the worst of the lot of them from what I’ve seen, dog shit every time I’ve watched him despite being highly rated
 
I once sorted out Kompany's Mrs's rear mechanism for her on a leafy lane in Cheshire.
PS: not a euphamism - I adjusted the limit screw so her bike wouldn't drop the chain again
 
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