Midfield wins competitions.
Sanches was a gamble that turned out to be a turd. Alonso retired, so we had only Thiago, Vidal, Sanches, Benko and Dorsch... We had no DLP anymore and no CAM tha helps Thiago building the game. We got Tolisso and Rudy now and James as CAM or RIbery/Robben replacement. We have a great defence and great attack, but midfield was dried out.
The reason we lost the CL quarter against Real was not Ronaldo, but their midfield that was simply better than ours, creating all the chances. We made up for this a bit this season. And if Müller continues to play this shit he'll sit on the bench.
Muller will continue to play like this when he gets these garbage based opportunities from a coach that has never utilized a player like this properly in decades of coaching. Just following the trend. Even last year Muller was playing like shit for Bayern and then balled 3 days with the national team.
With more time, the more obvious that James was a dumb fucking signing. They shouldn't have loaned him out and gotten Draxler to replace Ribery (or a winger with pace). Of course the midfield was better. Ancelotti and the board were dumb enough to believe an old, used up dinosaur like Alonso is somehow a good idea when after his first season w Bayern he shouldn't have started a single CL match in the KO rounds. And they're doing the same dumb shit with Robbery. Ancelotti is likely gonna start James over Muller.over AM instead of the board focusing on a winger.
Attack is not great. Defense and midfield on the other hand, is great. The team is a typical Robben injury away from being pitiful in attack. The only way the attack is great this season is if Coman balls the fuck out this year and replaces a decrepit Ribs on his way to it. Or they buy Sanchez in January. The team also turns too much into Arsenal when you have 3 midfielders, which I'm not a fan of. Thiago as good as he is, I don't like him as an AM. He doesn't make the runs that Muller does to offer both the necessary spacing for Lewy and proper goal threat. Unfortunately 1-note Carlo wants to play the same he's always coached his career, which is crippling one of the best talents in the team.
Let me note that overall signings are great other than James. Rudy for free is money, Sule is a beast and for 20m is money, Coman was a smart investment even if he doesn't work out for a similar price, and Telisso is a smart gamble (even if he doesn't work out). The biggest issue this summer was a Ribery replacement though, and they loaned a guy who is not fast nor a great dribbler to displace him.. I am willing to bet James puts more minutes at AM than LW this season.
