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Before we either spend big on a striker or place our blind trust in Muller, we should examine why he struggled as a lone center forward this season. Before I begin, I must remind everyone that Muller never played as a lone center forward under van 'Gaal and Jupp, and only started occasionally doing so, with at best inconsistent results, as part of Pep's experimentation, so his problems were structural and not because of a lack of form.
1) Holdup play: Muller simply isn't very good at this because he's not very heavy and has a high center of gravity, making it easy for defenders to push him off the ball. This is unlikely to change.
2) Taking shots-to put it simply, Muller is not a player inclined to shoot a lot during half chances. When paired with a striker, this is something of a virtue, but when playing alone up top, someone has to take a risk and shoot. This could theoretically be improved.
3) Finishing-Muller's finishing has never been that incredible.
4) Numerical disadvantage-Due to our 4-3-3 formation, Muller was forced to go up against two center backs by himself with very little support. Lewandowski also struggled under the same circumstances, so this problem is purely tactical.
5) Chance Creation-We depended a lot on Muller to create chances centrally this season(although Robbery were always very good at creating chances on the wings, and Thiago mainly acting as instrument to help progress the ball up the wing when he played as a 10). Thus, when Muller was played as a lone striker, he was basically in this situation where he had to help create chances, which was harder without another striker to playoff and which required a lot of movement out of the center, while also acting as a center forward and staying in the middle to finish them. Fortunately, the addition of James helps a lot in this department.
Fortunately, I think that we might already have a close-to-ideal backup in our squad: Kimmich. Kimmich is a defender and has a low center of gravity, making it easier for him to hold onto the ball. Kimmich has also displayed excellent finishing in the past and has scored a surprising number of headers for his height. He already has decent chemistry with Muller. Finally and most importantly, judging by how often he scored last season from center mid, he has great positioning in the box. Thus, he compliments all of Muller's deficiencies, and I believe that he could prove to be a really great center forward.
Of course, Kimmich is supposed to be our starting right back, but I trust Rafinha, a player who would probably start at any club other than ours and Real Madrid, to cover for him well.
However, I do not put blind faith in this idea of mine. It should be tested before the transfer window closes to see if it works. Unfortunately, I don't think Ancelotti is quite as crazy as I am.
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You see him next to messi or ronaldo ? I dont . Maybe not the best used word, but you must be idiot to pay that much for him. I think there is still people believing if they buy 1-2 players from Barca or Real they can be like them. Barca and Real secret from last years its called Messi or Ronaldo.
Dude, you're calling him an average player lol. Neymar would undoubtedly start in any team in the world. He's hands down the best player in international level right now... He's just not the main man in Barça and that limits him. But I'm not gonna start a debate over this here, I don't even want to tbh.
SrLuisGuilherme wrote: Dude, you're calling him an average player lol. Neymar would undoubtedly start in any team in the world. He's hands down the best player in international level right now... He's just not the main man in Barça and that limits him. But I'm not gonna start a debate over this here, I don't even want to tbh.
Honestly I wouldn't mind Bayern buying a seasoned striker for a couple of years as backup to Lewandowski. Bayern looked so bad when Müller was the only CF. I'm even willing to accept someone like Ibrahimovic or Torres.
Bayern have to get a backup CF for times when Lewandowski is not available. Period. Unfortunately the striker prices are too damn inflated. I don't see Bayern spending a lot of money in this regard. I think Jonas from Benfica would be a pretty decent backup striker for a couple of seasons until someone like Evina or Wintzheimer can develop or maybe by that time Bayern can buy Werner or Dolberg.
America USA wrote: Honestly I wouldn't mind Bayern buying a seasoned striker for a couple of years as backup to Lewandowski. Bayern looked so bad when Müller was the only CF. I'm even willing to accept someone like Ibrahimovic or Torres.