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Irishmale0399 wrote: »

Well said Nuri......couldnt agree more. Weidenfelder is too cocky has not performed this season, Schmelle is lazy and seems to have lost his touch going forward and as for Lewa...well he started playing for FCB in Feb.
Added to that your namesake is nowhere near where he was before he went to Madrid, is only half the player and then you have the 2 summer signings who seem to be there for the ride, the money or whatever, they are not playing for the team and certainly aint busting their ass for the cause. Maybe they should take a look at the young man that came in in January and learn. If they are not up to it ship them out.

I'm not sure if cockiness or arrogance is the issue. I think most goalkeepers are generally quite cocky, or most certainly somewhat loopy. Weidenfeller is certainly is the latter. I just think his positioning when setting himself when opposing players shoot, is questionable, along with some of his sweeping. He's certainly not a bad keeper by any means, I just don't believe he is as consistent as would should expect for a club wanting to compete, not just compete, but win the Bundesliga and Champions League.

Scmhelle just hasn't improved defensively whatsoever since he broke into the first team which is mindboggling to me. I've said as much about Glen Johnson when talking about Liverpool, fair enough if you aren't the best defensively, but when you are so half arsed about the defensive side of things, it's going to result on you and your team failing. If I was an opposition manager, I'd be targeting him, I know that's for sure.

While I agree somewhat with you in that he's not the player he was before his move to Real Madrid, Nuri is playing a more reserved role for Dortmund this time around that's most evident, but despite that, he was one of the standout players for the first half to three quarters of this past season. I think when you also consider the amount of minutes he's played without Kehl, Bender and Gundogan for large spells of this season, it's hard to fault him too much for tiring towards the end of the season. Himself and Reus for the first half of the season were the only rays of light for Dortmund IMO.

livinginkorea wrote: »

Reus played well for sure...will he last the summer in BVB?

He isn't going anywhere.

glued wrote: »

What are the prospects of Firmino and Volland moving on this Summer?

Would love to see both at Dortmund.

Doubt we'll see Firmino at Dortmund with midfield, CAM position namely full to the brim with players who can play there. He could play upfront perhaps, but there's not much to go on, just my gut feeling he could play upfront.

Volland, maybe, but that would depend entirely on Immobile being signed.