Galactico approach? Last year they signed not one single player this year they signed players to correct a faulty defence.
Found the article:
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/20...07/14/boateng.bayern/index.html#ixzz1S7y0q4qj
I have noticed a growing concern amongst fans that they're starting to identify less with the team because of the influx of players being brought in which is a very good point, 2009/10 was a great season for FCB with so many youth products being a great part of a domestic double, CL final and some even core to the World Cup run of the Nationalelf. We lost 3 players this term, 2 of them were youth products.
I can see where the galactico part comes from but it isn't really a fair term to use. BvB have limited transfer funding and as such have to rely on youth products, their best defender is Mats Hummels and he is a FCB youth product who spent 13 or so years at the club right from an early age until his late teens when he was loaned out and for some reason eventualy sold. BvB rely on crafty signings like that and Lucas Barrios who did not cost them much at all but also BvB do not rely upon CL money the way we do, making the quarter-finals of the CL is important for the club financly so we need to make moves when we have a bad season.
Then there is the formation of 4-2-3-1 which really doesn't fit the team well and is not open to much flexibility but is hugely popular. Only the German national team plays the attacking 4-2-3-1 effectively and they are a collection of the best players from a country of 90 million people.
Then the style, they play far too slow to be effective with 60% possession. The passing is usually crossfield from one wing to the other with the fullback overlapping and it doesn't allow them to take the defenders out of position, the ball movement is slow and usually a player will take one touch too many in summing up the situation. Robbéry are usually trapped with 2 or 3 defenders on them so then what? Toni Kroos is the genuine #10 but Thomas Müller plays the role, ineffectively aswell because he is a striker, so the attacking options become limited.
Counter attacking would be better off with this squad because it relies so heavily on Robbéry that the only time they will see space is on the break.
