Flop:
- Player: Rensing, Toni, mountain, Maniche, Hleb, Progrebnyak, Lehmann
reasons: to identify individual players than flop of the first round is not at all so simple. Nevertheless, I have decided on the six mentioned above. So, I start with Rensing. His career at Bayern has now been confirmed. When Jürgen Klinsmann had already rejected him, he gave Van Gaal a new chance to prove himself. This he could not use again and is now behind Butt second choice. I doubt that he will again run up to Bayern (unless Butt is suspended or injured). A change in the summer of his career would do well, other ways I can not see.
Toni has made life itself difficult. Van Gaal's dealings with the players earlier this season became the father of a little respect. But Gomez, Ribery, Olic and the others tried their disappointment by making use of the pitch to compete again. Toni however, lamented from the stands. First introduced him to Van Gaal not because he was not fit enough. He did this with some players (Ribery, Robben, ...). In Olic then he made the first exception, was determined to be not good at Toni has arrived. In addition, he has used his chance in my opinion, but then when he was allowed to play in the first 11th Since the ratio was Van Gaal - Toni but disturbed the case that there be no new start anymore. The only possibility is a change of Toni's to another club, as Van Gaal will not soon be replaced by a new coach. When HSV
10 million man mountain has disappointed. He played almost the entire first round in its possibilities. That he is a good footballer, he has shown in its infancy, but there must come more easily. After all, he is very young and has a wonderful career ahead of him. In the second half but it will be hard to come back when Petric and Guerrero, and is committed perhaps even another striker in the winter break.
At FC, Star Tote Maniche has developed into the wrong purchase. American football players only in the first few games obvious, and he finished the first round to put more of unruly characters. Probably the star of yesteryear (Porto, Chelsea, Athletico) probably already too old and accustomed to success, as he still wants to be the FC.
If you sit on the bench at Barcelona and offers from throughout Europe (Arsenal, England, ...), then I just do not understand how to move to Stuttgart. The reason was probably that VfB Hleb has made it big and the time was just feeling good. But an asset to the game of Swabia it is not absolute. Nor could put Progrebnyak accents. This is his form of crisis (if there is one) a symbol of the Stuttgart crisis. So far he has not played in any big league. Maybe for his footballing skills ranging from not at all.
As a conclusion for me is the flop of the first round: Jens Lehmann. It is embarrassing from game to game. There were so many actions in the first round, where one could think that he had lost his mind, that I can not list them all. For example, he threw the shoe of a player's Hoffenheim to the gate, created with a ball boy during the game behind the band, a small (though not pee) break and indulged in a fan stealing the glasses . Probably there are still plenty more incidents, but right now I can not think of another one.