Annual Bundesliga prediction thread

You've all been on the edge of your seats waiting for this. The good news is that the Bundi will be more available in America than ever before so you guys can finally tell if I've been full of shite this entire time.

1. Bayern Munich: Projected champion, one of the best 3 or 4 teams in the world.

Departures:

Bastian Scweinsteiger - Fußballgot is a Bayern legend who unfortunately lost all ability to stay healthy. Losing Schweiny is devastating for long time fans but he wasn't a reliable option any more due to his shoddy ankles.

Pepe Reina - who gives a frick

Mitchell Weiser - pacy young player who could have provided depth at wingback. Not really Bayern material though.


Additions:

Arturo Vidal - one of the best midfielders in the world, will be a huge addition to Bayern Munich and ought to allow Lahm and Alaba to play more fullback which is huge in and of itself.

Douglas Costa - Costa has looked incredible so far for Bayern. He's a perfect Ribery replacement, since Ribs can't stay healthy. He's very fast and a really good dribbler, adds a dimension Bayern was missing when Robben and Ribery were hurt. Solid chance to be one of the best signing in Europe if he gets consistent playing time. He has star written all over him.

Joshua Kimmich - very good young center mid. Pep has already said he will play a role this season. One of Germany's best young players.

Sven Ulreich - good enough to start at GK for plenty of teams in Europe. Will be a very solid backup.


2. VfL Wolfsburg: I really believe they have a good shot at winning the Bundi this year especially if they keep De Bruyne. KDB and Andre Schurrle are very good in attack and if they can get consistent play from their strikers, they can make some serious noise.

They added Max Kruse and Andre Schurrle this summer. They also signed Ricardo Rodriguez's little brother Francisco who looked pretty good when I saw them play. Really like their team.


3. Borussia Dortmund: Really down year last year. They've gotten rid of some dead weight transfers that didn't work in Immobile and Jojic and locked up Aubameyang for the long term. They also brought in Kevin Kampl who is a capable player. Gonzalo Castro was a very astute signing. Their biggest addition though is Thomas Tuchel. Tuchel is my favorite manager going right now. I think he's one of the most brilliant minds in European soccer and he's on his way to being a huge name.

4. Borussia Monchengladbach: They were perhaps the best team in the Bundesliga after the Winter Break last season. I'm excited about watching them play again this year. Tough losing Max Kruse but they should be fine with Josip Drmic.

I love their midfield, a whole lot of talented players in Granit Xhaka, Patrick Herrmann, Fabian Johnson, Thorgan Hazard, Raffael, Nordtveit among others. Real fun team to watch and Lucien Favre is a really solid manager.



Outside of the Champions League spots, it'll be interesting to see if Schalke can try not to bit shite this year. Augsburg was very surprising too, wonder if they can repeat. I'd like to see Stuttgart make a jump since they play so many young players. Hopefully Hamburg finally goes down.





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