Lot of Dortmund fans focusing on the players, and I get it, many aren't playing well. But the club have spent years signing some of the best performing players from clubs just below them.
A lot of those players have cost a fortune. A lot of them have helped worse teams qualify for Europe. The rest of the squad is made up of the most sought after young players in world football.
The squad isn't the issue.
The squad isn't the issue.
The issue is the lack of an idea.
This squad has been lazily assembled, signing obvious and expensive options from around the league regardless of how they fit into a particular style.
And there has been a lack of a particular style implemented by the coaching staff.
This squad has been lazily assembled, signing obvious and expensive options from around the league regardless of how they fit into a particular style.
And there has been a lack of a particular style implemented by the coaching staff.
Dortmund might improve under Rose but they will be held back as long as they don't commit to a way of playing that consistently runs through every level of the club.
It's arrogant, it's lazy, and they've gotten away with it for years. Now they aren't and they have no choice but to fix it or this won't be the only year they fail to qualify for the Champions League.