Recent thoughts

Since I (accidentally) slept through the match yesterday, I can't bring you a match post, but here are my thoughts from this week.

*Rotation works. Having depth at different positions means that we're able to rest players and, you know, win matches. Of course, injuries have caused some of our rotation, but I really like that Heynckes is making an effort to keep players more or less in their preferred positions while still getting lots of them in there.

*Injuries suck. Robben is made of glass, Olic is apparently made of tissue paper, and Gomez' calf strain was worse than expected as he's now bowed out of the Euro qualifies with the German NT. Hopefully, the two weeks off will help both Robben and Gomez to be fit by the time league play resumes.

*Speaking of the international break, lots of Bayern players will be playing for their NTs in the next few weeks. Schweinsteiger, Mueller, Badstuber, Kroos, Neuer, Boateng, and Lahm will all be playing for Germany. Van Buyten will be on duty for Belgium, Tymo will be captaining Ukraine, and Alaba will be playing against his teammates when Germany and Austria play on Friday.

But I think the most important thing to note is that the fun is back and our guys seem to be enjoying themselves a lot. Not only off the pitch (see the hilarious interviews Mario and Basti recently gave where they discuss each others' fashion proclivities...and thanks to Mario for confirming what we all had thought: Sarah saved Basti from a life of bad fashion choices), but also on. Today, they played against TSV Paehl, the local team for which Simon Mueller, brother of Thomas, plays. They won by 21 goals (TSV Paehl scored one) and while Mueller only got one, Petersen scored 7. Even Contento got in on the scoring. But watching the highlight video, it's clear that the match was a lot of fun. Having qualified for the Champions League (and yeah, we're in the group of death, but we play our best against good teams), our guys seem to be playing well and enjoying it. So that makes me one very happy fan indeed.