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Dytza;3915903 said:Judging by Pep's thoughts in the Herr Pep book, I'd say Lahm was a successful experiment, he said many times that if they were to win anything that season, that change might have a lot to do with it. I don't know what changed in the next 2 years. Maybe he changed his mind or maybe it's because he got better players on that spot than in the first season (Xabi, Vidal, and Thiago slightly less injured). Initially, his only alternatives to Lahm were an out-of-form Schweinsteiger, Thiago who was always injured and Kroos who's shit there.
See, my thoughts at the time were that Pep broke up the immensely successful Schweinsteiger-Martinez partnership, which I do still consider a mistake. However, with the injuries we had in 2013/14 I think Lahm was a good stop gap solution. It never should have been considered permanent, though.
And Sir_Didier_Drogba, Muller right now is so much better than he's ever been. I think it took Pep a year or two to figure him out, but now there is a very strong understanding. Since Muller broke into the team he has been a consistent 12 or 13 goals in the Bundesliga every single season. This year he might get 25, and it's not because the team is scoring more goals, if anything we're scoring less.