Why the panic?
So Bayern lose their first game of the season.
Not their second, third or fourth...their first.
And suddenly it's a crisis, Ancelotti has failed as a manager and the Italian is already fighting for his job?
Is this what football has now come to?
Okay, so things are a little sketchy at Bayern at the moment. Their star striker, the Polish Nuke aka Robert Lewandowski has come out and berated the transfer business of the club over the summer.
Perhaps wanting the suits to take a look at what their contemporaries over in Paris are doing.
This is all just reactionary stuff. Sure, Lewandowski is out of line saying that in public and he should expect punishment for unprofessional behaviour.
But he is merely just reacting to what was an unexpected loss against a Hoffenheim team they should have beat.
Back to Ancelotti.
I think it's quite unfortunate that the man is now fighting for his job. We are talking about Ancelotti here. You know, the man with numerous Champions League titles and the one who laid the foundation of the Real Madrid team that we see today?
He's still figuring it out and has his hands full with trying to get this team to be forged in his own image. They're still living off the Guardiola residue which needs to be washed away and it's taking a bit longer than usual.
But this is Bayern.
They have some of the best players in the world in that team, as well as big personalities. So when the going gets tough, I don't see Vidal, Lewandowski, Robben, Hummels or Boateng shrinking and trying to hide.
Bayern will react to this and do so accordingly. Ancelotti will eventually get back to winning ways and we'll see the Bavarian smiles come back to fruition.
Now, to what extent he can get Bayern to be as dominant as they have been in the past is another question.
This is a Bayern team without the incomparable Bart Simpson (Phillip Lahm) or Xabi Alonso. It's also a Bayern outfit with an older Robben and Ribery. It's safe to say that Guardiola had an overall better set of players at his disposal.
I said this at the start of the season and I'll reiterate; Bayern failed to bring in that real big name superstar to help breathe new life into the team.
That name isn't James Rodriguez because news flash: he hasn't been relevant since the summer of 2014.
Which means we are left with a Bayern who are still looking to Ribery and Robben to create and score the key goals.
I will always believe in Robben and will maintain my support till he can hardly walk. But the man isn't as good as he was years ago. He can still ball and execute his trademark goal with his left foot.
He just can't do it as often as before.
Corentin Tolisso looks like he'll be a useful addition to the side, but by no means can he be as efficient as Ribery was back at his heights.Tolisso is a good player who can become really good. But by no means do I see a future world class superstar.
Lewandowski does have a point, Bayern need the right type of reinforcements, but as far as the domestic campaign goes; the younger players as well as the old heads should be enough to secure another Bundesliga.
But Ancelotti was brought in for the big one on the continent.
Let's just wait, shall we? Let us give Ancelotti some time to assess the criticism levelled his way, and see how he gets the team to respond.
Surely we owe that to a man who has been successful at AC Milan, PSG, Chelsea and Real Madrid.
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