#2 Lack of consistency
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If you want to be the champion of any league, let alone one of the top five in Europe, then consistency is the watchword.
Winning just 17 out of 32 games – as Dortmund have done to this point – is nowhere close to title-winning form. And it isn’t just in 2016/17 where there has been a problem either.
Last season the club finished 10 points behind the Bavarians, the season before they limped to seventh and were a full 33 points behind them. Even a second placed finish in 2013/14 still saw them 19 points off of the eventual champions.
Try as they might, and despite having a high-quality core of players over the last few years, there always seems to be something lacking. A spark missing, to give them a final push and get them over the line.
Unless they were to move heaven and earth and bring in world-class players on astronomical salaries, there’s not too much doubt that that the pattern will continue.
