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Official German NT Thread aka Sauerkraut Thread
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Schweini and Podolski played very well together. It's nice to see a German team that finally has some ball skills.
Hitz looked lost out there at LB. We have no better player to cover that spot since Lahm, Pander and Schulz are all out.
Frings was crap, too. Ernst should get a chance in the next games.
Hitz looked lost out there at LB. We have no better player to cover that spot since Lahm, Pander and Schulz are all out.
Frings was crap, too. Ernst should get a chance in the next games.
Hitz is gifted shotwise. I mean he almost scored in a shot in the second half. He is short and agile, reminds me Haessler and Kuntz. I hope Aston Villa plays him more or even better he moves to a better club. Playing defense is not his possition so i wouldnt be bothered by that.
I never liked Frings. He is a warrior partially. Very inconsistent. In that position i would prefer Sebastian Kehl play if he gets back on his top. How long will Lahm's injury go on? I miss him already.
I never liked Frings. He is a warrior partially. Very inconsistent. In that position i would prefer Sebastian Kehl play if he gets back on his top. How long will Lahm's injury go on? I miss him already.
Deisler said:Hitz is gifted shotwise. I mean he almost scored in a shot in the second half. He is short and agile, reminds me Haessler and Kuntz. I hope Aston Villa plays him more or even better he moves to a better club. Playing defense is not his possition so i wouldnt be bothered by that.
I never liked Frings. He is a warrior partially. Very inconsistent. In that position i would prefer Sebastian Kehl play if he gets back on his top. How long will Lahm's injury go on? I miss him already.
he will play for stuttgart next year btw
Back in the good old days half the team played in the Serie A. This hurt the league but the nt benefited from it (kinda like the French between 98 and 02).
Hitz is going to Stuttgart, this leaves Hamann and huth as the only player playing in a foreign league. How those guys would make the league stronger is beyond me.
Anyway back to the game today. I was really amazed to see all the young guns playing so amazingly together on the offensive end. I can't remember watching a German nt with such technical skills. What a pleasure to watch.
Hitz is going to Stuttgart, this leaves Hamann and huth as the only player playing in a foreign league. How those guys would make the league stronger is beyond me.
Anyway back to the game today. I was really amazed to see all the young guns playing so amazingly together on the offensive end. I can't remember watching a German nt with such technical skills. What a pleasure to watch.
Rudi Voller was just a crappy manager even if he was a good player. Germany might've had a chance in the World Cup final if he'd played players like Ziege, Jancker, and Beirhoff instead of subsituting them in at the end. When I saw the starting line ups, I almost cried because I saw how Germany was going to have little chance against Brazil's best starting 11. Klinsmann though is good at selecting the team, and when he selects a B side, he's got good reasons for his selections. It'll pay off because football is still popular in Germany but it's losing popularity with kids in England, Italy, etc because they're more interested in video games and stuff.
treble41, stop posting already.
Vince, I think I've actually been enjoying the way Germany was playing for the first time in my life. Congrats
EDIT: Watching a delayed version of Germany-Meixco. What's wrong with Mike Hanke
? Does he do these kinda things a lot at Schalke?
Vince, I think I've actually been enjoying the way Germany was playing for the first time in my life. Congrats
EDIT: Watching a delayed version of Germany-Meixco. What's wrong with Mike Hanke
? Does he do these kinda things a lot at Schalke?That's what you get when you let a former worldclass striker coach your nt.Vagegast said:Vince, I think I've actually been enjoying the way Germany was playing for the first time in my life. Congrats
Nah. Well, because he usually doesn't play at all at Schalke. Wolfsburg bought him for about 4 million.EDIT: Watching a delayed version of Germany-Meixco. What's wrong with Mike Hanke
Vagegast said:Yeah, that's why we put van Basten in charge
Haha, Kahn just tried to chase down this player but backed off quickly
It doesn't work for Holland, they already were an attacking team. Van Basten is doing something i really lke. He is not feeding the "spectacular but loosing" kind of game but he is persuading the "Normal and effective" kind of soccer...
Good luck to him.
As far as this tournament goes we did show that we are a new attacking force.. I mean in 5 games we scored 15 goals averaging an amasing 3 goals for game but we also allowed 11 goals, that makes a 2.2 goals for game....Thats a mess... me miss Metzelder
...and Lahm Ironically during his press conference he said that he wanted to play attacking entertaining football. But you're right, we've been playing pretty ****ty and we're winning. We played absolute crap against Finland but ended up winning 4-0. The game goes for domestic football, Hiddink adopted a more defensive and realistic style of play with PSV and look where it got them.Deisler said:
With Germany though, it's fun to see them play offensive and score goals because they're so much better when they play offensively rather than defensively. Is Klinsmann taking heat for being so lax when it comes to the defense? In Holland, no one is ever satisfied with a win if the team didn't perform well.
Not really. I mean he is doing what he can with a second tier of defenders. (Other than Mertesacker none of the defenders in the confederations cup is a starter) When Lahm and Metzelder will be back we might get a better and more reliable defence. Curiosly though both of them are very attack-minded. Lahm reminds me of Lizarazu, he can start a counterattack just like that. Metzelder is very good in lauching the ball after soffocating an opponent attack.
Metzelder might not be completely ready for the World Cup. His play with Dortmund for the time he played was pretty poor for his standards. However, after going through summer training and hopefully remaining fit, he should be good to go.
Worns is good if CMetz isnt ready.
Worns is good if CMetz isnt ready.
If Germany can get a solid team without so many injuries then they can beat Brazil seeing how they have a good manager now. Thomas Fink retired though didn't he and Sebastien Kehl just dissapeared off the face of the planet. Ziege was always good in defence. No one can matc Lahm's speed though, Lahm could be a left midfielder.