German National Football Team Thread (Nationalmannschaft)

cgf · Post #421 » by **cgf** » Mon Oct 19, 2015 8:38 pm

GoranTragic wrote:I love the experts in this thread. I'm sorry that you aren't coaching the DFB. There is probably a reason for that right?

I've always found this to be a sloppy way of conceding the argument. But Berti Vogts apologists relied on it for years; so what do I know, since I'm no DFB coach...

TeamTragic · Post #422 » by **TeamTragic** » Tue Oct 20, 2015 3:10 am

cgf wrote:
GoranTragic wrote:I love the experts in this thread. I'm sorry that you aren't coaching the DFB. There is probably a reason for that right?

I've always found this to be a sloppy way of conceding the argument. But Berti Vogts apologists relied on it for years; so what do I know, since I'm no DFB coach...

I wouldn't worry about Lowe. I have a feeling that if he doesn't win the Euro Cup he will step down. He has done a great job with this squad albeit critical errors in past tournaments. I actually think that him winning the Euro Cup would perfectly end his career.

cgf · Post #423 » by **cgf** » Tue Oct 20, 2015 3:26 pm

GoranTragic wrote:
cgf wrote:
GoranTragic wrote:I love the experts in this thread. I'm sorry that you aren't coaching the DFB. There is probably a reason for that right?

I've always found this to be a sloppy way of conceding the argument. But Berti Vogts apologists relied on it for years; so what do I know, since I'm no DFB coach...

I wouldn't worry about Lowe. I have a feeling that if he doesn't win the Euro Cup he will step down. He has done a great job with this squad albeit critical errors in past tournaments. I actually think that him winning the Euro Cup would perfectly end his career.

You are a lot more optimistic than I am on this front. As long as we make it out of the group I can't see Jogi stepping down; he is already covering his ass for any potential failures in France by talking about how these euros are just a tune up for the WM defense in Russia. We're stuck with him for at least these next two tourneys unless they embarrass themselves so badly that even the feckless DFB has no choice but to **** Jogi.

cgf · Post #424 » by **cgf** » Mon Oct 26, 2015 3:48 pm

Not happy our u17s lost to Mexico. They have the talent to challenge France and Nigeria, but I wanted to see more desperation. At least Eggestein keeps scoring; 4 goals in 3 for the German-Bergkamp; that kid is going to be so special if he keeps on developing.

No_20 · Post #425 » by **No_20** » Tue Oct 27, 2015 8:46 pm

Bad news for Germany

Yunus Malli wird morgen verkünden, dass er sich für die Türkei entschieden hat. Fatih Terim beobachtet zudem gerade Leipzigs Nukan.

DD12 · Post #426 » by **DD12** » Wed Oct 28, 2015 1:15 am

Yes we got him. He said I want to play for Turkey because I feel Turkish more than German. He also stated that he wouldn't be able to celebrate if he scores against Turkey as a German player but he would celebrate his ass off if he scores against Germany as a Turkish player.

Good for him. Welcome to our team brother. You shall have a blast in the summer.

cgf · Post #427 » by **cgf** » Wed Oct 28, 2015 3:07 am

No_20 wrote:Bad news for Germany

Yunus Malli wird morgen verkünden, dass er sich für die Türkei entschieden hat. Fatih Terim beobachtet zudem gerade Leipzigs Nukan.

Wasn't this already announced, I could've sworn I had already read this somewhere? Either way good for him, kid's a real talent and he'll get a real chance to shine for the turks if he keeps developing well.

As for it being bad news, eh. He would've been nice to have down the line, but there's a lot of quality at the spots he plays already there, and even more on its way. So it's probably best for him to join our C-team...or does Malli, Calhanoglu, Tasci, and Tore move them past the US in german-developed players?

DD12 wrote:Yes we got him. He said I want to play for Turkey because I feel Turkish more than German. He also stated that he wouldn't be able to celebrate if he scores against Turkey as a German player but he would celebrate his ass off if he scores against Germany as a Turkish player.

Good for him. Welcome to our team brother. You shall have a blast in the summer.

Respect for him if he really feels that way. You guys could be a fun team if you could keep this whole actually qualifying for tourney's and playing up to your talent thing up.

Foye · Post #428 » by **Foye** » Wed Oct 28, 2015 3:21 pm

No_20 wrote:Bad news for Germany

Yunus Malli wird morgen verkünden, dass er sich für die Türkei entschieden hat. Fatih Terim beobachtet zudem gerade Leipzigs Nukan.

A hot month doesn't make him a player who should play for the German NT.
He remains a fairly mediocre player until he can repeat that performance at least every second month.

Det the Threat · Post #429 » by **Det the Threat** » Wed Oct 28, 2015 6:37 pm

No_20 wrote:Bad news for Germany

Yunus Malli wird morgen verkünden, dass er sich für die Türkei entschieden hat. Fatih Terim beobachtet zudem gerade Leipzigs Nukan.

Eh.

Well, if he'd be able to play as a fullback or striker(that fits in a modern system) it could be bad news but not for an offensive midfielder.
We currently have boatloads of those and I doubt that Malli would be the difference of Germany winning something or not.

Hijinks · Post #430 » by **Hijinks** » Mon Nov 2, 2015 8:31 am

No_20 wrote:Bad news for Germany

Yunus Malli wird morgen verkünden, dass er sich für die Türkei entschieden hat. Fatih Terim beobachtet zudem gerade Leipzigs Nukan.

NO! We're screwed! Who are we going to play now, with no Malli?
/green font

El Turco · Post #431 » by **El Turco** » Mon Nov 2, 2015 4:58 pm

malli cant play striker at all? got plenty of good attacking midfielders, we need somebody that is halfway competent in the box

cgf · Post #432 » by **cgf** » Mon Nov 2, 2015 6:46 pm

I dunno if he ever thrives leading the line, but I can see him becoming a dangerous wide forward or second striker who can give you a secondary source of goals.

Foye · Post #433 » by **Foye** » Tue Nov 3, 2015 6:30 pm

El Turco wrote:malli cant play striker at all? got plenty of good attacking midfielders, we need somebody that is halfway competent in the box

He's definitely not a striker.

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Hijinks · Post #434 » by **Hijinks** » Fri Nov 6, 2015 6:55 pm

mario gomez is back with the national team. surely, süperlig = best league
on a serious note, i am happy for him. i am feeling though, that he is only on the team to compensate for kroos, özil and reus not being there and he wont get nominated in a a few months.

Foye · Post #435 » by **Foye** » Fri Nov 6, 2015 7:04 pm

Hijinks wrote:mario gomez is back with the national team. surely, süperlig = best league
on a serious note, i am happy for him. i am feeling though, that he is only on the team to compensate for kroos, özil and reus not being there and he wont get nominated in a a few months.

I have a feeling he will get booed again. :lol:

No_20 · Post #436 » by **No_20** » Mon Nov 9, 2015 5:00 pm

Will be interesting how much this whole saga will do to the national team's popularity in Germany.

Post #437 » by **magik9113** » Mon Nov 9, 2015 11:28 pm

Hijinks wrote:mario gomez is back with the national team. surely, süperlig = best league
on a serious note, i am happy for him. i am feeling though, that he is only on the team to compensate for kroos, özil and reus not being there and he wont get nominated in a a few months.

wow I'm kind of shocked but happy for the dude considering how injury plagued he's been

cgf · Post #438 » by **cgf** » Tue Nov 10, 2015 2:53 am

While I'm happy for anyone to overcome that many injuries; Gomez really hurts our NT when he plays because of how he clogs the box. It's one thing to let him be in the team and even come on late in a game so they can practice playing with a plan B, but Jogi should've been using the time since the WC developing this team towards the 4-3-1-2 that he touched on in Brazil when we played our best. And for that we need skilled and mobile forwards like Mueller, Reus, Kruse, Volland; not an ox like the Mez.

Andi Obst · Post #439 » by **Andi Obst** » Fri Nov 13, 2015 9:11 pm

I had a bad feeling about this game as soon as I heard of the bomb threats earlier today. Now there are reports of explosions outside of the stadium and people are apparently not allowed to leave the stadium. It's really strange.

Andi Obst · Post #440 » by **Andi Obst** » Fri Nov 13, 2015 9:13 pm

Hollande and Steinmeier left but they are still playing.