German National Team News & Discussion Thread - EURO 2012 & Beyond [R]

Sahin is a German international who plays for Turkey...

 

Nah, he's a German born Turk who chose to represent Turkey.

 

I thought who ever was running Bundesliga should have listened to Loew. Everybody jumped on him when he said the league isn't as strong as the rest of Europe==> Bundesliga defenders are not good. Tactically Bundesliga strikers and defenders are good but technically they need to improve greatly.

 

Özil...........or Sahin?

 

Sure, Mr. Moderator

 

Sahin

 

What kind of question is that ?
Oezil did not choose Turkey, did he ?

 

What I meant is I wouldnt leave the Bundesliga and go to Spain because their league is a lot better. Again Barcelona and Real Madrid are over the top. But all the other spanish teams can certainly be beaten by, I don't know, Bayern and Dortmund and Schalke and maybe Hannover or Leverkusen....^^

As for the quality of the teams in these leagues. Spanish teams seem to play a little bit more fluently. But now that I'm writing this, how did we get here?
What startes this?

I will still....if....ah no not again! You know what I mean

 

http://www.goal.com/en/news/15/germ...otti-reveals-admiration-for-reus-kroos-muller

Carlo Ancelotti praises Reus, Kroos and Mueller.

The former Chelsea manager then went on to say that the Bundesliga has improved quite a lot in the last few years.

"The Bundesliga has in recent years undergone a staggering rise - especially in terms of the atmosphere and the spectacle."

 

just read this, good to know our best are being recognized. Hopefully this trend won't cease to continue.

 

I have 4 tickets available for anyone looking for Germany v Portugal Euro Cup.

 

I'll give you tree fitty for all 4.

 

3 days ago, Klose said '' I will be in top form for the Euros. Jogi, dont worry !''

He will probably not play for Lazio until the end of the seasons so his batteries will be fully charged. That is great for Germany. They need a fresh Klose.

 

I don't know what happened over the past weekend, but Lazio had not scored a goal since he got injured in February.

 

^^^?

They scored 3 this past weekend. They scored 1 the matchday before. They won 1-0 the weekend before it. They've only had 1 match in March & April where they have not been able to score a goal...

 

Its another typical squid moment

 

Robert Huth anyone ?

 

EQ - it was from the "football weekly" podcast on the Guardian's website.

 

Not entirely sure why he has never been nominated really, but then again I am sure Leow has his reasons.

 

Any reason Germany is 2nd now and Uruguay are 3rd?

Holland dropped to 4th..

I thought I figured the rankings out, but I am still scratching my head.

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/FIFA_World_Rankings

 

Well I also thought the rankings would be a little bit more detailed. Uruguay is not better than Holland.....

And last month Germany was second and Holland was third. Then after the match between Germany and France, Germany went back to the third place and Holland was second.

Now everything has changed again without one single match in the last few weeks. But I like it the way it is now cause Spain comes closer ^^

 

That's what I figured. I assumed that with every international match the rankings adjust accordingly, but without any matches played how did the rankings adjust????