Das Reboot and the Road to UEFA Nations League & EC2020

Yes, I did see almost all of his games, he has pretty much the same issues. In Man City they have Arguro as a reliable scorer, Sane is more a wider wing player to provide pass into panelty box or have speedy counter attack, the way Man City dominate possession means he is less likely under pressure to protect the ball and pass it out accurately under pressure, and that is main issue, in the international level, this issue is amplified when playing stronger opposition.

 

Loew should call up Stindle again, out of all the current strikers, he is the most reliable one and can give me confidence to score when given chances. Don't tell me that his goal statistic is not great, when playing for mid level team, you will struggle to get chances to score, but whenever I see him play, he always convince me that he can score, remember the goal against France in a freindly match a while ago, he scored a very difficult goal with very accurate precision, last week he scored a very good goal against Bayern too, sometimes you can't just use goal telly to judge a player, some players like Gomaz because his physicality he can score a lot of goals against weaker opponent, but when against strong opponent, they normally fail because their strength is not a edge anymore. It is like choosing between two strikers, one can score 10 goals against weak teams but can't score against strong teams, another can score 3 goals against strong teams but probably also only score 3 goals against weak teams, I would choose the later one, because he will more likey to play well and score more when playing with better team mates.

 

I don't criticise them, just give them a fair assessment. I do think they have bright future, but they need to understand their strength and weakness, and keep improving, I remember before Klose was called only knowing score from his header, but he kept improving his foot work, and later became a very good holding link up striker for the whole team, so they can improve, only if they realise their weakness. Also now I just don't agree with most people here in this forum, thinking that playing Sane and Werner will solve all the issues, that is just wrong, you see, they both are not very reliable scorer at the moment, while the main issue of German National team is lacking a reliable finisher, so the solution is find someone who can score, give people like Stindle, Kruze, Uath more chance to try out. They are probably not young, but remember Klose contribute most to the national team when he was in his 32-36!

 

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Reus is very good finisher, same as Gozt and Stindle. I can understand why Loew tend to use Gozt and Reus as false 9, because they are good finisher, Loew should give chance to Stindle too and I think Stindle can develop into a Klose type player if given chance.

 

The problem with Loew is he always wait for a long time before integrate somone into the national team, by the time he call up that player, that player can well be into a low form, just like Uath this time, Loew seems make decision based on data that was collected 6 months back and he is very stubon to make decision based on instincts. I mean Stindle just scored a very good goal last week against Bayern, while Uath did very well last season, but he hasn't score this season yet, how difficult for Loew to conclude that at this time, calling up Stindle is a better idea than calling up Uath? I suspect Loew puts too much faith on his systematic approach by looking at statistic data and his theories, and forget that football is actually a simple game and sometimes you need to make decisions based on your own instinct

 

The first half was a great half. People are too hard on Werner, his talent is unquestionable. The Sane, Gnabry, Werner front 3 is very exciting. If given time to gell, this is going to be a scary front 3 with Reus as a 4th element. At times they were not on the same page but that was expected. I'd like Sane to be less careless. Taking him out the 2nd half was a good call. Replacing him with Draxler was not. 2nd half, overall, was not too good but considering the opponent, playing away, the newness of this team, it was not a surprise. At least they did not panic and fall apart once they went behind. No one expected the NT to bounce back quickly and beat France. The good news is that we may have finally started to see the new formula going forward for this team.

 

Schulz gets a 4? Bullshit, he should have got minimum a 3, maybe even a 2. I was impressed. Kehrer did better then 4 as well imo.

And why a 2 for Low? He was basically forced into finally picking this team and then made the wrong subs.

 

Schulz played really well, I can see him as a long term solution on the left

 

Schulz has all the quality to be a top left back. Strong, quick, tackle hard, I even saw him dribbled past one defender last night, and his passing to Sane created a good chance, don't understand why he was given a 4 instead of 2

 

The problem with Sane is not careless, basically he is still lacking in basics in terms of protecting the ball and pass the ball accurately UNDER PRESSURE, in Mancity, it is not a big issue because Man city often dominate possession hence he is not under intense pressure when he has the ball. Did you see Messi or Inesta loss the ball so easily even they appears very relaxing holding the ball? in that apartment, I think his man city team mate Sterling is technically better than Sane. With Sterling improving his decision making and shooting, I can see why Real Madrid wants to recruit Sterling, I think the England's younth development has been catching up, with a number of other young players such as Folden, Sancho, England will be a serious contender for coming tonourmants.

 

Please enlighten me exactly what Werner's unquestionable talents are? I see him as a one dimentional player, speed is his biggest asset, with a decent shooting skill, but apart from that, I can't see any other talent. He can't dribble and beat player, he is not physically strong to be a holding striker, he is not tall to be a airial threat, and his shooting is decent but not really outstanding (at least not seen from recent national team performance)

 

Schultz was really impressive for me. He played a complete match and made very few mistakes. Mbappe eventually had to switch to the other wing because he was having no luck against Nico.

Stindl is to me the perfect CF for this team. He has excellent finishing, great intelligence and the link-up play that we miss since Klose has retired.

 

I thought about it last night and I think Stindl might be the best solution up till Arp and other strikers mature

Stindl is 30 can hold up for 5yrs, he is not small and can stay with big defenders
Werners skill set for now isn't for a 9, more of a support striker or winger, he lacks the composure to finish.

I can see a top 4 of this

--Sane------Reus-----Werner
--------------Stindl

 

He is fast, not afraid to take players one and one and can play as a 2nd striker or on the wing. Been one of the better players during this dark period. He plays best when paired with a 2nd striker as he has show with RB Leipzig. Not the finished product but he is on the right track. Barring injury, time you show that I am right.