Das Reboot and the Road to UEFA Nations League & EC2020

between Leno and Trapp, I would take Trapp.

Trapp doesn't make blunders like Leno does.

 

I'm not high on either and neither is world class but Low is fixated on both of them for 3rd GK and if I had to choose I would go for Trapp over Leno.

my only issue with Trapp was that he was a bench GK before his Frankfurt move. Although him at Frankfurt is only a loan, so who knows what he does come Summer time.

 

it's nowhere near as bad as Leno\s numerous blunders whether club or NT.

 

Frankfurt's Fredi Bobic pushing that da Costa should get NT call up.

 

even if Kimmich is 1st choice at RB/RWB, we still need a back up. Kehrer/Ginter aren't the answers and mostly play cbs at their clubs.

it's why Low mentioned Klostermann and why people bring up da Costa and even Weiser. Imagine Kimmich gets injured and misses the Euros who's the replacement/back up? That is always the danger of only having 1 main player for one position.

for LB, Low likes Hector (should be in 1BL next season) and Schulz. He also confirmed towards the end of the year that Halstenberg will get another chance he played well vs England in the friendly but injury for too long made his be left out. So that's 3 LB options.

Mittelstadt and Henrichs (can also play RB) are 2 younger LB options for the future. And there is also Max for older players too.

 

yeah he was good vs City, I think Hector shouldn't picked anymore. Would rather we focus on Schulz, Halstenberg, Max and even the 2 youngsters. If Itter, Vagnoman, Katterbach, Netz etc.can breakthrough in the years to come, we'll be stacked in LB options.

Hector doesn't even always play LB, he's between LB-DM. While the youngster 97-Horn mostly plays LB/Wingback.

 

even strikers there are a lot of promising ones but chances/patience and time is needed. Maybe in 2-4 years we'll have even more options.

I do think RB looks somewhat iffy and then GK post Neuer. Sure there is ter Stegen but the others are at best good GK, nothing world class. And the promising young GK prospects seem years and years away from breakingthrough as that's one position where even guys in their mid-30s still play. And there aren't a lot of rotations and teams don't sub in GK unless injuries.

 

Diego Demme had a good game vs Bayern today.

 

competent federation led by a competent President.
https://www.wirenewsfax.com/federal-coach-debate-there-was-never-a-plan-b-for-low

 

Germany seems to struggle vs countries like Serbia/Croatia although it's a good test for the players.

 

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