Das Reboot and the Road to UEFA Nations League & EC2020

Arp? He's closer to U21 than senior NT.

I mean you always talk about trends in the game and all your examples are from a few big clubs in Europe. Even though there are hundreds of clubs and they don't play alike.

yet you always seem to ignore the Low trends. He's been our coach for almost 14 years. You should know him well by now.What makes you think Arp is anywhere near the senior NT? Low basically confirmed he wants 10+ goals for strikers, something I even told you in all our striker debates and you thought it was stupid but doesn't change the way this coach operates. He also looks for consistency as well.

and we are officially less than a year away from the Euros. Not a lot of time for him or any other new striker to breakthrough senior NT. Waldschmidt could be the newer striker with the best shot. Kovac also stated that he believed that Arp is a few years away from becoming a German Senior NT player when he 1st signed from HSV. So more likely min 2022 WC.

 

I could easily see Arp being an 2020 Olympics contender if Bayern allows him to go. Potentially good experience for any striker who gets called up.

with Sane out, it does give Werner, Havertz, Brandt and Low's fav Draxler more playing time for sure. Let's see what Selke/Uth/Volland/Petersen/Waldschmidt/Younes etc do next season.

next season is important since it's the Euro season.

 

Hummels on a possible comeback to the DFB team: "If I can put on the Germany jersey again at some point, I would not be opposed to it. [..] let's just see what happens" pic.twitter.com/sRY6WCmdYc

— Bayern & Germany (@iMiaSanMia) August 12, 2019

 

Injury updates
-Sane is out for like half a year.
-Kehrer declared out for 3 weeks, so could miss out
-Rudiger, seems like he'll be back in mid-September post Internationals.

and that's 3 players who are basically out. 1 Winger and 2 CBs. Also seems like Lampard really wants Rudiger to get back as fast as possible. It really annoys me that we don't have a set CB pair and fast approaching Euro.

seems like based on Low selections we should expect Sule, Tah, Ginter and Stark.

crap just noticed September matches are Dutch and Northern Ireland. Bad time for a bunch of injuries.

 

should we expect Streich to succeed Low?

 

last season, Low was checking Neuhaus out and looks like he's interested again.

For him, it is also about to recommend for a possible participation in the European Championships next year. Germany coach Joachim Loew has Neuhaus on the slip, he also likes the style of the Gladbacher. In the U21 European Championship, this has shown that he can set international accents, which he wants to do now in Gladbach, in the Europa League. "The anticipation is huge," said Neuhaus.
https://rp-online.de/sport/fussball...-koennte-zum-ac-mailand-wechseln_aid-45111549

looks like Neuhaus is getting more and more admirers as even Italian Legend Paolo Maldini likes Neuhaus. Has he's heavily linked with making a move to AC Milan in 2020.

 

DFB: Presidential candidate Fritz Keller promises 'no more one-man-show'
The German Football Association is set to elect an unlikely new president as it looks to polish up its damaged image. SC Freiburg president Fritz Keller will take power, partly because he's prepared to give it up.
https://www.dw.com/en/dfb-president...ller-promises-no-more-one-man-show/a-50119403

his godfather was Fritz Walter, interesting.


also
But Keller doesn't want to rest on the laurels of tradition; one of his conditions for making the leap to the top of the DFB was reform in the organization. To this end, he has already prepared suggestions which have met with the approval of other leading figures.

And the DFB, having lurched from one crisis to the next in recent years, is in dire need of reform. "There are far too many tasks for one person to tackle on his own,” said Keller. "It simply can't be a one-man-show nowadays.”

For Keller, it's going to be a case of thoroughness over speed, while involving as many different people as possible. "A good leader gives people room to work,” he said. "That's what I've learnt in my years as president in Freiburg and that's how I want to work at the DFB as well.”

As part of the planned reforms, Keller has announced that he does not intend to strive for potential positions at UEFA or FIFA – a key departure from his immediate predecessors who seemed to devote a disproportionate amount of energy to acquiring such roles, and the lucrative remuneration which comes with them.

In future, Rainer Koch, the DFB vice-president, will represent German football on the international stage, where Germany currently has no representation at either UEFA or FIFA. Re-acquiring a seat at world football's top table won't be easy.

and
Keller got the unanimous backing from all first and second division clubs. He also got 37 of 38 votes from local and regional associations, with one association chief absent.

 

Low watched Gladbach's 3-1 win over Mainz today. Seems likely for Neuhaus, other German players in squads of both teams are either too young or not NT material.

 

I like Geiger but Kuntz has already declared him for U21. Recall you used to compare Geiger with the Italian Gattuso.
hasn't Weigl improved recently?

as for Can, he needs to be a starter while making a fuss about Low is never a good idea.

 

is it legal to play clones? We should clone Mustafi 10 times and play him in every position.

 

what I like about Halstenberg and Schulz is that they are not too young nor too old. So pretty much will not block all the promising young LBs.

 

Low will announce his squad on Thursday.

Volland potential recall article.
https://www.eurosport.de/fussball/d...in-volland-alternative_sto7425063/story.shtml

not sure what exactly he has to do to get recall. I really hope Low didn't black list him for whatever reason.