Who will be Germany's defensive midfield dynamo at next year's World Cup?

Borowski ist sure better than Schweinsteiger. So he takes his place. Schweinsteiger is a good substitute in the second half.

Meier plays a good season but also Kießling. Lauth is simply better than Neuville or Kuranyi.

 

Huth is fast, too. Maybe we can leave Woerns out and take Sinkiewicz in.

 

With Mathias Lehmann (1860) and Sascha Riether (Freiburg) Germany has at least two players for that job coming up, too bad they'r stuck at some second league sites and don't have the experience yet. We'll see them at the U21 EC in spring though.

 

Great Post---I think Kehl is excellent!! Also , Metzelder & Woerns! And, I agree 100% about what you said about Ishmael----he is NOT GERMAN!!! I said this on the other board & people misinterpret me as a "racist"---I am NOT!! These are "National" teams---not "club" teams. Wotan

 

Kehl was part of the Germany 2002 squad that got to the final so I don't think there are any doubts whether he can play at the level for the NT. He just hasn't been in the picture that long. Between Voeller and Klinsmans switching period, personal injuries and constant squad rotation and experimentation, he just hasn't been able to get consistent call ups.

There is a reason Kehl is captaining BVB and Dortmund have somewhat of a resurgence.

 

In all the posts---saw very little on Omoyela (spelling?)----anyone----he semms to have been on the NT in the last few friendlies---maybe because others have been injured. Interesting to hear some feedback here----I know he won't start---you think he'll make the team???

 

He will be at 32 in wm 2006, but I think he can still play if he is 100%recovered from surgery.

Jens Jeremies. He doesn't have too much playtime due to the superb depth of Bayern's midfield. Everytime he's off the bench, he grasped the chance and played well.

I have more faith in him over Frings. Frings likes to dribble the ball unaware of his rusty skills and lost possession on several occasions and one of which was at the confed cup against Mexico when his error made Germany pay for a goal.

I dun think Ernst is qualified at the international level. And I dun know how Kehl is playing. Dietmar is just a shade of his best. He had a poor match against Holland.

 

In my profile, I give him about a 40% chance. I don't think so. I hope not. He's the worst player on the NT right now IMHO. To think he is better than Friedrich in RB is laughable. To think he's better than Deisler or Schweinsteiger or Frings at RM is also laughable. He doesn't play any other position.

 

What I'm gonna say is Klinsi has to give him a chance. I think he will, in the next round of friendlies. I don't think it matters if he can play Serie A or Primera Liga, all that matters is he plays in a very high level and that he gets his chances with Germany.

 

You haven't seen him play much at all this season have you?
Watch him play for Bremen.

Calling him the worst player is just dumb. That award goes to Wörns.

 

...Woerns and him a tie then.

I just don't think he has that much quality thats all. He's fast, but thats all I see. He has done pretty well in the league and he had his moments in the Champions League, but didn't really do too well. But he just hasn't really done with Germany to inspire much confidence in him.

Hopefully he'll get better. I just don't think he's talented enough to do so.