Who, like me, took the chance to watch back to back a PL game of a top team against a middle class team and the same constellation in the...
Just 2 Cents from Germany. Your strategy reminds me of the so called "Concept Football" and their "Concept Trainers" that is rather successful...
In my opinion, there is a large evolution of the style of play, because you changed from aligning to the English premier league style, to the...
No, Sir. You got through, first of all, because you had different game plans tailored to the respective opposition and were able to more or less...
What most people don't know about infamous "Fritz-Walter-Wetter". It wasn't the wet pitch, Fritz Walter loved, but the humidity in rainy...
6 players of the 2009 U21 final team most likely start today, Neuer, Boateng, Höwedes, Hummels, Özil...... and Fabian Johnson.
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Congratulations to Team USA from a German onlooker. Just skimmed through this thread and feel the need to add my 2 cents. Haven't you seen, what...
If I would think very dirty, I would consider, that the decision about Donovan was made much earlier than we know, but Donovan was given the...
No contradiction to my post. I wrote about some hungry young guns and some hungry reserve players who now have the chance to make themselves a...
Long time not seen, but as World Cup fever starts to blossom, and we are joined in the same group, I hope you allow a German's perspective on...
For me, football is first of all a team sport, then a result sport and only then a star sport. Under this premises, I cannot agree with all this...
+ those where he finished the combination himself + European Cups, DFB Cup, Germany games All the way, thank you for the vids!
Unfortunately the few compilations on youtube concentrate on his goals, but I think everybody who is old enough to have seen his whole career will...
The most common German Sports Club have their tradition from the post Napoleon pre German unification early 1800 Gymnastics movement of Friedrich...
In my world, the standard for a successful Club or league is how much success does it have on the sportslevel under the condition, to remain...
The FIFA is of course in it's today incarnation in the time of professional football kind of an cartel. But it is also the body of all the...
What is your definition and the main target of a "successful football league"? In my opinion, the goal for a wealthy and big country like the USA...
But you know, that the international licensing of football players follows the hierarchy FIFA--->Continental body--->National FA--->Club and that...
Is Argentina really a good example for the US to follow? Brazil has it's regional championships, because of the large country and the bad travel...
Knock-out round at the end of several regional leagues - acceptable. Play-offs between 3rd of 2nd divison and 3rd last of 1st division to decide...
You could only, if the members of the cartel let you in, couldn't you? While in Europe you must not ask the first league, if you want to support...
Coincidently I almost answered your post before you've written it. So, what else than a cartel is a group of franchises that is not regulated...
In German understanding, there is a difference between a cup with knock out stages, or a play off with best of 5 or even best of 7 series. You...
Apologize for my rusty English, my comment so late in this discussion and also my strong critic to the American pro-sport system with it's...