News: 2015-16 General Discussion Thread

Actually, it is more true than you think. Many follow it passionately, others follow cycling, F1 other sports and others, usually non-footy fans, just watch a few matches here and there for the atmosphere and party but not for anything else. No tears shed if the team loses.

 

Sorry, the way I understood it, he is talking about people who usually care about results are uninterested this year. I guess he can clarify.

 

Right, I see what you mean now that I reread the post.

 

Weigl's biggest hurdle is that he is too similar to Toni Kroos.

 

Neither Kroos nor Weigl provide that physical presence that Schweini or Khedira provides. I would say Can is the closest to a Khedira presence in midfield

France are flooding the midfield with Kante, Matuidi and Pogba with Sisoko an option

 

They are both deep lying play-makers. I don't think Loew is going to use a system with two players doing the same role.

 

They of course have their differences, but I just don't see them playing together in midfield. Maybe in a 4-3-3 where Weigl is the lone 6 and kroos + one other plays ahead of him.

 

Kroos offers more going forward .

 

I hope weigl can develope that side a bit more, at least maybe a good outside shot.

 

Draxler/Kruse -- Mueller/Brandt
Ozil
Dahoud - Kroos
Weigl
Hector - Hummels - Boateng - Kimmich
Neuer​

...would've been pretty sweet, wouldn't it Jogi...

 

11 Freunde (German football magazine) has released it's yearly awards. Winners are selected from a panel of past players, coaches, journalists. Previous winners include Marco Reus, Kloppo and Susi Zorc. Here they are:

Player of the season
1. Robert Lewandowski
2. Auba
3. Thomas Mueller

Bloke of the year ("Typ der Saison") (kinda like personality of the year I guess...)
1. Claudio Pizarro
2. Robert Huth
3. Aytac Sulu

Manger of the year
1. Christian Heidel
2. Max Eberl
3. Michael Reschke

Coach of the year:
1. Thomas Tuchel
2. Dirk Schuster
3. Ralph Hasenhuettl

Newcomer of the year:
1. Julian Weigl
2. Mahmoud Dahoud
3. Joshua Kimmich

Fan action of the year:
1. Werder Bremen mit "greenwhite wonderwall"

congrats to all, especially our wonderful BVB players and coach!

 

Muller did not do much to be in top 3.

 

Well France didn't flood the midfield. Deschamps in the end trusted his players. He trusted Pogba and Matuidi would be enough to compete. He didn't force Payet to constantly track back, but trusted Evra. He played Griezeman up top. After a fantastic performance against a weaker team like Iceland, he kept the momentum and played the same team.

The team should have been:
Neuer
Kimmich/Ginter Boateng Hummels Hector/Schmelzer
Kroos Weigl
Muller Ozil Draxler
Gomez

With the injury to Gomez then Muller should have played upfront, but with Schurrle as his replacement. Though Lowe should have made up with Kiessling and taken him. He got lucky that Klose didn't get injured or suspended in the world cup, but once again he should have taken Kiessling to that tournament as well.

 

The team should have been

Draxler/Kruse - Muller/Brandt
Ozil
Dahoud - Kroos
Weigl
Hector - Hummels - Boateng - Kimmich

Given all of the injuries; but Hummels was suspended, and Jogi forgot to bring along Dahoud, Brandt or Kruse.

 

See, but Weigl was a liabilty, did not have CL experience like Can has tonn of CL experience. I like the result, France deserves to be in the finals. Big hello to Lahmfan

 

I dont think the lineup today was that bad given the circumstances (Hummels Khedira and Gomez missing)

They had the game under control but the attackers were horrible, Muller has been in a funk for like 4months and Schweini had to handle the ball.

Before the Schweini handball the game could have gone both ways. At the end Boateng also got injured

Thats Boa, Hummels, Khedira Gomez out, Schweini injured Only Kroos and Muller left and one of them have the worst slump of his career in the past 8yrs

 

Boateng got lucky that Giroud got the ball after his mistake.

 

How can you have the game under control when your attacks are horrible? How do you plan to score and win the game? Dominating possession is meaningless if it's not meaningful and you are not creating chances. Worse France looked dangerous and it was more due to Giroud's weaknesses that they did not have more clear cut chances.

Injuries didn't help, but part of the reasons injuries hurt this team so much was Loew's selection of players for the tournament was pathetic.

Picking Can was always going to be a bad mistake and hurt the team. Can is currently not that great and really added nothing. All playing Can did was take up a useful body that could have been used to support Muller.

Then the attack lacked directness and pace. There was never anyone trying to make runs in behind and stretch the four. With Reus injured Schurrle should have been used for this role.

Finally what was the point in pushing the full backs so high except to use as an extra option to keep possession? The weakest part of the team were the full backs. Kimmich and Hector were never going to hurt the French. Even more so when they were crossing the ball into just Muller.