Das Reboot and the Road to UEFA Nations League & EC2020

I was thinking exactly that. Think Neuhaus could definitely take Kroos place post Euros. I like him a lot, would prefer to see more dynamic midfielders rather then Kroos and Gundogan.

Neuhaus, Goretzka and Kimmich could be a pretty good midfield in a 4-3-3.

 

Neu House, in the middle of the field
Neu House...

 

Germany has tons of midfielders, frankly to the extent where not everyone will end up getting a chance. Kroos and Gündogan still hanging around relevancy from the old guard. Then you have Kimmich, Goretzka, Can, Havertz, Brandt, Demirbay, Serdar, Neuhaus, Amiri, Dahoud, Hofmann, Draxler, etc.

Then guys always on the outside looking in like Arnold, M.Eggestein. And this is even with early blooming prodigies like Meyer, Kramer, Weigl, Stendera falling off the map.

The key thing is improving in all other positions. At CB there's a few names that are starting to pop up but they need to keep climbing to become a new world class pairing like Hummels and Boateng. Süle is kinda there but I'd still say he's still a bit under the quality of how Hummels and Boateng used to be. The rest of the young guys need to continue the upward progression.

It's good we have Klostermann but once he's injured the depth behind him is quite thin at players who are international level. LB is a bit better. Germany lucked out with Gosens who didn't exactly get his development in the country and was a product of the Dutch system and later in Serie A.

In attack, yes Gnabry, Werner, Sane, Waldschmidt while being supported by guys like Goretzka and Havertz is generally fine. But once again gotta keep striving for more top level talent output.

 

I am very impressed with younger CBs such as Pieper and Nico Schlotterbeck. Both are very talented and impressive. Uduokhai is having a good season as well

at RB at least we have Passlack who is doing quite well this season, and Ridle Baku who is developing steadily. Mbom is also converted there?

Striker, there are many names but I think Moukoko is the only sure thing. Some have been very injury prone this early in their career, e.g. Matanovic, Arp, Asllani and co.
And there are some strikers who are play some CF but more comfortable on the flanks throughout the game because they don’t have the physicality to deal with big CBs (eg Burkardt, Adeyemi, Beier, Rolke, Ngankam, Dinkci)

 

Ok, he is not a starter but, having 5 subs, i saw he played almost every match in the Portuguese league, and started against Paok in the CL qualifier match.
I think he can be considered if he is still the player seen at Dortmund; in any case he is better than Emre Can.

 

Can is a common whipping boy on this forum, but Weigl has fallen off the radar for some time now. Frankly when there's so many midfielders to go around, it just becomes a redundancy. Unless Weigl suddenly becomes a standout player, he's not really bringing in anything new to the NT.

 

Absolutely not!
Weigl’s capacity to defend the ball with his body is unique, and has a very good passing ability. He would definitely bring something new to the NT.

 

You can call the master of passing only Pirlo! Every midfielder has a different way of passing and Weigl and Kroos aren’t very very similar. The fact that they don’look well together is your opinion. I think they can play together. I think you should watch some of Weigl because it seems you don’t know him! Germany actually needs that type of midfielder!

 

I liked Weigl before, he definitely had the potential to be a NT contender but Dortmund seemed to give up pretty quickly on him after even trying him as a CB and I haven't seen much of him since he moved to Portugal.

Liga NOS is not at the same level as the BL however, so the question has to be asked as to why he is not starting matches. Imo a German NT midfielder should be a top player in that league, not a bench warmer.

 

I think for the Euro the midfield looks pretty set, Kroos, Goretzka, Kimmich, Gundogan, Can and hopefully Neuhaus, plus attacking players like Brandt and Havertz who can play in there if needed..

 

Stop talking about Weigl, guys. @MatthausSammer certainly doesnt want to talk about how out of a fluke of history Weigl didnt become the world's best DM

 

I’ve always liked Serdar , but he is rather injury prone

he can provide coverage and pretty balanced offensively/defensively

 

In Low' s mind these are the players that will go to the Euro, but it doesn't mean this is the best choice.
Weigl could easily take Can's spot, not because i like to whip Can, but objectively he has been inconsistent for the NT!

 

Weigl is 25 now, at that age he needs to establish himself as a bonafide starter and difference maker for his club. That's the reason why Benfica spent 20 million euros on him, in hopes that he can have a career resurgence so they can sell him for profit to larger clubs probably in England or Spain.

But he's been trending downwards since arriving there last season. Subbing on for 20 minutes on average as bench player and letting Adel Taarabt get a start ahead of him doesn't exactly cut it.

Even in his "prime", Weigl never exactly differentiated himself from the pack of other German midfielders. If he's to be NT calibre then he needs to prove it on the pitch and not just have people on the internet think so based on 3 year old memories and Youtube videos.

 

Leeds had another 3-0 victory in the PL- Koch seems to has played all games full time so far .

Not sure how well he plays as I did not follow it, but he is getting good playing time - well way more then Rüdiger . Hope he develops well , as with Boa and Hummels out and also getting old - we need a few new CB.

I think Sule and Ginter are good ,but we don’t have much more .

WC2014 we had Hummels \boa / Merte , howedes and the mighty mustafi

We need more CB !

 

As was Johannes Geis.

 

Geis was a flop of epic proportions, he literally turned to garbage after moving to Schalke. And they were a competitive club too, one of the better teams in the league back then. Not today's train wreck.

 

I think the likes of Weigl and Geis now belong to lost talent thread.