German Fraulein National Team 2020 & beyond

Ivana Fuso is also on the list but no Lohmann, Bühl or Brand..

 

All these ranking lists on ESPN, Guardian etc. are made just to cater for readers in the Anglosphere.

 

... Kleinherne's played RB for Frankfurt too, looking just as uncomfortable back then, as she's did for most of the match versus England at Wembley.

I didn't see anything of Germany's Algarve Cup, so I can't speak on Kleinherne's performances there... but the idea MVT continues to waste the few clear CB options she has, so CM's and FW's continue to be converted into defenders... unacceptable.

MVT selected 27 PLAYERS for these two friendly internationals, and can't do any better than identify FIVE recognized defenders in the entire nation... Again... this is unacceptable, knowing strong options like Rall, Wolter, Elsig, Wedemeyer, Wirtz, Stegemann, Küver exist.

 

Bühl - Schüller - Huth would be perfect for that scenario though... they just require the correct service. This being a continued issue for German wnt coaches, who never seem to be asking defenders, or their CM's, to even attempt early long forward passes to attackers anymore.

However... I 100% agree with your assessment that Brand a legit prospect for the now, not the future; showcasing impressive technique, and end product, to match her direct speed. But she's not a FW, and would simply struggle without regular service at the international level.

Bühl - Schüller - Huth all want to run behind their defensive markers, with all of them exceling in 1v1 duels. But how can they be at their most effective, if their team never seeks to provide them with early/direct passes..?

 

... I said.. "maybe Spain's low end product, high tactical/technical skill set, removes Netherland's US-lite approach from Europe's summit; finally providing the USwnt with an actual European test again. But the idea female players will ever move faster than the ball, is still a pretty dumb narrative..."

Meaning, I actually prefer Spain's chances of comprehensively besting a USwnt one day; over that of what I feel a highly inferior version of the USwnt style, deployed by a current European elite (the Netherland's).

And it's honestly dumb to believe a wnt truly capable of passing the ball swiftly with high accuracy, is somehow inferior to a team with players simply running fast lol. Your never going to see any team run/move faster than the ball... NEVER.

Best witnessed with peak German, Brazil, Japan, using highly entertaining anti USwnt styles, as audiences also witnessed some of the biggest tactical flaws ever seen from the USwnt. It makes me still believe there's a lot more to be seen from coaches better implementing diverse styles into women's football.

 

It's got nothing to do with being "WOKE" lol... seeing nonsense like Fuso representing South American women's football on that list, should tell you everything you need to know.

Not a single Japanese/Korean name from the most dominant female football nations in Asian football lol. And the lack of African, or South American representation is rather amusing too... I'm honestly shocked Lena Oberdorf is on the list lol.

Anyway... given their attack qualities, I wouldn't be surprised to see Bühl, and Brand, both end up being proclaimed the best young German international's at the Euro's...

 

LOL... aged 20, this season saw Bühl not only maintain a starting role at her new club, but solidify herself as a senior team regular, while on course to match her seasons previous best (scoring 8, and assisting 8) within what appears to be a title winning effort for Bayern...

And for all of the issues Bayern's various new attacking signings have had within their new coaches style of play, it's also Schüller on 15 goals, who's about to finish the clubs top scorer; this only one goal short of her previous seasons best of 16 goals...

So... something is telling me your using more of your unreasonable (I don't like possession styles) bias here, as Dallmann, Magull, Gwinn, haven't come close to matching, or eclipsing, their previous best while at their past clubs.

Again, in order... #1 Schüller, #2 Lohmann, #3 Bühl, these are statistically Bayern's 3 best offensive players in the league this season lol; and I would imagine these, and other names, will begin to further improve their attacking stats the longer their new coach builds more of his own vision for his team.

 

Do not praise the wnt coaches for not correctly grooming their elite junior internationals, or not rewarding their club form... Their continued lack of foresight has created scenarios where MVT now thinks it's genuinely competent to select a 27 player squad, and see only 5 of those be recognized defensive options.

From Germany starting matches without a true mid-field, to forcing young creative stars into unnatural defensive roles, as more obvious inferior players are randomly allowed numerous starts in their preferred offensive roles; the wnt often appears broken.

Not only does it ignore the success of key elite junior players within successful junior teams, but also ignores the wider league, and it's wider efforts in successfully developing potential wnt talent within it's improved club structures.

Praising a coach who believes Knaak, Krumbiegel, Starke, have futures in attacking positions on this team; while Rall is missing, with Brand, Lattwein, Oberdorf, being pushed into adverse defensive roles; nonsense.

 

Yet you see AFC Australia have more than one nomination on that list lol; please explain how that makes any sense, if the whole of the AFC so irrelevant...? The list is just pure ignorance.

And the idea female players at international level can't execute the skills necessary to evade a press is NONSENSE. It's nonsense that simply feeds into a flawed logic of past styles being too difficult/time consuming to implement right now, during a time period the international scene clearly no longer a landscape of everyone being a part of pseudo club sides.

This shouldn't be a theory created on recent past a few former elite wnt's suffering failure either, as we've already seen proof it's 100% factually possible to create a platform of credible/lasting international success, using styles of football that in no way seek to be reminiscent of the USwnt.

Exciting, attractive, but difficult to establish, when this finally happens again, the USwnt, and the teams who've decided to play like them, will feel absolutely helpless as they find themselves on the wrong side of crowd pleasing demoralizing defeats.

Improving club level professionalism, with the huge tactical flaws of elite wnt football being so wide for exploitation, I don't see how it doesn't eventually happen.

 

Yeah... and look how that worked for out them lol. Wolfsburg's new look so called havoc creating attack, is about to produce the clubs lowest goal scoring season in YEARS..; this as the ponderous Bayern you dislike so much, will end up producing their best attacking performance in years.

The wnt playing more like the USwnt has resulted in decreased fan interest, and poor results. So I think it's healthy to see Germany's top clubs attempting to establish something different, and potentially better than Wolfsburg.

 

And... what's your point here. Doesn't what you say just further highlight how ignorant this list truly is...?

We're supposed to pretend the other AFC nations not called Australia aren't actually producing some of the women's games best talents; when it's actually the nations not called Australia within the AFC producing excellent individual performances at the games major junior WWC tournaments...

The AFC selections on that strange list appear unbelievably ignorant, with the South American selections looking completely fraudulent lol.

 

Didn't Bayern lose 4 of their FW's for most of the season too... making any argument Wolfsburg had a worse amount of luck this season, a is pretty poor excuse...?

And the fact your finally seeing Wolfsburg attempt to adapt new tactics into their rigid 4-4-2 attacking play (overlapping FB's), comes from them spending years being an extremely basic team that's never been able to best Lyon with their direct style of play.

Honestly... theories Wolfsburg's attack becoming massively weaker after losing both Harder & Hansen at the same time, is seriously overstated; as what I see is a team who's never replaced players like Keßler, or Fischer, currently missing a genuine spine of domestic talent providing continuity/strength.

Bayern have simply recruited foreign, and domestic talents, better than Wolfsburg, and will only continue to develop a style of football that will eventually make the national team better too. They're basically building what Wolfsburg used to be.

 

I'm not talking about some irrelevant win/loss record lol. These wnt's produced highly successful football that made more professionally run (basically club sides) USwnt's look damn ordinary.

The DFB wants to believe it's wnt program still the summit for German women's football, and use old thinking to justify horribly amateurish behaviour when it comes to them dismissing talent developed within junior wnt's, and the club game.

So yes... I can 100% complain about the absolute waste of resources on show from the wnt program; when the current coach can't even construct a team around 14 players, thinking it's rational to select 27 players for two friendly matches, and only have 5 of those names recognized as competent defenders...

Bühl/Brand --------------------- Popp/Schüller -------------------- Huth/Waßmuth
------------------------------- Magull/Dallmann/Lohmann ------------------------------------------
--------- Oberdorf/Nüsken/Lattwein ---- Marozsán/Leupolz/Däbritz ------------
Simon/Rauch ----- Hegering --------- Doorsoun/Kleinherne ------ Hendrich/Maier
------------------------------- Schult/Frohms/Benkarth --------------------------------------

According to you, I can't complain about the poor coaching that still can't find 14 players, or a style of play that actually fits a German identity...

 

... Your saying Wolfsburg will magically improve it's defense, and attack, significantly enough to best a Bayern side who's also going to get stronger come next season too.

I would be more willing to believe this, if I'd seen any evidence of Wolfsburg's recruitment policy improving. But seeing Bayern's significantly improved recruitment policy with Jens Scheuer, I genuinely believe Wolfsburg's going to have it harder next season, not easier.

You obviously underestimate the significance of what I'm highlighting here, but just compare both teams current domestic options... Bayern's domestic internationals are basically the future core of the national team, and over a longer period of time, this is going to matter a lot more alongside their improved foreign recruitment policy.

Huth ----------- Popp --- Bremer --------- Waßmuth
-------------- Lattwien -------- Oberdorf ---------------
Rauch ---- Wedemeyer - Doorsoun ---- Hendrich

Vs

Bühl ----------- Schüller --- Dallmann --------- Gwinn
--------------- Lohmann -------- Magull -----------------
Simon ------- Hegering ----- Demann ---------- Rall

 

Yeah... she's wasting time... I've seen this pattern long enough to know what's happening, and it's not a scenario that leads to the German wnt looking anything but completely unprepared for another major international tournament...

With limited contact with players, It can take a long time for a national coach to develop a strong/organized core. And if people haven't noticed, Germany's wnt has looked pretty underwhelming in numerous tournaments for a decade...; and this while using the very similar bloated/convoluted squad building processes we're witnessing with MVT right now.

Think... has the team MVT took to the WWC genuinely improved? Germany's clubs and junior wnt's are creating players to fulfill the demands of a 4-2-3-1 formation, so what's the malfunction with the senior wnt...?

 

27 players in the latest squad, some peoples panic buttons should be getting really hard looks right now; and yet some will defend the idea it's got absolutely zero connection to the kinds of nonsense that allowed a confused Doorsoun - Oberdorf - Lattwein - Kleinherne to face Netherlands.

See... is another club and junior wnt season going to have MVT suddenly select impressive junior wnt defenders like Schiemann, Küver, Stegemann, for the senior team... no.

Does it really need another year for MVT to understand the obvious flaws in wasting match time on Krumbiegel, when she's already got Waßmuth, Anyomi, Gwinn, Huth, Brand, Bühl, Wamser, as vastly superior WF options.

MVT hasn't even consistently used standout league players like Lohmann, Oberdorf, Lattwein, in their preferred roles yet... but that's somehow OK, because the solution here is MVT does all this to cultivate her version of Miedema, or Harder..

 

Doorsoun has a bone and tendon bruise on her left foot. Maybe someone confused it with Ann-Katrin Berger who doesn`t play for personal reasons.