Different players, different position. Möller was a playmaker and goal threat, Effenberg was a central midfielder or even a 6 of the old style. It's like comparing Kimmich with Havertz.
Sami Khedira recalls the legendary 7-1 game against Brazil in 2014 [@SPORTBILD] pic.twitter.com/YJNc3e6s7M— Bayern & Germany (@iMiaSanMia) June 24, 2020
this thread is to also discuss what ex players are currently doing. ℹ️ @arnefriedrich will remain at the club 🤝Our former captain will become our new sporting director ✍️All the details 👉 https://t.co/oqMZKqXn1e#hahohe pic.twitter.com/7TVjLUjW8U— Hertha BSC (EN) (@HerthaBSC_EN) June 28, 2020
some people disliked him but I always liked him!!! Mario Gomez has retired 😢"I was sure at the beginning of the season that we would go up. So I decided that this would be my last year at VfB Stuttgart, in Germany and probably as a football player." pic.twitter.com/LEXtRysSNs— GOAL (@goal) June 28, 2020
I feel sad that all the players I grew up are now basically retired. 🇩🇪 @Mario_Gomez has announced his retirement after helping Stuttgart secure promotion back to the Bundesliga today ⬆️Congrats on a stellar career, Super Mario 👏#DieMannschaft pic.twitter.com/mIx84iP33n— germanfootball_dfb (@DFB_Team_EN) June 28, 2020
Still think Germany wins Euro 2016 had Gomez not injured himself in Italy game in QF. The last German goalscorer: Stuttgart striker Mario Gomez retires https://www.dw.com/en/the-last-german-goalscorer-stuttgart-striker-mario-gomez-retires/a-53979707
Super Mario! One of my favourite players, probably the only German CF other then Klose to make a proper international impact in the last 20 years. I remember that match v Holland in Euro 2012. He had like literally 3 touches in the 1st half and 2 of them were goals lol. I agree if he had been fit for the semi v France in 16 then Germany would have probably won. I still think that proper big no.9 can be useful, I wonder who can be the next Mario Gomez for the NT?
Yeah it's a shame that post Klose/Gomez the only big CF we produced was Werner and that's it......... it's a shame that he missed WC14 due to season long injury and missed out on winning the WC..... I recall Euro 2012, we were in Group of death with Denmark, Dutch and Portugal. Gomez scores 1-0 winner vs Portugal and and both goals in 2-1 win over Dutch. Gomez is also tied with Klinsmann as Germany's top scorer in Euro with 5 goals. we seem to be producing more guys who are 1.8-1.86m, more skilled players. Still some who are more than that though. I've seen lots who compare 03 Matanovic of St Pauli to Gomez and he does seem interesting too. Serra, L.Nmecha, Hottmann, Herrmann, Akono, Jastremski etc all seem to be big guys. Woltemade might be 1.98m tall but like Seydel he's more lanky.
When it comes to classic CF then apart from Gomez, the other consideration was Kiessling. Although despite being a good Bundesliga striker for most of his career, he was never on the NT radar. The players that came afterwards like Schieber, Ginczek, Füllkrug had early promise but never fulfilled that role mostly due to injuries and other factors. While someone else like Selke has their career regress in development.
nice that he scored on his final ever game. but sad that there were 0 fans to celebrate his goodbye.....
have to say I'm annoyed Gomez wasted time in Serie A (mostly injured) and 1 season in Turkey (well he did win top scorer). why? 1BL All time top scorers list. #11 Gomez at 170 10 more goals and he would have jumped to #8 in league history, 13 more goals and he would have jumped to #7. to breakthrough top 10, he just needed 8 more goals, #10-#9 are both at 177.
Fix ✍️ - Torsten Frings ist neuer Cheftrainer Der SV Meppen hat den Cheftrainerposten neu besetzt: Torsten Frings tritt die Nachfolge von Christian Neidhart an, der nach sieben Jahren den Verein auf eigenen Wunsch verlassen hat. 👉 https://t.co/HvDFR8VI5u#ndsvm pic.twitter.com/DMCGwDLVGh— SV Meppen 1912 e.V. (@svmeppen1912) July 14, 2020
Andre Schürrle and Benedikt Höwedes have officially retired. Shame how both their careers gradually regressed after the 2014 World Cup victory but that is life sometimes and we're all human beings. At least they'll have the memories and are part of history.
Glad to see your back Epitome!!!! another player retired today, Dennis Aogo. 257 1BL games+83 2BL games as well as 34 European games. Part of the U21 Euro 2009 winning squad that included numerous eventual WC winners. He was part of the 2010 WC squad that was restart for next gen players but never made it afterwards. Playing 12 games for dfb including playing 1 WC game which was full 90 in 3-2 win over Uruguay for 3rd place.
Late 20's- early 30's, they could still hang around somewhere if they really wanted and accepted a reasonable pay cut for smaller club. But injuries and motivation are also a factor. Some of these guys like Schürrle are retiring as millionaires and with hot Russian supermodel wives so life is good.
I find Schurrle kind of sad/depressing, he retired because he couldn't take the loneliness of pro football that came from players in teams being toooo competitive.
LOL true. Well hope Schürrle enjoys retirement anyways. Will always be remembered as a legend in WC 2014 for scoring against Algeria, Brazil x2, and assisting the winner by Götze.
Gomez defiantly not arguing that he was good , but some how I don’t see him as a legend like . Muller Rummenige Klinsmann Voller and Klose and all the other older strikers - even Bierhoff was a better As a CF . Some how he just lacked something at times for me - just my opinion . But looking at his stats he clearly was really good . I think his time at Bayern between 2010 and 2012 is was on fire
For club he was really good CF. for NT, what stopped him from becoming one of the greats is 1-he wasn't good for dfb when he was young. Missing easy chances, poor decision making etc.The older he got the better he was for dfb. 2-Germany 100% sure wins Euro 2016 had Gomez not injured himself vs Italy in QF. In fact our lone goal vs Italy came from fantastic Gomez build up play. had Germany won 2016 Euro with Gomez leading the line he would have cemented himself as one of the greats. Also tied with Klinsmann, Gomez is Germany's all time scorer in Euros too. let's just hope the next gen CFs breakthrough as quickly as possible so that we finally return to our former glory of dev some high quality CFs like we used too.
Yes agreed ...forgot he got injured . It could have been his years . When I see the line up against France - a game we actually Dominated - Gomez could have def played a role in that if he was fit ... instead draxler got a chance and we all know that he did not score that vital goal
also that dumb Basti hand ball in 1st half gave France a PK and 1-0 HT lead, such a wasteful game. bring in fit Gomez and no dumb PK and this game would have been in the bag.