Germany - South Korea I-- 27 June --I 3rd Group Game

I admit that i was very disappointed by Draxler's perfomance, I was a fan of his and I thought he was going to play a big role in this world cup, but now seems he has lost his confidence to score, which is desperatly needed in this team

 

We needa give up that "possession is everything" mentality

its not our strengths anymore.

Big part of possession football is pressing, how to get the ball back when we lost possession. Oezil, Khedira, Mueller, Draxler and co. simply cant do it anymore

 

And our younger generations like Timo Werner, Sane, Gnabry and co. are better suited in a more direct system

 

So just looking at who has impressed so far......from the NT - Bild had an article.. here with a summary

title ready
Neuer
Reus
Brandt
Werner
Semis ready
Kroos
Rudy
QF- ready
Hummels
Hector
Kimmich
Gomez
2nd Round- ready
Muller
Boateng
Draxler
Gundogan

And the rest either not yet Fielded or should all be benched....

 

Looking at the above.....

Our best line up would e be
--------------------------Neuer-----------------------
Kimmich---------Hummels--Sule---------Hector
---------------Rudy-----------------Kroos----------
Brandt-----------------Reus------------Werner
--------------------------Gomez----------------------

 

I guess the biggest questions for this game would be:

• Bring on Sule for BOATENG?
  • YES
• Can Rudy Play ? IF not who to replace him?
  • Hope so if Not would go with GUNDO again
• Should Werner move to the wing again and play Gomez upfront against the smaller Koreans?
  • No, would use that as a tactical change with in the game
• Should Muller rather move more central
  • If fielded yes , as he is at his best there.
• Should Brandt only be used as a sub?
  • I think for now yes
• When are we going to see Goretzka?
  • hopefully soon, instead of draxler
• Should Oezil and Khedira get another chance?
  • Not for now

 

agree most of it except should keep Rudiger instead of Sule, he is more mobile than Sule, which Hummel lacks

 

The only way we can fight with big opponents.
Back three with minor changes game by game. Ex for Brasil replace Ginter with Boateng

 

I have read many articles that Sule is actually quote fast and mobile , also Hummels and Sule have played often together at Bayern Munich. Also wondered Why Low went with Rudiger and not with Sule in the last game already...

 

would NOT MIND SEEING THIS, ESPECIALLY AGAINST BIGGER TEAMS./

 

So as it seems if we do qualify for next round. we would need to play against either .
Brasil, Serbia or Switzerland.....
best bet would be for us to beat Korea by 2 goals, Sweden to beat mexico and Serbia to beat Brasil.

Would give us a game against Serbia in the second round............

 

let not think about the knock out stage yet, just make sure win the next game first

 

How to beat flash Brazil?

 

oggggggg New headline on kicker....

Once more Muller, Khedira and Oezil again and Sule.....
ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

that would look like this....
Kimmich----Sule--Hummels---Hector
-----------Khedira----Kroos-------
Muller-------------Oezil----------Reus
---------------------Werner

 

IS LOW Stupid.... would he really do that ??????

 

I wouldnt replace Khedria with Goretzka, Goretzka is more advanced and even less defensive than Khedira

I would play Goretzka as a AM or a SS even to support Werner

Still 4-2-3-1 with Kroos and Khedira in midfield???? When will Loew learn? We will be killed by counters again. They both need a DM behind


----------------------Neuer
---Kimmich---Sule-------Hummels-------Hector
------------------------Rudy
---------------Khedira-------Kroos
--------------Goretzka-----------Reus
-----------------------Werner

Thats my choice

 

how reliable kicker's predicated lineup? Khedira really is not a good choic at the moment, should be a sub in the match to see how he performs. Still think the best partnership in the middle is Rudy with Kroos

 

No Khedira no Khedira no Khedira

 

I wonder what Khedira is showing during training that would lead to him starting a game like this.

Similarly, how trustworthy are these predicted lineups from Kicker?

For me, I don't see anything wrong with playing Özil if he's playing well. Everyone played pretty poorly against Mexico except for the last 20 minutes so it's not really fair to criticize one player for what was a pretty disastrous team performance.

If they can lift their levels a trio of Reus-Müller-Özil can actually pick apart a team that's likely going to push for goals. But general worry here is how it'll affect Werner's productivity. He didn't really starting exploding against Sweden until he was moved to the left to make room for Gomez. In this lineup I expect that the other three will feed him lots and lots of opportunities, and I just haven't seen him do well with them yet.

And I think quickly introducing players if this initial lineup doesn't work is going to be critical. We need to score by two. So if at the HT mark, we're not up a goal, I would take Sami, Thomas, and Mesut out and bring Goretzka, Gomez, and Brandt in.