Germany's Quest to Not Embarrass Itself, the WC26+NL24-25 Thread

It seems Ebnoutalib is injured. I was not watching the first few minutes. Any news how serious is his injury? Unfortunately the injury came at the wrong time in his 2nd BL match only.

 

So we have 4 attacking starter positions I would assume that part of the 26 squad JN would at least select 9 players for these positions

what would your 9 players be ???

1. Woltemade
2. Undav
3, Havertz if fit
4. Musiala
5. Wirtz
7. Karl
8. Gnabry
9. The following have to fight it out over the next 6 months ( form currently between these three ) Schade , Leweling and Adeyemi( all have speed we need one of them ) although there are quite a few others …although can put Gnabry also in this pot of 4 to fight it out for the last two places

Why not :
Sane - I believe he had his chances at tournaments and now some one else should get their chances
Beier not consistent
Ouedraogo needs mire time maybe
Burkhardt - we currently have better
El mala - need to see more of
Amiri - also not sure

 

You forgot Pejcinovic . 4 goals in 2 matches. If he keeps his form he has big chance unless if he gets poached.

 

yes havent forgotten him or even Fulkrug (who is injured again with broken toe) but dont think either have a chance at the moment... But lets see... There is only room for 9 players max 10

 

Wonder how Bischoff will devlop as he has been used in variosue roles like LB, AM and DM

 

2025 players selected for squad

Goalkeeprs

1. TerStegen

2. Baumann

3. Nubel

4. Ortega

5. Dahmen

Right/Left Backs

6. Kimmich

7. Raum

8. Mittelstadt

9. Baku

10. Collins

11. Gosens

12. Brown

CB

13. Schlotterbeck

14. Rudiger

15. Tah

16. Anton

17. Koch

18. Thiaw

19. Bisseck

20. Kehrer

DM

21. Pavlovic

22. Stiller

23. Nmecha

24. Goretska

25. Bischoff

26. Andrich

27. Gross

Attacking Midfield

28. Musiala

29. Wirtz

30. Amiri

31. Nebel

32. Adeyemi

33. Beier

34. Schade

35. Leweling

36. Gnabry

37. El Mala

38. Ouedraogo

39. Sane

Attackers

40. Woltemade

41. Undav

42. Burkhardt

43. Fullkrug

44. Kleindienst

Others not selected

45. Havertz

46. Karl

47. Fuhrich

48. Uzun

49. Gruda

just to make it 52 so half of these 52 players will go to WM and half not.

50. Ebnoutalib

51. Ginter

52. Brandt

 

Based on performance, Undav over woltemade. Burkardt has the best goals/90 than any other German striker in bundesliga. We will need to see if he keeps that performance level when back from injury.

 

I was very confident in 1990 and 2014 around our chances at the world cup

haven’t had that confidence since 2014 for sure .

Currently I am confident that we will play a fairly good tourney - ( possibly
Meeting france in the round of 16 would be a bit of a shame though )
However if our players can mature in the next 6 months find form and be fit, hopefully my confidence will be of such that we at least make the semis or final again where we belong

 

Same here. The 90 and 2014 world cup i was very Confident of atleast making the Final. Having said that Khedira injury in 2014 final dented my confidence. He was virtually irreplaceable at that time.

This time around I feel less optimistic. We seem to be a Jackal and Hide sort of a side. Very unpredictable. I really do hope we do well to build some confidence in our set up.

 

I've always maintained that had Khedira not gotten injured prior to the Final, Germany would have won the match within the 90 minutes.

 

Feels like 2010. Hopefully we can surprise a few people and give young players tournament experience.

 

ter Stegen must really love living in Barcelona if he's going to a club as lowly as Girona.

 

I would prefer a match sharp ter Stegen over Baumann, so hope he can finally play regularly and find his best form between now and June.

 

Pretty much. Other than Neuer and an inform ter Stegen all the other german keepers are pretty much meh.

 

And let's not forget Reus was injured and couldn't make the trip.

 

I was confident of winning the cup in 94, last time it was in the US.
A re-unified Germany. Ulf Kirsten and Sammer were supposed to light up the stage.
Loddar and Klinsmann coming off great seasons.
Kohler the best CB in the world arguably.

It was basically the 90s squad with more experience and a few talented East Germans.

 

The 1990s were such a strange decade. The newly reunified Germany under Berti Vogts were The Team to beat in Europe, twice reaching the final, losing in 1992 to surprise squad Denmark and winning it in 1996, yet they couldn't make it past the QFs of the 1994 and 1998 World Cups.

Which makes me repeat once again. Germany have gone on way too long without winning another Euro, and even worse, they have been surpassed by the odious Spain in number of Euro titles.

 

I think majority of these players peaked at 90 world cup and Euro 92, even though it was a Strong squad.

 

Yes that's my issue with Nagelsmann. He seems to loyal to the 90's born. If he gives the Youth the chance to express themselves, then I do agree, a repeat of 2010 is not out of the question.

 

Hope he does well. A fit and inform Ter Stegen is world Class.

 

Wirtz been outstanding today. Hes physically adapting to the PL now and his undoubted class is beginning to tell. Scored a sublime Goal.