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

With weak central midfield, sidebacks, goalkeeper(if Ter Stegen doesn’t return to form) and non-performing center backs, form of Wirtz, Musiala, Havertz, Karl, Sane, Undav and Woltemode will determine how much Germany can progress in the World Cup.

 

Gruda joins Leipzig on loan from Brighton. Great signing for Leipzig and for Germany since he needs to play regularly and he can be very decisive with Leipzig. Maybe he moved a little bit early to PL but no one can ignore his talent. If he can find his form and be starter , nothing can stop him from being called to the WC.

 

I am looking forward for the combination of Quedraogo ( when he comes back from injury) and Gruda. The more germans in top BL teams the better chemistry they can form which would be crucial for Germany. Now all BL top teams have at least 4 or 5 germans except Leverkuson (only Andrich) and hoffenheim ( at least they have Lemperle, Baumann and Moerstadt).

 

Ter Stegen injured again. What a pity.

 

arghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh okay well I guess then we must just settle for Baumann....

Meier/Schumacher/Ilgner/Kopke/Kahn/Lehman/Neuer .... and Baumann

 

yes ....you right he is not bad... but would love to have neuer at his best form like 2014 , but he is good enough you ar correct .

 

Fullkrug expects to be nominated for the WM. Just depends on his run of form to finish the season. Good that he recently scored his first goal for AC Milan, but will need to keep it up

https://www.transfermarkt.de/fullkr...htigem-ort-fur-mich-an-quot-/view/news/474850

 

Ryan Don Naderi (22 yrs) makes his debut for Rangers few days after joining from 3rd league team Hansa Rostok and he makes a direct impression by scoring after just 8 min.

 

Mateo Biondic provides an assist for his team St. Gilloise after coming from bench

 

He scored 2 goals. Good start for him even if the team they were facing is weak.

 

Bisseck Scores for InterMilan... And regular starter .....

Rudiger benched at RM ,
Schloterbeck, Anton, Tah, Thiaw and Bisseck ... do we need Rudiger?

 

A benched player at RM who used to be a starter for several years before this year is way ahead of someone like Anton whose team is leaking goals right and left every week for a much weaker team like Dortmund

 

Questions would be who would you start at WC - Tah and Shlotterbeck or Rudiger and one of TAH/Schlottie

I would go with Tah and Schloterbeck at this stage and Rudiger on bench

 

Tbf Rudiger is only benched due to just coming back from injury, will likely be a starter when fit. That being said we need to move on from him soon anyway, right now I would prefer a Schlotterbeck - Tah duo with the likes of Bisseck and Thiaw pushing for Tah's place.

 

Janelt was the best player on the pitch for Brentford away v Newcastle. Scored a nice header too. For me he's someone that has been at a pretty good level for a while, but rarely seems to be in the conversation for a NT call up.

 

Janelt is a solid player who has occasional very good games. However IMO he's not as good as Stach, who has been a game changer and team driver for leeds. I agree with though that he should always be under consideration.

 

Yann Bisseck is among the highest rated players in Serie A and the Champion's league this season. If there are 5 CB's in the squad (assuming all fully fit) then it probably should be:

N. Schlotterbeck
J. Tah
A. Rudiger
Y. Bisseck
W. Anton

IMO Thiaw is too prone to having catastrophic games amidst his good ones.

Others to keep an eye on are J. Chabot and N. Sule.

 

I think Sule had his days...
But we seem to to be okay at CB if no major injuries occur

 

that great to see I see he is playing midfield though not as striker , Would love to see starting line up with Woltemade, Havertz, Musiala and Wirtz

 

Not sure Havertz, Wirtz, Musiala and Woltemade are an ideal fit together, they often occupy similar spaces. We ideally need someone to run in behind.

 

At this point, I would say Undav over Woltemade, possibly even Burkhardt if he can recover his form after injury recovery.