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

Wirtz with a brace vs Salzburg in CL for 3-0 HT.

now takes his tally to
5 goals in 5 CL games

this is his 1st ever CL season too and already tied as one of the leading scorers for the CL season.

between EL, Euro with Germany, CL for 1st time, he's so far shown to be difference maker in tourneys.

 

none of those, he'll go back to FC Koln free transfer

then he'll lead Koln to 1BL Promotion, Win 1BL, qualify for CL and win that too!!!!

 

Germany back in top 10 of FIFA Rankings, good to see for the WC Pots draw.

 

6 years, hmmm 6 years, isn't that when we had a GOAT Defensive player in Mustafi???

 

4 - Kevin Schade is only the fourth German to score a hat-trick in the @premierleague, along with Jürgen Klinsmann (1998), Fredi Bobic (2002), and André Schürrle (2014). Wunderbar. pic.twitter.com/4Mw8WXoGJa

— OptaJoe (@OptaJoe) November 30, 2024

and with Burkardt scoring 9 goals in 1BL this season. These are 2 players who are knocking on NT door, how long until they overtake Fuhrich for example???

also interesting as people claimed for ages that 00-01 AM/W+CF are rubbish and both are part of extended NT. With Burkardt a CF and Schade playable at W/CF.

on another note for Burkardt
-2023-2024 season=Mainz went from relegation fight while Burkardt injured to surviving with him fit
-2024-2025 season=Mainz with fit from beginning Burkardt and fighting for Euro spots

he legit carries the club, only matter of time until he'll end up at bigger club. Would have done so ages ago if not for long term injuries derailing him.

 

W/CF Schade bagged his 4th of season in EPL.

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LOL he has more goals this season in EPL than numerous Pengland SNT players.

he's soon gonna outscore Havertz too.....

 

CF Burkardt bags his 10th aka double digits of season!!!

 

just noticed that Fullkrug is fit again and that he scored on Dec 3 on his comeback match in 3-1 L. Its his 1st EPL goal with limited game time this season due to injury.
https://streamff.com/v/c96b1948

between Fullkrug, Undav, Havertz, Kleindienst, Burkardt, Schade (also W but a lot of his EPL goals have been very CF, LULZ) as options, we have variety of candidates.

and then players like Ducksch, Pieringer, Tietz etc as extended part of pool.

 

Arp and Burkardt were always the 2 most talented 00 CFs in Germany. Burkardt ended up the success story, over past 3-4 years if Burkardt plays whole season he scores double digits in 1BL. This is 2nd time he hits double, should have hit double last season barely missed out after he retuned from long term injury and went on scoring spree in 2nd half of season.

Arp's career got derailed by injuries+dumb transfers cough Bayern cough and overall Burkardt has better package to succeed in end from the 2. Arp had more hype but less end success of the 2.

Arp will likely never be SNT candidate and now only playing for himself while Burkardt made SNT debut and on track for more.

 

interesting thing to consider.

is Burkardt one of best 00 CFs in Europe???
if one looks at his consistency in 1BL aka top 4 league and add that he plays for Mainz, LOL. Most people aren't aware that he actually carries Mainz. He's saved the club from relegation TWICE already. A lot of other CFs wouldn't even be able to do such a thing. Reason why he hasn't jumped to bigger club isn't lack of interest is that he gets derailed by injury at some point and it forces him to REESTABLISH himself so he ends up extending with Mainz everytime+add loyalty. But at this point he no longer needs to do this anymore.

who are other candidates?
The obvious is that the best 2 00 CFs in Europe are Haaland and Vlahovic and neither plays for a rival NT. Although Vlahovic has scored less than Burkardt in Serie A this season, overall package wise he has higher ceiling than Burkardt.

interesting to note that ONLY 00 CF in top 4 league to outscore Burkardt this season is Haaland. Italy's 00-Kean is FINALLY having his breakout season in top 4 league but he's 1 behind at 9 goals in Serie A.

the other contenders are Nigeria's Boniface from 1BL Bayer and Belgium's Openda from 1BL Leipzig, although hard to compare them as Burkardt playing for a Mainz club vs them playing for CL clubs who have more firepower+dominance. Although Burkardt has scored more than both of them he's basically Openda+Bonface combined this season, LOL. Openda had great 1st season, his current season at Leipzig has been mediocre and Boniface is currently injured. Package wise Boniface has better package than Burkardt but Openda questionable.

also that shrimp Argentinian Alvarez, LOL, at how anyone plays a 1.7m tall CF in top 4 league.

the only other option left from 00 CF is Canada's David but the lad doesn't even play top 4 league. Still in Ligue 1. He won Belgian 1st top scorer prior to going Ligue 1 and now with no more Mbappe he's on track to win Ligue 1 top scorer. But will that translate well in top 4 league???

the best/most promising 00 CFs from Pengland, France, Spain, Netherlands, Portugal, Brazil=AMOUNT TO NOTHING.

so the best 00 CFs in Europe contenders are
Haaland, Vlahovic, Boniface, Openda, Alvarez, Kean, David (needs to be top 4 league) and Burkardt that's basically it.

from our POV only Alvarez and Kean even play for rival nations.

its all the more funny since I recall it was said for YEARS that ALL German 00 CFs=rubbish, LOL. That one has shown himself to be one of best in Europe proves otherwise. The real 00 CF issue for us, is how injury prone the entire pool was. There are like 0 00 CFs that never had 1 or more MAJOR injury.

 

I still remember when he destroyed Bayern few times and almost landed hat trick once on Neuer too.

Also played role in helping us win U21 Euro.

has shown can be a difference maker regardless of team he plays against.

 

Jamal Musiala for Bayern this season:

☑️20 games
⚽️13 goals
🅰️5 assists
📊directly involved in a goal every 79 minutes

Unbelievable player. 💎 pic.twitter.com/uNpzcKEcxa

— Football Talent Scout - Jacek Kulig (@FTalentScout) December 10, 2024

better than Draxler