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

Honestly, if Bayern moved Kimmich to RB and paired Pavlovic and Bischof it would benefit the NT.

Bischof slotted in seamlessly tonight.

 

Kompany has caused a real headache with Kimmich and Goretzka getting more game time over Pavlovic.

 

Wirtz will need to start Performing sooner than later. The Premier League is Proving to physical and Quick for him at the moment.

Gruda is another one who hasnt come to terms with the physicality of it.

The Best German players in General stayed In Germany, then Spain or Italy being as alternatives.

 

Hes playing as a 10. No time on the ball, physicality on another level. I've watched majority of his games. He looks frustrated. Maybe the game against Galatasaray in the champions league will suit his tempo and Kickstart his confidence.

 

Both boxes they are struggling. Problem is, with hugh transfer fees, there comes scrutiny. More added pressure all the time.

Just hope both wirtz and Gruda dont struggle like werner did in the EPL. Which in the end shattered his confidence.

On the plus side. Schade seams to be thriving now.

 

Schade always had the physical attributes to suit the EPL, in particular in a lower half direct style of team. Werner would also have done well in a countering team, but very few top clubs play like that.

Wirtz would have suited Man City better then Liverpool, or ideally moved to Spain.He hasn't been bad though, I think he will adjust but the huge transfer fee obviously is putting more spotlight on him. Liverpool aren't a balanced team right now, which doesn't help.

 

At Leverkuson he was a big Fish in a small pond. At Liverpool hes another plsyer in deep scrutiny. With a hugh Transfer fee. I'm really hoping he hits the ground running. Scousers can be very impatient.

 

I Agree. He definitely deserves time to settle. Problem is the likes of Gundogan didnt come with a extortionate fee which wirtz has over his head. The media scrutiny is on another level. They love to throw anyone under the Bus for headlines.

Also. Chemistry, a key word in this is still a issue. With alot of new signings

 

Woltemade heads Newcastle ahead against Arsenal, for his second of the season.

Thiaw also been Solid at the back.

 

From what I can tell from whoscored.com Szoboszlai took a while to adapt to the EPL, and came at about the same age.

On another note, don't know if Lewelling is an NT starter, but he is fun to watch on the ball.

 

Glad to see Woltemade hit the ground running at Newcastle.

 

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Good to see, hopefully perm cap tie him. Will also be interesting to see who we try at RB this time.

In terms of CB great that Schlotterbeck is back, I wonder if Thiaw might get a call up again soon as he is playing pretty well for Newcastle. We do at least have a lot of options playing CL, those 2 plus Rudiger (injured for 3 months), Anton, Koch, Tah, Sule, Kehrer. Even Sule is now back fit. Just need a couple of these to find their best form so we can cement a pairing over the next games.

 

Happy with the inclusion of Brown to avoid losing him to USA , Baku deserves to be back as rb, Burkardt who started doing well recently at Frankfurt and Nmecha being one of the best midfielders in BVB and Germany deserve to be included. But why Nagelsmann keeps ignoring Thiaw who is very solid for Newcastle and he is dual nationality so we could still lose him if we don't cap tie him. The other CBs called are not better than Thiaw and Collins ( I mean Koch and Andrich in particular). Also why to ignore Bischof for goretzka who is not any better . Finally why call up Dahmen who was not good in the last few matches instead of calling Atubolu who is playing on a very high level for the 2nd season and who is also a dual.

 

Yeah Nebel is very unlucky imo. Collins seems harsh to give him 1 match and then drop him already.

Seems we are auditioning different RB's, this time it's Baku's chance to prove himself. Next time probably Henrichs if he's fit again. We could of course just use Kimmich there....

 

Funny how people shit on the U21 Euro 2021 team, inc DFB and even Kuntz did lol, and yet now we see Dahmen, Schlotterbeck, Raum, Baku, Wirtz, Adeyemi and Burkardt all in the SNT squad. L Nmecha, Stach, Vagnoman and Berisha have caps too. Literally 11 players from that tournament squad. Could literally have 3/4 of the title winning defence start the next match.