Assuming this a joke. He was on the bench (DNP) for a 7-1 and a 6-3 drubbing two games ago... Maybe he just brings bad vibes? Union had 3x the shots GF had, 2x+ the corners, dominated possession. I'm not thinking at 7-1, 6-3 loss and a surprise 1-0 win without Green points to him being any significant influence one way or the other.
They kept the formation and made a swap like-for-like with Tillmann for the 7-1 destruction. The 4-2-3-1 was not working, but their coach had stuck to it thinking Green could be an asset. After all, he was doing some decent distributing in the 2.BuLi but his lack of speed was lethal in the first division. So, to make things work better (they're still going down, no doubts about it) they had to try something different, a scheme that has no place for Green. And they finally did it. What they played today had a three CMs protecting the back line, no CAM/B2B. So no place for Green. And it worked. They had tried to give JG diverse roles, and in none of them he was effective.
Green has not played a single minutes in 3.5 games. The lost the 2nd half of the 1st game he was subbed out They lost the 2nd 6-3 (no Green) They lost the 3rd 7-1 (no Green) They snuck an against the run of play win today 1-0. (no Green) while Union had 3x as many shots. Furth played almost the same personnel in the 4-3-3 v. Hoffenheim (6-3 loss). I'm going to suggest perhaps the lack of Funk contributed today... So sure...
I just read that Funk was hurt and not simply benched for shipping 30 goals in 8 games. Given that Burchert stopped 6 SOG - apparently a pretty good effort from Kruse - maybe Furth hopes Funk stays knocked a minute or two... (although Burchert's 17 goals in 7 games are exactly something to write home about, it's markedly better and comes with a win and a tie - also known as "all of SpvGG's points thus far.")
On the bench: Unsere 1⃣1⃣ für das letzte Auswärtsspiel des Jahres beim @BVB!#kleeblatt #BVBSGF pic.twitter.com/b0sO9WKNYV— SPVGG GREUTHER FÜRTH (@kleeblattfuerth) December 15, 2021
On the bench: Unsere Joker: Schaffran - Asta, Seufert, Abiama, Sarpei, Itten, Itter, Dudziak, Green.— SPVGG GREUTHER FÜRTH (@kleeblattfuerth) December 18, 2021
Any lack of finger-point at Furth's keeping (or lack there of) is professional negligence. Not saying with someone better than Funk they are good, but the keeping pre-injury was a disaster. Burchert gave up 3 to BVB but otherwise has 2 shutouts in 3 starts for a 1-1-1 record. Funk had exactly 0 shutouts and 8 losses in 8 games. (9 if you count cups)
On the bench: Unsere Joker: Schaffran - Asta, Bauer, Pululu, Abiama, Willems, Nielsen, Itten, Green.— SPVGG GREUTHER FÜRTH (@kleeblattfuerth) January 8, 2022
Green subbed on, in the 89th minute, for Timothy Tillman. They were trying to preserve a 0-0 tie. He made a clearance, but it was three minutes and too little to rate. They've only lost one of their last four. If they keep this up ... they'll probably still be relegated.
If they averaged 1.25 points per game for the rest of the season, as they are in this 4-game stretch, they'd finish on 26 points. That point total would have resulted in automatic relegation in all but one Bundesliga season since 2010.
Burchert had 14 saves in the four games he played. Funk had 15 saves in the four games right before those. I don't think it's the change in keepers. It's the different formation, with 3 defensive CMs instead of 2, which means Green is out.
Green has not started in a game since the BMG loss. He didn't get any minutes Funk's last 2 games (a 7 and 6 GA loss respectively.) Buchert has 3 SO and a 3 goal lost to (2) Dortmund. The SO are (6) Berlin, (16) Augsburg, (17) Stuttgart. Funk gave up 7 to Leverkusen, 6 to Hoffenheim, 4 to BMG, 2 to Einteracht, 3 to Freiburg, 4 to Leipzig, 1 to Bochum. 3 to Cologne. I don't think Funk has a single SO this season. But sure. (When you stop all the shots, the number of shots is limited. You can't make more shots to stop. When you stop all but 6 or 7 shots, it's not the same. Even if the number of saves is the same, if you stop 15, and let in 0, that's not the same as stopping 15 and letting in 6. That's crazy-talk.)
LA Times reporter Kevin Baxter says that Julian Green is a transfer option for Los Angeles FC. One more name that has surfaced in relation to @LAFC: Former @USMNT forward Julian Green. He may be Plan B if they do indeed lose out on Rodriguez— Kevin Baxter 🇺🇦🏳️🌈 (@kbaxter11) January 11, 2022
With all due respect to Julian Green that's a pretty big gap between Plan A and Plan B. Jonathan Rodriguez, 28 years old, has 73 goals over 182 games between Santos Laguna and Cruz Azul.
One would imagine the targets are not part of the same flow chart. One is probably not mutually exclusive of the other. Why would Green want a move though? He sees the writing on the wall, Furth is down, and he'll be playing second division soccer again, which is probably his level. All's good?
Green probably now accepts he is not B1 quality. No one is coming for him when they go down, and the unlikely promotion Furth achieved won’t happen again. He did sign an extension and Furth will want something. Will someone be willing to pay that is a different story.
Green has shown so little ambition to play anywhere but Germany - Bavaria/Swabia, even - I think if he does decide to go far "abroad" it will be like one of the Wien's or Salzburg or maybe someplace crazy like Belgium. He has shown 0 interest in playing outside of Germany. I'd be really surprised at a move like this (for him and club) and wonder how it would turn out.