The Real Reboot Thread: Road to WC22

When Germany was beaten by Nord Macedonia , Heynckes should be hired immediately as the interim coach until the end of Euro. What a legend he is, he could play 4-4-2 against England and still gonna beat them.

 

But he is not the coach now. Flick is. But now that EURO 2020 is over, Germany need to set their sights on World Cup qualifying. Period. This is a new Era of German football which means bringing in more younger players and being more creative with your guys' football. Which U21s come in or which forgotten players come back into the side?

 

IIRC I read the reason Heynckes was let go despite winning the CL was because he failed to win the league.

Shows how important domestic leagues were before the media circus elevated the CL to its current status.

 

Loved every word that Heynckes said…clearly criticized Loew without taking his name…

 

And he did it in 2 years - gives me hope that we can be a top competitor in WC 22.

 

Heynkes understatement ==> "He's retiring at a high point, even though the Euros didn't go perfectly well""

They were a disaster, man. Not a WC2018 disaster, but still a disaster.

 

I've said this before - good coaches can take a good group of players and make them an unbeatable team. Bad coaches can take a great team and turn them into trash.

 

I think the most important task Flick has is restoring Germany's ironclad mentality which was sadly lost during the Löw era.

 

Heynckes plus Rehhagel, the Lautern and Greece legend!!

 

Its always irritating hearing Löw talk about about the need of experience and that in 2024 some of our players might have enough experience,when players in the squad are not that young and played cl-finals etz. Then Löw needs like two years analyzing what went wrong instead of just benig honest and putting it the way Heynckes did that he did not manage to form a team with spirit and unity.

 

Interestingly I don't think we're far off from the best teams. Italy look strong, England seem to be same as 2018 but with a stronger bench.

We have alot of talent in the current set up and some up and coming outstanding talent in the younger guys like Dorsch, writz, Baku, Nmecha to use.

As with Boetang I agree with Heynckes he was arguably the best center back of last season and come the world cup qualifiers I'm certain Flick will use him

 

Good enough to be in a match squad at least?

 

not that many nationalteams i would like to switch squad with for the upcoming cups (maybe i am biased). France is probably the most obvious one, but we shall se what is happening with the likes of Benzema, Griezmann, Kante etz. I dont envy Englands central midfielders though the likes of Sterling, Kane etz. Italy have a nice midfield but so does Germany.

 

Germany has a great squad, the only thing missing is a cohesive strategy, but what I really want the most is that Flick restores Germany's ironclad fighting mentality, which has sadly been lost during the Löw era.

 

That is a short amount of time for Germany to turn it around...I think they need longer to turn it around

 

A bit longer to actually win a trophy maybe but absolutely no reason why this squad can’t be competitive straight away. If Müller scores v England then we could have got to the final even with Low’s iffy system.

Under Flick, hopefully playing to the players strengths more there is no reason why we can’t compete with Italy, England, Spain, France, Portugal etc. Those teams are not a lot better then us (if at all) and now we have a better coach with a clearer idea of how to play.

 

At 2022 WC , Italy will be the favourite. In Donarumma they already have a world class gk, dude is the real deal. As for other team, the Belgians will be one of the contender as well. Germany under Flick will surely be different than Jogi's team, a lot will depends on whether Flick will be able to turn Kai as the real no 9 or maybe a newcomer striker will established himself as NT regular.

 

Yeah you guys can compete don't get me wrong but Germany's team just doesn't need a retooling. It needs an overhaul. Flick needs to bring more energy into this side which means more creativity by inserting youngsters whilst still having that experience.

 

With a Kimmich-Goretzka midfield the dynamic of the team will be very different pretty much straight away I think, especially if Baku and Gosens can link up with Gnabry/Sané/Musiala etc down the wings.

We will have a lot of pace down the flanks, and more mobility in midfield.