It look like Germany maybe need to turn winger to striker..Schurrle, Muller..Reus all capable to play as Forward..

but It will be less effective..he need someone else for me..

schurrle is the better option upfront for me as compared to muller. pep destroyed a perfect team by insisting on player like muller or gotze upfront. not powerful
but it's kind of hard to judge now. bayern play tiki-taka while germany play a little more direct. and if gundogan is fit, i prefer him over kroos

This post has been edited by ChaNzy: Apr 30 2014, 10:25 AM

yap pep bring something that changed the entertaining bayern side that always the core of germany national team..I hope that Lahm and Bastian still know how to play fast and direct football.

for me Gundogan against better midfielder..and Kroos against weaker opponent midfielder..both option defensive and attacking.

was kinda annoyed at pep to be honest. but glad ancelotti did a heynckes on him i prefer germany 2010. i have faith in lahm. not so much on bastian. when he plays well, no other midfielders can touch him. when he s***, he really cant do anything..and lets hope joachim stop outsmarting himself and stop playing players like gomez and poldi.

Yup. gundogan is a big talent. sad that he got injured. i rate him higher than both basti and kroos

Did you watch Bayern vs. Real yesterday? 50% of the Nationalmannschaft are Bayern players.
German defensive work at the moment is exactly like what happened yesterday. Many mistakes. (e.g. Germany vs. Chile) Not world class at all. Now they got the striker problem... Muller this year not so good like 2010 (top finisher), Podolski is only backup by Arsenal, where is Ozil when the team really needs him in important matches? He's unfortunately not a key player

If they play like Bayern atm... they'll definetely loose against Portugal (Ronaldo, Pepe & Co.) , Ghana and USA (Klinsmann prefers the counter play like Real)

Germany is a very good 'Mannschaft' with many talents & they play the most attractive football in big tournaments imo but they always loose before reaching their main goal. No motivation, no passion when they're behind. (Italy vs. Germany 2006, 2012, Spain vs. Germany 2008 and 2010). They need the cleverness, consistence, determination and a good balance between defensive work and offensive play to win the world cup.
And they need a 'crazy' coach like Jurgen Klopp or a competent coach like Heynckes (Best coaches for the German Squad in my opinion )

This post has been edited by raymondlam10: Apr 30 2014, 05:37 PM

tiki taka tactic not really suitable to bayen munich at all....and i hope this tactic is not implemented to NT team....those tactic is quite slow tempo & vulnerable to counter attack plus all of german player for yesterday match really perform under par....

just hope they can regain their form back in brazil later...

this two are the two name that might be on the plan to brazil..unless jogi called up new striker..

Max Kruse
Pierre-Michel Lasogga

Evening

Shocking Bayern defeat at Allianz.

The national team better not implement Bayern's gameplay for the World Cup.

Preliminary Squad - 30 Players Announced





This post has been edited by Ichighost: May 8 2014, 07:45 PM

see new names in the squad.

Is Mustafi, Hahn, Goretzka? are they good players?
Klose and no Gomez.


So no strikers in top form

This post has been edited by raymondlam10: May 8 2014, 07:43 PM

all prospect..good enough for Jogi..hahaha

Gomez still not fit and injured iinm.

Klose and Volland..the only two pure striker.

Volland instead of Kruse
I think Germany will not survive the group
No striker in top form, no win

not really..the scoring responsibility no longer solely depend on the striker now..all 5 behind striker..all capable to score goals.

This post has been edited by Ichighost: May 8 2014, 07:55 PM

But are they really good enough to score against teams like Spain, Italy (both are defensive masters) etc.?

Wow Germany really lack strikers.

Looks like their wingers and midfielder will be the key.

I hope so..well Klose still here..

yap..very limited..

if Gomez available..I will be less worry..but Volland not that bad too..hahahha

Volland is having a good season, glad he made the team. Was hoping for Max Kruse to nail a forward spot.. oh well. No Gomez..

only 2 pure striker huh?? nevermind...german got a lot player can play center forward/false 9...

I thought Matthias Ginter plays as a CB? Goretzka.. He's beast in FIFA..

I wonder if Klose is the same Klose of 2010 World Cup. I'll just play Reus as the CF..

Reus is beast
Better than Gotze

Imagine Heynckes or Klopp will be the next coach for the national team



This post has been edited by raymondlam10: May 8 2014, 09:10 PM