Re: Ze German Thread

by rwo power Fri Jul 29, 2016 8:37 am

Bastian Schweinsteiger decided to retire from the German NT today.

Source: SSNHD

by VivaStPauli Fri Jul 29, 2016 10:19 am

Captain Boateng - make it happen!

by urbaNRoots Fri Jul 29, 2016 5:03 pm

Probably for the best.

Thank you for 2014 <3

by Sushi Master Fri Jul 29, 2016 11:32 pm

Schwein, my man Proud

I'd say Boateng or Neuer.

by VivaStPauli Sun Aug 07, 2016 7:13 pm

Double-Bender at the Olympics. Witness glory.

by rwo power Mon Aug 15, 2016 10:35 am

Prince Poldi decided to retire from the German NT. No more team mascot for Jogi Löw ^^

Source: http://www.kicker.de/news/fussball/nationalelf/658140/artikel_podolski-tritt-aus-der-nationalelf-zurueck.html

by Sri Mon Aug 15, 2016 10:43 am

Beat me to it, rwo. Just read his FB post

Lukas Podolski wrote:Liebe Fans,
bevor die Saison und die Länderspiele bald wieder starten, wollte ich euch etwas mitteilen: Ich habe dem Bundestrainer gesagt, dass ich ab sofort nicht mehr für die Nationalmannschaft spielen werde. Ich trete kürzer und widme mich mehr anderen Dingen. Am meisten natürlich meiner Familie. Ich bin sicher, dass sie sich nicht beschweren werden, wenn ich künftig mehr Zeit für sie habe. Und darauf freue ich mich sehr.
Die Entscheidung ist mir sehr schwer gefallen. Die Nationalmannschaft war für mich immer Herzenssache, und das wird sie auch immer bleiben. Ich habe aber nach der Euro/Urlaub gespürt, dass sich mein Fokus verschoben hat. Alles hat seine Zeit – und meine Zeit beim DFB ist vorbei.
Für mich ist dieser Abschied sehr emotional. Ich bin stolz darauf, was ich mit dem DFB erleben durfte. Nichts kann mir ersetzen, was mir die Zeit mit dem DFB-Team an Freude, Leidenschaft und Zusammenhalt gegeben hat. Vom zweijährigen polnischen Jungen, der quasi nur mit einem Ball unter dem Arm nach Deutschland kam, zum Weltmeister - das ist mehr, als ich mir erträumen konnte.
Mit dem DFB habe ich auf dem Platz große Erfolge gefeiert. Aber nicht nur das. Ich habe auf der ganzen Welt Länder und Städte gesehen, habe auch neben dem Platz viel erlebt. Ich habe tolle Menschen kennen gelernt und viele Freunde gefunden. Es war einfach gigantisch.
Danke an den DFB. Danke an das Team hinter dem Team! Danke an meine Mitspieler. Und Danke Trainer. Danke Rudi Völler. Danke Jürgen Klinsmann. Und ganz besonders: Danke Joachim Löw!
Der größte Dank gilt aber Euch: Ihr Fans habt immer zu mir gehalten, auch in schlechten Zeiten. Auf Euch konnte ich mich immer verlassen, die Verbindung zwischen mir und Euch war mir extrem wichtig. Wenn ich jetzt gehe, wird mir genau das am meisten fehlen: die Nähe zu Euch. Ich hoffe, dass ich Euch ein Teil von dem zurückgeben konnte, was ich von Euch erhalten habe! Für alles: vielen Dank!
Ich wünsche der Nationalmannschaft eine erfolgreiche Zukunft - der Pott soll auch 2018 nach Deutschland gehen. Ich werde ab jetzt die Daumen drücken – als großer Fan dieses tollen Teams.
Machts gut! Es war mir eine Ehre!
Eure Nummer 10 Poldi

by Sri Mon Aug 15, 2016 10:45 am

Thanks Godolski :')

by rwo power Mon Aug 15, 2016 11:05 am

Well 129 caps and 49 goals scored are absolutely great, especially in a national team like Germany. Nonetheless I think he chose the right time to retire now. So long and thanks for all the goals! cheers

by Sushi Master Mon Aug 15, 2016 3:24 pm

Godolski

by urbaNRoots Mon Aug 15, 2016 3:35 pm

@Sky_Sascha
Sources: Löw in talks with @Podolski10. His hopes are to convince Poldi to continue his international career. #SSNHD

Holy shit.

by Sushi Master Mon Aug 15, 2016 4:23 pm

Loew's a believer.

by VivaStPauli Mon Aug 15, 2016 4:42 pm

So am I. Gift us the 2018 WC, mighty one!

by Sri Tue Aug 16, 2016 9:50 am

I am with rwo here, actually. Think its the right call to hang up his boots.

We need a new team mascot hmm

by VivaStPauli Tue Aug 16, 2016 6:24 pm

Can't hear the mascot-nonsense anymore. I know Podolski didn't wow anyone in the past couple seasons, but he never cost us anything- Löw could always sub him in, and he'd be a stable position on the left, making the occasional threatening run with a good finish, and tracked back rigorously. That man is a Germany international legend, and a national treasure.

Of course we don't lose anything now by him quitting, we have excellent replacements on his positions. But on the other hand, with a different manager, in a 4-4-2, Podolski would've still scored the odd goal, and been more consistent than what lesser teams consider their main, treasured, strikers.

by LeBéninois Tue Aug 16, 2016 7:54 pm

3rd most capped german player (he was only 7 games away to beat Klose, who is 2nd.)
4th best scorer of the NT with 49 goals.
Very impressive for someone who was not a real starter.

by Sushi Master Tue Aug 16, 2016 7:58 pm

He was just one of those guys who always performed for the NT.

Ironic twist that he's Polish. Proud

But wait. Klose was also Polish...

Who needs to produce strikers with such a Godly midfield?

by Sri Tue Aug 16, 2016 8:09 pm

VivaStPauli wrote:Can't hear the mascot-nonsense anymore. I know Podolski didn't wow anyone in the past couple seasons, but he never cost us anything- Löw could always sub him in, and he'd be a stable position on the left, making the occasional threatening run with a good finish, and tracked back rigorously. That man is a Germany international legend, and a national treasure.

Of course we don't lose anything now by him quitting, we have excellent replacements on his positions. But on the other hand, with a different manager, in a 4-4-2, Podolski would've still scored the odd goal, and been more consistent than what lesser teams consider their main, treasured, strikers.

I was not referring to his on-pitch contributions. I just meant we need such a bantergasm character in the dressing room, who keeps everyone happy and motivated. Sad

by rwo power Fri Aug 26, 2016 4:21 pm

Call-Up German NT for the friendly against Finland (31 August in Mönchengladbach) and the WC Qualifier against Norway (4 September in Oslo)

GKs: Bernd Leno (Bayer Leverkusen), Manuel Neuer (Bayern München), Marc-André ter Stegen (FC Barcelona)

Defense: Emre Can (FC Liverpool), Jonas Hector (1. FC Köln), Benedikt Höwedes (Schalke 04), Mats Hummels, Joshua Kimmich (both Bayern München), Shkodran Mustafi (probably FC Arsenal), Niklas Süle (1899 Hoffenheim), Jonathan Tah (Bayer Leverkusen)

Midfield/Forwards: Karim Bellarabi, Julian Brandt (both Bayer Leverkusen), Julian Draxler (VfL Wolfsburg), Mario Götze (Borussia Dortmund), Sami Khedira (Juventus Turin), Toni Kroos (Real Madrid), Max Meyer (Schalke 04), Thomas Müller (Bayern München), Mesut Özil (FC Arsenal), André Schürrle (Borussia Dortmund), Bastian Schweinsteiger (Manchester United), Kevin Volland (Bayer Leverkusen), Julian Weigl (Borussia Dortmund)

Jerome Boateng, Mario Gomez, Antonio Rüdiger, Leroy Sané, Ilkay Gündogan and Marco Reus miss out due to injuries or being not yet match fit.

The Finland match will be Bastian Schweinsteiger's testimonial where he will be the Germany captain for the last time.

Source: http://www.kicker.de/news/fussball/nationalelf/659023/artikel_loew-nominiert-suele-erstmals---goetze-dabei.html

by VivaStPauli Sat Aug 27, 2016 12:16 pm

Meh, Bellarabi, again?
The most pretentious option for losing the ball... Can't stand that guy.
Glad to see Brandt back, though, Zwieback-Kid gotta zwieback. Also liking the Süle callup. Think Knoche should probably also follow soon...ish. Don't understand the Ginter snub though. Did I miss something important?
Fell out of favor at Dortmund too, apparently, does he have cooties?

by rwo power Sat Aug 27, 2016 12:18 pm

Well, Jogi Löw snubs all of Gladbach, too. He really should try out André Hahn and/or Lars Stindl IMO.

by elfmeter Mon Aug 29, 2016 6:23 pm

Already Internationals again?

I like that Leno is called back, he is probably the second best German keeper, I think Adler is better then ter Stegen, but he probably still does not feel good about being a back up to Neuer.

I dont think Can is good enough to play for Germany. I like him, he works hard 100% efforrt and all that, but he never plays well for the national team. Reading the English press and fanzones, it seems everyone thinks Mustafi is the saviour for arsenal. Not sure why? Like Can, I just dont think he is good enough for the NT.

I do like Sule and Tah, I think they have the potential to be a better pairing than Hummels and Boateng. I think they would be better "defensively" not sure they are as good as Hummels going forward.

I dont know who you pick as the strikers. I think you need someone who is good in the air, just dont know who that is? Selkie, Lasogga? Meier is probably the best, but he wont get picked.