German Football 2024/2025

[cgf]

At this point the player of the type of quality we want shouldn't worry about a Brandt, Sane or Gnabry. They'll be 30+ by the time of the next World Cup, and there's a reason guys like Wirtz and Musiala managed to jump ahead of them pretty quickly.

Wirtz & Musiala didn’t need to jump ahead of those players…plus Wirtz & Musiala…

There is also a wide gap between not-Wirtz/-Musiala and not being able to help our senior team.

 

[cgf]

Even if you exclude everyone older like Sane, Brandt, Füllkrug, Groß, Goretzka, etc. and all of the kids who aren’t as far along in their development like Darvich, Brunner, Bischof, Ouedraogo, etc.

Competing with Wirtz, Musiala, Havertz, Gruda, Beier, Undav, Führich, Adeyemi, Moukoko, etc. for playing time is going to be a lot tougher than competing with Baumgartner, Wimmer, Schmid, Cham, Grüll, Demir, Kameri, and Adamu.

Wanner could end up a really awesome player…who gets sold for 9 figures…and still not be guaranteed to start for us. Just because Gruda is every bit as gifted an option for that third creative spot and neither of them is better up front than Havertz / Beier / Undav / Moukoko / Burkardt.

Whereas for Austria he would be the Wirtz/Musiala, who the attacking movements are built around.

 

[cgf]

German police investigate reports of alleged match-fixing in lower-league soccer games

DÜSSELDORF, Germany (AP) — Police in Germany are investigating potential match-fixing in lower-league soccer games after a newspaper reported that the scores of allegedly fixed games may have been sold online for betting purposes.

ca.sports.yahoo.com

 

[Bon Esprit]

Wow, what a Musiala show. Wirtz wasn't bad either. Nice game to watch,
But please stop this "Major Tom" BS song. I hate NDW.

 

[cgf]

Wow, what a Musiala show. Wirtz wasn't bad either. Nice game to watch,
But please stop this "Major Tom" BS song. I hate NDW.

This team is so much fun under Nagelsmann.

With Musiala & Wirtz to anchor a front 4 alongside Havertz, Füllkrug, Beier, Undav, Führich, Sane, Brandt…plus maybe Gruda, Wanner, Adeyemi, Moukoko…our attacking play should be fun more often than not.

And the back 4 + double pivot are starting to clarify themselves. Kimmich back at RB has helped a lot…and though I think Chabot should get a look; with Nico, Rüdi, & Tah, we have three good CBs that each have chemistry together.

Which leaves LB as the most wide open between Mittelstadt, Raum, Gosens, Netz, Rothe, and Henrichs playing his offside.

Though the double pivot is still quite open as well; Andrich seems to have the destroyer spot locked up, while the passer spot could go to any of Groß, Pavlovic, Stiller, or Reitz.

 

[cgf]

We’re defending well so far, but we need to put some pressure on Leipzig or they’ll just exhaust us. This ref is letting a lot go for both teams.

If we could steal a goal heading into the cabin, this would be a nearly perfect 1st half on the road.

 

[cgf]

Geertruida is just bodying Hollerbach today. The kid will not stop fighting for the ball but the big Dutch defender is just throwing him around like a child.

 

[Jack Straw]

Well, that didn’t take long

 

[Power Man]

Bensebaini has been very solid in his last 4 games (2 with Dortmund and 2 with the NT), hope he can keep it up

 

[JoVel]

Yeah Bensebaini has been good. Dortmund needs all the depth at defense they can get so it'd be a bit add if he can keep it up. Anton on the other hand I think has been a bit underwhelming.

 

[Power Man]

Amoura 1st assist in BuLi

Special player

 

[gary69]

What is it with Boniface pulling down his shorts when celebrating a goal, don't remember seeing this last season?

Kiel isn't really a 1.BL level side, Kane with a hattrick, Olise with his first league goal too. Musiala is just ridiculously good.

First time seeing Fiete Arp in a long time, there is still some talent there to be a useful BL level player, even though he never fulfilled the early promise shown at HSV. I'm not sure what the problem is with him, he just seems unable/unlucky to score consistently at any level.

Also, it was interesting to see that Hoffenheim are trying to convert Anton Stach into a CB. He has the height for it, but based on this match, it doesn't really seem to be working out well.

 

[Jack Straw]

What is it with Boniface pulling down his shorts when celebrating a goal, don't remember seeing this last season?

https://x.com/i/web/status/1834988181764055087

I would have to think he will get in some kind of trouble for that, no? I mean, I thought he had a really good game today but that was a bit… inappropriate.

 

[JoVel]

Pulling your pants down is a Tiktok trend in Nigeria? Very cool.