The Official 2016 Summer Olympics Thread

[cgf]

It's his 7th assist. No other player has more than one.

Good thing the senior team couldn't have used him at the EM...

 

[gary69]

Good thing the senior team couldn't have used him at the EM...

Do you think he'll be able to force himself in the NT starting 11 in the near future, likes of Özil, Müller are not old for a couple of years at least, and then there are Draxler, Götze with more experience with the NT...or even Leroy Sane of the same age by a little.

There's a lot of competition for places, but Brandt certainly seems to be in the picture already...

 

[Deficient Mode]

Do you think he'll be able to force himself in the NT starting 11 in the near future, likes of Özil, Müller are not old for a couple of years at least, and then there are Draxler, Götze with more experience with the NT...or even Leroy Sane of the same age by a little.

There's a lot of competition for places, but Brandt certainly seems to be in the picture already...

He's clearly better than Draxler, Sane, or Schürrle, but Löw prefers all of them for some reason. Even Reus I'd say (who was good at times this season, but isn't as smart). Müller and Götze weren't in great form this summer, either, so he very much should have already been in the mix at this EM. I think this season he'll really break out as a world class player and force Löw to incorporate him though.

 

[cgf]

Do you think he'll be able to force himself in the NT starting 11 in the near future, likes of Özil, Müller are not old for a couple of years at least, and then there are Draxler, Götze with more experience with the NT...or even Leroy Sane of the same age by a little.

There's a lot of competition for places, but Brandt certainly seems to be in the picture already...

He would've been a starter if I was the coach. So he better; although Jogi has ignored a lot of talented players who deserved to be in the team, so who knows? But he really should.

He's clearly better than Draxler, Sane, or Schürrle, but Löw prefers all of them for some reason. Even Reus I'd say (who was good at times this season, but isn't as smart). Müller and Götze weren't in great form this summer, either, so he very much should have already been in the mix at this EM. I think this season he'll really break out as a world class player and force Löw to incorporate him though.

Draxler at this EM showed that he has a case to be ahead of Brandt, so I have less of an issue with that one; but agreed about the others.

Volland, Kruse & Stindl would've also been forwards I considered as well, but of the guys who were fit: Mueller, Brandt, & Draxler should've been the locks; with Sane and that trio in contention for the remaining spots.

 

[gary69]

So, who do think he's best suited to play with for Germany?

Personally I still like Draxler a lot, so I hope they both could fit in. I guess Müller can play with pretty much everyone.

But maybe Özil is hardest for Brandt to win place over for the next few years, so I wonder which position he would play most likely in the Nationalelf.

 

[cgf]

I wanted to us to play:

Brandt/Draxler - Mueller
Oezil
Kroos - Dahoud
Weigl
Hector - Hummels - Boateng - Weiser/Kimmich​

And once Mueller showed the form he was in I would've replaced him with the other of Brandt/Draxler

 

[Deficient Mode]

Brandt is a god

Bump

 

[Deficient Mode]

So, who do think he's best suited to play with for Germany?

Personally I still like Draxler a lot, so I hope they both could fit in. I guess Müller can play with pretty much everyone.

But maybe Özil is hardest for Brandt to win place over for the next few years, so I wonder which position he would play most likely in the Nationalelf.

Brandt is a really versatile attacker like Götze and Müller, but he might be generally better in wider areas than in the middle. Draxler is a very nice player who - like Sane - is a bit better technically than Brandt, but doesn't have the same crazy feel for the game, timing, and offensive decision-making.

I would have played in a 3-3-1-3 (players who were healthy at the time, whether they were selected or not):
Brandt, Götze, Müller
Özil
Dahoud, Kroos, Kimmich
Hummels, S. Bender, Boateng
Neuer

 

[gary69]

Bump

Another masterclass performance from him.

This Germany team has really gelled now, although i still think Brazil and Columbia have the attacking talent to score enough against them and win. But no team in the tournament can afford to sit against them and allow them to dominate possession, they'll eventually concede too many goals.

Can't see either Nigeria or Denmark beating them, but the final could be a tricky affair. If it were to be against Korea again, they give Germany fits in the group stage, especially Son Min Heung was at times impossible to control.

 

[Rob]

I find that Olympic football gets very little coverage. Are the games even show live in Canada/USA?

 

[bluesfan94]

I find that Olympic football gets very little coverage. Are the games even show live in Canada/USA?

At least on directv, there's a dedicated channel. Nbcsn shows some games as does CNBC/msnbc/whatever

 

[DoyleG]

So? Smaller women/men can still assault bigger people?

Especially given the tips she got from her husband on being physical.

Funny thing is that I have a lot of sympathy for Ellis in managing those egos for so long.

 

[Alex Jones]

Honduras are going to win this tournament Portugal style.

 

[Power Man]

Are u ****ing kidding me?

We ****ing dominated Honduras but still lost to them lol

 

[End of Line]

Damn what a shot by Neymar

 

[TMLeafer]

Neymar, get off the ground man

Double spin every time he falls.

 

[Virtanen18]

Boy, all the USWNT haters coming out of the wood now that they actually lost a title. We'll see how many are still talking during the next tournament.

This is the funniest thing I've read in some time.

 

[John Pedro]

Marquinhos is a beast. Waaaay better than David Luiz. He and Rodrigo Caio are the cornerstone of this team.

Brazil vs Germany in the finals would be nuts.

 

[cgf]

Brazil vs Germany in the finals would be nuts.

Could be on for both the men & women's teams.

 

[DoyleG]

Sweden beating a team they were supposed to beat tbh...

Sweden wasn't even supposed to be at the Olympics. The British infighting helped open a door that allowed Sweden to get back into the tournament.

 

[SeawaterOnIce]

CBC taking multiple commercial breaks (every 10 min) during the Brazil/Sweden game. Brutal, absolutely brutal.

edit: 5min to half-time, commercial. Almost missed a goal too

 

[Prntscrn]

CBC taking multiple commercial breaks (every 10 min) during the Brazil/Sweden game. Brutal, absolutely brutal.

edit: 5min to half-time, commercial. Almost missed a goal too

LOL. That's horrible. Never watched a soccer(football ) game with commercial breaks in the middle of the game

 

[BMOK33]

Regardless of what happens I guess Sweden was no fluke. Never thought they'd take Brazil to ET

 

[SeawaterOnIce]

Regardless of what happens I guess Sweden was no fluke. Never thought they'd take Brazil to ET

Defense wins championships. Offensive football sells tickets.

 

[gnr25]

Thankfully the game has been shown on RDS in full.