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Reprisal
Jul 20, 2001

Healbot posted:

Someone should have noticed Plattenhardt not gelling at all and take him off after the first 20 minutes for someone like Süle and loving switch to a 3 defender backline with 5 in midfield, but then I'm not being paid money to manage these guys lol.

Anyone could see nothing came out of the Draxler/Plattenhardt side.

Also Müller doing Müller things, and Kroos quite literally proving Real Madrid have bent the officiating body of UEFA, falling down and expecting a whistle everytime.

Agreed. I’d place more blame on Draxler, who does not seem to do anything of note for club or country and yet keeps failing upward. He runs into other peoples’ space, doesn’t stay wide, and doesn’t seem to understand overlapping play.

Also, Kroos is 100% dependent on Casemiro making him look competent in midfield. For the first goal, Kroos just jogs back expecting someone else to make the defensive play.

Next lineup needs to be ter Stegen, Sule, Boateng, Hummels, Kimmich, Khedira, Gundogan, Ozil, Mueller, Reus, Werner.

Reprisal fucked around with this message at 19:16 on Jun 17, 2018

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Reprisal
Jul 20, 2001

Lord of Garbagemen posted:

Nervous finish. Germany needs to finds it's 11 , last WC's poo poo isn't working.

I posted it, OP

Reprisal
Jul 20, 2001
Low had no idea what his best eleven was. He must walk.

Reprisal
Jul 20, 2001

elbkaida posted:

Either there's a conspracy of Ancelotti, Benitez, Zidane and Löw to play Kroos even though he's a fraud or maybe there's a simple explanation like having a holding midfielder such as Casemiro or Schweinsteiger behind Kroos allows him to play really well as seen at Madrid or in 2014.

Thats the point. Young Sami Khedira, Schweinsteiger, Xavi Alonso, and Casemiro make Kroos look good. On top of that, Kroos is usually backed by 4 of the best defenders in the world plus a world-class goalkeeper. In this tournament, he had 3 and a shell-shocked Neuer.

He’s not bad, he’s just not great, and there were better options.

Reprisal
Jul 20, 2001

Wengy posted:

really wonderin what the Kroos naysayers' ideal German midfield would look like

I posted it

Ideal would have been a trio of Weigl, Gundogan, and Ozil supporting Reus, Wagner, and Mueller.

Löw is an idiot for not bringing Weigl imho. Wagner is easier to understand.

Reprisal fucked around with this message at 15:49 on Jul 2, 2018

Reprisal
Jul 20, 2001

Healbot posted:

Wow yeah bring that Weigl who was pretty bad this season and can literally play a single role in the squad. :thunk:

Yeah, the role that was the gaping hole in the German midfield. Name someone both German and better for DM?

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Reprisal
Jul 20, 2001
Let a man post

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