Zeh German NT Shrine *Spoilers*

[macro]

will be interesting to see how Löw will integrate Kroos into the game and how he will manage the Ballack situation.

Khedira is a good kid. Give m time and he will shine. hopefully

[sweed]

Originally Posted by macro

will be interesting to see how Löw will integrate Kroos into the game and how he will manage the Ballack situation.

Khedira is a good kid. Give m time and he will shine. hopefully

Hopefully bye-bye Ballack. Everyone's seen what we can do without him.

Khedira is good but he hasn't impressed my much. Maybe he needs just that, more playing time. Possibly at Bayern with his NT partner Schweini

Kroos I'm concerned about because his position is currently taken by Oezil. Unless he can drop back more and play a more central role that'd be great (for both club and country). Time and LvG will tell how that will all end up.

I say we resign Loew to a two year deal expiring after the Euros and see what happens after that tournament.

[flier5]

So Cacau experiment failed and DNMS is stuck with Kießling Does Podolski still do the same thing? not sure if he could replace Klose's goals

Other than that, could Metzelder come back in or would Friedrich stick around for E2012? but Boateng could also blast onto the scene at City..

[due]

Well, we have a couple of "obvious" players lining up for Klose succession ->

Mario Gomez, Kevin Kuranyi, Stefan Kießling, Lukas Podolski, Thomas Müller, Patrick Helmes and Cacau. They're all under 30 (and will be in 4 years, apart from Kuranyi and Cacau) and are proven Bundesliga players.

In the long run, the u21 strikers might get interesting as well ->

André Schürrle, Julian Schieber and Richard Sukuta-Pasu.

I can't see an obviuos replacement yet. Gomez might get there, Helmes might return to form ... Müller for me is not a "striker", no. 9 type of player, neither are Poldi and Kießling. Will be interesting to see what Löw comes up with

[macro]

Atm i'd say Kießling is the most likely to make the next step and I can see him very well playing a lone striker role.

[Phil_ogynist]

I think Klose might stick around until Euro. Any rumors to indicate otherwise?

[chaouki]

not that i heard of...but i don't think he would play that way under another coach than löw...he needs to get cradled like a baby to feel comfortable and trusted. only then he can play well and score

[Phenom]

Originally Posted by sweed

Hopefully bye-bye Ballack. Everyone's seen what we can do without him.

exactly the German team certainly doesnt need Ballack

[mambo]

Boo for Frankfurt


edit: Ballack was our only World Class player and a great leader in the past years. Not sure if he makes it to the next Euro, but we will surely see him playing the qualification for us (if not injured).

[Übersuperduper]

simple solution: play Kroos as the winger and move Muller up to replace Klose. However Kiessling might replace Podolski, or we could see younger strikers who are too young right now, like Felix Kroos, shine in four years. But Kiessling has good movement for a big man, definitely better than I expected. Plus let's not forget about Patrick Helmes.

I also have to agree with King Uli, we need to see the DFB and Jogi Lion compromise and mend fences with each other. There's no point in damaging the team because Sammer and Bierhoff can't get along.