Quote (Mr_Mill @ Jul 1 2014 10:14am)

I agree, he's playing way to many players out of position. Could be a reason why Özil isn't performing, since he needs a solid team next to him that performs aswell.
Mustafi had a terrible wc so far, and I'm not confident about Howedes either. If you look at the half time stats, you saw that MERTESACKER had the most ball possesion and had to do the most passes.
So Löw is relying on MERTESACKER to make the play? Absolutely unbelievable.

Has Germany ever considered playing in a 3-5-2 esque formation? Use Lahm as a sort of RWB, Boateng and hummels left and right centrebacks with Per in the middle, Durm perhaps as lwb?

Quote (ampoo @ Jul 1 2014 11:18am)

löw would never do that and in the middle of a tournament i would not do that as well
changing the defense system would bring even more chaos
he has only once played a three man defence to simulate a situation when we are 1 man down

Quote (Pozer @ Jul 1 2014 10:23am)

Sounds to me like you're in denial that German players are not as good as you think they were and you choose to blame to manager for this.

Quote (CpTJenJen @ Jul 1 2014 10:26am)

Low trying to act like van Gaal by playing players out of their positions

But seriously tho, how can the (what is your national Footbaal organisation called) not react. He should be fired again, having one of the best national teams on paper and cocking up so hard it is even painfull for a Dutchman to watch.

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Quote (B4al @ 1 Jul 2014 12:58)

I am afraid you do not know very much about football, champ.