2018 - 2019 Football Thread - Page 57

On October 17 2018 22:59 Pandemona wrote:
Yeah, it aint good for Germany at the moment, but for the rest of the world its nice. Maybe Germany will go on a few years of being a bit average :3

On October 18 2018 05:40 Liquid`Drone wrote:
This forum has searchable history. Before EC 2016 you wrote;
"I'm 100% sure that Germany is going to fall flat on their faces at EURO 16.

The team's offense is an absolute embarrassment. I continue to believe that Germany won the WC in spite of Löw as coach, not because of him. We're still playing a boring, slow, directionless game that is purely based on possession and doesn't have any true CF's in it.

Everything that is wrong with Germany is based on the offense. The defense is only mediocre, but it isn't terrible. If we actually had an offensive game that was worth mentioning, then the lack of pace in the defense wouldn't matter because we're able to possess the ball and create so many chances that we'd be too far ahead for it to matter."

Slightly later, still before the EC, you wrote;

"German defense is utter trash and German attack is weak. Combine that with Löw (who I still think only won the WC in spite of his managing) and this team is going to disappoint, badly."

During it, you wrote :"It's because Löw isn't a good coach. I've been saying it for years, but both his tactics and selections are lacking."

After they lost, you wrote 'I hope that Low is finally fired for this shit. Such a terrible performance and it definitely isn't due to the quality of players in Germany.' - that was after the fifth consecutive semi final appearance in an EC/WC.

You've been extremely critical of him for as long as I can remember. To be fair, you've also substantiated your criticism of him on several occasions, some of it I feel is very legitimate, and you did give him credit for initially improving their game. But I also think your criticism has on occasion been really excessive and not warranted, and I think overall, he has done a fantastic job since taking charge.