Özil has been great, another nice through ball.
Day 10: Germany vs. Ghana
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In the latest episode of the United Hour Podcast, Nik (@Rood) and Jamie (@Vault Dweller) are here to talk about United's dreadful home defeat at the hands of Big Ange's Tottenham Hotspur. Should this have been the end of Ten Hag? How long does he actually have left? And does Nik finally want ETH out?!
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Both sides lacking in final third at the moment.
Ozil has been fantastic, Khedira has been woeful.
How is Müller 24? He looks 30.
Danny Murphy say "he looks like a good player, Gotze". You don't say!
Rubbish. He's a very solid midfielder. Keep in mind he's coming off of a serious knee injury. Played quite well against Portugal.
Gotze pussed out on Muller's cross there.
Playing Lahm in the midfield forces Khedira up the field where he's useless.
If Greg Dyke wants to appear to be doing something worthwhile in his role as chief executive. He should just emulate how Germany approach football. Easiest job in the world when you have a clear idea how things should be done. He'll still feck things up, good old English style.
Tough task without proper full backs, although Boateng is decent so far.
I have to say, Neuer is fabulous. Such a commanding presence.
Ghana is playing very disciplined so far. Excellent defending.
Good point.
For the avid bird watchers.
A very clean game this. Don't even remember the last foul.
He was onside!
Ahhhhh damn
Ahhhhh damn
Who the hell is commentating on the bbc as co-commentator?
"Howedes looks like he is carrying a caravan"
"Howedes looks like he is carrying a caravan"
Oh I don't know what he is like personality wise and I don't really care. While I can't deny his brilliant scoring record, I just feel that he is only really good at heading, technically seems a bit poor and slow.
(of course the main reason for my dislike comes from the fact that he is so close to breaking fat ronaldo's record , but I won't mention that in my answer)
Really would like to see Ghana nick it. They're giving a good account of themselves so far.
For those in Ireland, you can use the RTE player. Whatever you think of the coverage, the quality is much better than the others I've found.
Danny Murphy. I like him even though he's not liked on hereWho the hell is commentating on the bbc as co-commentator?
"Howedes looks like he is carrying a caravan"
These 2 color boots look terrible. Puma probably makes teh worst looking boots.
That shot before the whistle sums the game up.
Ozil looks like he might create something. His movements are terrific.
Poor first half.
Would be great for Ze neutral.
Germany very average. Ghana looking equally if not more dangerous.
better than the earlier game's first half though
Boooooring.
Ghana was awesome, particularly the right side. Prince was poor as heck though, didn't do anything worthy since the Batman anyway.
Germany does bore me a bit.
Germany does bore me a bit.
Ghana need to be more composed in the final third. They are hurrying their passes and losing the ball in the process. Muntari is playing very well but he is giving the ball away far too often. He has a short fuse and needs to watch his tackles.
German are not attacking in numbers probably fearing a Ghana counter attack
German are not attacking in numbers probably fearing a Ghana counter attack
I was working for the first half of that so couldn't watch, I heard it was bad though. Hopefully this game will pick up like that one did.
Ghana need to get the final ball/pass right already.
They reach good positions in both their matches so far and feck it up.
Won't be that far fetched to say they were the better team this half just about.
They reach good positions in both their matches so far and feck it up.
Won't be that far fetched to say they were the better team this half just about.
How was that boring? Not entirely thrilling but didn't find it boring at all.
Ghana is a good team, no doubt. I hope Germany was just saving fuel for the second. Also, Ghana has to score, whereas Germany would be fine with a draw. I'm pretty sure the second half is going to be exciting.
Good game so far. Must be frustrating for those who want to see Germany overwhelm, but an interesting game for a neutral.
Germany are in the same boat as Argentina.....if they are going to win it, it's via fluke of setup. Neither team knows what they want to do with their formations. Germany is an ultra central setup, which works if your playing a hot headed team down to 10....and should pull through here. But again, why no natural width?
Very even game so far. Should be an interesting 2nd half.
I remember hearing that after the failure of the 2002 World Cup(I wouldn't could losing the final to Brazil much of a failure)that Germany started to change their youth policy and coaching at grass roots level. So if Greg Dyke has the same plans then I reckon England could have a pretty descent team ready for the World Cup in 2026.
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