Sane left out of Germany World Cup Squad

[Sir peace frog]

its not the end of the world for sane ,he needs to find out why he hasn't been chosen and work on those things, all coaches make decisions that aren't popular but they live or die by them,he obviously fancies someone else ,cant knock the bloke he's got a pretty good record for Germany.

 

[Rolee]

its not the end of the world for sane ,he needs to find out why he hasn't been chosen and work on those things, all coaches make decisions that aren't popular but they live or die by them,he obviously fancies someone else ,cant knock the bloke he's got a pretty good record for Germany.

Good in Twin Peaks too.

 

[St.Pauli support]

Ok fair comment. But I didn't really appreciate the snide comments made by Hummels. Over the years City have had to endure a lot of snide comments from Bayern and I can see why so many German fans despise them. I don't think Hummel's comments will be helpful to Leroy at this time.
I have watched virtually every match Sane has played for City. He has mostly been brilliant but like many wingers he tends to play in bursts. I think his workrate is excellent but like a lot of younger players he doesn't pace himself in games and sometimes runs out of steam. This will improve with experience. He is certainly not lazy.

Yeah agreed.

But I wouldn't call Hummels' comments typical Bayern like. I think he was just selling Low's decision as perfectly right to put an end to the public discussion and to strengthen the chosen squad of 23. In that moment it wasn't about helping Leroy but getting behind his squad and boss.

I am absolutely sure the likes of Kroos, Khedira, Hummels, Neuer, Boateng, Müller would never accept
a behaviour by Leroy like joking about "old uncle Yaya".
You have to earn your place, is what they say.

The team is the star, if you don't follow that rule you're out. That's Low's philosophy.
I have the impression Leroy's relaxed body language somehow is seen as half arsed or arrogant.
But again, we and myself are missing internal information.

And yes, Low is a gambler. Leaving out Leroy's brilliance is a big decision.

2014 he called Höwedes for left back who was fantastic.
He also never dropped Ozil who wasn't loved by many, and it worked somehow.
Schürrle and Götze produced the WC winner 2014, and were not seen again later.

We will see a first indication in the opener vs Mexico. Germany wants to have a perfect start into a tournament as usual.
(Only ever lost an opener to Algeria 1982).
If that goes wrong, media have their story for sure.

 

[St.Pauli support]

Leroy's just not a German type player. He'll struggle to get into the national team unless he starts to play inside more and scores goals there. Nothing to do with attitude or age or whatever. He hasn't shone but he never will in that team. The world's best hoofballers have been knocking it down the middle or putting in early crosses for decades.

Not sure what you mean by 'German type player'.

Low is preferring the possession game like Pep.
Leroy has brilliant technical skills, and his pace and ability to take on defenders makes him perfect for young Timo Werner.
We will see that in the future. No idea why you are so pessimistic about Sané's international career.
Sounds a bit like you are talking about Germany in the 80's mate ;-)

 

[Maldeika]

Playing with an overlapping leftfoot on the left - having Kroos mainly on the left as buildup player etc. makes it difficult for Sane to play his City game for Germany.

Germany is anyways a little asymetric - the left side has the ball more often - the right side with Kimmich and Müller mainly provide the assists (or score). I could imagine that a Gnabry - who is injured right now - has more success in the future as long the setup stays similar - than Sane does. When we talk about the youngsters. Gnabry, Werner, Sane and Brandt are all in the same age category. Gnabry is a right foot working on the left. For the ones that have forgotten him after his first steps at Arsenal he was injured and had difficulties to get back - he is now a Bayern player who was on loan to Hoffenheim this season, played 1500 minutes there, scored 10 goals and assisted 7. Let's see how he fares next season in Munich. With Gnabry you always have to hope that he stays fit - he is always near a muscle injury. Hopefully he gets that under control.

 

[caseball]

Not sure what you mean by 'German type player'.

Low is preferring the possession game like Pep.
Leroy has brilliant technical skills, and his pace and ability to take on defenders makes him perfect for young Timo Werner.
We will see that in the future. No idea why you are so pessimistic about Sané's international career.
Sounds a bit like you are talking about Germany in the 80's mate ;-)

Those were my golden years. :o(

But going back quite a long way, Haller, Held, Seeler Muller, Fischer, Rummenigge, Voller, Klinsmann, Riedle, Bierhoff, Klose, Podolski, Gomez, Timo Werner and Gomez again. These are the type of forwards that are a staple of the team. The other forwards that get in are almost always midfielders really. Which Sane will never be as long as he's got a hole in his arse. He's a bit mercurial is Leroy and I don't think the German team goes in for mercurial much.

 

[St.Pauli support]

Those were my golden years. :o(

But going back quite a long way, Haller, Held, Seeler Muller, Fischer, Rummenigge, Voller, Klinsmann, Riedle, Bierhoff, Klose, Podolski, Gomez, Timo Werner and Gomez again. These are the type of forwards that are a staple of the team. The other forwards that get in are almost always midfielders really. Which Sane will never be as long as he's got a hole in his arse. He's a bit mercurial is Leroy and I don't think the German team goes in for mercurial much.

Tbf I would struggle to name a similar accurate list of English strikers over the years from my mind :-/
(Btw I watched the 66 final last night on tv and Mexico 70 quarters, great players on both sides and not a bad style of play at all!)

Certainly Sané is different. But I don't think that was the reason for Low to drop him,
and it's also not the reason for Sané to have underperformed in the national team.

I even think being different can be quite valuable in having an option for special situations. Every coach would like that.

Leroy is a proven skillful player, no doubts. That alone tells me there is more about dropping him than tactics or former performance as the chosen lads didn't shine really as well.

 

[BlueAnorak]

They were shit against Saudi Arabia. Yes they won 2-1 but they were so lucky. They are going to struggle to get out of their group.

 

[caseball]

I'd be very surprised if so. They're experts at this World Cup bollocks. They always do just enough to go through and often get better as they go on.

 

[caseball]

Tbf I would struggle to name a similar accurate list of English strikers over the years from my mind :-/
(Btw I watched the 66 final last night on tv and Mexico 70 quarters, great players on both sides and not a bad style of play at all!)

Certainly Sané is different. But I don't think that was the reason for Low to drop him,
and it's also not the reason for Sané to have underperformed in the national team.

I even think being different can be quite valuable in having an option for special situations. Every coach would like that.

Leroy is a proven skillful player, no doubts. That alone tells me there is more about dropping him than tactics or former performance as the chosen lads didn't shine really as well.

I did have to jog my memory on Fischer and Riedle and I had no idea that Gomez had got the nod this time. I'm a bit surprised about that one tbh. But an English list would only have about five names in it. So, not being English, you probably would struggle to remember nonentities like Emile Heskey. I've been trying to forget him and several others for longer than I care to remember. Better not to know in the first place. Going backwards, we'd have to start at Rooney, Shearer, Lineker, Hurst, Greaves. Yeah, there's not much similarity. Unfortunately for us. But ball-playing attackers for Germany aren't so easy to recall. Libuda, Grabowski, Littbarski. Even the younger fans' favourite player, Reus, has only got 30 caps at the age of 29 (googled that). And he's maybe the most similar to Sane. So it's not a criticism because Germany have done great, but I do think that there might be a distrust of dribblers or ball players, whatever people want to call them. The English seem to dislike defenders who try to play football a bit. I don't know why but we definitely do. We prefer defenders to be just like us. Brave, tough, thick, handsome. Phil Jones. Joking aside, Gascoigne would never have got into Germany's team but he could never have been German anyway, if you see what I mean. Even Netzer split opinion, if I remember right. I actually do think that each country has likes and dislikes when it comes to types of players and probably produces more of the types it likes. Couldn't possibly prove it of course but it's just what I feel.