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afromanGT
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Any striker who isnt' playing for New Zealand is a danger tbh. But Klose less so. He doesn't deserve his spot - he's there on reputation alone when others have had to work hard and played very well to get there.
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Bari91
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doesnt matter the guys still a danger
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afromanGT
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He's still played in 24 games this season and had over 1,000 minutes on the pitch, so he's averaging some 40 minutes/game - which is a fair amount of time, even if he isn't starting - and he has just three goals to his name
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Bari91
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Olic and Muller have been on fire so Klose has not been needed you cant judge a players form if he hardly gets any playing time. The guy is a proven goalscorer and will continue to score!
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afromanGT
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Quote:Not surprised at all by Klose being included. As bad a season as he has had he's shown he can get it down at the World Cup, as shown by his 10 goals in two tournaments. He's out of form. He hasn't been scoring for the national side either. Previous tournaments have seen him having decent domestic form. He is in this squad on reputation alone.
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afromanGT wrote:Surprised Klose made it, and likewise that Hitzelsperger was left out. But other than that a very predictable squad. Not surprised at all by Klose being included. As bad a season as he has had he's shown he can get it down at the World Cup, as shown by his 10 goals in two tournaments.
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Bari91
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Marin and Ozil are going to be the key players they are awesome!!! all in all it's not their best squad in years but then again Germany are always up there!!!
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afromanGT
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Surprised Klose made it, and likewise that Hitzelsperger was left out. But other than that a very predictable squad.
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Silence Zarathustra wrote:I was listening to Triple M this morning and that dick they get to do the sports news said "Germany have announced their squad and the only one you'll have heard of is Michael Ballack."
What a tool. I beleive that was aimed at the bogan Thugby League fans who on the 15th of may will be claiming Chelski as their favourite team. try not to take it so personally, Triple M is a suck arse station anyway as is the majority of mainstream radio due to their lack of knowledge of Music and variety.
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Silence Zarathustra
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I was listening to Triple M this morning and that dick they get to do the sports news said "Germany have announced their squad and the only one you'll have heard of is Michael Ballack."
What a tool.
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Joffa wrote:http://au.fourfourtwo.com/forums/default.aspx?g=posts&m=594198#594198 sorry joffa, this one is better, you forgot podolski on that squad after all
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Shar
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In all honesty I think Serbia will be harder to beat.
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borogz wrote:Quote:
There is no place in the squad for Lazio midfielder Thomas Hitzlsperger.
Disappointing. I thought he would have made it Edited by buddha69: 6/5/2010 09:50:28 PM
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borogz
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Sorry Joffa. But dont you think it deserves its own thread?...
Maybe/Maybe not?
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Quote:Germany name 27-man squad for 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa
From Ryland James in Berlin, Germany
May 06, 2010
Coach Joachim Loew has selected seven players from UEFA Champions League finalists Bayern Munich for the Germany World Cup squad including recalling veteran goalkeeper Hans-Joerg Butt.
Loew has opted to take Bayern's rising stars forward Thomas Mueller and uncapped 21-year-old defender Holger Badstuber, along with Butt, who turns 36 at the end of the month.
Butt won the last of his three caps in 2003, but has been in stellar form for Bayern who are set to win the Bundesliga title on Saturday and are in the Champions League final at the end of the month.
Chelsea midfielder Michael Ballack will captain the side in South Africa and is just two caps from making his 100th appearance for Germany.
There is no place in the squad for Lazio midfielder Thomas Hitzlsperger, while Bayer Leverkusen pair goalkeeper Rene Adler and midfielder Simon Rolfes are missing with injury.
Hamburg defender Dennis Aogo is a surprise selection in the 27-man squad which will be reduced to 23 in June when the final squad is submitted.
Both Cologne's Lukas Podolski, voted the best young player at the last World Cup, and Bayern Munich's Miroslav Klose, the top-scorer at Germany 2006, have been named amongst the forwards along with 20-year-old Mueller.
Germany face warm-up games against Malta in Aachen on May 13, Hungary in Budapest on May 29 and Bosnia-Herzegovina in Frankfurt on June 3.
With Werder Bremen facing Bayern Munich in the German Cup final on May 15, Ballack, whose Chelsea team faces Portsmouth in the FA Cup final the same day, and the Bremen players will join the Germany squad in Sicily after May 15.
The seven from Bayern will join the national squad in their second training camp in the southern Tyrol Alps after the Champions League final on May 22 against Inter Milan in Madrid.
Germany have drawn Australia, Ghana and Serbia in Group D for the World Cup which starts on June 11 and they open their campaign against the Socceroos on June 13 in Durban.
Loew has also named a separate group of five fringe players who will be brought into the Germany squad only for next Thursday's warm-up game with Malta.
They include goalkeeper Tobias Sippel (Kaiserslautern), Mats Hummel, Kevin Grosskreutz (Borussia Dortmund), Stefan Reinartz (Bayer Leverkusen), Marco Reus (Borussia Moenchengladbach) for the game in Aachen.
Agence France-Presse
Quote:Goalkeepers: Manuel Neuer (Schalke 04), Tim Wiese (Werder Bremen), Hans-Joerg Butt (Bayern Munich)
Defenders: Dennis Aogo (Hamburg) Jerome Boateng (Hamburg), Arne Friedrich (Hertha Berlin), Philipp Lahm (Bayern Munich), Per Mertesacker (Werder Bremen), Marcell Jansen (Hamburg), Serdar Tasci (VfB Stuttgart), Holger Badstuber (Bayern Munich), Heiko Westermann (Schalke 04), Andreas Beck (Hoffenheim)
Midfielders: Michael Ballack (Chelsea/ENG), Marko Marin, Mesut Oezil (both Werder Bremen), Piotr Trochowski (Hamburg), Sami Khedira, Christian Traesch (both VfB Stuttgart), Toni Kroos (Bayer Leverkusen), Bastian Schweinsteiger (Bayern Munich)
Forwards: Cacau (VfB Stuttgart), Mario Gomez, Miroslav Klose, Thomas Mueller (all Bayern Munich), Stefan Kiessling (Bayer Leverkusen), Lukas Podolski (Cologne)
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