TLW's All Time Germany Side - Left Back

[Lee909]

2 minutes ago, Clem H Fandango said:

 

Littbarski.

 

Not really a 433 winger. More a attacking midfielder you could play wide. You could put Voller and Rummenigge wide but none really fit what you'd want in a 433. It's like us having Kuyt out there,though better players

[Clem H Fandango]

8 minutes ago, Lee909 said:

 

Not really a 433 winger. More a attacking midfielder you could play wide. You could put Voller and Rummenigge wide but none really fit what you'd want in a 433. It's like us having Kuyt out there,though better players

on the right, Hassler or Basler.

left you could have Bode, Podolaki or Reus.

 

Not a great deal to choose from really.

[Bjornebye]

Hassler surely 

[Lee909]

5 minutes ago, Bjornebye said:

Hassler surely 

 

He wasn't a winger. 

Another attacking midfielder that occasionally played wide. He was part of a midfield 3 for Germany in a 532 in 1990 and played behind the strikers in 92. 

[TheHowieLama]

40 minutes ago, Clem H Fandango said:

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left you could have Bode, Podolaki or Reus.

 

 

In the greatest German 11??

None of those make their greatest club 11's - in any position.

[TheHowieLama]

1 minute ago, Lee909 said:

 

He wasn't a winger. 

Another attacking midfielder that occasionally played wide. He was part of a midfield 3 for Germany in a 532 in 1990 and played behind the strikers in 92. 

 

Gotta play, in this fiormation  -- Hassler RM, Lothar middle, and in this set up Kroos left.

 

Should be Muller wide right, Muller center and then....

[Tony Moanero]

9 minutes ago, TheHowieLama said:

 

Gotta play, in this fiormation  -- Hassler RM, Lothar middle, and in this set up Kroos left.

 

Should be Muller wide right, Muller center and then....

Matthäus DM, Kroos CM, Netzer CM

[YorkshireRed]

Just checked in to see the current state of play. 
 

Do I think Andreas Brehme was a top quality left back? Of course he was.

 

Does he exist in the same stratosphere as Paul Brietner? Of course he fucking doesn’t. 
 

 

[TheHowieLama]

34 minutes ago, Tony Moanero said:

Matthäus DM, Kroos CM, Netzer CM

 

There are posters who have never watched Brietner - the epitome of West German dominance. No one is voting for Netzer.

[Tony Moanero]

Just now, TheHowieLama said:

 

There are posters who have never watched Brietner - the epitome of West German dominance. No one is voting for Netzer.

I will be!

[YorkshireRed]

20 minutes ago, TheHowieLama said:

 

There are posters who have never watched Brietner - the epitome of West German dominance. No one is voting for Netzer.

There’ll be posters who won’t vote for Der Bomber for the same reason. 
 

It’s a bit like voting for Ed Sheeran as the greatest ever singer songwriter, in a list that includes Bob Dylan (or others of that ilk) because they’ve never heard one of his songs.

[Trumo]

Breitner for sure. Brehme was very good, and I think Briegel played there for Germany too. All three were versatile enough to be used in midfield to telling effect.

 

Putting the pieces of a team together, I think 4-3-3 might work best for the players I have in mind. I'm undecided on the second centre back (or only centre back, as the other was a sweeper in his pomp), but the midfield 3 would be Matthaus, Netzer and Overath, and I'd have a front 3 of Rummenigge, Seeler and Der Bomber.

 

Some real quality names are getting omitted.

[KevieG]

Breitner used to be in many all time 11s before Maldini came along. He has to be here. 

[TheHowieLama]

13 hours ago, TheHowieLama said:

 

There are posters who have never watched Brietner - the epitome of West German dominance. No one is voting for Netzer.

 

13 hours ago, Tony Moanero said:

I will be!

 

11 hours ago, Trumo said:

Breitner for sure. Brehme was very good, and I think Briegel played there for Germany too. All three were versatile enough to be used in midfield to telling effect.

 

Putting the pieces of a team together, I think 4-3-3 might work best for the players I have in mind. I'm undecided on the second centre back (or only centre back, as the other was a sweeper in his pomp), but the midfield 3 would be Matthaus, Netzer and Overath, and I'd have a front 3 of Rummenigge, Seeler and Der Bomber.

 

Some real quality names are getting omitted.

 

And so it is done.

[Lee909]

Add a 3rd for Netzer. Ideally I'd pick him in the front 3 to play behind 2 strikers. But unless I know he's a option I'll be picking him in midfield

[Bjornebye]

59 minutes ago, Lee909 said:

Add a 3rd for Netzer. Ideally I'd pick him in the front 3 to play behind 2 strikers. But unless I know he's a option I'll be picking him in midfield

 

He'll only be in the midfield picks mate. 

[Clem H Fandango]

20 hours ago, TheHowieLama said:

 

Gotta play, in this fiormation  -- Hassler RM, Lothar middle, and in this set up Kroos left.

 

Should be Muller wide right, Muller center and then....

We need a team of Mullers. Would be interesting when it's a muller corner.

[coachpotato]

Got to this too late, I would have added Karl Heinz Schnellinger, brilliant across the back line but exceptional at left full back.

[VladimirIlyich]

2 hours ago, Clem H Fandango said:

We need a team of Mullers. Would be interesting when it's a muller corner.

We all dream of a team of Mullers,a team of Mullers...but we only have ten? We are a Muller light.

[Bjornebye]

Muppets. 

[Scott_M]

I didn’t vote as missed it but would have voted for Brehme. 

[YorkshireRed]

The ‘before my time’ argument is a load of old tosh. 
 

These polls give all an opportunity to stop everything else going on in their lives immediately and focus only on researching some of the truly great names of yesteryear that are appearing on these lists.
 

Phone in sick, tell your wife and kids they will have to do without you for the duration of the competition, stock up on snacks, and focus. 
 

Start with Netzer, you’ll have a lovely time. 
 

I’m pretty sure nobody would omit Kenny Dalglish from a vote to establish an all time Liverpool XI, even though there’ll be a good few on here who aren’t old enough to have seen him play.

 

If a vote for Kenny is based on the stories you’ve heard, the videos you’ve seen, the books you’ve read etc.. then the equivalents are available for all the footballing greats of the past.

 

There was a documentary on Der Kaiser on Sky a while ago. Worth a watch. You might find that he was indeed a better player than Jerome Boateng.

[Bjornebye]

1 hour ago, Scott_M said:

I didn’t vote as missed it but would have voted for Brehme. 

The ultimate “I’m too important/busy” bollocks. You’ve arguably posted more than me this last week. Get over yourself, you fucked the chance of a decent outcome in this poll with your over inflated ego. 

[Scott_M]

5 minutes ago, Bjornebye said:

The ultimate “I’m too important/busy” bollocks. You’ve arguably posted more than me this last week. Get over yourself, you fucked the chance of a decent outcome in this poll with your over inflated ego. 

Soz. 

[Jose Jones]

Brehme was an excellent left back with a great left foot, and scored in the World Cup final.

Breitner was two footed, scored in two World Cup finals and scored two absolute fucking belters in the 1974 World Cup, plus had way better hair.

Easy decision.