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Semi-related (German babies) the4thjuliek March 20 2015, 17:58:04 UTC
World Cup Winner Ginter has been shunted down to the German U-21 team! So has Kevin Volland. And when did Leno get the #1 shirt? I thought ter Stegen owned it.


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RE: Semi-related (German babies) marsyke March 20 2015, 18:12:36 UTC
They want a strong squad for the tournament, I think.

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RE: Semi-related (German babies) the4thjuliek March 20 2015, 18:15:49 UTC
Yeah, and especially since many of these kids will be future senior squad members.

But how weird would it be for Ginter to win the U21 Euros after winning the World Cup? I'm just giggling at the thought of it.

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RE: Semi-related (German babies) marsyke March 20 2015, 18:30:03 UTC
Didn't Mata do that?

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semi-relatied: Belgium! marsyke March 20 2015, 18:14:56 UTC
No surprises. New kid is Batshuayi, he recently scored a few goals for Marseille.

This is our squad list for Cyprus and Israel ! #TousEnsemble #belcyp #isrbel pic.twitter.com/zACFhTTkc8
- BelgianRedDevils (@BelRedDevils) 20 maart 2015

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RE: semi-relatied: Belgium! the4thjuliek March 20 2015, 18:25:18 UTC
No Pirate Vanden-Borre? Such a strong and young squad. de Bock, which team does he play for?

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RE: semi-relatied: Belgium! marsyke March 20 2015, 18:31:33 UTC
He's not in great shape. De Bock plays for Club Brugge.

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RE: semi-relatied: Belgium! izaguirre March 20 2015, 20:30:46 UTC
Jason! <3


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chrysa March 20 2015, 18:57:52 UTC
Sergio's mustache in that photo is terrifying

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mrscrapbag March 20 2015, 19:42:21 UTC
lol.. why would he drop iker out of the squad? he's the captain. and except from the bad game he had against schalke, he's had a great season..

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the4thjuliek March 20 2015, 20:00:12 UTC
Because if you've watched Adrian, you'll see that he's in better form than Iker. I mean, the dude saved West Ham's asses against Arsenal despite a dislocated finger (even then the scoreline was 3-0 :/).

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mrscrapbag March 21 2015, 12:55:44 UTC
well i don't think he's that good if he isn't mentioned as much as de gea now is he?

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the4thjuliek March 21 2015, 13:23:08 UTC
That's cause de Gea plays for United. You go back and read last week's match post and you'll know what I'm talking about ;)

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melj1213 March 20 2015, 22:51:17 UTC
I would drop Iker for West Ham's Adrian.LMAO srsly?! No, just no. Iker may be having a bit of a tough time at the moment but it is more down to RM injuries and squad issues than a significant enough drop in personal form to have him dropped from the NT ( ... )

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the4thjuliek March 20 2015, 23:57:00 UTC
It is an unpopular opinion XD

But I do feel that his form has dropped drastically. Enough to start de Gea over him. Experience is important but I don't see Spain doing well, not when their #1 GK and captain isn't at his peak anymore. Leaving aside club performances, his recent NT performances have not been convincing. That performance against Slovakia.

And Adrian has proved himself against the top clubs in the PL. He may not deserve to start over de Gea but he deserves to be called up.

And Spain are in transition. They need to break in their younger players. It may not yield in immediate results but it will pay off (as a German team fan used to Jogi's experiments, I know how rage inducing it can be). And Olli Kahn was dropped for Lehmann (and he was in splendid form at the time and the captain of the German team and Bayern Munich) and it worked out pretty okay.

But it's my opinion and I'll confess that I've never been on the San Iker bandwagon so I'm also a bit biased :D

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melj1213 March 21 2015, 00:13:23 UTC
You´re missing half the point though. You really want a keeper who has won everything in the sport to be replaced by a keeper who has won nothing and has less than three years top flight experience, and no national team experience to replace him in the squad?! It doesn´t matter whether it´s Iker and Adrian or Kahn and Jens, to suggest ANY team should go into a European qualifying competition with three inexperienced goalkeepers on their roster is at best naive and at worst stupid ( ... )

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mrscrapbag March 21 2015, 13:07:42 UTC
yaaass. i'm always happy to see fellow iker supporters around here. sometimes it feels lonely being the only one here. lol

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