Fey wrote:Mr. Silver himself. Vize Ballack. The living projection of Germany's dwindling winner's mentality.
If Schweini stops, will he hang up his scarf?
I see Ballack in the Lothar / Effe mold
but as kroos said, he was very unlucky being part of a shittiest football generation Germany has ever produced
football is a team sport and there is not much more Balle could have done with THIS lot
career wise he made one glaring mistake
going to Flumps's Chelsea than Fergie's ManU
in Manchester he would have become a God
in London he was merely Flumps' stand-in
the move to Leverkusen was EXCELLENT
on PAPER
but injuries as well as the idiocy of Heynckes and even worse DUTT made this a terrible career move
and what a pity that Löw , arguably the WORST Nationaltrainer of ALL TIME, stood in Balle's way
with a Hitzfeld in charge, a title in 2006, 2008 or 2010 would have been more than possible
the clash with Löw was unfortunate since it happened at a time when Löw was considered to be a GOD by our idiotic MEDIA
if the same happened NOW
Löw would be in trouble
he is badly damaged after the 2012 fiasco
Lahm is mostly "just boring and downright average" and this silly "flat-hierarchy"-nonsense is DEAD as well
for Balle, Chelsea/Bayer/the Löw-era meant
being at the right place at the WRONG time
still
in 10-20 years nobody will talk about Löw/Lahm/Özil... anymore
but Ballack will probably coach GERMANY
there cannot be many players who have worked with so many truly GREAT coaches
Rehagel, Daum, Toppmöller, Hitzfeld, Magath, Mourinho, Scolari, Hiddink, Ancelotti...
but the best thing is
Ballack understands football management is about tactics alright
BUT
it's mostly about PSYCHOLOGY
he recently said in a Zeit interview that whether a manager is successful or not
is all about whether he REACHES the players or NOT
well, actually, he said 80% was down to THAT
and he is BANG on the money
VERY FEW people understand that
they go on and on about tactics, systems, formations, strategies, scientific training methods,...
but really, NONE of this matters if you cannot communicate this WISDOM to the players
(same as in F1: you can have the best motor, if the tyres cannot translate the power to the road, it's useless)
THAT is where Löw, Klinsi, Dutt... all failed
even if their ideas had been brilliant
my hunch is Klopp will succeed Löw in 2014
he is young and POPULAR and will be given A LOT OF TIME by the DFB
6 to 8 years, probably
Ballack will take over afterwards, or after Klopp's successor
and as always
you heard it hear first
and as always
bernd will
NOT have seen it coming
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