is the endless conveyor belt going too fast

wow

seems as if Real are tracking the progress of Schalke's Pander, the Left Back

http://www.sportbild.de/sportbild/generated/article/fussball/2007/08/07/6801400000.html

more for next season than this

Great news! Why not buy him now? We need a LB.

Pander's career could be ruined by injuries, he is more injury prone than the current Dutch generation of players even, and that's quite an achievement.

Very talented LB, excellent at free kicks also. Unfortunately, I think that injuries will cost him a squad place in the Mannschaft he'd deserve at least (backup and excellent alternative to Jansen).

Another woody? Otto what are you thinking?

TM wrote:Another woody? Otto what are you thinking?

Pander is not exactly a Hummer of players

he's more like an English Army Rifle: always jams

far more talented than Cashley , but needs an excellent hostpital nearby

if he could shake off those injuries he would give Lahm a run for his money

let's hope and pray for this season; if he holds, you can have him for 30 million Euro afterwards

funny portrait of REEEEEEEMAAAAN

the best goalie youngster in the world

http://www.bild.t-online.de/BTO/sport/2007/08/08/manuel-riemann/titan-junior,geo=2272380.html

this is VERY FUNNY

Manuel ist vergeben. Gleich zweimal. Sein Herz gehört seinem Klub – und seiner großen Liebe. Tina, wie er 18. „Sie ist mein ganz großer Rückhalt. Ohne Tina hätte ich sehr vieles nicht geschafft. Sie will mal Grundschullehrerin werden, dafür gibt sie alles. Wir sind seit drei Jahren zusammen.“

his girlfriend is "giving her all" to one day become a primary school teacher

German WAGs




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War Opa zufrieden? Manuel lacht: „Er hat mir gratuliert und war sehr stolz. Aber er will trotzdem noch mit mir reden: Ein paar Abschläge haben ihm überhaupt nicht gefallen...“

grandpa was very proud of Riemann's galactic performance but still wants to have a word with him.

He really did not like a few of his kick-offs



German perfectionism

Pander confirms that Real have been in contact with his agent

bizarrely, he will be available on a free next season

Schalke have once again, like so many other Bundesliga clubs, failed to either sell him NOW or extend his contract in time

Principles cost money. As Bayern finally seem to have realised in the case of Hargreaves.

the Germans are just too stupid to understand the implications of Bosman

Metzelder also went for nothing

ditto Pizarro, Salihamidizc....

I wouldn't pay a single euro for any of those 3

Jeez don't let Puro hear you, he'll be round your house with a baseball bat....

Apparently Pizarro was offered to Barça but he was rejected

golsud wrote:I wouldn't pay a single euro for any of those 3

I would not pay anything for Henry, Messi and Ronaldinho either

it's immoral and digusting

entarteter Otto wrote:

golsud wrote:I wouldn't pay a single euro for any of those 3

I would not pay anything for Henry, Messi and Ronaldinho either

it's immoral and digusting

With them Bayern would've qualified for the CL this season

haha

and there we have another product of the endless conveyor belt of German talents stepping up when it counts

Marko Marin

our very own German midget

or rather

the next Haessler

the next Pierre Littbarski

http://www.faz.net/s/RubBC20E7BC6C204B29BADA5A79368B1E93/Doc~E3F8F4307EEF7425A8CB1A8C7B28CE9BA~ATpl~Ecommon~Scontent.html

otto, now I know that you never read my posts!

Check out the Bayern thread, or the Bundesliga thread(s). Been raving about him for ages, I seriously hope that we don't let Bayern steal him also, just like they did in Kroos' case. Allofs, don't f@ck this one up!

Marin is awesome already, a starter for Gladbach at the age of 18.

Otto, seriously stop with this!!

Germany only produces decent keepers THATS IT!!!

Drive a bit to the west, there you will find some real talent

Do they compare him to Harry Potter in that article?

Oh Fey, you won't even know what hit you in a few years. There is some truly great talent coming through these days, not great in the sense of "hyped up by otto great", but really great.

Marin is one of those.

@fey

this Marin is a true German pocket-knife

you better believe it

or as we Teutons say

"klein aber fein"

if he was Dutch and not German, he would now be on his way to Real for 20 million Euro at least

@ blut

I know you have mentioned him before

he's similar in age to Kroos and Fischer

Allofs really should chase him and the young Stuttgart lad

Tweedle wrote:Do they compare him to Harry Potter in that article?

-> A "magician" of football. Harry Potter probably because of his young age.

Keepers that is all!!! But heej, there are important too.

Feyenoord alone is comming with a GOLDEN generation!!! Drenthe was just a top of the iceberg!!!

These are real talents...not soulless mercaneries that come from a conveyor belt!!!

blutgraetsche wrote:Oh Fey, you won't even know what hit you in a few years. There is some truly great talent coming through these days, not great in the sense of "hyped up by otto great", but really great.

Marin is one of those.

So a hell of a lot better than Podolski then?

Fey wrote:

Feyenoord alone is comming with a GOLDEN generation!!! Drenthe was just a top of the iceberg!!!

your GOLDEN generation consists of Makaay and von Bockwurst

when it comes to talented youngsters you now have Sahin

that's it

don't worry

after one year back in the Eredivisie you will be able to sell Makaay to Real for 40 million at least

Gladbach stole him from Frankfurt btw., that's why they can't complain if we steal him from them.

Tweedle wrote:
So a hell of a lot better than Podolski then?

Nice try.

Not the same position, he is a playmaker / creative attacking midfielder type, who scores a lot also.

Both Kroos and Marin, 17 and 18 years old, have probably more potential than any other players we have on their position. The younger the German players, the better they are, for various reasons explained already.

If you want a REAL Dutch talent , watch out for John Goossens , just broke into the Ajax team aged 19 , i never hype players , but he looks like the real deal ..

another article about Marin

http://www.fr-online.de/in_und_ausland/sport/aktuell/?em_cnt=1191253

he has already represented Europe at youth level against an African selection

when Gladbach bought him, they fought off competition from abroad as well

rather intelligently, they employed Marin's father as a trainer or scout

just like Leverkusen did with Helmes' father

@Allofs

I hope you are reading this

entarteter Otto wrote:

Fey wrote:

Feyenoord alone is comming with a GOLDEN generation!!! Drenthe was just a top of the iceberg!!!

your GOLDEN generation consists of Makaay and von Bockwurst

when it comes to talented youngsters you now have Sahin

that's it

don't worry

after one year back in the Eredivisie you will be able to sell Makaay to Real for 40 million at least

Sahin is one of them...but he aint Dutch so we wont even count him!! He just wanted to be part of a group where they can understand TALENT!! In Germany he wasnt appreciated. Here with us he gets that feeling you get that family feeling!!!

"Klein maar fijn" is what we Hollanders say

Some of our talents, remember Drenthe was never the gifted one among these

De Guzman
Vincken
Vlaar
Wijnaldum
Schet
Bruins
Slory
Buis
van Leeuwen
Biseswar
Poldervaart
Mulder
Kobussen
Fer
Cummins
Pattinama
Hagary

etc...as you can see ENDLESS, two days ago our boys had a test with Leverkussen....5-0 because we showed mercy!!

No serginho Greene Fey?