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Originally Posted by demonrail666

but given that his spell as coach has been during a period of such emphatic Spanish dominance

yes, but what is "spanish dominance"? it's individual talent + good tactics.

german has had excellent individual talent, second to none, but where it has failed is on the tactical level. which is why low is low in my eyes. it's not about his mannerisms or personality or the fact that he eats boogers and sniffs his own armpit, that's dissgusting but i couldn't give 2 shits if he was a winner-- the problem is that he hasn't taken germany to any finals, has he? and he's had the core of bayern munchen all along, players who know and understand each other.

lost to italy in the 2008 euros (i don't know the whole details of his banishment) edit: <-WRONG AS FUCK
3rd place in the 2010 wold cup (okay, champion Spain got them in the semis)
lost in the semis to italy in the 2012 euros

i mean, i love the attacking style that he helped klinsmann introduce, but it's time he wins something instead of getting punked by the difficult teams (spain, italy).

this generation of players (remember how schweinsteiger dazzled everyone in 2006?) is getting old, and 2014 might be their last chance at winning something big-- looks like spain is going to get better reinforcements from their youth squad (again, if del bosque will fucking have them).