That would be a good idea, although I fear that he’ll once again have limited playing time, despite the fact that he’s a better player than two years ago.

I should have added an eleventh conclusion, as I also noticed that the new red away jerseys at the very least take some getting used to. Not that I was ever a big fan of the green ones.

To your point 10: Although it is highly frustrating to have a squad not play well this close to a major competition, I agree with your assessment that they are tracking with their 2006 performance. Test matches are just that – tests. Time to try things out, time for the players to assess themselves and each other, and for the coach to finalize his tactics, based nto only on what he thinks are the players’ potentials, but also based on their current performance.

So here’s to hoping that our boys (yes, Jogi included) learned from this test, and will come out strong once the tournament begins!

What people wo follow his carreer have been saying for years. Even the Süddeutsche Zeitung realised this as early as 2005. The only one who has yet to learn it is Löw, apparently.*sighs*

Let’ hope he noticed it now and will let poor Hitzl play on a position where he can show what he’s good at.

Regarding No.3…interesting for me as well. And speaking who got the axe – Marin, Jones and Helmes were the unlucky three. A little off-topic…it never fail to amuse me at what I read on the UEFA website on them playing around Jogi’s surname in terms of the final 23-man squad.

Link – http://en.euro2008.uefa.com/news/kind=1/newsid=702182.html#low+moment+germany+trio