Jogi announcing 30 names

[connorblond.livejournal.com]

… for the preliminary World Cup squad … with some surprises!

Goal: Manuel Neuer (Bayern München), Roman Weidenfelder (Borussia Dortmund), Ron-Robert Zieler (Hannover 96)

Defense: Jerome Boateng, Philipp Lahm (Bayern München), Erik Durm, Kevin Großkreutz, Mats Hummels, Marcel Schmelzer (Borussia Dortmund), Benedict Höwedes (Schalke 04), Marcell Jansen (HSV), Per Mertesacker (FC Arsenal), Shkodran Mustafi (Sampdoria Genua)

Midfield: Mario Goetze, Bastian Schweinsteiger, Thomas Müller, Toni Kroos (Bayern München, Marco Reus (Borussia Dortmund), Lars Bender (Bayern Leverkusen), Leon Goretzka, Julian Draxler, Max Meyer (Schalke 04), Matthias Ginter (FC Freiburg), André Hahn (FC Augsburg), Sami Khedira (Real Madrid), Lukas Podolski, Mesut Özil (FC Arsenal), Andre Schürrle (FC Chelsea)

Offense: Miroslav Klose (Lazio Rom), Kevin Volland (1899 Hoffenheim).

That is … unexpected. Not that he doesn't take Gomez. I kind of expected that. But … Goretzka? Meyer? Ginter? Mustafi? And only Klose and Volland????

No Ter Stegen! Oh my.

Comments

[jenny-jenkins.livejournal.com]

I'd put Poldi in with the strikers.

But yes, the exclusion of Max Kruse is a surprise.

Those kids will presumably be cut in a few weeks.

I hope he sticks to the basics this year. He never could decide which club he wanted us playing like...

[blackjedii.livejournal.com]

scuze me jogi there seems to be some mistake i do not see rene adler on that list
or max kruse

Although not even gonna lie about how happy I am to see Howedes and Draxler. TBH I wasn't expecting Gomez to make it given his injury and struggle to get past it. Wondr why he didn't tap Sidney Sam...

[notasoldier.livejournal.com]

Yay for Goretzka and Volland! They're promising, although I doubt they will end up going to Brasil.

[marsyke.livejournal.com]

The squad doesn't look too bad on paper. The question is what it will look like on the field.
I think we can also say that Germany has a striker problem.

[lady-teazle.livejournal.com]

A not very sympathetic article on Mario Gomez's dismal year and WC woes (http://www.whoateallthepies.tv/international_football/189678/injury-stricken-mario-gomez-accurately-captures-the-acute-heartbreak-of-missing-out-on-a-world-cup-in-open-facebook-letter.html)

And now, horrifyingly, Schweini and Reus have gone off injured (May 10). They'd better be okay in time.

[lady-teazle.livejournal.com]

What about giving Fahrmann a chance, Jogi? He's had a wonderful year at Schalke.

[hey-larry.livejournal.com]

i'm really nervous seeing this list. why is lukas in midfield? -_-