| Toni Kroos retires. 13:58 - May 21 with 1893 views | Mercian |
He will be the last player born in the then East Germany to represent his country and to play at the top level. Still very good now and excellent in his prime. |  | | |  |
| Toni Kroos retires. on 14:01 - May 21 with 1852 views | NthQldITFC |
I'll miss Kroos.
Which ironically is phonetically the exact opposite of what they would have been fearing in East Germany when he was born!
Make of that what you will. |  |
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| Toni Kroos retires. on 14:03 - May 21 with 1841 views | davblue |
Brilliant player, not talked enough about how good he is. |  | | |
| Toni Kroos retires. on 14:05 - May 21 with 1823 views | Zx1988 |
| Toni Kroos retires. on 14:01 - May 21 by NthQldITFC |
I'll miss Kroos.
Which ironically is phonetically the exact opposite of what they would have been fearing in East Germany when he was born!
Make of that what you will. |
Feck sake, that took me far too long! |  |
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| Toni Kroos retires. on 14:16 - May 21 with 1787 views | Mercian |
There are not many still playing from the 2014 World Cup squad. Neuer, Goetze, Muller, Hummels and Ter Stegen are the only ones I can thing of. If I remember correctly Reus was injured at the time. [Post edited 21 May 2024 14:17]
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| Toni Kroos retires. on 14:26 - May 21 with 1762 views | Sharkey |
This got me wondering the answer to a related question: how many players played for both East Germany and then after 1990 for united Germany?
Answer = 8. One of them was Ulf Kirsten, who got about 50 caps each for both teams. After the reunification, he was implicated in having been an informant for the STASI while playing for Dynamo Dresden. (All from Wiki.) |  | | |
| Toni Kroos retires. on 14:31 - May 21 with 1733 views | Guthrum |
| Toni Kroos retires. on 14:26 - May 21 by Sharkey |
This got me wondering the answer to a related question: how many players played for both East Germany and then after 1990 for united Germany?
Answer = 8. One of them was Ulf Kirsten, who got about 50 caps each for both teams. After the reunification, he was implicated in having been an informant for the STASI while playing for Dynamo Dresden. (All from Wiki.) |
Tho, to be fair, about a sixth of the adult population were informants to the Stasi, to a greater or (often very) lesser extent. |  |
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| Toni Kroos retires. on 14:36 - May 21 with 1710 views | RobTheMonk |
One of the best tempo dictators in the game. German efficiency. |  | | |
| Toni Kroos retires. on 15:22 - May 21 with 1641 views | Sharkey |
| Toni Kroos retires. on 14:31 - May 21 by Guthrum |
Tho, to be fair, about a sixth of the adult population were informants to the Stasi, to a greater or (often very) lesser extent. |
I wonder what the figure is in Belarus today. About the same, I guess. | | | |
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| Toni Kroos retires. on 15:40 - May 21 with 1607 views | Reus30 |
Remember when Kroos was the next big thing on Football Manager back in the day.
He still exceeded expectations and I suspect he may get two more trophies before he is done this summer. |  | | |
| Toni Kroos retires. on 15:45 - May 21 with 1586 views | NthQldITFC |
| Toni Kroos retires. on 14:05 - May 21 by Zx1988 |
Feck sake, that took me far too long! |
I can only apologise - that sort of thing comes into my 'brain' and out through my fingers far too often. | |
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| Toni Kroos retires. on 17:37 - May 21 with 1464 views | Crock |
| Toni Kroos retires. on 14:16 - May 21 by Mercian |
There are not many still playing from the 2014 World Cup squad. Neuer, Goetze, Muller, Hummels and Ter Stegen are the only ones I can thing of. If I remember correctly Reus was injured at the time. [Post edited 21 May 2024 14:17]
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Ter Stegen was not in the 2014 squad. Ginter. Grosskreutz, Draxler, Kramer and Boateng are also still playing. |  |
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| Toni Kroos retires. on 17:44 - May 21 with 1437 views | MK1 |
He might be tempted to play in the PL for one last challenge. Offer him a few quid and he might just be ready to join us on our journey. |  |
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