Are Germans genetically better at soccer?

Better at soccer than other nationalities are at soccer, or better at soccer than they are at other sports?

If you must troll, at least do so in plain English.

patriotic, no. They've mostly suppressed that since WWII, though there is some of it. Many Germans still associate nationalism with nazism. Americans are far more patriotic. But the German performance here illustrates how there is no genetic issue in sports. Culture, population size, wealth, belief, and circumstances differentiate nations.

Bad Wigins wrote:

For hundreds or thousands of years it has always been about the team with Germans, rather than the individual. They are the most patriotic people in the world and they love doing things as a group.

kind of hive-mind mentality coded in their genes.

They've always loved to take orders & do things as a group. Like invade Poland & Russia. I wonder what else is "coded in their genes?".

All these players and the Germans especially start training from the ages of 6-8. By the beginning of their teens, they'll know if they are on the pro and national team track or not. They'll be on with a pro club by 14-16 and fully pro and making a living at soccer by 16-18. When you have a good core group of players who come together at the same time in a golden generation, that's the difference. The key is good youth development. The European nations have a good system for this. France, Netherlands, and Germany.

operation barbarossa wrote:

They've always loved to take orders & do things as a group. Like invade Poland & Russia. I wonder what else is "coded in their genes?".

sort of like the french are genetically inclined to surrender and the brits are innerbred to run away from toothbrushes

The French are inclined to surrender? You mean like the French that conquered most of Europe in the early 1800s?

Lest you forget, there would be no USA if the French didn't give the colonists massive assistance during the Revolutionary War.

The French also won the 100 years war. The people who go on about Crecy, Poitiers and Agincourt forget to mention that.

But yes the Germans are genetically better at soccer, they were bred to do that or evolved which is the same thing.

trouble with phrasing? wrote:

Better at soccer than other nationalities are at soccer, or better at soccer than they are at other sports?

If you must troll, at least do so in plain English.

Well, it could be 'better at soccer than they are at baking', you know. Lots of other possibilities.

Germans are good at everything. They work hard. No slackers and freeloaders there. Greeks is the polar opposite.

French foreign legion wrote:

The French are inclined to surrender? You mean like the French that conquered most of Europe in the early 1800s?

Lest you forget, there would be no USA if the French didn't give the colonists massive assistance during the Revolutionary War.

Sorry, gonna have to call BS.

Of course, there is some possibility that the colonies would not have achieved their independence in 1783 without French assistance. However, there is zero chance that the colonies would not have achieved their independence by 1860 with or without French involvement.

The Germans have Hitler to thank for the world cup. He genetically produced the parents of these great athletes.

Obviously the question is absurd, but so are the premises since none of those qualities you mention can be genetic. A better question is whether the German culture or mentality (to the extent there is one) makes them inherently likely so succeed in football.

The answer is no, but the explanation is long and complicated. The book Soccernomics is a good read if you're really interested.

mountain high wrote:

operation barbarossa wrote:

They've always loved to take orders & do things as a group. Like invade Poland & Russia. I wonder what else is "coded in their genes?".

sort of like the french are genetically inclined to surrender and the brits are innerbred to run away from toothbrushes

Just like the American women are genetically inclined not to shave their p*ssies.

Bad Wigins wrote:

For hundreds or thousands of years it has always been about the team with Germans, rather than the individual. They are the most patriotic people in the world and they love doing things as a group. As individuals their players don't have the most dazzling skills, but eleven of them control the ball perfectly and play flawless defense.

Maybe they have got a kind of hive-mind mentality coded in their genes.

most patriotic? no way, the people of the USA are by far the worlds most patriotic.

Ching Ching wrote:

Germans are good at everything.

They were good at baking during WW2.

too zoon wrote:

Ching Ching wrote:

Germans are good at everything.

They were good at baking during WW2.

Holy shit, Americans really need to stop making World War 2 jokes every damn World Cup. Update your knowledge on Europe already.

Rme wrote:

The Germans have Hitler to thank for the world cup. He genetically produced the parents of these great athletes.

Yup.

The difference makers in futbol are guys who a.can break down defenses and b. make forceful well placed shots.

If your side doesn't have enough of those you aren't going to win in topflight competition.

I was concerned with the Germans not having enough big-play talent but they outlasted a few top teams. They were very good but less than overwhelming TBT though certainly whorthy champs.

I see genetics as less a factor than a large homogenious population with pretty much a single minded predisposition to the game.

Normal, that is the only thing they are taught and know about Europe.

"Once upon a time(around 1940)a very very bad man decided to attack all the countries around him ( which countries ?)... France surrendered, then USA sent three Ryan brother + tom hanks to free old Europe... they completed the task pretty well and went back home"