Are Germans genetically better at soccer?

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.

Aha. Germans are the most patriotic people in the world? You obviously know exactly what you are talking about.

They love doing things as a group? Aha. You have probably done scientific researches about the subject before your detailed analyses.

Americans are 300 million plus people, who would all be willing to give their lives for the love of the USA.

Example of the average Americans love for their country, was when Nathan Hale made his famous quote, my only regret is I have only one life to give for my country.

I can guarantee, that their are currently over 300 million Americans who feel the exact same way as Nathan Hale.

Western Europe is mostly mixed raced today with people from the Caucasus and Mongolia.

i love this song, you can just hear the love for the USA in his voice.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5yaetvTj5DE

remember there are 2 types of people in the world, Anericans and people who wish they were Americans.

Bad Wigins wrote:Germans on the other hand fanatically fight to the death against stronger opponents, and have done so since Hermann painted Teutoberg forest with roman blood

i suggest you read some proper history

peter heather's "Empires & Barbarians"

germanicus later put germans to the sword

the romans decided there was nothing beyond the rhine worth conquering

it was heavily forested area with huge work needed to turn into farmland to produce tribute which is all the empire was interested in

on top of that river transport was limited to these forest areas & tranporting tribute difficult as lot of road transport needed

in the end the empire decided not to bother with conquest of germany as frankly, from an economic viewpoint the land was worthless

douglas burke wrote:

Americans are 300 million plus people, who would all be willing to give their lives for the love of the USA.

Example of the average Americans love for their country, was when Nathan Hale made his famous quote, my only regret is I have only one life to give for my country.

I can guarantee, that their are currently over 300 million Americans who feel the exact same way as Nathan Hale.

Well, except that Democrats are not really Americans. They're properly referred to as libtards. And they would gladly give their lives to DESTROY this great country.

But thanks for playing anyway.

Human Geography 1A wrote:

Western Europe is mostly mixed raced today with people from the Caucasus and Mongolia.

Also mixed with Aborigines and Pygmy people of central Africa

Soccer is the ultimate test of 21st century virtues. Everyone is doing the Tiki Taka now, and that makes soccer more of a team game than ever. Identifying players with good touch, field vision, and the selflessness to integrate to the team is much more difficult than finding a big kid who runs a 4.3 40. It takes good coaches at every level, and these coaches must forego their own glory of WINNING NOW - which they could easily do by simply building a team based around big early developers - and instead laying a foundation for national success down the road. It takes an efficient infrastructure based on large endowments of social capital to find and nurture these talents. May the best country win.

Yes-- of course Germans are genetically better at soccer.

Players like Mesut Oezil, Sami Khedira, Shkodran Mustafi, Jerom Boateng, Lukas Podolski, and Miroslav Klose are prime examples of the superiority of German genetics.

Like you said-- these and the rest of the players display that uniquely German predisposition to "the team."

Nice try troll.

The Grapevine wrote:

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.

Wrong. Spain is out but "we're all playing the Tiki Taka now". The Germans have the same touch and passing abilities as Spain at their peak, if not better. That's what gives them their offense. When you can string together passes in and around the opponents box, you will get your opportunities. By contrast, the days of a Pele or Maradona willing their team to victory are over. The game has evolved and the defenses are better and there is less of a gap between the best and worst players. That's why Messi averages almost a goal per game with Barcelona but has been much less effective in the course of three World Cups.

someone had to say it wrote:

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

It's not just their knowledge on Europe, though. The majority of the dum\bfu\cks posting here haven't updated ANY knowledge since the middle of the 20th century. On letsrun, racial segregation and McCarthyism are still the order of the day, scientists are dangerous heretics and homosexuals are mentally ill.

Better question: Are the majority of Germans white guys who speak a different language than the majority of the US (white guys) does? Yes

Half of the players in the Bundesliga aren't German.

about the team wrote:

When you have a good core group of players who come together at the same time in a golden generation

There have been many "golden generations" in Germany. I wouldn't use this term. Germany could have won in 86', '02, '06, this was all very close but not necessarily the greatest players.

1954 was not a golden generation, neither was 1990.

OK, 1974 was.

4runner wrote:

Players like [..] Sami Khedira [..] Jerom Boateng[..] are prime examples of the superiority of German genetics.

Khedira and Boateng actually have 50% German genetics.

Also, when talking about soccer, genetics is usually used as a broader term that also includes culture. And in that sense, someone like Klose is as German as it gets.

When you're a young boy in Germany, you play soccer. The same is true for Brazil but where Brazil has failed is at bridging the gap between playing with friends at the beach and becoming a pro. Germany is full of soccer boarding schools.

Fishing Instructor wrote:

Half of the players in the Bundesliga aren't German.

The vast majority of the players who made the WC final 8 times on German teams were German.

Consider non-team sports. How many events do the Germans have someone at the top in athletics? All I can think of is Obergföll, Holzdeppe, and one or two decathletes. Zero distance runners. No great sprinters, jumpers or hurdlers.

Bad Wigins wrote:

Consider non-team sports. How many events do the Germans have someone at the top in athletics? All I can think of is Obergföll, Holzdeppe, and one or two decathletes. Zero distance runners. No great sprinters, jumpers or hurdlers.

Armin Harry (100m Gold medalist)

Dieter Baumann (5000m Gold medalist)

But yeah, it's been a while.

Germans actually work lower hours than Greeks.

jjjjjjjjj wrote:

Germans actually work lower hours than Greeks.

But they're more efficient.

Fun fact: Toni Kroos is the only soccer player ever who was born in the GDR (East Germany) to win a world cup.