I thought it was more that he demanded to carry on playing for Germany no matter what

The Matthaus for Bayern in '93 was bad enough. The utter laughing stock by Euro 2000 defied belief! Incredible how such a great player and, at one point, gentleman (it was him who wandered around the devastated English players in Turin, offering genuine warmth and respect) turned into such a joke.

Posted By: thebigfeller on November 19th 2007 at 14:20:46

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So, once Becks comes on as a sub and scores a last-gasp 93rd min free-kick to (Other Football) - Steve in Holland, Nov 19, 13:56:25
- 2) - the best at dead ball situations (n/m) (Other Football) - shoddy, Nov 19, 14:11:36
  - Wouldn't it be excellent if they introduced American Football-style substitutions ? (Other Football) - Steve in Holland, Nov 19, 14:12:46
    - They had that in hockey a few years back (Other Football) - thebigfeller, Nov 19, 14:15:16
      - Yes (Other Football) - Steve in Holland, Nov 19, 14:15:43
- Keep him as a squad player. He's a useful impact sub (Other Football) - thebigfeller, Nov 19, 14:03:39
  - Great post bf (n/m) (Other Football) - pants, Nov 19, 14:24:26
  - You know me! ;-) (n/m) (Other Football) - thebigfeller, Nov 19, 14:08:27
  - All you had to do was say 1, 2, or 3... (Other Football) - Yellalee, Nov 19, 14:07:06
  - do players really not recover fully from broken metatarsals? (Other Football) - Tricky Hawes, Nov 19, 14:05:50
    - Yeah, it's killed Rooney and Neville's careers too. (n/m) (Other Football) - Steve in Holland, Nov 19, 14:08:12
      - For me, Moyes tried to protect Rooney, but Man Utd got their mits on him (Other Football) - pants, Nov 19, 14:25:59
        
        I wonder if that's also the reason Owen gets injured so often (Other Football) - thebigfeller, Nov 19, 14:31:28
        
        Yeah, I love Owen to bits, such a great forward (Other Football) - pants, Nov 19, 14:35:35
        
        re last Friday's game - Owen had said he needed games to get match-fit, hadn't he? (Other Football) - Tricky Hawes, Nov 19, 14:46:44
        
        Probably but I still think it was a mistake (Other Football) - Steve in Holland, Nov 19, 14:48:05
        
        you mean, without hindsight? (Other Football) - Tricky Hawes, Nov 19, 14:51:08
        
        I was a bit nervous about it pre-game to be honest (n/m) (Other Football) - Steve in Holland, Nov 19, 14:52:24
- Beckham is still a match winner for England (Other Football) - HoofinHughes, Nov 19, 14:01:15
  - Agreed (Other Football) - scruffy, Nov 19, 14:46:28
- 3).. (Other Football) - Garry Brooke, Nov 19, 13:58:34
  - Think that's a couple of years too far... (n/m) (Other Football) - Steve in Holland, Nov 19, 14:00:06
    - You never know these days though - Dion was 'too old' for us last year... (Other Football) - Yellalee, Nov 19, 14:03:08
      - We're talking World Cup, not bottom of the Fizzy! (n/m) (Other Football) - Steve in Holland, Nov 19, 14:08:28
        
        Yep - but we're talking a better class of players as well... (Other Football) - Yellalee, Nov 19, 14:13:42
        
        Maldini, atonishing how he can carry on at the top level (n/m) (Other Football) - pants, Nov 19, 14:32:07
        
        And still good enough too (n/m) (Other Football) - Steve in Holland, Nov 19, 14:36:34
        
        A lot to be learnt from their way of life diet etc (Other Football) - pants, Nov 19, 14:39:14
        
        Stoichkov ? Romario ? Roger Milla ? (Other Football) - Steve in Holland, Nov 19, 14:17:14
        
        That's the one i was trying to think of - Scifo (Other Football) - Yellalee, Nov 19, 14:19:48
        
        Remember that period circa '95 when Yeboah couldn't stop scoring blinding goals? (Other Football) - thebigfeller, Nov 19, 14:21:49
        
        (not forgetting Roberto Carlos and Cafu). (n/m) (Other Football) - Steve in Holland, Nov 19, 14:19:33
        
        Milla was 38 at Italia 90, I think. Oh, and Ceulemans was 35 or 36, IIRC? (n/m) (Other Football) - thebigfeller, Nov 19, 14:18:29
        
        Milla was really about ninety though! (n/m) (Other Football) - Garry Brooke, Nov 19, 14:20:38
        
        38, but that is 266 in dog years (n/m) (Other Football) - Steve in Holland, Nov 19, 14:23:29
        
        Scored for a hopeless Cameroon four years later in the USA too (n/m) (Other Football) - thebigfeller, Nov 19, 14:22:13
        
        Matthaus made a prat of himself too. Don't forget him! (n/m) (Other Football) - thebigfeller, Nov 19, 14:15:51
        
        Mainly because somebody told him he could play as sweeper at that age. (Other Football) - Steve in Holland, Nov 19, 14:18:02
        
        I thought it was more that he demanded to carry on playing for Germany no matter what (Other Football) - thebigfeller, Nov 19, 14:20:46
        
        It's OK, Gunny still managed to smack him "accidentally" (n/m) (Other Football) - Steve in Holland, Nov 19, 14:24:09
        
        Yeah, I remember reading that. Top stuff Gunny! (n/m) (Other Football) - thebigfeller, Nov 19, 14:32:26
        
        Reading ? (n/m) (Other Football) - Steve in Holland, Nov 19, 14:36:44
        
        Gunn's autobiography, I think? (n/m) (Other Football) - thebigfeller, Nov 19, 14:41:06
        
        Oh. Well you can watch it too. Home leg. (n/m) (Other Football) - Steve in Holland, Nov 19, 14:43:04
        
        The Beeb's "Norwich City in Europe" opening titles. I really miss that: it was top! (n/m) (Other Football) - thebigfeller, Nov 19, 14:48:44

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