How was the VGC of Old?! Newbs and Vets welcome alike!

[Barozi]

RolStoppable said:

Barozi said:

It's currently the best South American team.  Of course they are a serious contender to win it in 2014.

How about we were in the finals 1992 and 2008 and won the trophy in 1996 ?

I know about your appearances in finals, but as a matter of fact, Germany got eliminated twice in the group stage since 1988 and these two times happened rather recently. That's why you are in no position to talk smack about a country that got past the group stage in the last six tournaments.

In 2000, you finished fourth in your group. In 2004, you finished third in your group. In 2008, you finished second in your group. And that was in a very easy group: Croatia, Poland and Austria.

and yet this German team is easily the best since 1996 and far improved from 2000 (no active player left), 2004 (only Lahm, Schweinsteiger, Posolski and Klose still active) and 2008.