F1 and Football
Jun. 21st, 2009 07:13 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
redfiona99The race was boring today, but it was nice hearing the Austrian national anthem, even if Silverstone's sound system is useless. Go Red Bull!
Do you want to know how good Vettel is? Making the Schumacher comparisons isn't hyping him up. Willie Weber does not sign bad racers.
Football
I promise that I won't do this for all 50, but once again, the Eurosport top 50 has come up with a golden comment.
48 - Bastian Schweinsteiger (Bayern Munich / Germany)
We're not supposed to give away the identity of the players higher up the list, but here is a remarkable fact: Schweinsteiger is the only German in the top 50. The country that gave us Beckenbauer, Mueller, Klinsmann and Matthaeus has nobody better than the Bayern midfielder. It would be a cause for concern, except; a) It's Germany, and b) They still do better than England at every international tournament. The 24-year-old Schweinsteiger is skilful, powerful and versatile. He needs to take leadership of Bayern more often to prove he is truly world-class.
I do love that there's this fantastic fatalism when it comes to Germany. They have players that, somehow, work better in a team than they do as individuals. And this is, of course, why they win things. Or at least do far, far better than their quality as players should let them do.
Do you want to know how good Vettel is? Making the Schumacher comparisons isn't hyping him up. Willie Weber does not sign bad racers.
Football
I promise that I won't do this for all 50, but once again, the Eurosport top 50 has come up with a golden comment.
48 - Bastian Schweinsteiger (Bayern Munich / Germany)
We're not supposed to give away the identity of the players higher up the list, but here is a remarkable fact: Schweinsteiger is the only German in the top 50. The country that gave us Beckenbauer, Mueller, Klinsmann and Matthaeus has nobody better than the Bayern midfielder. It would be a cause for concern, except; a) It's Germany, and b) They still do better than England at every international tournament. The 24-year-old Schweinsteiger is skilful, powerful and versatile. He needs to take leadership of Bayern more often to prove he is truly world-class.
I do love that there's this fantastic fatalism when it comes to Germany. They have players that, somehow, work better in a team than they do as individuals. And this is, of course, why they win things. Or at least do far, far better than their quality as players should let them do.
