>>>Dreamer writes: And let me tell you one more thing: Klinsmann was really clever to resign; he knows that your team is nothing special and the third place is much more than you deserve...
Dreamer, and your source is? Has Klinsmann ever stated these words?<<<

Taike, just to answer this quesion and get this right: This is nothing but a very subjective assumption by somebody: Klinsmann never said it and surely never thought of it. Everybody in Germany wanted Klinsmann to stay, because he built up a desolate and heavily critisezed bunch of players to a very brave playing team, that deserves the word "team" in the sense of: Winning is a business of every single member of the crew. This was maybe the most important point why he got so popular. Klinsmann resigned because he felt burnt out and because some bitter old V.I.Ps in german football critisized his new methods of training the team and complained about some other stuff. Unfortunately Klinsmann has a very good memory and seems not so forgiving. He told the players and everybody who wanted to know how proud he was of the spirit and the success the german team achieved after two years of hard work. Thats why everybody wanted to keep him and they tried very hard including the players. They put pressure on him when he started and they put pressure on him when the WM was over, just in a different way, too much of what he could take. 2.) He was living up to the idea that Germany could go for the finals, he had high hopes for it and said this many times. Still he was more than happy how they beat Portugal in the semi final. The comment above, clever Klinsmann is leaving because his team isnīt worth staying with is simply - well - "uninformed", to say the least.

Heinrich