5 Things Germany Must Fix to Start Winning Games Again

#5 Does Thomas Muller need a clearly defined role now?

Thomas Muller has scored just two goals for Germany since 2017

Another forward who has scored just one goal in 2018 is Thomas Muller - a goal against Spain in a friendly back in March. In fact, go further back and since the start of 2017, he has only two goals to his name (the other coming against Azerbaijan).

That is two goals in nearly 900 minutes!

Before the World Cup, he was expected to take his form from the previous two tournaments (10 goals in all) and reel in Miroslav Klose but the legendary German striker's record (16 goals) is quite safe for the time being.

Once known for making famous the term Der Raumdeuter (space investigator - for his ability to find space on the pitch), he has done little to cover himself in glory now that he is playing on the right and allowed to cut into the centre.

Germany have now had 107 goals attempts in their last 5 competitive matches since the start of the World Cup (32 on target) - but scored only 2 goals pic.twitter.com/FeRe4U0XBy

— Sky Sports Statto (@SkySportsStatto) October 13, 2018

Muller has always been the unofficial second striker in the German attack even if he does play in an unconventional role. But against teams that sit back and hit on the counter - a very effective strategy against Low's Germany - Muller's role has diminished.

Even against the Netherlands, Muller had just one positive moment when his snapshot tested Jasper Cillissen, who was up to the task. But apart from that one shot on target, he was quite invisible while Uth and Werner worked hard to get the better of the Dutch defence.

In Ozil's absence, Low could actually test Muller in a free no.10 role and play someone like Julian Brandt on the flank (at least until Marco Reus is back in the squad).