We will just have to disagree on this. Never said Howard isn't a very good keeper and isn't a significant contributor to the team success. The point is, a huge amount of the goals scored at any level can be traced to forgetting fundamentals and poor positioning. It seems to me that keepers have sacrificed the basics for the spectacular.
Not withstanding, I believe Germany was offsides at the time the ball was flighted. The goal should have been disallowed.