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Video Review: Lewis Holtby (Schalke 04)
By: Jan |
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It took 18 year old Lewis Holtby just one season to catch up on everything you would expect from a promising young talent and then he improved on it.
He was promoted from Alemannia Aachen’s youth straight to the senior side, skipping the reserves, and quickly became a first team starter. The DFB took note and [...]
Reality Check: No You Couldn’t
By: Jan | 1 Comment
There are some clubs in the Bundesliga where even Obama fails.
Energie Cottbus grabbed a lifeline by securing the relegation play-off spot, but ended up having not even close to a chance in their tie against FC Nuremberg, who beat them 5-0 on aggregate to end all eastern German presence in the Bundesliga.
Weekly Dose 16.07.09
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Red Bull are allowed to bend the rules to the max, for the sake of competitive Bundesliga football in eastern Germany… (Spiegel Online)
… and they are further expanding their global sports empire at the same time. (Pitch Invasion)
uefa.com explains how Germany’s recent youth level Euro hat-trick was ten years in the making. (uefa.com).
Uli-Hesse Lichtenberger gives [...]
Won’t Rafael van der Vaart ever Learn?
By: Jan | 6 Comments
It’s time for Rafael van der Vaart’s annual attempt to change clubs and he even warmed up his old Valencia shirt trick for us again – or I did.
Oliver Kahn’s Self-Empowerment Program (1/4)
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Part 1: Your Ego
If you walked on fire and glass, broke boards and bricks and invested heavily in book plus CD sets full of advice, then you definitely shouldn’t miss out on our new possibly life changing miniseries here at the Bundesliga Offside. Because a mad German goalkeeper knows best. And if you don’t need [...]
Category: VideosTransfer Talk: The Hunter and the Hunted
By: Jan | 9 Comments
The transfer period started with two early big money moves. In fact, very big money moves anywhere outside of Madrid. Diego sealed a transfer to Juventus for €24.5m, while Bayern were willing to spend €30m for Mario Gomez; further bonus payments not included. With the market awash with fresh money, the stage was set for [...]
Category: 1. FC Cologne, FC Bayern Munich, Hamburger SV, Hertha BSC Berlin, Transfers, VfB Stuttgart, VfL Wolfsburg, Werder Bremen
Tags: 1. FC Cologne, Anatoliy Tymoshchuk, Danijel Pranjic, Diego, Edson Braafheid, Eljero Elia, FC Bayern Munich, Hamburger SV, Hertha BSC Berlin, Ivica Olic, Jose Bosingwa, Klaas-Jan Huntelaar, Lukas Podolski, Marcus Berg, Mario Gomez, Transfers, Vagner Love, VfB Stuttgart, VfL Wolfsburg, Werder Bremen, Zé RobertoMy Ongoing HSV Birthday Greetings Collection
By: Jan | 5 Comments
Over two years ago I got curious about Internet based club TV services, which more and more Bundesliga clubs were launching at the time. With Cologne being a prominent absentee, I decided to make my pick of test subscriptions based on presumed benchmark (Bayern), sympathies (Hamburg) and Champions League football (Stuttgart). Predictably Bayern had indeed [...]
Oliver Kahn World Tour Diary
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Every now and then I ask myself what Oliver Kahn is up to these days. Then I ask YouTube the same question. Then I blog about my findings.
The last time I heard about Oliver Kahn was back in March, when he was quite busy not becoming Schalke’s new general manager. From there it was [...]
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