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New Year Dose 01.01.09
By: Jan |
A must read interview with Ralf Rangnick. Together with the other must read interview with Dietmar Hopp you’ll get a very good insight into the Hoffenheim project, going far beyond fairytales, miracles and unicorns. (Spiegel Online)
The Bundesliga’s best XI of the Hinrunde according to… (Deutsche Welle)
The Bundesliga’s worst XI of the Hinrunde according to… (Deutsche [...]
Quote of the Day: Rudi Völler’s Spiderman Collection
By: Jan |Q: Herr Völler, how is your Spiderman collection doing?
Völler: (laughs) It’s in a box in the basement of my parents’ house in Hanau.
Q: How did you end up collecting (of all things) Spiderman comics in your childhood?
Völler: It was simply a hip thing to do in the Sixties. And by the way: it wasn’t called [...]
Photo: Yes We Can
By: Jan |Why waste a perfectly good slogan on boring politics, when three points and a place in the Bundesliga are at stake? At least Karlsruhe fans thought so ahead of the match against Werder Bremen (1-0).
Bremen is the smallest of Germany’s Federal States, but thanks to DFL rules is still worth a full three points. [...]
The Bundesliga Offside Halloween Special
By: Jan |Warning: This blogpost is rated M for blood, gore, and violence.
Transfer Fees: From Bayern via Hoffenheim to Cottbus
By: Jan |In the light of ever more Hoffenheim table topping, coverage and hype, I thought it might be interesting to take a look at how much of their success is Dietmar Hopp’s money and how much of it is Ralf Rangnick’s genius. While at it, I decided to do the same for the remaining 17 Bundesliga [...]
Photo of the Day: Logo Overkill
By: Jan |Werder Bremen’s coach Thomas Schaaf gives a press conference ahead of Bremen’s away match against Hanover (1-1). Note how Schaaf almost becomes one with the wall behind him.
Werder Bremen would like to inform potential clients, that they can offer additional advertising space on their spokesman, who is still completely unbranded.
Weekly Dose 23.10.08
By: Jan |A must read interview with Hoffenheim’s sugar daddy Dietmar Hopp. (Spiegel Online)
The swimsuit edition of the Hoffenheim story. And a small correction: the article quotes Ralf Rangnick as saying Hoffenheim has the same budget as Energie Cottbus. He was comparing Hoffenheim’s wage budget (€23m) with Cottbus’ overall budget (€23m). Cottbus’ wage budget is €13m. (Sports [...]
DFB-Pokal Round of 16 and UEFA Cup Group Stage Draw
By: Jan |The DFB-Pokal Round of 16 draw took place on Sunday, and the UEFA Cup group stage draw just concluded an hour ago.
DFB-Pokal Round of 16
SC Freiburg - FSV Mainz 05
VfB Stuttgart - Bayern Munich
Bayer Leverkusen - Energie Cottbus
Hamburger SV - 1860 Munich
Karlsruher SC - SV Wehen Wiesbaden
VfL Wolfsburg - Hansa Rostock
Carl Zeiss Jena - FC [...]
Weekly Dose 02.10.08
By: Jan |Update: A special on-site edition of the Bundesbag. (Some People are on the Pitch)
A few insights into Hamburg’s youth academy. (SoccerLens)
In a follow up to last week’s edition, here is even more bad Bundesliga hair; scroll down and click on “weiter, nächste Gallery” to browse the pages. (fiese-scheitel.de)
Attention Bayern Munich fans! Time for your Oktoberfest [...]
Weekly Dose 24.09.08
By: Jan |
The best of the worst Bundesliga “haircuts”. (BILD.de)
Six goals and two assists in five Bundesliga matches = Hoffenheim’s Vedad Ibisevic. (SoccerBlog.com)
Olli Kahn: where has all the testosterone gone? (DW Ballspiel)
Want to know more about how Stefan Effenberg mate poached Thomas Strunz’s wife? Then send your questions to FourFourTwo. (FourFourTwo.com)
Bundesliga Talk’s retelling of the classic: Wizard [...]






