Matchdays
It was a good Season. It was a bad Season.
By: Jan |
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It’s season review time to bridge the gap between now and the Euros or the next Rafael van der Vaart transfer saga.
It was a good season for…
Money. The three biggest spenders this season - based on their transfer deficit - were Bayern Munich, Wolfsburg and second division side Hoffenheim. Bayern’s millions bought them a double, [...]
Category: 1. Bundesliga, 1. FC Nuremberg, 1899 Hoffenheim, 2. Bundesliga, Bayer 04 Leverkusen, Borussia Dortmund, FC Bayern Munich, FC Schalke 04, Hamburger SV, Matchdays, VfB Stuttgart, VfL Wolfsburg, Werder Bremen
Tags: 1. Bundesliga, 1. FC Nuremberg, 1899 Hoffenheim, 2. Bundesliga, Bayer 04 Leverkusen, Borussia Dortmund, Diego, FC Bayern Munich, FC Schalke 04, Franck Ribery, Hamburger SV, Mario Gomez, Matchdays, Rafael van der Vaart, Sebastian Kehl, VfB Stuttgart, VfL Wolfsburg, Werder Bremen10 Things we learned from Matchday 34
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1. Nuremberg complete relegation double.
Schalke scored two goals. Schalke almost scored two own goals. In between Nuremberg squandered their chances, like they squandered their chances all season. Eventually those were Nuremberg’s final 90 minutes in the Bundesliga.
Nuremberg are now in sole possession of two less than flattering relegation records. They won the relegation double, by [...]
Category: 1. Bundesliga, 1. FC Nuremberg, Arminia Bielefeld, Bayer 04 Leverkusen, Borussia Dortmund, Eintracht Frankfurt, FC Bayern Munich, FC Schalke 04, Hamburger SV, Hansa Rostock, Hertha BSC Berlin, Karlsruher SC, Matchdays, VfB Stuttgart, VfL Wolfsburg, Werder Bremen Tags: 1. Bundesliga, 1. FC Nuremberg, Alexander Frei, Arminia Bielefeld, Bayer 04 Leverkusen, Borussia Dortmund, Eintracht Frankfurt, FC Bayern Munich, FC Schalke 04, Hamburger SV, Hansa Rostock, Hertha BSC Berlin, Huub Stevens, Karlsruher SC, Luca Toni, Manuel Fischer, Mario Gomez, Matchdays, Oliver Kahn, Ottmar Hitzfeld, VfB Stuttgart, VfL Wolfsburg, Werder Bremen10 Things we learned from Matchday 33
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1. Rostock and Duisburg return to the second division.
They went from newly-promoted to newly-relegated over the course of one season. Duisburg lost against Bayern at home (2-3), despite staging a semi-remarkable comeback after Lukas Podolski had made it 3-0 after just 20 minutes. Rostock lost against Leverkusen (1-2) in a game which kept Leverkusen’s [...]
Category: 1. Bundesliga, 1. FC Nuremberg, Arminia Bielefeld, Bayer 04 Leverkusen, Borussia Dortmund, Eintracht Frankfurt, Energie Cottbus, FC Bayern Munich, FC Schalke 04, Hamburger SV, Hannover 96, Hansa Rostock, Hertha BSC Berlin, Karlsruher SC, MSV Duisburg, Matchdays, VfB Stuttgart, VfL Bochum, VfL Wolfsburg, Werder Bremen Tags: 1. Bundesliga, 1. FC Nuremberg, Arminia Bielefeld, Bayer 04 Leverkusen, Borussia Dortmund, Eintracht Frankfurt, Energie Cottbus, FC Bayern Munich, FC Schalke 04, Hamburger SV, Hannover 96, Hansa Rostock, Hertha BSC Berlin, Karlsruher SC, Matchdays, MSV Duisburg, VfB Stuttgart, VfL Bochum, VfL Wolfsburg, Werder Bremen10 Things we learned from Matchday 31 and 32
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It was a busy week of Bundesliga football. And it was a busy week for me as well, so I focused my attention on the inevitable and the ugly. But there was more happening in the league, and it’s time to catch up with it in this double header edition.
1. Bremen and Schalke win Champions [...]
Category: 1. Bundesliga, 1. FC Nuremberg, Arminia Bielefeld, Bayer 04 Leverkusen, Borussia Dortmund, Energie Cottbus, FC Bayern Munich, FC Schalke 04, Hamburger SV, Hansa Rostock, Hertha BSC Berlin, Karlsruher SC, MSV Duisburg, Matchdays, VfB Stuttgart, VfL Bochum, VfL Wolfsburg, Werder Bremen Tags: 1. Bundesliga, 1. FC Nuremberg, Arminia Bielefeld, Bayer 04 Leverkusen, Borussia Dortmund, Energie Cottbus, FC Bayern Munich, FC Schalke 04, Hamburger SV, Hansa Rostock, Hertha BSC Berlin, Karlsruher SC, Mario Gomez, Matchdays, Michael Skibbe, MSV Duisburg, Tim Wiese, VfB Stuttgart, VfL Bochum, VfL Wolfsburg, Werder Bremen10 Things we learned from Matchday 30
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1. Only math stands in Bayern’s way now.
Bayern beat Stuttgart 4-1 on Sunday. Angela blogged about how it happened and then Anna blogged about why it happened. Now I blog about how Bayern top the table with a 12 point lead. 20 goals stand between them and Werder Bremen. 24 goals stand between them and [...]
Category: 1. Bundesliga, 1. FC Nuremberg, Arminia Bielefeld, Bayer 04 Leverkusen, Energie Cottbus, FC Bayern Munich, FC Schalke 04, Hamburger SV, Hansa Rostock, Hertha BSC Berlin, Karlsruher SC, MSV Duisburg, Matchdays, VfB Stuttgart, VfL Bochum, VfL Wolfsburg, Werder Bremen Tags: 1. Bundesliga, 1. FC Nuremberg, Arminia Bielefeld, Bayer 04 Leverkusen, Energie Cottbus, FC Bayern Munich, FC Schalke 04, Hamburger SV, Hansa Rostock, Hertha BSC Berlin, Karlsruher SC, Matchdays, MSV Duisburg, VfB Stuttgart, VfL Bochum, VfL Wolfsburg, Werder BremenMasters of Space and Time
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When I was a kid, Dr. Emmett Brown taught me, that certain interventions into the past or future could create a time paradox and cause a chain reaction that would unravel the very fabric of the space-time continuum and destroy the entire universe. That’s the worst case scenario.
Sunday’s match between Nuremberg and Wolfsburg was a [...]
5 Things we learned from Matchday 29
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1. The truth behind Mirko Slomka’s dismissal.
Mirko Slomka got fired on Sunday. The same Sunday Kevin Kuranyi put on his serious face and told reporters that Schalke had lost a very good coach, who every player loves to work with. Then he put on his sad face. Then he said OK. Then he drove away [...]
10 Things we learned from Matchday 28
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1. Nuremberg can no longer finish their matches.
Last week Nuremberg’s match against Frankfurt was stopped for 20 minutes, after some people from Nuremberg’s travelling support burned firecrackers and threw a flare onto the pitch. This Friday Nuremberg’s match against Wolfsburg got abandoned after heavy rain rendered the pitch unplayable. A Bundesliga first. Nuremberg were leading [...]
Category: 1. Bundesliga, 1. FC Nuremberg, Arminia Bielefeld, Bayer 04 Leverkusen, Borussia Dortmund, Eintracht Frankfurt, Energie Cottbus, FC Bayern Munich, FC Schalke 04, Hamburger SV, Hannover 96, Hansa Rostock, Hertha BSC Berlin, Karlsruher SC, MSV Duisburg, Matchdays, VfB Stuttgart, VfL Bochum, VfL Wolfsburg, Werder Bremen Tags: 1. Bundesliga, 1. FC Nuremberg, Arminia Bielefeld, Bayer 04 Leverkusen, Borussia Dortmund, Eintracht Frankfurt, Energie Cottbus, FC Bayern Munich, FC Schalke 04, Hamburger SV, Hannover 96, Hansa Rostock, Hertha BSC Berlin, Karlsruher SC, Matchdays, MSV Duisburg, VfB Stuttgart, VfL Bochum, VfL Wolfsburg, Werder Bremen10 Things we learned from Matchday 26
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1. Nothing.
The teams at the top of the table couldn’t win their games. The teams at the bottom of the table didn’t lose their games. As such no team gained a lot of ground, nor did any team lose a lot of ground. And when the six best teams in the league don’t do their [...]
Category: 1. Bundesliga, 1. FC Nuremberg, Arminia Bielefeld, Bayer 04 Leverkusen, Borussia Dortmund, Eintracht Frankfurt, FC Bayern Munich, FC Schalke 04, Hamburger SV, Hannover 96, Hertha BSC Berlin, Karlsruher SC, MSV Duisburg, Matchdays, VfB Stuttgart, VfL Bochum, VfL Wolfsburg, Werder Bremen Tags: 1. Bundesliga, 1. FC Nuremberg, Arminia Bielefeld, Bayer 04 Leverkusen, Borussia Dortmund, David Jarolim, Eintracht Frankfurt, FC Bayern Munich, FC Schalke 04, Hamburger SV, Hannover 96, Hertha BSC Berlin, Karlsruher SC, Lukas Podolski, Matchdays, MSV Duisburg, Tim Wiese, VfB Stuttgart, VfL Bochum, VfL Wolfsburg, Werder Bremen5 Things the Bundesliga Offside Bloggers learned from Matchday 25
By: Jan | 1 Comment
I spent my weekend telling lies to my relatives, which depending on their age were about bunnies and candy, and depending on their favourite team, were about how Hamburg or Bremen still have a chance of winning the title. It was an entertaining diversion from the world of hard facts and truth here at the [...]
Category: 1. Bundesliga, Bayer 04 Leverkusen, FC Bayern Munich, FC Schalke 04, Hamburger SV, Hertha BSC Berlin, Matchdays, VfL Wolfsburg Tags: 1. Bundesliga, Bayer 04 Leverkusen, FC Bayern Munich, FC Schalke 04, Hamburger SV, Hertha BSC Berlin, Matchdays, VfL Wolfsburg
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