October 19th, 2009

Bundesliga Matchday 9: Babbel Bobble

By: Jan |

Bayern were busy exercising control and dominance. Leverkusen were busy defending. Hamburg were busy passing the ball around. Creativity, inspiration and excitement were busy waiting for a date that would never show up. Not this weekend.
Halfway Between the Gutter and the Stars. VfB Stuttgart will host Sevilla in the Champions League on Tuesday and then [...]

Category: 1899 Hoffenheim, Bayer 04 Leverkusen, FC Bayern Munich, FC Schalke 04, Hamburger SV, Hannover 96, Hertha BSC Berlin, Matchdays, SC Freiburg, VfB Stuttgart, Werder Bremen

Tags: 1899 Hoffenheim, Bayer 04 Leverkusen, Cha Du-Ri, FC Bayern Munich, FC Schalke 04, Hamburger SV, Hannover 96, Hertha BSC Berlin, Jupp Heynckes, Mario Eggiman, Markus Babbel, Matchdays, Romeo Castelen, SC Freiburg, Thomas Müller, VfB Stuttgart, Werder Bremen

October 8th, 2009

Photo: The Evolution of Man

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Hoffenheim’s Vedad Ibisevic, Carlos Eduardo and Luiz Gustavo put on their football boots.
(Jasper Juinen/Getty Images)

Category: 1899 Hoffenheim, Photos

Tags: 1899 Hoffenheim, Carlos Eduardo, Luiz Gustavo, Photos, Vedad Ibisevic

October 5th, 2009

Bundesliga Matchday 8: The Tragedy of Errors

By: Jan |

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Establishing something comparable to England’s Big Four remains a distant dream for last season’s top four in the Bundesliga. Wolfsburg are 7th after disappointingly drawing with Bochum. Munich are 8th after disappointingly drawing with Cologne. Stuttgart are 13th after disappointingly losing to Bremen. Hertha courageously defended the last place by disappointingly losing to Hamburg.
Defense. Werder [...]

Category: 1899 Hoffenheim, FC Bayern Munich, FSV Mainz 05, Hamburger SV, Hertha BSC Berlin, Matchdays, Werder Bremen

Tags: 1899 Hoffenheim, FC Bayern Munich, FSV Mainz 05, Hamburger SV, Hertha BSC Berlin, Horst Heldt, Louis van Gaal, Matchdays, Sascha Burchert, Thomas Schaaf, Thomas Tuchel, Werder Bremen

September 21st, 2009

Bundesliga Matchday 6 Wrap-Up

By: Jan |

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Extra Time. We can end the debate about where the seven minutes of extra time came from in the Manchester derby. They were taken from the Bundesliga’s three Sunday fixtures, where the refs decided to call it a day after pretty much exactly 90 minutes. It’s not really a coincidence but rather an annoying habit. [...]

Category: 1899 Hoffenheim, Bayer 04 Leverkusen, FC Bayern Munich, Hamburger SV, Hertha BSC Berlin, Matchdays, VfB Stuttgart, VfL Bochum

Tags: 1899 Hoffenheim, Bayer 04 Leverkusen, FC Bayern Munich, Hamburger SV, Hertha BSC Berlin, Jens Lehmann, Marcel Koller, Matchdays, Stefan Kießling, VfB Stuttgart, VfL Bochum

June 16th, 2009

Successful, Athletic, Wealthy Lone Wolf Seeks Educated, Intelligent, Fun Loving Blogger for Long Term Relationship

By: Jan |

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In other words: our Wolfsburg Offside is looking for someone to take over and join our lively Bundesliga family here at The Offside.
Please send your fake takeover applications to admin@nufc.co.uk and the real ones to daryl[at]theoffside[dot]com.
Update: Just as I write this post the Borussia Dortmund Offside goes up for auction as well. If you are [...]

Category: 1899 Hoffenheim, Bayer 04 Leverkusen, Borussia Dortmund, Borussia Mönchengladbach, Eintracht Frankfurt, FC Schalke 04, Hannover 96, Misc, VfB Stuttgart, VfL Wolfsburg, Werder Bremen

Tags: 1899 Hoffenheim, Bayer 04 Leverkusen, Borussia Dortmund, Borussia Mönchengladbach, Eintracht Frankfurt, FC Schalke 04, Hannover 96, Misc, VfB Stuttgart, VfL Wolfsburg, Werder Bremen

May 23rd, 2009

Bundesliga Season Finale Liveblog

By: Jan |

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What good is a liveblog in a tape-delayed world? I have no idea. I’ll leave this philosophical question unanswered and let our American readers deal with it.
For everyone else it’s season 46 episode 34 of the Bundesliga. We’ve already been served 2970 minutes high on excitement and low on answers – the latter will [...]

May 18th, 2009

Wolfsburg Close in on Title. Hamburg Close in on Supermassive Black Hole.

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Uli Hoeness predicted that this championship won’t be decided on goal difference, but rather that someone would slip up, and he was right albeit in the wrong places.
Hannover 0-5 Wolfsburg. Except for the sell out crowd there was nothing really derby-ish about this game (and then, the last match at home usually tends to be [...]

Category: 1. FC Cologne, 1899 Hoffenheim, Arminia Bielefeld, Bayer 04 Leverkusen, Borussia Dortmund, Borussia Mönchengladbach, Energie Cottbus, FC Bayern Munich, FC Schalke 04, Hamburger SV, Hannover 96, Hertha BSC Berlin, Matchdays, VfB Stuttgart, VfL Wolfsburg

May 15th, 2009

Weekly Dose 15.05.09

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There’s a St. Pauli Offside now! There must be a better way to integrate it into the Bundesliga Offside than hoping for an extra quick promotion to the first division. (St. Pauli Offside)
A close Bundesliga title race decided on the final matchday? Happens 50% of the time, so what’s all the buzz about? (ESPN Soccernet)
The [...]

Category: 1. Bundesliga, 1899 Hoffenheim, Borussia Dortmund, FC Schalke 04, FC St. Pauli

Tags: 1. Bundesliga, 1899 Hoffenheim, Borussia Dortmund, FC Schalke 04, FC St. Pauli, Felix Magath, Vedad Ibisevic, Weekly Dose

April 6th, 2009

Weekly Dose 06.04.09

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Third division table toppers Union Berlin are building a stadium for the fans by the fans. (Deutsche Welle: VOD – MP4)
Hoffenheim’s fairy dust has evaporated and now Uli Hesse-Lichtenberger heaps more misery on them by challenging their title as Germany’s greatest village team. (ESPN Soccernet)
Talking about misery… (101 Great Goals)
Bayern Munich’s dream team as selected [...]

Category: 1. Bundesliga, 1899 Hoffenheim, FC Bayern Munich, VfB Stuttgart, VfL Wolfsburg, Videos

Tags: 1. Bundesliga, 1899 Hoffenheim, FC Bayern Munich, Lukas Podolski, Mario Gomez, Union Berlin, VfB Stuttgart, VfL Wolfsburg, Videos, Weekly Dose

March 13th, 2009

The Bundesliga Money League

By: Jan |

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I never heard of Goldman Morgenstern & Partners Financial Intelligence Service before, but they published a press release which lists the turnover of each Bundesliga club for the 2007/2008 season. The data seems to come from an article in the print edition of Kicker magazine. Said article supposedly dealt with the official Bundesliga report for [...]