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5 Things we learned from Matchday 29
By: Jan |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
By: Jan |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 […]
10 Things we learned from Matchday 26
By: Jan |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 […]
Weekly Dose 12.3.08
By: Jan |It might look like another my league is bigger than yours article (or for girls: my league is prettier than yours), but Chris Williams makes a good point about why it is difficult to compare leagues based on the specific nature of a cup competition and advocates love, peace and harmony among fans. (Goal.com)
Since some […]
Weekly Dose 28.2.08
By: Jan |Once Jogi Löw has announced his Euro 2008 squad, it’ll be all downhill for Germany. (Germany Worldcupblog)
The new DFB.TV video service presents Germany’s way to the Euro 2008. The video ends after the second match against San Marino though. I wonder whether that’s intentional. (DFB.TV)
A documentary about the English - German football rivalry. (YouTube: Part […]
10 Things we learned from Matchday 19
By: Jan |1. There are entertaining 1-1 draws.
You could call them borderline exciting draws as well. The top of the table clashes between Leverkusen and Hamburg and Bayern and Bremen didn’t really help anyone in terms of results, but yet you didn’t feel you just wasted 90 minutes of your life either. With some good will - […]
die Tabelle lügen nicht! (02/07)
By: Johnny on the Spot |1. Bayern Munich
Late in their match victory over Hansa Rostock, Hitzfeld switched Klose for Ottl and finally reverted from the toothless 4-4-2 to the dynamic 4-5-1 (or in their case a 4-2-3-1). Is he finally seeing the light?
2. Werder Bremen
A blatant offside for the first goal. A harsh red on Naldo. Did […]
Snapshot: Synchronised Coaching
By: Jan |Here are Hamburg’s coach Huub Stevens and Hanover’s coach Dieter Hecking in perfect sync. Unsurprisingly the match ended with a perfectly synchronised score as well (1-1).
10 Things we learned from Matchday 18
By: Jan |1. If Bayern play bad their rivals will play worse.
Or at least drop points, while Bayern won’t. Let’s take Hamburg for this weekend’s example. They played a toothless first half, went down 0-1 and then needed an improved second half to draw the match against Hanover. Bayern played a good first half, went up 2-0 […]
Bundesliga Offside Rewind: Two Weeks to go
By: Jan |Or one and a half weeks, if you count in the DFB Cup. That is one and a half weeks full of winter break bridging blogging, which already brought you such classic posts as:
News and notes. (Hamburg Offside)
Out with one.. in with another? (Bayern Offside)
You Say Training, I Say Trial. (Hertha Offside)
No Swelling to the […]






