

Hertha BSC Berlin
Champions/Europa League Matchday 4: Hertha FCB
By: Jan |3 wins, 2 draws and 1 defeat for Bundesliga clubs in Europe this week. The good news is that five out of six have it all in their own hands to progress to the next round. The odd club out is of course Hertha B… no wait.
Bayern Munich 0-2 Bordeaux. Bayern wanted a football teacher [...]
Matchday 11: A Day at the Snail Races
By: Jan |The top of the league collectively dropped points, allowing Hoffenheim to close the gap but not much more. The bottom of the league collectively dropped points, allowing Hertha to keep dreaming about Bundesliga survival but not much more.
Rookie Coach of the Year. Also known as the Markus Babbel Trophy. Mainz 05’s coach Thomas Tuchel had [...]
The Numbers Game: Matchday 11
By: Jan |We keep it strictly binary this week.
0. The combined number of goals Bayern’s strike duo Miroslav Klose and Luca Toni scored so far this season.
1. The number of goals former Bayern striker Lukas Podolski scored so far this season. Lukas Podolski joined Cologne in the summer, after Klose and Toni were continuously given the nod [...]
Champions/Europa League Matchday 3: It Takes Two
By: Jan |2 Blackouts. Stuttgart continued to show signs of life in their game against Sevilla and they continued to produce stupid defensive lapses, which continually cost them the games. Two such mistakes, coupled with the referee missing an offside position helped Sevilla to a comfortable 3-1 victory.
2 Own Goals. When Bordeaux’s Ciani picked up where Freiburg’s [...]
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 [...]
The Numbers Game: Matchday 9
By: Jan |It wasn’t a good weekend for exciting football. It was a good weekend for exciting numbers. Or rather, a good weekend for those who can find numbers exciting.
619. Tim Wiese has kept a clean sheet for 619 minutes and counting. Remember, he did so while playing for Werder Bremen. Any other season this would [...]
Weekly Dose 07.10.09
By: Jan |The next generation of hooliganism is digital. (ESPN Soccernet).
To attend Hertha’s home games in Berlin’s Olympiastadion just walk down Jesse Owens Alley and then turn left onto Mullholland Drive. (Ballspiel)
Tim Vickery gives his verdict on some of the Bundesliga’s South American imports. (Bundesliga Talk)
Bayern’s offensive troubles help illustrate Ernest Rutherford’s gold foil experiment – or [...]
Bundesliga Matchday 8: The Tragedy of Errors
By: Jan |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 [...]
Bundesliga Matchday 7: Ze Roberto to F4. Checkmate.
By: Jan |Hamburg remain in control of the top, Hertha remain in control of the bottom and with his wins over Bochum, Dortmund and the Schalke fans Felix Magath is now in total control of the Ruhr Valley.
Battle Chess. When a commenter on one of Germany’s public broadcasters attempted to summarize and categorize the match between Hamburg [...]
Weekly Dose 23.09.09
By: Jan |Hertha Berlin – where dreams metaphors become reality. (Ballspiel)
Kicking you while you are down: Raphael Honigstein hands out some more Hertha bashing. (Guardian)
Let Uli Hesse-Lichtenberger turn you into a VfL Bochum fan and then make our Bochum Offside your browser’s new start page. (ESPN Soccernet)
A Q&A with Edin Dzeko. (ESPN Soccernet)
VfB Stuttgart and Germany legend [...]






