May 9th, 2008

10 Things we learned from Matchday 31 and 32

By: Jan |

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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: Energie Cottbus, VfL Wolfsburg, Hamburger SV, VfL Bochum, Arminia Bielefeld, Hansa Rostock, MSV Duisburg, Karlsruher SC, Bayer 04 Leverkusen, Borussia Dortmund, FC Bayern Munich, Werder Bremen, Matchday Coverage, FC Schalke 04, VfB Stuttgart, Hertha BSC Berlin, 1. FC Nuremberg, 1. Bundesliga

April 29th, 2008

10 Things we learned from Matchday 30

By: Jan |

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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: VfL Bochum, Energie Cottbus, VfL Wolfsburg, Arminia Bielefeld, Karlsruher SC, Hansa Rostock, MSV Duisburg, Hamburger SV, Bayer 04 Leverkusen, FC Bayern Munich, Werder Bremen, Matchday Coverage, FC Schalke 04, VfB Stuttgart, Hertha BSC Berlin, 1. FC Nuremberg, 1. Bundesliga

Tags: 1. Bundesliga, Bayer 04 Leverkusen, Matchday Coverage, Werder Bremen, FC Bayern Munich, FC Schalke 04, VfB Stuttgart, 1. FC Nuremberg, Hertha BSC Berlin, Hamburger SV, VfL Wolfsburg, Energie Cottbus, VfL Bochum, Arminia Bielefeld, Karlsruher SC, MSV Duisburg, Hansa Rostock, Tag Index

April 15th, 2008

10 Things we learned from Matchday 28

By: Jan |

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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 […]

March 31st, 2008

10 Things we learned from Matchday 26

By: Jan |

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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: Hannover 96, Eintracht Frankfurt, Hamburger SV, VfL Wolfsburg, VfL Bochum, MSV Duisburg, Karlsruher SC, Arminia Bielefeld, Bayer 04 Leverkusen, Borussia Dortmund, FC Bayern Munich, Werder Bremen, Matchday Coverage, FC Schalke 04, VfB Stuttgart, Hertha BSC Berlin, 1. FC Nuremberg, 1. Bundesliga

March 3rd, 2008

10 Things we learned from Matchday 22

By: Jan |

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1. A lesson in the fine art of self destruction by Schalke 04.
The merits of having the club’s president publicly lame ducking a coach are generally questionable. Doing so ahead of two of the most crucial fixtures of the season is attention seeking, mistimed and pure idiocy at best. While Schalke’s sporting director Andreas Müller […]

Category: VfL Wolfsburg, Eintracht Frankfurt, Hamburger SV, Energie Cottbus, VfL Bochum, MSV Duisburg, Karlsruher SC, Bayer 04 Leverkusen, Borussia Dortmund, Werder Bremen, Matchday Coverage, FC Bayern Munich, FC Schalke 04, Hertha BSC Berlin, VfB Stuttgart, 1. Bundesliga

March 3rd, 2008

Refereeing Basics: How not to show a Red Card

By: Jan |

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Here’s referee Felix Brych showing Duisburg’s Bojan Vrucina a yellow-red card gangsta-style.
Well, being a referee won’t make you the coolest bloke in the neighbourhood, nor do the players on the pitch respect you, neither do the coaches on the sidelines and TV stations celebrate every mistake you make with seemingly endless slow-motion replays. But trying […]

Category: MSV Duisburg, Snapshots, 1. Bundesliga

Tags: 1. Bundesliga, Snapshots, MSV Duisburg, Tag Index

February 29th, 2008

Bundesliga Offside Rewind: Human Relations

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This week our bloggers studied the behaviour of people in groups, in particular but not exclusively groups of eleven.

Abby discussed the problem of leadership. (Hertha Offside)
Abby also presented a practical example of how a few small changes to the GolTV schedule could help improve the working conditions for all Bundesliga bloggers. (Hertha Offside)
Chris discussed the […]

Category: Arminia Bielefeld, MSV Duisburg, Hamburger SV, Hertha BSC Berlin, FC Bayern Munich, 1. Bundesliga

Tags: 1. Bundesliga, FC Bayern Munich, Hertha BSC Berlin, Hamburger SV, Arminia Bielefeld, MSV Duisburg, Tag Index

February 28th, 2008

Quote of the Day: Take that, Mr. T!

By: Jan |

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“Football is more fun than gymnastics.” - Manasseh Ishiaku (MSV Duisburg)

Category: MSV Duisburg, 1. Bundesliga

Tags: Manasseh Ishiaku, 1. Bundesliga, MSV Duisburg, Tag Index

February 26th, 2008

Snapshot: Where’s your Head at?

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Bielefeld’s Andre Mijatovic and his prey Duisburg’s Manasseh Ishiaku.

Category: MSV Duisburg, Snapshots, Arminia Bielefeld, 1. Bundesliga

Tags: Manasseh Ishiaku, Andre Mijatovic, 1. Bundesliga, Arminia Bielefeld, Snapshots, MSV Duisburg, Tag Index

February 26th, 2008

10 Things we learned from Matchday 21

By: Jan |

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1. Sotirios Kyrgiakos is the Bundesliga’s Marco Matterazzi.
It wasn’t a World Cup final, it has yet to prove to be title deciding, but it at least shares some similarities with the infamous incident. Diego is - statistically approved - the most fouled player in the Bundesliga. A little fact that coincides with him being the […]

Category: VfL Wolfsburg, Eintracht Frankfurt, Hamburger SV, Energie Cottbus, Arminia Bielefeld, MSV Duisburg, Karlsruher SC, Bayer 04 Leverkusen, Hertha BSC Berlin, Werder Bremen, Matchday Coverage, FC Bayern Munich, FC Schalke 04, 1. FC Nuremberg, VfB Stuttgart, 1. Bundesliga