

Werder Bremen
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 [...]
Weekly Dose 04.11.09
By: Jan |An English intern at German footie magazine 11Freunde talks about German and English football. (11Freunde)
Uli Hesse-Lichtenberger writes about footballers who suffer/ed from depression. (ESPN Soccernet)
Bayern have an “on” switch and they have a far more popular “off” switch as well. (Ballspiel on – off)
My personal theory about who may be in charge of that switch. [...]
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 [...]
Caption This: Raphael Schäfer and Marko Marin
By: Jan |Nuremberg’s goalkeeper Raphael Schäfer and Bremen’s creative midfielder Marko Marin exchange a few words during their sides’ 2-2 draw on Saturday.
(Alexander Hassenstein/Bongarts/Getty Images)
Separated at Birth: Per Mertesacker and Mesut Özil and the Playmobil Giraffe and Zookeeper
By: Jan |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 [...]
Weekly Dose 21.10.09
By: Jan |The merits and shortcomings of football’s hire and fire practices. (Deutsche Welle)
The merits and shortcomings of a controlled offense. (Guardian)
The merits of Werder Bremen and the shortcomings of Bayer Leverkusen. (Some People are on the Pitch)
The merits of having millers as ancestors. (ESPN Soccernet)
The shortcomings of publishing an interview with Thomas Schaaf that has been [...]
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 [...]
Photo: Yellow
By: Jan |Referee Knuth Kircher shows Tim Wiese a yellow card after a foul on Hoffenheim’s striker Maicosuel.
(AP Photo/Joerg Sarbach)
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 [...]






