Weekly Dose 23.10.08

• A must read interview with Hoffenheim’s sugar daddy Dietmar Hopp. (Spiegel Online)
• The swimsuit edition of the Hoffenheim story. And a small correction: the article quotes Ralf Rangnick as saying Hoffenheim has the same budget as Energie Cottbus. He was comparing Hoffenheim’s wage budget (€23m) with Cottbus’ overall budget (€23m). Cottbus’ wage budget is €13m. (Sports Illustrated)
• There are really way too many Hoffenheim stories these days, that’s why I won’t link to this one directly. Go to the site and look for it yourself. See it as a test of your commitment to learning more about Hoffenheim. (SoccerLens)
• Nutella + bread/bagel/croissant/brötchen = great. Nutella + lauth/hinkel/borowski/jansen = not so great. (DW Ballspiel)
• Please go to this site, scroll down and click on 1. FC Köln. Thank you. There’s nothing better than manipulated Internet polls. (Deutsche Welle)
• OK, there is one thing better than manipulated Internet polls: watching Marko Marin perform his magic. (DW Bundesliga Kick Off! – MP4 – VOD)
• A quick update on the past few weeks in Bavaria. (BILD.de: Five reasons why Klinsi has got it so wrong – Will Klinsi be hanging up his lederhosen? – “Bayern can still win the Bundesliga!” – Klinsmann’s comeback continues! – …)
• There is only one Australian. There is only one Egyptian. There is only one Rudi Völler. (The Best Eleven)
• Something important to know about Werder Bremen, just in case you didn’t know it by now. (SoccerNews.com)
• The weekly update on Bayern and Hoffenheim. (Guardian Sportblog)
• Bundesbag S02E08: Fashion Rebels. (Some People are on the Pitch)
• Can there ever be such a thing as too many goals? (ESPN Soccernet)
• Can there ever be such a thing as too many football related statistics? (Bundesliga Talk)

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