Bundesliga
Wolfsburg Make Very Very Sure to Win Bundesliga
By: Daryl |
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Wolfsburg needed only a draw to secure their first ever Bundesliga title. But - just to make sure - they went ahead and demolished Werder Bremen 5-1 anyway. Rough week for Werder.
There’s no single video of all six goals available yet, but the ease of Wolfsburg’s fifth (above, scored by Edin Džeko) seems to pretty [...]
Category: BundesligaSometimes Going Incredible Hulk is the Only Answer
By: Daryl | 1 Comment
Goalkeepers tend to shout at their defenders. A lot. And I can only imagine how frustrating it is to be be a good goalkeeper playing behind a useless back four. Shay Given deserves sainthood for going 12 years behind various versions of that dreadful Newcastle defence without serious incident.
But not everyone has Given’s patience. Things [...]
Category: BundesligaCoaching Carousel: It’s All About Money & Self-Belief
By: chris | 5 Comments
As much as we may criticize making career decisions simply for the sake of money, it is refreshing when someone calls a spade a spade and says “yes, it was all about the money” whilst showering themselves in barrels of money and cackling uncontrollably.
Enter Felix Magath, who will be joining Schalke 04 next season [...]
€70m for Franck Ribery? Football Has Gone Mad
By: chris | 15 Comments
It must have. Right? Surely that can be the only explanation. Because there’s no logical reason why Manchester United have reportedly lodged…wait for it…a €70m bid for Franck Ribery.
Don’t readjust your screen, rub your eyes or contact your “guy” to ask if you got the wrong stuff - you read that correctly. €70m. £62.5m. [...]
1. FC Union Berlin Has the The Hardest Working Fans in Football
By: Daryl | 5 Comments
Are you looking for a soon to be 2. Bundesliga team to support? Are you any good with a hammer? Then 1. FC Union Berlin could be the team for you.
Union (based in East Berlin) are currently top of the 3rd Liga by nine points and almost certain to be promoted to the 2. Bundesliga [...]
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Tags: Bundesliga, fans, FC Union Berlin, Stadion An der Alten Försterei, Stadium, World Football, World SoccerThings Aren’t Going Spectacularly Well For Stuttgart
By: chris | 1 Comment
Of course this is going to start off with a Jens howler - how could it not?
If not for his recent contract extension, Jens would be looking at a future NFL career after his latest comedy moment in goal on the weekend. It’s all really fairly simple: cross drifts towards goal, Jens catches ball, Jens [...]
Category: BundesligaThe Best Goal of the Week
By: Laurie | 6 Comments
This has to be the best goal from the weekend thus far — Grafite for Wolfsburg vs. Bayern Munich in the Bundesliga.
It’s not best because it’s best. It’s just best because it’s…it’s… Oh watch it and see.
(I don’t know. Something about the defenders’ faces as they helplessly [...]
Poldi-Pixel Update: Michael Schumacher Hearts Lukas. And Pictures Of Himself.
By: chris | 1 Comment
Last month we brought you news of FC Koln’s Poldi-Pixel experiment, through which the smallish German club is aiding their prince’s return home by selling pixels like advertising for €25 a pop. Despite the masses of billionaires with loose cash who read The Offside on a daily basis, it’s not showing the most rapid progress [...]
Category: BundesligaMad Jens: Certified Accessory Thief.
By: chris | 9 Comments
Oh yes he has. Mad Jens has struck once again. In the same week, no less.
In Saturday’s big fixture between Stuttgart and Hoffenheim - a big fixture in the table which needed a bigger scoreboard, as it ended 3-3 - Sejad Salihovic loses his shoe somewhere in the middle of Stuttgart’s half due to something [...]
Category: BundesligaLukas Podolski Gets a Million Dollar Homepage
By: Daryl | 2 Comments
The good news is that the Lukas Podolski to FC Köln transfer is definitely happening, with Poldi trading in life as a Bayern benchwarmer for a hero’s welcome on return to his first Bundesliga club.
The bad news is that it’s not happening until summer 2009, possibly because Bundesliga teams don’t do everything last minute. Unlike [...]
Category: BundesligaBundesliga Returns With Style, Electricity & Controversy
By: chris | 1 Comment
Fans of the Bundesliga have been waiting for this one a long, long time, and were they ever rewarded for their patience. Though the scoreline would indicate otherwise, it was a wide open game with a plethora of chances at either end - and quality chances at that. You’d think it’s just a bit of [...]
Category: BundesligaMartin Lanig - Worst Teammate Ever
By: Daryl | 10 Comments
Poor Mario Gómez. The German striker had just scored Stuttgart’s consolation goal in the 5-1 cup defeat to Bayern Munich, and was doing the sad slow walk to the center circle that only consolation goalscorers know.
But Martin Lanig added an extra layer of misery by inflicting some testicle-pain on his goalscoring teammate, instantly making Lanig [...]
Category: BundesligaCinderella Tears Her ACL
By: chris | 2 Comments
Anyone a fan of underdogs has surely loved Hoffenheim’s run as pacesetters for the Bundesliga this term. From small village team to cream of the German footballing crop, Cinderella stories get no bigger. And if we were to label one player as Cinderella herself, it’s hardly a contest: Vedad Ibisevic, the Bosnian striker leaving the [...]
Weekend Quiz Answers: Who Were Those Bundesliga and La Liga Players?
By: Laurie | 1 Comment
If you haven’t already taken our weekend quiz on Bundesliga and La Liga players, stop by here first. Then come back to this post for the answers.
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Weekend Quiz: Name the La Liga and Bundesliga Players
By: Laurie | 17 Comments
After last week’s mega-quiz, we’re returning to a previous quiz format: All Eyes, All the Time. I may do something else next week. Stay tuned.
I’m a bit nervous about doing a league-specific quiz during the transfer window, but as far as I know, all of these guys are currently [...]
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