Bundesliga
Podolski’s Struggles At Köln Continue
By: Dave Martinez |
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“We have all got to question ourselves, me included. We have a week and we have got to try to get our self-confidence back by discussing things. Otherwise, there’s no point even going to (Hertha) Berlin. We may as well stay here.”
“I can understand the fans’ disappointment. We were weak and deserved to lose. [...]
Mad Jens Mad at Ball Boy (’s Parents)
By: Jan | 4 Comments
“It is a ball boys’ world and we are all just living in it.” – Bob Kellett
Just like a good referee, good ball boys work in the background. They are invisibly pulling the strings. They control the supply of new balls like the OPEC controls the oil – independent from demand. It’s only in desperate [...]
Category: BundesligaSascha Burchert Learns Not From His Mistakes
By: chris | 3 Comments
How cruel to watch the disaster that is this year’s edition of Hertha Berlin whilst another train crashes into the wreckage. Cruel, but necessary.
The heroic climb of the boys from the capital up last year’s table was a source of much awe; almost as much awe as the current state of affairs this year. Bottom [...]
Revierderby Madness: A “Wembley Goal”, Celebrating in Front of Opposition Fans, and a Possible Backwards Headbutt
By: Daryl | 7 Comments
Plenty of drama in the Revierderby this weekend, where FC Schalke 04 won 1-0 at BVB Dortmund’s Westfalenstadion.
First there was the “did it cross the line?” moment when BVB’s Lucas Barrios long range strike hit the underside of the bar and bounced down either inside or outside of the goal. The YouTuber who posted the [...]
Category: BundesligaMad Jens Has A Typical Mad Jens Weekend
By: chris | 3 Comments
[101 Great Goals]
The decision making abilities of Mad Jens took a predictable hit this weekend, as the older he gets the crazier his adventures.
On the pitch against Cologne it was a typical adventure of Lehmann-esque proportions, as evidenced above. Jens, using his everyday skills of logic, decided bolting 40 yards from his net [...]
Never Too Early For Bundesliga Goal Compilations
By: chris | 3 Comments
How many times can we sing the goal-scoring praises of the Bundesliga? Always once more, it would seem.
Despite being a whole five weeks into the season, a four minute YouTuber has already been compiled with the most stunning goals of the Bundesliga season. And strangely? They’re all worthy. Five weeks!
This video also furthers the stereotype [...]
Bayern & Those Magic Words: Free Beer.
By: chris | 3 Comments
Free beer is probably an easy way to make the German masses happy (or forgetful – six of one, half a dozen of the other). Bayern would like to make their fans happy. However, beer can also make depressed people more depressed if things don’t get better. Bayern fans are largely depressed right now, and [...]
No Secret Police Cash For Union Berlin
By: chris | 1 Comment
Funds are hard to come by for a number of football clubs these days. Funds have been particularly hard to come by for bold German side Union Berlin, whose fans famously chipped in and hammered up to help the crisis earlier in the year.
Making it to the 2. Bundesliga was a great leap forward in [...]
Bayern Munich Fans Send Detailed Open Letter of Complaint to Club
By: Daryl | 9 Comments
The big story in Germany right now is – as usual – Bayern Munich. The club has made a rocky start to the 2009/10 Bundesliga, with no wins, two draws and a defeat. Not exactly what Bayern fans are accustomed to.
It’s not unusual for fans of an unexpectedly struggling team to vent their frustrations on [...]
Category: BundesligaMario Gomez is the new Remi Gaillard
By: chris | 3 Comments
[Dirty Tackle]
Red Bull have thrown themselves firmly into the viral market, beginning last year with David Bentley and his top-of-the-building lofts and now adding Mario Gomez to their team of footballers whose transfer fees made a few heads snapback twice.
This comes off as a clear homage to French trickster extraordinaire Remi Gaillard, whose serious street [...]
Category: BundesligaJens Lehmann: Goalkeeper. Madman. Accountant.
By: chris | 4 Comments
European football has never truly begun until Jens Lehmann reaches back into the cobwebs of his mind and unleashes upon us a quizzical which leaves us thanking the football gods Jens has not yet decided to retire. Well, the European season has begun, as just after Stuttgart’s 2-0 loss to defending champeens Wolfsburg (away, it [...]
Category: BundesligaWolfsburg Make Very Very Sure to Win Bundesliga
By: Daryl | 1 Comment
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. [...]
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