http://www.theoffside.com League Football, Soccer News and Views from Around the World Fri, 10 Feb 2012 21:55:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 http://www.theoffside.com/leagues/bundesliga/bayern-the-good-guys.html http://www.theoffside.com/leagues/bundesliga/bayern-the-good-guys.html#comments Mon, 06 Feb 2012 19:01:42 +0000 chris http://www.theoffside.com/leagues/bundesliga/bayern-the-good-guys.html If you’ve paid any attention to the Bayern Munich news bits over the past years, you’ll know that they’ve got some characters running the show. Thus their public persona isn’t exactly seen as the cuddly teddy bear, smiled-at-least-once-in-their-lives types. So to hear that they gave Borussia Dortmund, a direct competitor, a loan which saved them [...]]]> http://www.theoffside.com/leagues/bundesliga/bayern-the-good-guys.html/feed 0 http://www.theoffside.com/leagues/bundesliga/bayern-munich-signs-the-common-man.html http://www.theoffside.com/leagues/bundesliga/bayern-munich-signs-the-common-man.html#comments Thu, 26 Jan 2012 19:09:10 +0000 chris http://www.theoffside.com/leagues/bundesliga/bayern-munich-signs-the-common-man.html High up on the list of things no to do with football fans is to promise the unveiling of a big new signing and then fail to follow through. Worse is to promise a big signing and then come through with someone who won’t even find the end of the bench on the reserves. Like [...]]]> http://www.theoffside.com/leagues/bundesliga/bayern-munich-signs-the-common-man.html/feed 1 http://www.theoffside.com/leagues/bundesliga/overhead-to-the-head.html http://www.theoffside.com/leagues/bundesliga/overhead-to-the-head.html#comments Mon, 23 Jan 2012 19:00:13 +0000 chris http://www.theoffside.com/leagues/bundesliga/overhead-to-the-head.html Thee Balotelli stamp seems to be making its way round the internet quite soundly right now, but there was a far more vicious boot to the head in Europe this weekend which probably won’t see any pop remixes anytime soon. Dorge Kouemaha of Kaiserslautern went to clear a ball out of the box and instead [...]]]> http://www.theoffside.com/leagues/bundesliga/overhead-to-the-head.html/feed 3 http://www.theoffside.com/leagues/bundesliga/jermaine-jones-gets-a-winter-nap-after-hunting-season.html http://www.theoffside.com/leagues/bundesliga/jermaine-jones-gets-a-winter-nap-after-hunting-season.html#comments Thu, 05 Jan 2012 17:31:12 +0000 chris http://www.theoffside.com/leagues/bundesliga/jermaine-jones-gets-a-winter-nap-after-hunting-season.html Back before the Bundesliga hibernation began, Jermaine Jones landed in hot water for his hunt-and-stamp on the injured toe of Gladbach’s superstar. Rather shameful really, and since then, their fates have diverged. Marco Reus got his big money move to Borussia Dortmund yesterday, while Jones netted a two month suspension for a litany of offenses, prime [...]]]> http://www.theoffside.com/leagues/bundesliga/jermaine-jones-gets-a-winter-nap-after-hunting-season.html/feed 0 http://www.theoffside.com/leagues/bundesliga/they-killed-santa.html http://www.theoffside.com/leagues/bundesliga/they-killed-santa.html#comments Mon, 26 Dec 2011 17:51:09 +0000 chris http://www.theoffside.com/leagues/bundesliga/they-killed-santa.html It’s a bit fitting that the skull n’crossbones club would be the killjoys of Christmas and take out Santa, and that’s what we have from St. Pauli. Though they might be saviors for those of us who’ve seriously contemplated carving out the portion of our brains which replays Christmas music with the nearest set of [...]]]> http://www.theoffside.com/leagues/bundesliga/they-killed-santa.html/feed 1 http://www.theoffside.com/leagues/bundesliga/schnick-schnack-schnuck-always-has-a-place-on-the-pitch.html http://www.theoffside.com/leagues/bundesliga/schnick-schnack-schnuck-always-has-a-place-on-the-pitch.html#comments Mon, 28 Nov 2011 16:09:04 +0000 chris http://www.theoffside.com/leagues/bundesliga/schnick-schnack-schnuck-always-has-a-place-on-the-pitch.html Of all that you may learn this week, this is easily most important: Rock, Paper, Scissors is called, among other things, Schnick, Schnack, Schnuck in German. Which is plain and simple excellence. It’s also the manner by which Marco Reus and Mike Hanke of Borussia Monchengladbach – speaking of things which need another name – decided [...]]]> http://www.theoffside.com/leagues/bundesliga/schnick-schnack-schnuck-always-has-a-place-on-the-pitch.html/feed 0 http://www.theoffside.com/leagues/bundesliga/manuel-neuer-trivia-buff.html http://www.theoffside.com/leagues/bundesliga/manuel-neuer-trivia-buff.html#comments Fri, 18 Nov 2011 16:12:25 +0000 chris http://www.theoffside.com/leagues/bundesliga/manuel-neuer-trivia-buff.html Outside of the fact that everyone hates him, Manuel Neuer’s life is pretty good. The best young keeper in the land, Germany’s keeper, Bayern’s form, getting to take naps while Mario Gomez scores like it’s going out of style down the other end, etc. With such talent in front of him on both fronts, it’s [...]]]> http://www.theoffside.com/leagues/bundesliga/manuel-neuer-trivia-buff.html/feed 0 http://www.theoffside.com/leagues/bundesliga/bowing-down-to-dortmund.html http://www.theoffside.com/leagues/bundesliga/bowing-down-to-dortmund.html#comments Thu, 10 Nov 2011 18:11:22 +0000 chris http://www.theoffside.com/leagues/bundesliga/bowing-down-to-dortmund.html This looks a bit like the type of thing you’d see on the brown side of Hamburg, or perhaps an unveiling from the artistic playgrounds of Berlin, but it’s came to us via Dortmund. And there’s little to say – it’s brilliant. Now all they need to do is combine the skull and crown and they’ll [...]]]> http://www.theoffside.com/leagues/bundesliga/bowing-down-to-dortmund.html/feed 0 http://www.theoffside.com/leagues/bundesliga/weekend-of-the-boateng-bros.html http://www.theoffside.com/leagues/bundesliga/weekend-of-the-boateng-bros.html#comments Mon, 24 Oct 2011 17:51:58 +0000 chris http://www.theoffside.com/leagues/bundesliga/weekend-of-the-boateng-bros.html They didn’t even play one combined game – 73 minutes total – and yet the Boateng brothers, Jerome and Kevin (half-brothers, really), took the headlines in two of the most discussed games of the weekend for very different reasons. Milan was down 3-0 at the half when Kevin was brought on in a lofty attempt [...]]]> http://www.theoffside.com/leagues/bundesliga/weekend-of-the-boateng-bros.html/feed 1 http://www.theoffside.com/leagues/bundesliga/bayern-the-club-of-lovers.html http://www.theoffside.com/leagues/bundesliga/bayern-the-club-of-lovers.html#comments Wed, 05 Oct 2011 17:36:14 +0000 chris http://www.theoffside.com/leagues/bundesliga/bayern-the-club-of-lovers.html The Bundesliga seems to be considered the neutral’s favorite league, as it’s not the highest quality league, but it has enough skill, energy, pace, enthusiasm and complete disregard for defensive responsibilities (Werder says hi) to enthrall the masses. However, this year it’s turning into more of a prison ward with people throwing feces and now [...]]]> http://www.theoffside.com/leagues/bundesliga/bayern-the-club-of-lovers.html/feed 0