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October 31, 2008

Transfer Fees: From Bayern via Hoffenheim to Cottbus

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In the light of ever more Hoffenheim table topping, coverage and hype, I thought it might be interesting to take a look at how much of their success is Dietmar Hopp's money and how much of it is Ralf Rangnick's genius. While at it, I decided to do the same for the remaining 17 Bundesliga [...] Click to continue reading...

October 22, 2008

The Sync: How Frankfurt and KSC cured my Insomnia

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Karlsruhe and Eintracht Frankfurt repaid the 80 minutes of my life (and the 51,000 strong at the Commerz Bank Arena) that they stole with a scintillating finish. A game that was so boring that it would be offensive to compare it to the oft-used paint drying scenario, erupted into a comedy of blunders in [. Click to continue reading...

October 15, 2008

die Tabelle lügen nicht! (International Break Edition)

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Please click on picture to see all the caricatures of German footballers from Pit Hammanns Hamburg SV The Dinosaurs face Schalke in the most intriguing game of the weekend. They have lost three of the last four matches against the Royal Blues at Nordbank. Chances for this weekend's game don't seem great with Nigel de [. Click to continue reading...

October 8, 2008

Das 20%-Zwischenfazit

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Ein sattes Fünftel der Saison ist vorbei, und so langsam gilt die Ausrede nicht mehr, dass die Tabelle noch keine Aussagekraft hat. Besonders bitter ist das für den FC Bayern, der sich zwischen Köln und Karlsruhe auf Platz 11 wiederfindet. Der Klinsmann-Effekt hat dem Rekordmeister bisher nur zwei Siege in sieben Bundesligaspielen, dafür aber satte [. Click to continue reading...

October 7, 2008

DFB-Pokal Round of 16 and UEFA Cup Group Stage Draw

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The DFB-Pokal Round of 16 draw took place on Sunday, and the UEFA Cup group stage draw just concluded an hour ago. DFB-Pokal Round of 16 SC Freiburg - FSV Mainz 05 VfB Stuttgart - Bayern Munich Bayer Leverkusen - Energie Cottbus Hamburger SV - 1860 Munich Karlsruher SC - SV Wehen Wiesbaden VfL Wolfsburg - Hansa Rostock Carl Zeiss Jena - FC [. Click to continue reading...

October 3, 2008

The Synch: Arminia Bielefeld 1-2 Karsruhe

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KSC went to Schüco Arena and came away with their first victory in four road matches and ended an eight game winless streak against Arminia. Arminia were their own worst enemy as they played a terrible first 75 minutes of football. They looked technically deficient compared with their southern foes. Click to continue reading...

September 29, 2008

Week 6 by the Numbers

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0 - Number of wins by Frankfurt, the last remaining winless team 5 - Total number of shots by Gladbach in their 0-1 defeat to Hamburg 7 - Goals scored by Patrick Helmes this season, that's equal to or more than 8 teams (Hertha, Köln, Hannover, Karlsruhe, Bochum, Cottbus, Frankfurt, and Gladbach) 8.06 - The average number of [. Click to continue reading...

September 25, 2008

die Tabelle lügt nicht: Week 5 (Now w/ the Bundesliga XI)

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Here's this week's Bundesliga XI. It is packed with Bayer 04, Hoffenheim and Werder players. It does include a special shoutout to the man who ended Energie's goal drought, an under appreciated defender from Arminia and a goalkeeper who lost. 1. Schalke 04 Now 10 of their last 13 have been scored by defenders. Click to continue reading...

September 17, 2008

die Tabelle lügt nicht! (Bundesliga Week Four)

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1. Hamburg SV HSV have just opened up a cemetary next to the Nordbank Arena. With Martin Jol leading the way, Hamburg top the table for the first time in nine years. Meanwhile, the big man's old club are in last place in the EPL. Supporters of Tottenham Hotspur are putting in [...] Click to continue reading...

September 12, 2008

Heute kein Fussball

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Ich dachte echt ich seh' nicht richtig! Das heutige Spiel in Frankfurt muss abgesagt werden, weil der Rasen unter Maddonas Konzert am Dienstag zu sehr litt. Erst heute wurde der direkt nach dem Konzert neu verlegte Rasen geprüft und für unbespielbar erklärt worden. Ein paar Stunden vor Anpfiff ist das natürlich schon etwas Kurzfristig. Click to continue reading...

September 11, 2008

Weekend TV Preview: September 12th - 14th

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Friday 12 September

19:30 Eintracht Frankfurt v Karlsruher SC, Bundesliga, Setanta Sports 1
Early signs are that these teams are aspiring to mid-table mediocrity which does not make this the most attractive of matches on paper. However, most of the Bundesliga is pretty well matched so those choosing to spend their Friday nights in could be rewarded with a decent game. Click to continue reading...

August 25, 2008

Bundesliga Statistics: Week Two

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Welcome back to Bundesliga Statistics for week two. Standing alone at the head of the table? Newly promoted TSG 1899 Hoffenheim with two wins from their first two games. Astounding stuff, but we're here to talk numbers not newcomers. Last week five categories were featured, this week it's been expanded to [. Click to continue reading...

August 20, 2008

Bundesliga Statistics: Week 1

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If you're anything like me, you love reveling in statistics. While in isolation, especially at the beginning of the Bundesliga season, they don't reveal much. But as time goes on it should be possible to discern patterns between some of these statistics and how the table shakes out. Here are some of the [. Click to continue reading...

August 14, 2008

die Tabelle lügen nicht! Preview

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1st Schalke What You Know: If baseball's Chicago Cubs had a baby with the Red Sox prior to 2004, Schalke would be the offspring. What You Don't: All things both good and bad must end. What to Expect: Yes, Campeones! I say that, bucking all trends, and knowing full well that Schalke could be leading the league by 6 [. Click to continue reading...

August 7, 2008

The New Gaffer: Introducing Labbadia at Bayer Leverkusen

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A look at Bayer Leverkusen's Bruno Labbadia concludes our The New Gaffer: Introducing... series this week. So far we've examined, in order: the journeyman, the company man, the stranger and, er, Martin Jol. Labbadia is a mix between a poor man's Jürgen Klinsmann and a poor man's Christian Bale (take a look! Click to continue reading...

July 30, 2008

Tabelle 2008/2009?

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Da das Tippen der Abschlusstabelle immer beliebter wird, habe auch ich mir mal eine zusammengezimmert. Natürlich ganz subjektiv 1. FC Schalke 04 - Eine Mannschaft, die mittlerweile auf allen Positionen überzeugt. Starke neue Leute mit Engelaar und Farfan. Gewachsen durch den CL-Viertelfinaleinzug. Click to continue reading...

July 29, 2008

Bundesliga Coaches Unanimously Choose Bayern as Preseason Favorites

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The Deutsche Presse Agentur released a poll yesterday about predictions for the upcoming season. Bayern Munich was the unanimous favorite of Bundesliga coaches to repeat as champions. The most common reason given was the quality of Jürgen Klinsmann's squad. What follows is a hasty translation of what each of the 18 gaffers [. Click to continue reading...

May 21, 2008

10 Things we learned from Matchday 34

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1. Nuremberg complete relegation double. Schalke scored two goals. Schalke almost scored two own goals. In between Nuremberg squandered their chances, like they squandered their chances all season. Eventually those were Nuremberg's final 90 minutes in the Bundesliga. Nuremberg are now in sole possession of two less than flattering relegation records. Click to continue reading...

May 9, 2008

10 Things we learned from Matchday 31 and 32

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It was a busy week of Bundesliga football. And it was a busy week for me as well, so I focused my attention on the inevitable and the ugly. But there was more happening in the league, and it's time to catch up with it in this double header edition. 1. Bremen and Schalke win Champions [...] Click to continue reading...

April 30, 2008

Weekly Dose 30.04.08

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Germany: Bundesliga, 2007-'08 Season-Zoom Map. That's what it is. Learn how Germany looks like, how the Bundesliga's club's crests and kits look like and how the clubs are distributed over the country. (billsportsmaps.com) How the Rekordmeister could also be a Sofameister. (Reuters Soccer Blog) Borussia Dortmund's new kit for 2008/2009. Click to continue reading...

April 29, 2008

Effe und die Fieslinge

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Mit einem Interview in der Welt hat Stefan Effenberg, seines Zeichens Bundesliga-Rekordhalter für gelbe Karten (111), der Debatte um "Fieslinge" und "Aggressivleader" neuen Schwung verliehen. Darin beklagt er, dass er das "Geheule" über die Spielweise von Mark van Bommel und Maik Franz nicht mehr hören kann und brüstet sich damit, Franz in ihrer gemeinsamen Zeit [. Click to continue reading...

10 Things we learned from Matchday 30

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1. Only math stands in Bayern's way now. Bayern beat Stuttgart 4-1 on Sunday. Angela blogged about how it happened and then Anna blogged about why it happened. Now I blog about how Bayern top the table with a 12 point lead. 20 goals stand between them and Werder Bremen. 24 goals stand between them and [. Click to continue reading...

April 15, 2008

10 Things we learned from Matchday 28

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1. Nuremberg can no longer finish their matches. Last week Nuremberg's match against Frankfurt was stopped for 20 minutes, after some people from Nuremberg's travelling support burned firecrackers and threw a flare onto the pitch. This Friday Nuremberg's match against Wolfsburg got abandoned after heavy rain rendered the pitch unplayable. Click to continue reading...

April 14, 2008

Munich weekend

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The Allianz Arena from the ouside. Art or is it!?

Me (left) and Nick. Dortmund til we die!

Inside the Allianz Arena - large beer hall just out of shot.

The most impressive stadium ever* (*from the outside)

Generali Sportpark home to Spvgg Unterhaching.

The home fans trying their best at Unterhaching. Click to continue reading...

March 31, 2008

10 Things we learned from Matchday 26

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1. Nothing. The teams at the top of the table couldn't win their games. The teams at the bottom of the table didn't lose their games. As such no team gained a lot of ground, nor did any team lose a lot of ground. And if the six best teams in the league don't do their [...] Click to continue reading...

March 3, 2008

10 Things we learned from Matchday 22

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1. A lesson in the fine art of self destruction by Schalke 04. The merits of having the club's president publicly lame ducking a coach are generally questionable. Doing so ahead of two of the most crucial fixtures of the season is attention seeking, mistimed and pure idiocy at best. While Schalke's sporting director Andreas Müller [. Click to continue reading...

February 28, 2008

Anzeige gegen die Feinde des Fußballs

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Es tut sich was im deutschen Fußball. Jahrelang haben die Vereine die Radikalisierung und wachsende Zerstörungswut einzelner Fangruppierungen schweigend ertragen. Diese Zeiten könnten bald vorbei sein. Der Karlsruher SC hat nach der Feuerwerks- und Rauchbombenattacke überwiegend schwarzgekleideter Ultras im Spiel gegen den VfB Stuttgart gemeinsam mit KSC-Profi Christian Eichner Anzeige gegen Unbekannt gestellt. Click to continue reading...

February 26, 2008

10 Things we learned from Matchday 21

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1. Sotirios Kyrgiakos is the Bundesliga's Marco Matterazzi. It wasn't a World Cup final, it has yet to prove to be title deciding, but it at least shares some similarities with the infamous incident. Diego is - statistically approved - the most fouled player in the Bundesliga. A little fact that coincides with him being the [. Click to continue reading...

February 4, 2008

10 Things we learned from Matchday 18

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1. If Bayern play bad their rivals will play worse. Or at least drop points, while Bayern won't. Let's take Hamburg for this weekend's example. They played a toothless first half, went down 0-1 and then needed an improved second half to draw the match against Hanover. Bayern played a good first half, went up 2-0 [. Click to continue reading...

December 18, 2007

Matchday 17: Bayern win first (imaginary) Title of the Season

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The first half of the season is officially over, and Bayern have claimed the so called Herbstmeisterschaft (autumn championship), which doesn't mean anything and isn't won in autumn either. But a lot in football is about psychology and weird statistics. One weird statistic says that 87% of the teams who won the autumn championship also [. Click to continue reading...

November 27, 2007

Matchday 13: Comebacks

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Thirty goals spread out over nine matches made for an entertaining weekend, that nonetheless left me feeling a bit unsatisfied. Mostly because it lacked any real surprises or shake-ups in the table. Munich, Bremen and Hamburg all worked their way to victories. Hamburg's 2-0 win over Rostock can probably be labelled 'most confident performance' compared [. Click to continue reading...

November 25, 2007

Weekly Dose 25.11.07

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A new adidas commercial to go with the new German national team kit. (YouTube) Latest rumours: Jürgen Klinsmann and Bernd Schuster are linked to the England job. (AFP) Hooray: The meaningless Ligapokal has been cancelled until the DFL comes up with an alternative meaningless cup competition. (Reuters) A video interview with Karlsruhe's Andreas Görlitz. Click to continue reading...

November 4, 2007

Becker: Sauer trotz des Sieges

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Ede Becker gewann heute abend mit seinen Karlsruhern mit 1:0 gegen den MSV Duisburg. Doch anstatt sich zu freuen, drohte er Edmond Kapllani interne Konsequenzen an. Der trat nämlich zum Strafstoß als Schütze an und widersetzte sich somit der Vorgabe des Trainers. Kapllani verschoss kläglich und wurde später auch noch ausgewechselt. Ich möchte nicht wissen [. Click to continue reading...

October 30, 2007

Zitat des Tages: Wir jagen Bayern auf dem Mofa

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Herr Becker, kann man mit einem Fahrrad einen Formel-1-Boliden jagen? Sie spielen darauf an, dass wir als Bayern-Jäger bezeichnet werden. Ihr Vergleich ist aber etwas zu drastisch. Ersetzen Sie das Fahrrad durch ein Mofa, dann passt es (lacht). Spaß beiseite: Wir haben uns nie an dieser Diskussion beteiligt und sehen unsere sportliche Situation durchaus realistisch. Click to continue reading...

October 27, 2007

Rostock - Karlsruhe, ein Spiel zum abgewöhnen

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