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Daily Dose: September 29th, 2009

The Offside 29 September @ 08:00 PM EST
Something to read while you enjoy Pablo Hernandez's juggletastic goal for Valencia vs Atletico Madrid this weekend: The Irish national team's new stadium. Eventually. (Pitch Invasion) Should MLS table-toppers be allowed to choose their playoff victims? (Prost Amerika Soccer) A Favre farewell (Hertha Berlin Offside) Football beats politics in Germany (BallSpiel) Brazil: The Next Generation (Brazil WCB) Is FIFA holding Africa [. Click to continue reading...

Bundesliga Matchday 7: Ze Roberto to F4. Checkmate.

The Offside: Bundesliga 28 September @ 07:19 PM EST

Hamburg remain in control of the top, Hertha remain in control of the bottom and with his wins over Bochum, Dortmund and the Schalke fans Felix Magath is now in total control of the Ruhr Valley.

Battle Chess. When a commenter on one of Germany's public broadcasters attempted to summarize and categorize the match between Hamburg and Bayern, he kept talking about this game being for tactic freaks, but with an uncertainty to his statements, as though he didn't really know what was going on and didn't want to admit to it.

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Monday Morning Sack Watch

The Offside 27 September @ 08:33 PM EST
As we head towards October, at the end of the week at hand, the weather in the northern hemisphere gets cooler but the coaching seats hotter. No longer can underperforming look to early season disconnects, jitters, weakened legs and evolving squads as substitutes for results. So while we head towards firing season, a look at [. Click to continue reading...

Daily Dose: June 5th, 2009.

The Offside 05 June @ 05:30 PM EST
Stuff to read while you watch the fluffy Ronaldo turn back the showboating clock.... Kaka is just the beginning of a revolution. (SoccerLens) Along with the arrival of lots and lots of lira in Milan. (Serie Aaaaargh!) Six non-transfers which would've changed history. (guardian) Corinthians fan dies during riots; fellow fans retaliate by setting Vasco bus afire. Click to continue reading...

Wolfsburg Close in on Title. Hamburg Close in on Supermassive Black Hole.

The Offside: Bundesliga 18 May @ 01:52 PM EST

Uli Hoeness predicted that this championship won't be decided on goal difference, but rather that someone would slip up, and he was right albeit in the wrong places.

Hannover 0-5 Wolfsburg. Except for the sell out crowd there was nothing really derby-ish about this game (and then, the last match at home usually tends to be a sell out anyway).

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Weniger Rama in die Haare schmieren Herr Kuranyi

Torlaune.de 17 April @ 01:20 PM EST
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Das empfiehlt Calli dem Schalker Stürmer Kevin Kurányi im Gespräch mit Peter Peters, seines Zeichens Geschäftsführer von Schalke 04. Ansonsten hat Calli wenig an Kevin Kurányi auszusetzen, der kämpft, kratzt und beißt und jede Saison für 10-15 Tore gut ist. Von daher kann er die Schalker Fans und deren Erwartungshaltung nicht verstehen und ist davon zurecht enttäuscht.

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Weniger Rama in die Haare schmieren Herr Kuranyi

Torlaune.de 17 April @ 01:20 PM EST
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Das empfiehlt Calli dem Schalker Stürmer Kevin Kurányi im Gespräch mit Peter Peters, seines Zeichens Geschäftsführer von Schalke 04. Ansonsten hat Calli wenig an Kevin Kurányi auszusetzen, der kämpft, kratzt und beißt und jede Saison für 10-15 Tore gut ist. Von daher kann er die Schalker Fans und deren Erwartungshaltung nicht verstehen und ist davon zurecht enttäuscht.

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Tactical Analysis: Did A Birthday Bash Cost Hertha Saturday?

Bundesliga Talk 23 March @ 10:50 AM EST
Last Thursday, Lucien Favre suspended his right winger Patrick Ebert indefinitely. While the reason for the suspension is that Ebert was out until 3 AM celebrating his birthday, which breaks team curfew rules; there is a bigger story is that during his drunken walk home (points for walking), there is every indication that Ebert [. Click to continue reading...

Stat of the Day: Hertha Explained

The Offside: Bundesliga 10 March @ 01:32 PM EST
Statistics haven't been too kind to Hertha this season. Wether you look at possession, shots on target or one-on-one situations - all the bragging rights relevant numbers usually favored Hertha's opposition once the match was over. Numbers which reinforced the believe that this team was riding it's luck and robbing others of their well deserved [. Click to continue reading...

The Set: Arminia 1-1 Hertha Berlin

Bundesliga Talk 06 February @ 05:17 PM EST
Arminia Bielefeld gained a point and a little breathing room in their fight to stay up this year. Things didn't start brightly when their defenders fell asleep and allowed Andriy Voronin to ghost onto a ball delivered by keeper Jaroslav Drobny and slot home a 13′ lead. They leveled in the [. Click to continue reading...

The Set: Arminia 1-1 Hertha Berlin

Bundesliga Talk 06 February @ 05:17 PM EST
Arminia Bielefeld gained a point and a little breathing room in their fight to stay up this year. Things didn't start brightly when their defenders fell asleep and allowed Andriy Voronin to ghost onto a ball delivered by keeper Jaroslav Drobny and slot home a 13′ lead. They leveled in the [. Click to continue reading...

Quote of the Day: Three Fantastic Goals

The Offside: Bundesliga 14 December @ 02:44 AM EST
The third goal was fantastic. The fourth too. And the second as well. Lucien Favre's stream of consciousness in the wake of Hertha's 4:0 victory over Karlsruhe. You can scrutinize the validity/bias of this statement in the disappointingly chronologic video below. Click to continue reading...

Quote of the Day: Santa Claus comes early to Berlin

The Offside: Bundesliga 11 November @ 02:49 PM EST
"Is this too early? I wish everyone a merry Christmas." Lucien Favre was in a festive mood when he capped off his short speech at Hertha's annual general meeting on Monday. It may well have been too early, but Hertha are currently enjoying such a unique moment of all around good news, performances and publicity, that you [. Click to continue reading...

Daily Dose: October 14th, 2008

The Offside 14 October @ 10:00 PM EST
Stuff to read while you try to pay for your Big Mac with weed....... The return of a golden Slovenia. (Guardian Unlimited) A look back on German sports sponsorship. (ESPN) The best England XI that couldn't get any love. (The Spoiler) Bulgarian VP doesn't seem to think their Prem players are up to snuff. Click to continue reading...

Bundesliga Coaches Unanimously Choose Bayern as Preseason Favorites

Bundesliga Talk 29 July @ 03:57 PM EST
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...