• I'm still on semi-hiatus, so don't be angry with me if I failed to comment on your posts. I can assure you I've saved everything I considered interesting, and I'm currently busy catching up. Since I don't want to add any extra stress to my stressful enough RL (we got new computers and monitors at work, and you have three guesses who has to set them ( Read more... )

FC Bayern München vs Hamburger SV: 2-2
(Schweinsteiger 12', Podolski 16' pen.; Guerrero 25', Trochowski 57' pen.)

FC Bayern: Rensing - Lell, Lucio, van Buyten, Lahm - Schweinsteiger (Borowski 65'),
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A lot happened in footie recently, and I didn't have the time to write posts about them, so here's a little summary ( Read more... )

Today at 0:00 am, the transfer window was officially closed, which means that until the winter break, the clubs have to plan with the squads they have right now. I decided to make a list of the current Bundesliga squads, and maybe some of you will find this helpful. It might not be complete and there are some numbers missing. Would be great if you ( Read more... )

Here's the rest of my little virtual guided tour through HSV's stadium HSH Nordbank Arena, continuing from where we left off in this post:
( The player tunnel! )

Amongst many other things, I visited HSH Nordbank Arena (HSV's stadium) when I was in Hamburg, and I thought I'd start my report with a picspam of it. The stadium is really beautiful, and the guided tour was awesome.


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For theonecalledh and everyone who's interested, I bring you this article on Hamburg's keeper Frank Rost from the kicker magazine #18 from this year, which was published shortly before the HSV's match against Schalke. I translated this from German, so please excuse the mistakes. If you don't understand something, please ask.

Rost's Doctrines from Schalke
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Bayern won, which is awesome, and Lukas scored again, which is even more awesome. I'm so glad that Hitzfeld knows how to handle him and that things are finally getting better. Lukas is young, you have to let him start to give him a chance to improve. He can't improve on the bench, and he's not one of those experienced players who don't really mind ( Read more... )

Not only Christoph Metzelder's contract is running out at the end of this season but those of 120 more players. Here's the complete list. (Source: kicker magazine)

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In January, the second transfer window opens. Here's a list of what's been done and what's about to be done. (Source: kicker magazine)

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