Bundesliga 10/11

[R.N7]

Ruuuuud gol, nice play by Pitroipa.

 

[vuc]

Ruuuuud. 1-2 now. This is going to be a great last 30.

 

[R.N7]

Pitroipa, cracking goal!

 

[Ballache]

Btw Holtby for England

he's pretty highly rated in Germany, his dream is to play for Everton!

 

[Cal?]

And Bayern are 10 points behind Mainz after six rounds. Fun.

Mainz are the best team in the Bundesliga it seems. The best sides in Europe would have been delighted with that start to the season. Away wins at Bremen & Bayern...

 

[wr8_utd]

Ruud scored again

He just can't stop scoring this season!

 

[Jaap]

Current standings:

1. 1. FSV Mainz 05 - 6-0-0 - 14:5 +9 18
2. Borussia Dortmund - 5-0-1 - 16:5 +11 15
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3. Hannover 96 - 4-1-1 - 11:7 +4 13
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4. 1899 Hoffenheim - 3-2-1 - 11:6 +5 11
5. Bayer Leverkusen - 3-2-1 - 13:10 +3 11
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6. VfL Wolfsburg - 3-0-3 - 11:10 +(1) 9
7. SC Freiburg - 3-0-3 - 8:9 -1 9
8. Hamburger SV - 2-2-2 - 10:10 0 8
9. Bayern München - 2-2-2 - 5:6 -1 8
10. FC St. Pauli - 2-1-3 - 7:8 -1 7
11. 1. FC Kaiserslautern - 2-1-3 - 8:11 -3 7
12. Werder Bremen - 2-1-3 - 9:14 -5 7
13. Eintracht Frankfurt - 2-0-4 - 9:8 +(1) 6
14. 1. FC Nürnberg - 1-3-2 - 5:7 -2 6
15. 1. FC Köln - 1-2-3 - 5:10 -5 5
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16. Borussia Mönchengladbach - 1-2-3 - 10:19 -9 5
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17. Schalke 04 - 1-1-4 - 7:12 -5 4
18. VfB Stuttgart - 1-0-5 - 11:13 -2 3

Leading scorers:

Papiss Demba Cissè (SC Freiburg) - 6 goals
Edin Dzeko (VfL Wolfsburg) - 5
Mohammed Abdellaoue (Hannover 96) - 4
Theofanis Gekas (Eintracht Frankfurt) - 4
Grafite (VfL Wolfsburg) - 4
Shinji Kagawa (Borussia Dortmund) - 4
Srdjan Lakic (1. FC Kaiserslautern) - 4
Pavel Pogrebnyak (VfB Stuttgart) - 4
Ruud van Nistelrooy (Hamburger SV) - 4
Lucas Barrios (Borussia Dortmund) - 3

EDIT:
Holtby has said - live on TV - that he wants to play for Germany's national team.

 

[Lailiani]

Having so many players involved in the World Cup has backfired against Bayern big time.

 

[Ballache]

EDIT:
Holtby has said - live on TV - that he wants to play for Germany's national team.

Glory-hunter

 

[Hitchcocker]

St Pauli leading Hannover 1-0. Cracking headed goal from their Number 9.

 

[wr8_utd]

That St. Paulli goal is one of the best goals I've seen. Beauty of a move from back to front. Barcelona would be proud of that.

 

[Hitchcocker]

Yeah, really good counterattacking stuff. Decent game so far.

 

[Sean_RedDevil]

BBC Sport - Football - Football Focus visit Bundesliga mavericks St Pauli

 

[pillory]

Now six defeats and one 7-0 win for Stuttgart. Long may it continue.

 

[Cal?]

Mainz 7 out of 7, their next 3 games are Hamburg, Leverkusen & Dortmund. If they win those they'd probably be favourites for the title.

 

[R.N7]

Dortmund take the lead home against Bayern, Barrios.

 

[R.N7]

Van Bommel with two blatant tackles on Sahin and no yellow card.

Sahin made it 2-0 with a free kick and Barrios almost made it three just now.

 

[charleysurf]

United go out of the CL to a team that has just peaked and proceeds to rapidly deteriorate the next season. This always seems to happen.

 

[wr8_utd]

Van Bommel with two blatant tackles on Sahin and no yellow card.

Sahin made it 2-0 with a free kick and Barrios almost made it 3 just now.

Munich are really struggling

Mainz 7 out of 7, their next 3 games are Hamburg, Leverkusen & Dortmund. If they win those they'd probably be favourites for the title.

Nah not really. Hoffenheim were top and playing really top at Christmas 2 years back. One injury to Ibisivic( sp?) and they struggled in the 2nd half of the season.

 

[Kelvin]

@ Bayern

 

[Sean_RedDevil]

Why loves everyone about Liverpool or Bayern or Stuttgart or Schalke or Olympique Lyon??

We´re behind City ffs

 

[Kevin]

Why loves everyone about Liverpool or Bayern or Stuttgart or Schalke or Olympique Lyon??

We´re behind City ffs

Helps ease the misery of the rubbish football we've played in the past two games and the lack of finishing off an opponent and shitting it in defence in the other games.

 

[Lailiani]

Van Gaal is a muppet who doesn't know how to utilize Kroos.

 

[Sean_RedDevil]

2.Bundesliga, Hertha Berlin v Alemannia Aachen yesterday

Hahahahahahahahahahaha

 

[BAMSOLA]

If that isn't an argument for keeping women out of football then I don't know what is.

 

[UnitedRoadRed]

If that isn't an argument for keeping women out of football then I don't know what is.

It's an argument for keeing women in football?

 

[Red Indian Chief Torn Rubber]

Sahin has been delightful this season.

 

[Red Indian Chief Torn Rubber]

Van Gaal is a muppet who doesn't know how to utilize Kroos.

Indeed. Van gaal's other disease is that awful defence. He is too afraid to play only 2 midfielders in front of it.

 

[Jaap]

Sahin has been delightful this season.

Oh, yes, he's been top notch. I just hope he doesn't turn it on against us tomorrow (if Hiddink does let him start for Turkey).

 

[phelans shorts]

More reasons to love St. Pauli

The Fan’s Attic passed along some links regarding the interesting concessions on offer in the VIP section at the Millerntor-Stadion. The stadium, nestled near the redlight district of Hamburg, is home to St. Pauli FC, one of the quirkiest clubs in the Bundesliga. Utilizing the creativity of a local advertising agency (link’s in German), St. Pauli installed Thomas the Train’s cousin from Chicago in their VIP section for this season’s home matches.

Now, having hot sausages delivered to you without having to leave your seat is one thing, but there are two other perks provided to those in the VIP seats in the South Stand at Millerntor-Stadion.

Below the pork-packing train is a row of flat-screen TVs that show replays of the action on the pitch and underneath the seats are individual mini-kegs of beer for you to wash down your trundled goodies. That is indeed a trio of pure bliss once you ignore the increased risk of heart attack due to immobility, hot sausages, and beer.

The only reason for a person in one of these seats to leave during a match would be to hit the head, but since these are the VIPs, I’m sure there is a special potty installed with Hitler’s face for them to take aim (remember: St. Pauli does not like fascists). It appears, however, that there are only 10 such VIP seats installed thus far, so these are truly unique seats.


These guys have really thought of everything

A corollary to this story is that Nordpol, the local agency that worked with St. Pauli on the meat train, has been spotted by other sporting clubs and now have a contract with Borussia Dortmund to develop their communications. Dortmund has the highest average home attendance in the Bundesliga, so this bit of synergy between a unique club and local business is turning into a potential money train for the latter.

Heaven In Hamburg | Unprofessional Foul

 

[Jaap]

Update

Current standings:

1. Borussia Dortmund - 12-1-1 - 35:9 (+26) 37
2. 1. FSV Mainz 05 - 10-0-4 - 25:14 (+11) 30
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3. Bayer Leverkusen - 7-5-2 - 26:19 (+7) 26
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4. Hannover 96 - 8-1-5 - 20:22 (-2) 25
5. Bayern München - 6-5-3 - 23:15 (+8) 23
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6. TSG 1899 Hoffenheim - 6-4-4 - 28:18 (+10) 22
7. Hamburger SV - 6-3-5 - 23:22 (+ 1) 21
8. SC Freiburg - 7-0-7 - 19:23 (-4) 21
9. Eintracht Frankfurt - 6-2-6 - 21:19 (+2) 20
10. 1. FC Nürnberg - 5-3-6 - 18:24 (-6) 18
11. SV Werder Bremen - 5-3-6 - 22:31 (-9) 18
12. 1. FC Kaiserslautern - 5-2-7 - 25:25 (0) 17
13. VfL Wolfsburg - 4-4-6 - 22:23 (-1) 16
14. 1. FC St. Pauli - 4-2-8 - 13:23 (-10) 14
15. FC Schalke 04 - 3-4-7 - 19:24 (-5) 13
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16. 1. FC Köln - 3-3-8 - 15:27 (-12) 12
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17. VfB Stuttgart - 3-2-9 - 27:27 (0) 11
18. Borussia Mönchengladbach - 2-4-8 - 24:40 (-16) 10

Borussia Dortmund have set a new record after 14 matches played with 37 points gained at this stage of the season, which has never been done before in the Bundesliga.

Leading scorers:

1. Theofanis Gekas (Eintracht Frankfurt) - 12 goals
2. Papiss Demba Cissè (SC Freiburg) - 10
3. Hugo Almeida (SV Werder Bremen) - 9
Edin Dzeko (VfL Wolfsburg) - 9
Mario Gómez (Bayern München) - 9
Srdjan Lakic (1. FC Kaiserslautern) - 9
7. Lucas Barrios (Borussia Dortmund) - 8
8. Grafite (VfL Wolfsburg) - 7
Klaas-Jan Huntelaar (FC Schalke 04) - 7
Shinji Kagawa (Borussia Dortmund) - 7

 

[R.N7]

Jürgen Klopp is doing a great job, but I still have some trouble taking him seriously because he looks more like a school teacher than a football manager.

and that was a royal spanking Schalke got.

 

[Jaap]

Weird matchday this afternoon - Frings and Dzeko both missed a penalty each in the 0-0 draw between Wolfsburg and Werder Bremen, only the second time an incident like this occured in the Bundesliga.

Eintracht Frankfurt beat Mainz 05 2-1 and made Borussia Dortmund ''Herbstmeister'' - a name, not a trophy, that is given to the team that is top before the winter break in Germany. The ''Westfalen'' are away to Nürnberg tomorrow and could extend their lead at the top of the table to 10 (!) points. Schalke 04 wrapped up the Saturday with a 2-0 win v Bayern, who were denied a goal countless times by a strong showing from Manuel Neuer.

FC St. Pauli v 1. FC Kaiserslautern 1-0
VfB Stuttgart v 1899 Hoffenheim 1-1
VfL Wolfsburg v Werder Bremen 0-0
Eintracht Frankfurt v 1. FSV Mainz 05 2-1
Borussia Mönchengladbach v Hannover 96 1-2
SC Freiburg v Hamburger SV 1-0
FC Schalke 04 v Bayern München 2-0

 

[Sojiro]

Weird matchday this afternoon - Frings and Dzeko both missed a penalty each in the 0-0 draw between Wolfsburg and Werder Bremen, only the second time an incident like this occured in the Bundesliga.

Eintracht Frankfurt beat Mainz 05 2-1 and made Borussia Dortmund ''Herbstmeister'' - a name, not a trophy, that is given to the team that is top before the winter break in Germany. The ''Westfalen'' are away to Nürnberg tomorrow and could extend their lead at the top of the table to 10 (!) points. Schalke 04 wrapped up the Saturday with a 2-0 win v Bayern, who were denied a goal countless times by a strong showing from Manuel Neuer.

FC St. Pauli v 1. FC Kaiserslautern 1-0
VfB Stuttgart v 1899 Hoffenheim 1-1
VfL Wolfsburg v Werder Bremen 0-0
Eintracht Frankfurt v 1. FSV Mainz 05 2-1
Borussia Mönchengladbach v Hannover 96 1-2
SC Freiburg v Hamburger SV 1-0
FC Schalke 04 v Bayern München 2-0

Now there is a keeper i'd love us to sign, proven himself to me more than De gea.

 

[Red Indian Chief Torn Rubber]

Neuer was great vs Bayern. He is set to be a top top keeper.

 

[Neutral]

Holy crap, Bayern are 14 points off the lead after 14/15 matches?

*Dortmund have a game in hand to possible go up by as many as 17 points from them.

Wow...what's that about, injuries?

 

[R.N7]

Dortmund vs Bremen is on soon, here's hoping for lots of goals and excitement like in the Hamburg game earlier. Sidney Sam scored again, suprisingly not a screamer this time.

 

[R.N7]

1-0 Sahin, brilliant free kick.

 

[relx]

Dortmund had 3 efforts saved by Neuer, only 7 mins gone

 

[R.N7]

Good start to the game.