Bundesliga 2011/12

[Jaap]

I will miss him

Always liked him as well - did well at Hoffenheim (winning the ''Herbstmeisterschaft'' after only being promoted) before returning to Schalke. ''Master at tactics'', they used to call him and he generally was liked by the other Bundesliga managers.

I just hope it's not too serious!

 

[letranger0]

Schalke should try to get Tuchel. It wouldn't be easy to get him but he would be my first choice.

 

[relx]

Zhi Gin Lam, anyone seen him play before? Good to see Son Heung-Min starting as well

 

[Anduin]

Dortmund are back on track now, even though they are struggling in the Champions League. Some of their football today against Cologne (5-0 win) was simply outstanding and reminiscent of last season. They will be the only club able to challenge Bayern a bit IMO, especially as Lewandowski has hit top form with Barrios still sidelined.

 

[Red Indian Chief Torn Rubber]

Dortmund's champions league woes are all down to lack of experience at that level.

 

[Jaap]

Zieler was MOTM v Bayern yesterday - made a string of absolutely superb saves - as Hannover won 2-1.

Bayern's second loss of the season and Manuel Neuer finally conceded a goal after going roughly 770 without being beaten.

Dortmund now only three points behind the Bavarians.

 

[Hectic]

1:0 Wolfsburg (away)
2:0 FC Zurich (home)
5:0 Hamburg (home)
1:0 FC Zurich (away)
3:0 Kaiserslautern (away)
7:0 Freiburg (home)
2:0 Villareal (away)
2:0 Schalke (away)
3:0 Leverkusen (home)
2:0 Man City (home)

From Bayern. 30 out of 30 points, no goals conceeded. fecking hell. (This was up till the the start of October).

 

[relx]

Podolski has been great this season

 

[Anduin]

Podolski has been great this season

Yeah, he's finally realising his full potential even for a club like Cologne. He'll keep them up on his own this season... brilliant player, always has been for Germany, not correctly used at Bayern and never given much of a chance to be fair. If he stays in Cologne he'll go down as a club legend there.

 

[Jaap]

WEEK 11

SC Freiburg - Bayer Leverkusen 0:1 (Ballack)
Bayern München - 1. FC Nürnberg 4:0 (Gomez 2x, Schweinsteiger, Ribery)
Borussia Mönchengladbach - Hannover 96 2:1 (Reus 2x - Pogatetz)
Schalke 04 - TSG Hoffenheim 3:1 (Raul, Huntelaar 2x - Ibisevic)
VfL Wolfsburg - Hertha BSC Berlin 2:3 (Mandzukic, Schäfer - Rafael, Kobiashvili, Lasogga)
VfB Stuttgart - Borussia Dortmund 1:1 (Tasci - Piszczek)
1. FSV Mainz 05 - Werder Bremen 1:3 (Bungert - Pizarro, Hunt, Prödl)
1. FC Köln - FC Augsburg 3:0 (Podolski 2x, Peszko)
Hamburger SV - 1. FC Kaiserslautern 1:1 (Guerrero - de Wit)


1. Bayern München - 8-1-2 - 30:3 (+27) - 25 points
2. Schalke 04 - 7-0-4 - 22:16 (+6) - 21
3. Borussia Dortmund - 6-2-3 - 21:8 (+13) - 20
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4. Werder Bremen - 6-2-3 - 20:14 (+6) - 20
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5. Borussia Mönchengladbach - 6-2-3 - 13:8 (+5) - 20
6. VfB Stuttgart - 5-3-3 - 17:9 (+8) - 18
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7. Hannover 96 - 5-3-3 - 14:15 (-1) - 18
8. Bayer Leverkusen - 5-2-4 - 13:14 (-1) - 17
9. TSG 1899 Hoffenheim - 5-1-5 - 14:12 (+2) - 16
10. Hertha BSC Berlin - 4-4-3 - 15:15 (0) - 16
11. 1. FC Köln - 5-1-5 - 18:23 (-5) - 16
12. VfL Wolfsburg - 4-1-6 - 14:20 (-6) - 13
13. 1. FC Kaiserslautern - 3-3-5 - 9:14 (-5) - 12
14. 1. FC Nürnberg - 3-3-5 - 12:18 (-6) - 12
15. 1. FSV Mainz 05 - 2-3-6 - 13:22 (-9) - 9
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16. Hamburger SV - 2-3-6 - 13:23 (-10) - 9
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17. FC Augsburg - 1-5-5 - 8:20 (-12) - 8
18. SC Freiburg - 2-1-8 - 14:26 (-12) - 7​

Next week's fixtures:

Friday, 4th November
1. FSV Mainz 05 - VfB Stuttgart
Saturday, 5th November
Borussia Dortmund - VfL Wolfsburg
Werder Bremen - 1. FC Köln
1. FC Nürnberg - SC Freiburg
TSG 1899 Hoffenheim - 1. FC Kaiserslautern
Hertha BSC Berlin - Borussia Mönchengladbach
Bayer Leverkusen - Hamburger SV
Sunday, 6th November
Hannover 96 - Schalke 04
FC Augsburg - Bayern München

 

[Jaap]

Dortmund ripping Wolfsburg apart at the moment - 4-1 just now through Lewandowski whose goal was provided by a peach of a pass from Shinji Kagawa. 20 minutes to go.

 

[rcoobc]

Dortmund ripping Wolfsburg apart at the moment - 4-1 just now through Lewandowski whose goal was provided by a peach of a pass from Shinji Kagawa. 20 minutes to go.

I'm glad they haven't suffered this Champions League syndrome many clubs do, assuming the get to the knockouts that is.

 

[prateik]

I though Bayern had a great start and Dortmund a very poor one.
Just saw the league table. Not really that much in it.

Might not be a cakewalk for Bayern

 

[Anduin]

Klopp really is a fantastic manager. His man management is top notch, and so is the way he sets his team up, always looking to play attractive one-touch football. Their way of playing is pretty much a mixture of United's and Barcelona's approach, lots of passing combined with wonderful and pacey counter-attacks.
I hope he (Klopp) remains at Dortmund for a while, gets another shot in the Champions League and gets picked up by a bigger club (Dortmund are big as well, but not one of Europe's elite clubs). I wouldn't be surprised if Bayern pick him up after Heynckes retires.

 

[Anduin]

Bayern already two up away to Bundesliga bottom team Augsburg, guess who scored the first? Gomez' 19th goal in 19 appearances this season.

 

[gooDevil]

Top scorers:

November 5, 2011
Player Team Goals
Mario Gomez - Bayern Munich - 12
Claudio Pizarro - Werder Bremen - 11
Klaas-Jan Huntelaar - Schalke 04 - 10
Lukas Podolski - FC Cologne - 9
Papiss Demba Cisse - SC Freiburg - 8
Robert Lewandowski - Borussia Dortmund - 8
Mario Mandzukic - VfL Wolfsburg - 7
Marco Reus - Borussia Monchengladbach - 7
Mohammed Abdellaoue - Hannover 96 - 7
Raúl - Schalke 04 - 5
Franck Ribéry - Bayern Munich - 5

 

[relx]

Hopefully the Bayern ******** stops tonight

 

[stubie]

Match replayed on ESPN tonight after the Fiorentina v Milan match

 

[fishfingers15]

Reus scored a hat trick yea? Bloody good player

 

[relx]

Well done to Dortmund

 

[RDCR07]

Bayern lost. Hell Yeah! Only two point gap now between Dortmund and Munich. Lets go Dortmund.

 

[Jaap]

Bayern 0 Dortmund 1.

Goalscorer? Mario Götze.

 

[fishfingers15]

Is the match over? isn't it going on?

 

[RDCR07]

It just finished.

 

[fishfingers15]

Right, just finished in this stream

 

[Sojiro]

Bayern 0 Dortmund 1.

Goalscorer? Mario Götze.

looked an excellent match, shame it was on the same time as United. From the few peeks I had, Dortmund were giving Bayern as much as they could handle.

 

[Anduin]

fecking get in. Love to see former Bundesliga giants Moenchengladbach finally waking up after their 30 year long sleep and Dortmund/Schalke giving Bayern a good fight for the title. Hoeness already thought they were running away with it haha!

On another note what a brilliant coach Lucien Favre is. I already admired his work at Berlin and they were stupid enough to give him the sack - he's just a cracking manager it has to be said.

 

[Sojiro]

fecking get in. Love to see former Bundesliga giants Moenchengladbach finally waking up after their 30 year long sleep and Dortmund/Schalke giving Bayern a good fight for the title. Hoeness already thought they were running away with it haha!

On another note what a brilliant coach Lucien Favre is. I already admired his work at Berlin and they were stupid enough to give him the sack - he's just a cracking manager it has to be said.

agreed, his teams play some flowing football when on song.

 

[relx]

Looking forward to Köln vs Gladbach on Friday. Köln have been fantastic at home since Pedro Geromel's massive brainfarts against Nürnberg, where he conceded two penalties.

And of course, Reus and Podolski in action

 

[gooDevil]

Another win for Gladbach, moved into a tie on points with Dortmund for 1st, behind of GD.

And won without Reus scoring, good stuff.

 

[Utd heap]

Munich beaten again.

Bet on them twice in my life - these last two weeks.

 

[Edmeiste]

Another win for Gladbach, moved into a tie on points with Dortmund for 1st, behind of GD.

And won without Reus scoring, good stuff.

They play each other next saturday! Cant wait

 

[gooDevil]

Nice, I was just thinking it will be great when they match up! I'll have to catch that one.

A shame Dortmund lost again in the CL, they seem clearly a level below Arsenal, but they come to life in the Bundisliga.

Make me wonder about the gulf in class between top German and top English/Spanish/Italian teams. Hell, they were spanked by Marseille 3-0 in Marseille, gives me the impression German football isn't very strong.

But I like how even it is, Bayern aside, makes for an exciting season.

 

[Edmeiste]

I think it's more of first year experience in the CL. Very few teams play the same way in CL versus league play. Different set of circumstances as well and I think that also influences how teams play. As long as Dortmund do well in Bundesliga and make it into Europe again, then I think they'll be fine the next time around. They have a very good team and if you watched how they played against Arsenal, they played some wonderful football. I just think they need to really learn how to be effective.


I wouldnt write off this team so soon. They're a very young one and have some ways to go. Although, it looks like they're losing Gotze to Arsenal. That wont help

 

[Levi]

Jan Schlaudraff yesterday for Hannover.

 

[gooDevil]

Gladbach managed to come back and draw Dortmund without Reus, who has broken a toe.

 

[Maajid]

'gladbach v Bayern about to KO; interesting subplot with Reus rejecting Bayern and agreeing to join Dortmund in the summer.

P.S Get Safe Standing back - the Borussia Park is rocking!

 

[Wowi]

Oh dear, Neuer.

Kicked the ball out to a Gladbach player who thanked him by putting it in the net. Very very poor.

 

[Sean_RedDevil]

Again a massive mistake from Neuer against Monchengladbach

 

[ArmchairCritic]

Neuer with a howler, young keepers will make mistakes though.