Chris Mcquade

Referees. Eh? Who’d be one? Not me anyway. I watch football, play football, love football but would never want to put myself in the position that thousands of well wishing men & women do. They are vital to the function of the sport and a good referee can make a game better. A bad referee, […]

It's that time of year again! With the football going on break, and exams coming to an end, I've decided to wade out into warmer climates for a few weeks, just to catch my breath again. Unfortunately, the laptop isn't coming with, so I'll have to catch up with you all in early January. Happy […]

Hannover's super-sub, Mike Hanke, has completed a transfer to relegation-threatened Gladbach, and will join the club as they resume training throughout the winter break. Hanke has been in encouraging form this season, with three goals in seven short substitute appearances. Despite his goals, Hanke was not getting the kind of game time his form warrants, […]

Wolfsburg have to be the disappointment of the Bundesliga season so far, and nothing sums that up better than today's 1-3 loss to Cottbus in the DFB Pokal. While injuries and low confidence will take their toll on any side throughout what is an arduous league season, the kind of form Wolfsburg are on is […]

It's the last day of round sixteen, and it's the end of 2010 for the Bundesliga. Bayern Munich travelled to a Bruno Labbadia-led Stuttgart looking for three points, while Freiburg, without Papiss Cisse, travelled to Leverkusen. VfB Stuttgart 3 – 5 Bayern Munich Reigning Bundesliga champions Bayern Munich made a mockery of Stuttgart's defense before […]

With the Bundesliga set to go on holiday for the next few weeks, we were always going to be in for a fantastic weekend of football to properly send our favorites sides off. This weekend has already been full of shocks and surprises, and the biggest of them has to be Dortmund's 1-0 loss to […]

Gladbach's terrible run of losses stretches to five after another defeat this afternoon, this time against a struggling Hamburg side. Dutch winger Eljero Elia, who has been the subject of some intense transfer rumors, put the away side in front just a minute after the break. Gladbach didn't shy away though, and got their equalizer […]

With Dortmund eliminated, the Bundesliga has just two representatives remaining in the Europa League. Both of those sides, impressively, topped their groups and would have been hoping for a good draw this afternoon to aid their chances of progressing in the tournament. Stuttgart rather unfortunately drew Benfica, while Leverkusen got a very favorable draw in […]

Bayern Munich v Inter Last season's finalists, Bayern Munich and Inter, will meet once more in this season's edition of the Champions League, but this time in the round of sixteen. Inter have looked a much weaker side since Jose Mourinho's departure in the summer, and Bayern Munich should be able to take full advantage […]

Michael Frontzeck's Gladbach side are sinking faster than they can swim. They've lost their last four Bundesliga matches in a row, and they've only managed to pick up ten points after sixteen matches. That's got relegation written all over it for me. It's crazy that they're playing so poorly with the kind of squad they […]

Bayer Leverkusen and VfB Stuttgart capped off their Europa League group stage fixtures with fine results that lifted them to first-placed finishes in their respective groups. Leverkusen managed to knock holders Atletico Madrid out of the tournament with a well-fought 1-1 draw, while Stuttgart, under new management, thumped Odense by a score of 5-1. Bayer […]

Borussia Dortmund's Europa League form this season left much to be desired, especially since the club's domestic performances have been nothing short of incredible. BVB only managed to win two of their six group matches and picked up a mediocre nine points, which in the end was a few too short of what was required […]

After two disappointing months in charge of first-team affairs at Stuttgart, Jens Keller has been sacked and replaced by Bruno Labbadia, who had been out of a job since being sacked by Hamburg at the end of last season. Labbadia has been inherited a world of problems, and I don't think it's very likely that […]

Germany's Mesut Ozil, who has fit in so well at Real Madrid since arriving at the Spanish club with fellow German international Sami Khedira in the summer, opened the scoring this weekend for his side in a 3-1 win over Zaragoza. Here's the goal!

With all of the Bundesliga's title challengers picking up positive results on Saturday, the pressure was on Schalke and Mainz to at least keep pace. Elsewhere, Freiburg hosted Gladbach. Let's get to the results! Mainz 0 – 1 Schalke 04 Thomas Tuchel's side continue to slip, but this time at the hands of a resurgent […]