Bundesliga Matchday 8 by the Numbers
0 – The number in Frankfurt’s win column (still, and I’ll keep on mentioning this until Frankfurt take note and do something about it) 5 – Difference in points …
Tag: Bremen
Week 6 by the Numbers
0 – Number of wins by Frankfurt, the last remaining winless team 5 – Total number of shots by Gladbach in their 0-1 defeat to Hamburg 7 – Goals …
Bayern’s 2-5 Defeat to Bremen in Historical Perspective
Having had the time to digest Bayern’s 2-5 mauling by Bremen (no need to rehash things here, if you need a refresher check out the excellent post at Deutsche …
The Bundesliga’s Most Booked
September 19, 2008 Bayer Leverkusen, Bayern Munich, Leagues: Bundesliga, Player Discipline, Schalke 04, VfL Bochum 3 Comments
Football is not always a beautiful game; sometimes bookings are necessary. Thankfully, we’re on hand to keep all these bookings straight. There are 34 distinct offences that the DFB …
The Set: Seven Reasons the Bundesliga Is Better Than the EPL
st1:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) } 1. Parity Okay, let’s not kid ourselves. Not any team can win the Bundesliga. But since the inception of the EPL in 1991, four teams have won …
Schalke’s Keeper Worries Grow: Schober Injured
Schalke, currently sitting at the top of the Bundesliga, have surged ahead to the peak of another, less prestigious table – the goalkeeper injury table. First choice keeper Manuel …
The Sync: Borussia Mönchengladbach
Gladbach’s victory over the stalwart’s of the league, Werder Bremen, gave us a glimpse at a team that has been revitalized under Jos Luhukay and Christian Ziege, and could …
Tactical Analysis: BVB
I have just returned from my summer holidays, where I had a lovely respite from footie. However, here we are with the season two weeks deep and I am …
die Tabelle lügen nicht! Preview
August 14, 2008 Bayer Leverkusen, Bayern Munich, Borussia Dortmund, Borussia Mönchengladbach, DSC Arminia Bielefeld, Eintracht Frankfurt, FC Energie Cottbus, FC Köln, Hamburger SV, Hannover 96, Hertha BSC Berlin, Karlsruher SC, Leagues: Bundesliga, Promotion and Relegation, Schalke 04, TSG 1899 Hoffenheim, VfB Stuttgart, VfL Bochum, Werder Bremen, Wolfsburg 13 Comments
1st Schalke What You Know: If baseball’s Chicago Cubs had a baby with the Red Sox prior to 2004, Schalke would be the offspring. What You Don’t: All things …
Interview With Raphael Honigstein: Aug. 2008
The new Bundesliga season is just days away, so Bundesliga Talk writers Mark Moll and Double Pivot decided to interview one of the preeminent writers and authors on the …