Bundesliga review part 2. the new one :)

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cptaidan88 said:
Is there a popular (and free) fantasy football website for the bundesliga that anyone uses?
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I am no expert in those manager games, but the one run by the official Kicker magazine seems to be pretty popular:

http://www.kicker.de/games/interactive/startseite/gamesstartseite.html

Unfortunately its only available in German from what I could see.

VFL Osnabrück was 1-0 up against Rattenball Leipzig and then some idiot threw something from the stands and managed to hit the ref, which caused the match to get abandoned. :(

Did his team a big favor I guess...
 
Bembeltown said:
I am no expert in those manager games, but the one run by the official Kicker magazine seems to be pretty popular:

http://www.kicker.de/games/interactive/startseite/gamesstartseite.html

Unfortunately its only available in German from what I could see.

VFL Osnabrück was 1-0 up against Rattenball Leipzig and then some idiot threw something from the stands and managed to hit the ref, which caused the match to get abandoned. :(

Did his team a big favor I guess...
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Germany seems to have a few fan problems at the moment reading this thread....Chemnitz hunting down Schalke fans.....Duisburg doing same with Dortmund.......Frankfurt fighting with Leeds fans.
 
Actually I wouldnt call it problems. Its not like it is dramatically increasing in the last couple of years....its usually just the Ultras/Hools having a go at each other and it has been like that forever.

Stealing banners, provoking each other, putting up graffitis in opponents towns/crossing their graffitis etc.

During the cup the fans from lower league teams have a chance to compete with the bigger scenes from the upper leagues, so the provoking might be a bit over the top.
 
the other results


Bahlinger SC 3-5 on pen. SV Sandhausen

SV Barmbek-Uhlenhorst 0-5 SC Freiburg

Chemnitzer FC 0-2 Borussia Dortmund

CZ Jena 3-2 e.t. Hamburger SV

FSV Salmrohr 0-5 VfL Bochum

FC Nöttingen 1-3 Bayern München

VfB Lübeck 1-2 SC Paderborn

FK Pirmasens 1-4 1. FC Heidenheim

Rot-Weiss Essen 1-3 on pen. Fortuna Düsseldorf

SpVgg. Unterhaching 2-1 FC Ingolstadt

VfR Aalen 1-2 on pen. 1. FC Nürnberg

Arminia Bielefeld 0-2 Hertha BSC

FC St. Pauli 1-4 Borussia Mönchengladbach

Hessen Kassel 0-2 Hannover 96

Hansa Rostock 4-5 on pen. 1. FC Kaiserslautern

Energie Cottbus 0-3 FSV Mainz


VfL Osnabrück – RB Leipzig abandoned
 
For those in and around Manchester, the Manchester Football Writers Festival (apparently its a real thing) is coming up.

Just got tickets to go to the evening with Rafa Honigstein and Ronald Reng - author of the Robert Enke biography, discussing all things German football - more info here.

I like Honigstein on the BT European football show and try and read his articles in the Guardian, so it sounds like a decent way to fill a Wednesday evening when there's no football on.
 
Schalker said:
Honigstein sees the world through yellow glasses.
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He comes across fairly unbiased in the British media in my opinion. He was fairly critical of Schalke at times last season, but it was deserved at times. I'm thinking of the Köln away defeat for example.

He was even more critical of Dortmund throughout the first half of the season.

Maybe I'd have a different opinion if I was able to read the articles he writes in the German media.
 
The funny thing is that Honigstein is not really well known in Germany.

Could be that he is more known in the southern parts of Germany as he seems to write for the Süddeutsche Newspaper, but in general he doesnt seem to have the standing that he has in the UK. Guess he is pretty unique in England as he seems to be the "go to" insider for everything related to the Bundesliga, but he definitely doesnt have the reputation in Germany that he has in the UK.

The first time I actually became aware that there is a German journo writing for the british press was when I watched a documentary about how football culture in England has changed since the Hillsborough disaster. He had a short interview in this documentary and I found it pretty strange why they would interview a German about English football culture.
 
He's fairly big over here because he's probably the only real Bundesliga "expert" in the British media. The others who accompany him on the showings of the Bundesliga and 2. Bundesliga are either ex players like Hargreaves or just general European "experts" like Andy Brassell. There's usually one for each major league over here, like James Horncastle for Serie A and Julien Laurens for Ligue 1. Honigstein is the Bundesliga equivalent.
 
who on earth had the idea to send HSV to Bayern for the opening match? Selling this all over the world it is the worst marketing for the Bundesliga one can imagine. Why not Mönchengladbach for example.
 
Well I thought HSV were going to do well until the 25th minute! :)

Atlas with the red shorts being dire again this season it's another team who could finish below FCI! Confident about tomorrows game, both Fuerth and Braunschweig won at the Coface and Paderborn drew there so hopefully we can repeat either of them!
 
Costa will be a great buy for Bayern. When they bought him I wondered what they want with a player who plays in a non competetive league at Donezk, but he seems to be on fire all preseason already.

Second round of the cup was drawn as well...Bayern play in Wolfsburg.

Amd we have our annual trip to the Schachtscheisser in Aue. :(
 
Go Aue Go :)

Schalke- Gladbach btw
Thursday Europa League Sunday in Gladbach in the league Tuesday or Wednesday vers Gladbach DFB Cup
Nice Program
 
I dont mind Aue but its not exactly the most exciting fixture. Last time we played there in the cup we went out 3-0...and its not like we havent played there already a couple of times when we were in the 2nd division.

Would be nice to get a chance to see a new ground...Jena, Reutlingen, Rattenball, Viktoria Köln. :(
 
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