Troglodyte Posted May 5, 2010 Author VT Supporter Share Posted May 5, 2010 Have you ever been over to see them play? If not, do you intend to? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodytom Posted May 5, 2010 Share Posted May 5, 2010 Kaiserslautern. Out of interest is it a passion or just to make German football a little more exciting? Very good question. It starts off as simply making German (or [ insert league here ] ) football more interesting. But as usually happens, as you follow their results you find yourself more and more interested and before you know it you are supporting them and giving out about rivals and actually caring about the ups and downs I probably started following them around the time of Sensible World Of Soccer (or SWOS) on the Amiga when I decided it would be nice to try and have a 'representative' in all the major leagues. It didn't turn out like that though. I only really 'follow' a few teams around Europe - and the fact it's only a few actually makes those few more special. Thats quite interesting actually. Used to follow Italian football, and was always changing teams who I liked. Went Roma juventus Milan Inter (who i hated b4 Ronaldo signed) - got a top and stuff but never gave a shit if they lost, just liked it if they won, which is a bit weird now I think about it. I suppose it depends on how long you follow it for and how much contact you have with it - back then I only had Gazzetta. But i just cant imagine myself ever taking another team serious enough to give 2 shits about anything. Spose its a good thing if you get a few teams on the go, because therd be games nearly everyday to look forward to - specially with streams nowadays. Just another thought..... I watched a few german Highlights programme last season on setanta. A team called Hoffeinham (I think, correct me if im wrong) that play in blue were top and scoring goals for fun. What happened to them? Also, every game seemed to be about 4-2 or something ridiculous. Is it quite high scoring? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted May 5, 2010 Moderator Share Posted May 5, 2010 No and yes. Same goes for Aberdeen Though at least I have a Kaiser jersey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted May 7, 2010 Moderator Share Posted May 7, 2010 WoodyTom, Hoffenheim are backed by a co-founder of SAP and have been coming through the leagues for the past 10 years I believe. They're still in the top flight though they've fallen a bit from the highs of last season. They're still very comfortable though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted May 7, 2010 Moderator Share Posted May 7, 2010 22 year old Kaisersluatern keeper, Tobias Sippel gets first call-up to German provisional world cup squad Hands off him !!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GarethRDR Posted May 7, 2010 Share Posted May 7, 2010 22 year old Kaisersluatern keeper, Tobias Sippel gets first call-up to German provisional world cup squad Hands off him !!! Not too gutted about losing Fromlowitz anymore then, eh? Glad to see Marco Reus has made the squad too, he's had an absolutely stunning season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted May 7, 2010 Moderator Share Posted May 7, 2010 We're back up, it's all good. Just looking to the future now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Villan4Life Posted May 8, 2010 Share Posted May 8, 2010 no one mention TSG Hoffenheim!! Small team from Germany who gone through all divisions to be a good team in Germany! bit like Rushden & Diamonds being in premiership! Also have some good players too, poor owner had death threats as is a millionaire who grew up in Hoffenheim http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/european/3274907/Hoffenheim-stun-Bundesliga-as-Hopp-lives-his-dream-Football.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Rev Posted May 8, 2010 Share Posted May 8, 2010 They have been mentioned several times on this very page! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rainer Posted May 11, 2010 Share Posted May 11, 2010 Steve McClaren has taken over the reigns at Wolfsburg.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted May 11, 2010 Share Posted May 11, 2010 Steve McClaren has taken over the reigns at Wolfsburg.. It is a good move for him. They have a good base to their team and I think he will thrive there. Most of top players that work with him like Keane and Scholes say he is the best coach they worked with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troglodyte Posted May 21, 2010 Author VT Supporter Share Posted May 21, 2010 Well at least Dortmund are making some signings! They've brought in Mitch Langerak, an Australian goalkeeper, to play as back-up to Weidenfeller now that Ziegler's returned to Stuttgart, as well as Polish international Lukasz Piszczek and young Japanese international Shinji Kagawa. Großkreutz and Hummels made their debuts for Germany recently too, against -ahem- Malta. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted June 6, 2010 Moderator Share Posted June 6, 2010 DFB Cup 1st round draw SV Sandhausen – FC Augsburg Schwarz-Weiss Essen – Alemannia Aachen SV Wilhelmshaven – Einracht Frankfurt SV Elversberg – Hannover 96 TSV Germania Windeck – FC Bayern München Hallescher FC – 1. FC Union Berlin FK Pirmasens – Bayer 04 Leverkusen FC Ingolstadt – Karlsruher SC Eintracht Trier – 1. FC Nürnberg TuS Koblenz – Fortuna Düsseldorf Wacker Burghausen – Borussia Dortmund SV Babelsberg – VfB Stuttgart FC Oberneuland – SC Freiburg SC Pfullendorf – Hertha BSC Berlin Rot-Weiss Ahlen – Werder Bremen Torgelower SV Greif – Hamburger SV VfB Lübeck – MSV Duisburg FSV Frankfurt – SC Paderborn 07 SC Verl – TSV 1860 München SC Preussen Münster – VfL Wolfsburg Eintracht Braunschweig – SpVgg Greuther Fürth VfR Aalen – FC Schalke 04 FC Hansa Rostock – 1899 Hoffenheim Victoria Hamburg – Rot-Weiss Oberhausen VfL Osnabrück - 1. FC Kaiserslautern FC Erzgebirge Aue – Borussia Mönchengladbach Chemnitzer FC – FC St. Pauli Berliner AK 07 – 1. FSV Mainz 05 ZFC Meuselwitz – 1. FC Köln Jahn Regensburg – DSC Arminia Bielefeld Kickers Offenbach – VfL Bochum 1848 TuS Heeslingen – FC Energie Cottbus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GarethRDR Posted June 8, 2010 Share Posted June 8, 2010 Well at least Dortmund are making some signings! They've brought in Mitch Langerak, an Australian goalkeeper, to play as back-up to Weidenfeller now that Ziegler's returned to Stuttgart, as well as Polish international Lukasz Piszczek and young Japanese international Shinji Kagawa. Großkreutz and Hummels made their debuts for Germany recently too, against -ahem- Malta. Hummels is terrifyingly good. Bayern must (and quite frankly should) be kicking themselves. I'm quite chuffed about Lucas Barrios opting to represent Paraguay at the World Cup, they were one of the four teams I pulled in the work sweeps and Barrios should go some way to filling the Salvador Cabanas-shaped hole up front (and let's be fair, he's alright but he wasn't getting in the Argentina squad ahead of Messi et al). Been a few wheelings and dealings in the Bundesliga so far by the looks of things: Eintracht Frankfurt have gone Greek and brought in Theo Gekas and a young left-back from Panionios by the name of Georgios Tzavella. Hannover 96 apparently had a hankering for goalies and bought Markus Miller from Karlsruhe and Ron-Robert Zieler from Manure, along with Emanuel Pogatetz and a couple others. Werder Bremen have taken the plunge on Marko Arnautovic after his failure to break into the Inter Milan side (never really seemed likely, I think at best he would have been a replacement for Balotelli on the bench had Inter got rid of him, Arnautovic was certainly never going to dislodge Eto'o or Milito). He could do a job there. Bayer Leverkusen have brought in young Sidney Sam from Hamburg (BOF you should be familiar with the name, 11 goals in 51 games on loan at Kaiserslautern over the last few seasons), he could be one to watch in the future. Hanno Balitsch has also returned after a few years pottering around the leagues, and they've also brought in Croatian U21 regular Domagoj Vida. Schalke had a relatively high profile departure and arrival; Kevin Kuranyi's gone to Dynamo Moscow, but Christoph Metzelder's been brought in. As BOF mentioned earlier, Erik Jendrisek's also come in from Kaiserslautern (he could very well make a cameo at some point in the World Cup for Slovakia). VfB Stuttgart have lost midfielder Roberto Hilbert to Besiktas, but have bought Christian Gentner back on a free transfer from VfL Wolfsburg. VfL Wolfsburg will be boosted by the arrival of promising young Swiss striker Nassim Ben Khalifa from Grasshoppers, this particular deal having been completed back in February. Mönchengladbach have bolstered their defence with youngsters Bamba Anderson and Jens Wissing coming in from the lower leagues (technically Anderson has signed from Leverkusen, but he's spent the last two years at VfL Osnabrück and Fortuna Dusseldorf). We also have the second biggest transfer thus far (after Arnautovic), Igor de Camargo coming in from Standard Liege. A final word on Kaiserslautern, striker Rodnei has been brought in permanently from Hertha Berlin after spending last season on loan, the experienced Christian Tiffert (from MSV Duisburg) and Oliver Kirch (from Arminia Bielefeld) have beefed up the midfield. Occasional Algeria international Chadli Amri has also come in on a free transfer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troglodyte Posted July 6, 2010 Author VT Supporter Share Posted July 6, 2010 Opening Bundesliga fixtures. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted July 6, 2010 Moderator Share Posted July 6, 2010 Ooh a doozy for Steve McLaren to begin with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troglodyte Posted July 6, 2010 Author VT Supporter Share Posted July 6, 2010 Indeed. It's away, too. At least he'll get it out of the way quickly, I suppose! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don_Simon Posted July 7, 2010 Share Posted July 7, 2010 Does anyone know the best channel to watch Bundesliga on? Judging by the players on offer, seems like it could be a good watch. I'll need to get me a team though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted July 7, 2010 VT Supporter Share Posted July 7, 2010 I think ESPN show a lot of the games. They did last season anyway, so that would be my bet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted July 7, 2010 Moderator Share Posted July 7, 2010 I'll need to get me a team though. That'll happen naturally. Don't force it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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