Bundesliga Super-Thread warning post #4542

Boskowski

Anyone interested in the same? Probably not?

Edit: Well, let's edit the title and see how it goes...

tim_holsters

Yes I'm interested but where can I find the Bundesliga on tv?

Ush1

I'm still waiting for the Ligue 1 fans to show their faces.:pac:

Boskowski

tim_holsters wrote: »

Yes I'm interested but where can I find the Bundesliga on tv?

ESPN or else get a free-tv dish and point it to ASTRA. Loads of (German) channels with highlights shows, full matches etc. If you wanna go down that route I can give you pointers.

If you want the no hassle approach, ESPN has 2 or 3 full matches per weekend - mostly live even. Seems the easiest way. Or webstreams, but you know yourself.

tim_holsters

Boskowski wrote: »

ESPN or else get a free-tv dish and point it to ASTRA. Loads of (German) channels with highlights shows, full matches etc. If you wanna go down that route I can give you pointers.

If you want the no hassle approach, ESPN has 2 or 3 full matches per weekend - mostly live even. Seems the easiest way. Or webstreams, but you know yourself.

So it's ESPN thanks for that mate.

Peyton Manning

I'd edit the thread title and turn this into the Superthread. Seems the easiest way. Will be watching a lot more German football this season myself.

Royale with Cheese

Fixtures are announced on Monday. Hoping Köln are playing at home on either the 27th or 28th of August. Would also be nice if one of the Munich teams are at home on the 29th.

Oat23

Yay a Bundesliga thread .

I can't wait to find out when we have St. Pauli at home. Definitely the first game I'll go to this season.

Mr.Nice Guy

Saw a few Bundesliga games on ESPN last season and I'll try and catch a few more after the performance of the German team at the WC.

Boskowski

Right I make a start with some transfer news.

Michael Ballack returns to Bayer Leverkusen on what appears to be an outrageous contract. Like 12m for two years plus option plus option for business suit career after. Leverkusen officials seem to know that he's probably past his best but go for his experience and the benefit for the young players and all that and also seem to have a future at the club in mind after his active career. Seems quite a lot of money for a Bundesliga club, but sure Leverkusen is hardly strapped for cash.
Hanno Balitsch also moving to Leverkusen from Hannover. Nice move, I always thought he had potential to be an international actually. But didn't show much of a development in Hannover, maybe that will change with Bayer.

HSV losing Boateng to City. meh. Nice talent, not happy to see him go.
Someone who has become nothing but an actual Bundesliga legend finally returns home after declaring such an intent several times over the last 5 years. Ze Roberto will end his career with Vasco de Gama. Good luck and thanks for all the great football.

Bayern is very quite on the transfer front so far, just collecting a lot of players who were elsewhere on loan. Kroos (Leverkusen), Sosa (Estudiantes), Ottl, Breno (Nuernberg), Braafheid (Celtic).
Anxious to see will they make a move on Oezil. Doubt it though. Where would he play amongst Robben, Ribery, Schweini & van Bommel?
Nerlinger raises pressure on Gomez. About time he gets his form back on track. If his goal scoring record would be as immaculate as his hairdo he'd be deadly. Usually not a good sign.

Metzelder to return to Germany as in Schalke. Ok.... Schalke also linked with Raul Gonzalez. Schalke to be Germany's little 'City'?

Carlos Alberto returning to Werder. I reckon the main Werder subject will be Oezil though. Will he or won't he or what's the story. Unfortunately Werder is realistically just not big enough to make a serious case for holding on to him.

Wolfsburg losing Genthner to Stuttgart and hiring an English coach as in Steve McLaren. Don't know the chap but I know that coaching/managing approaches are very different between Germany/England. Looking forward to see how that works out. I'd have my money on 'fail' if asked to make a call though.

Mainz has several clubs interested in Aristide Bance including EPL outfits. I don't like the chap but it was obvious to see that he is able to play at a (much?) higher level than with Mainz.

Frankfurt is all about the greeks apparently, Liberopoulos (cool name for a footballer) leaving, Gekas and Tzavellas to join up wit Amanatidis.

Hildebrandt leaving Hoffenheim with unknown destination. Timo is weird. At some stage I was thinking he was going to be the big new number 1 for Germany in years to come. And I'm still convinced he had it in him. Weird career decisions then. Then turned out to be a wobbler at times. Now after becoming an 'also-ran' and possibly ending up in some real weird place like Dubai or J-League or Russia or whatnot.

There is a lot more at www.sport1.de but most of the names I wouldn't even know myself.

DubDani

Boskowski wrote: »

Someone who has become nothing but an actual Bundesliga legend finally returns home after declaring such an intent several times over the last 5 years. Ze Roberto will end his career with Vasco de Gama. Good luck and thanks for all the great football.

Not sure where you got that gem from, but he is still with Hamburg in pre season training, and Club and player have both made it clear that he stays for another season.

Boskowski

DubDani wrote: »

Not sure where you got that gem from, but he is still with Hamburg in pre season training, and Club and player have both made it clear that he stays for another season.

You're right. Sorry about the mistake. Glad to hear too.

Oat23

Jaysus Boskowski. Gave me a fright there for a second. Thought Ze Roberto and the club changed their minds :eek:.

Qwerty27

Looking at heading to a game in Oct/Nov direction, maybe catch a Europa League/Champions League game at the same time....are tickets hard to obtain for league games, esp at Dortmund....would like to visit their stadium if possible.

Gillington

Heading over in August to Berlin hopefully get a match in

Stuttgart signing Molinaro permanently,re-signing Gentner and Martin Harnik.Molinaro could be a good signing after his loan period,especially for for less then 4mil

Oat23

Just saw on the news that Wolves have signed Arne Friedrich from Hertha for €2 million.

He's 31 but €2 mil is a great price for a starting defender in 2010.

Raskolnikov

Oatesy23 wrote: »

Just saw on the news that Wolves have signed Arne Friedrich from Hertha for €2 million.

He's 31 but €2 mil is a great price for a starting defender in 2010.

It's going to be interesting to see can McLaren whip some shape into Wolves. Last season was just ridiculous, one week they annihilated Villareal 4-1, the next week they themselves get destroyed 5-1 against bottom on the league, Hertha Berlin. If Misimovic stays and can play consistently, he can win them the league.

Boskowski

Wolfsburg had an outstanding season the year before last when everthing clicked, no injuries and generally a great run and it took all of that to win the title. Bit like as if Everton went on a mad run and wins the PL. Not taking away from them but it will be very difficult to repeat that any time soon unless Volkswagen go "mini-City". I don't see wolfsburg challenging for a title this year.

Oat23

We've signed Jaroslav Drobny(keeper) from Hertha on a free pending a medical according to goal.com and bild

Not a good start from Veh, angers Frank Rost and I'm sure he'll anger the rest of the team with this signing as Rost is a very well respected member of the team who they are trying to force out.
Also rumours that club captain David Jarolim is not in Veh's plans.

Boskowski

I find it a strange move myself. Rost played a good season too. And Drobny won't just sit back and be happy being number 2. Maybe it was too good an opportunity since he came for zilch from Hertha.

CSF

Going to pay alot more attention this year, Werder being my team of choice.

Four-Percent

Boskowski wrote: »

Bayern is very quite on the transfer front so far, just collecting a lot of players who were elsewhere on loan. Kroos (Leverkusen), Sosa (Estudiantes), Ottl, Breno (Nuernberg), Braafheid (Celtic).

Looking forward to seeing Kroos in action for Bayern.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4TUN7QSx3dU

Oat23

Fixtures are out. Bayern v Wolves first game.

Here's an overview of all the Matchday 1 fixtures:

FC Bayern München - VfL Wolfsburg
1899 Hoffenheim - Werder Bremen
Borussia Mönchengladbach - 1. FC Nürnberg
1. FC Köln - 1. FC Kaiserslautern
SC Freiburg - FC St. Pauli
Hannover 96 - Eintracht Frankfurt
Hamburger SV - FC Schalke 04
1. FSV Mainz 05 - VfB Stuttgart
Borussia Dortmund - Bayer Leverkusen

Home to Schalke week 1. I'd have preferred an easier opening game but whatever.
St. Pauli v HSV in the 4th week of fixtures - tasty .

Rest of the fixture list should be here soon, they are still updating it. - http://www.bundesliga.de/en/liga/matches/2010/index.php

Royale with Cheese

Köln are away the weekend I'm there. Gay.

Oat23

Also forgot to mention that we completed the signing of Drobny. Has the potential to be more trouble than it's worth.

Royale with Cheese wrote: »

Köln are away the weekend I'm there. Gay.

Unlucky lad .

Royale with Cheese

Going to get tickets for 1860 Munich v VfL Osnabrück if the game is being played on Sunday August 29th or Monday the 30th. Does anybody know when the first few rounds of fixtures will be finalised?

Boskowski

Oatesy23 wrote: »

Fixtures are out.

Hamburger SV - FC Schalke 04
Borussia Dortmund - Bayer Leverkusen

Two good ones right on day 1

RichTea

Hope to get over to München for a game this season. Absolutely love the city and haven't been to a Bundesliga fixture in a few years so I'd reckon it's about time.

Qwerty27

When to the games get moved for tv etc? Planning a trip to Cologne area for maybe october/november as good few teams in that general area and might be able to get a few matches in over 1 weekend

TheTosh

Never really watched much german football but this season I will, Wolfsburg will be my team of choice

Boskowski

TheTosh wrote: »

Never really watched much german football but this season I will, Wolfsburg will be my team of choice

Why Wolfsburg, any particular reason?