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What a difference an N makes
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I’ve taken a little break for the international week, but events certainly have not, and with the possibility of a full scale revolt on our hands after this weekend, the first thing I want to do here is a little news roundup.
File under: Malcontents
Uli Hoeness’ unsurprising response to Phillipp Lahm
Luca Toni’s “sort of” apology
Martin Demichelis [...]
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Tags: 1. Bundesliga, Arjen Robben, Bastian Schweinsteiger, Bayer Leverkusen, David Alaba, Edson Braafheid, Eren Derdiyok, FC Bayern Munich, Franck Ribéry, Franz Beckenbauer, Hamit Altintop, Injuries, Ivica Olic, Joerg Butt, Jupp Heynkces, Louis van Gaal, Luca Toni, Mario Gomez, mark van bommel, Martin Demichelis, miroslav klose, Patrick Helmes, Philipp Lahm, Previews, Sami Hyypia, Simon Rolfes, Stefan Reinartz, Team News, Toni Kroos, Uli HoenessIn Memoriam: Robert Enke
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From the club’s website:
FC Bayern Munich has reacted with distress and shock to the news of the death of Germany international goalkeeper Robert Enke (32) on the evening of Tuesday 10 November 2009.
We, the board of directors, officials, players and members of the club greatly mourn the loss of Robert Enke. Our deepest condolences at [...]
Hooray for FC Hollywood
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First of all, apologies to all of you for a slow response to this most interesting of weekends. Although I don’t blame the match, I’ve been pretty sick for three days, but trying to make a comeback today.
Clearly, I don’t want to write a match review. I’d simply make two points about the [...]
FC Bayern vs Schalke 04: The Search For a Non-Stereotypical Storyline
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This is a terrific match for a lazy writer. So many storylines fall right into your lap. For this occasion, I could: a) Talk about how how Felix Magath’s dismissal from Bayern looks like a terrible mistake in retrospect and b) make a very negative indictment of Louis van Gaal by some statistical [...]
The Trial of Markus Babbel
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Once again, Bayern Munich goes into an away match against a familiar opponent that has its back against the wall. That would be VfB Stuttgart of course, and it makes for a little more of a dramatic storyline that Stuttgart’s coach is long time Bayern defender Markus Babbel. You can follow the action [...]
Tags: 1. Bundesliga, Arjen Robben, Cacau, Ciprian Marica, Daniel van Buyten, DFB Cup, FC Bayern Munich, Holger Badstuber, Injuries, Louis van Gaal, Luca Toni, Mario Gomez, mark van bommel, Markus Babbel, Martin Demichelis, Matches, Previews, Sami Khedira, Team NewsAdios, Jose Ernesto Sosa
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The club has confirmed that Jose Ernesto Sosa has been loaned to his old Argentine club Estudiantes de la Plata for the remainder of the season. So begins the pruning of the Bayern roster that Uli Hoeness promised just a couple days ago. With Sosa’s contract in Munich set to expire in 2011, [...]
A quick look backward and a quick look ahead to Pokal Wednesday
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Got caught in a time bind here, but I did want to flesh out a few thoughts related to Saturday’s match before getting into all the other news floating around. So, here are 5 quick hits from Saturday’s 2-1 victory over Frankfurt.
1) I looked at Frankfurt’s goal about 7 times on replay, and [...]
Tags: 1. Bundesliga, Arjen Robben, Bastian Schweinsteiger, Daniel van Butyen, DFB Cup, DFB Pokal, Eintracht Frankfurt, FC Bayern Munich, Felix Magath, Juergen Klinsmann, Louis van Gaal, Manuel Neuer, Mario Gomez, mark van bommel, Markus Babbel, Matches, Philipp Lahm, Recaps, Team News, Thomas Mueller, Transfer RumorsFC Bayern Munich vs Eintracht Frankfurt: Liveblog
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FC Bayern Munich vs Eintracht Frankfurt
FC Bayern Munich vs Eintracht Frankfurt Preview; Plus, why it’s not time to panic
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First the basics, Eintracht Frankfurt will visit the Allianz Arena with the match beginning at 9:30 a.m. EST Saturday. The match will be carried on ESPN 360 and ESPN Deportes, and we’ll be up with a live blog here, hopefully not yawning through most of it.
So begins our twilight-zoney pairing with Frankfurt, [...]
In case you’d forgotten what it looked like..
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“That was a goal!”
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