

1. Bundesliga
The Trial of Markus Babbel
By: Luke |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 [...]
Adios, Jose Ernesto Sosa
By: Luke |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
By: Luke |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 [...]
FC Bayern Munich vs Eintracht Frankfurt: Liveblog
By: Luke |FC Bayern Munich vs Eintracht Frankfurt
FC Bayern Munich vs Eintracht Frankfurt Preview; Plus, why it’s not time to panic
By: Luke |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..
By: Luke |“That was a goal!”
Robben now out of Freiburg match; Demichelis to catch up on sleep
By: Luke |Completely invalidating an entire section of yesterday’s entry, Arjen Robben apparently forgot to rub magic spray or Paulaner or whatever miracle salve he was using on his surgically repaired knee and did not make the trip to Freiburg with the team. If nothing else works, he will start bathing in a nice 1985 vintage [...]
Tor Search: On To Freiburg
By: Luke |The show must go on, even during international weeks, and so it was that FC Bayern played a friendly match against Jahn Regensburg on Tuesday. A personal aside, if any of you ever have the opportunity to visit Regensburg, do take it. It will never get listed in the “top 10 destinations” to [...]
Don’t forget the formation
By: Luke |Louis van Gaal has got a lot on his plate these days. Two volumes are apparently required to properly cover his football greatness, although I think I’d still rather read two paragraphs from Hans Meyer. Luca Toni may have had his suspicions on the topic, but if Johan Cruyff is to be believed, LVG may [...]
Hamburger SV 1:0 FC Bayern Munich: Post-mortem
By: Luke |“Ich denke, unser Spiel war nicht so schlecht”
“I think our play was not so bad”
-Philipp Lahm
I couldn’t agree more. We didn’t play all that poorly. Because I am hepped up [...]






