

Team News
What a difference an N makes
By: Luke |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 [...]
Hooray for FC Hollywood
By: Luke |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 [...]
VfB Stuttgart vs FC Bayern Munich: Liveblog
By: Luke |VfB Stuttgart vs FC Bayern Munich
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 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, [...]
Visine, stat!
By: Luke |Let’s get the red out of our eyes and back into our kits where it belongs. Here’s 9 thoughts on a match ending with 9 men:
1) Jörg Butt had the night of his life, and he probably won’t ever get to really enjoy it because of the result. For American football fans, it [...]
FC Girondins de Bordeaux vs. FC Bayern Munich: Preview
By: Luke |Wednesday night takes us to Aquitaine, where FC Bayern Munich will try to break out of a rough patch of form (beating Freiburg doesn’t count!) against FC Girondins de Bordeaux. The match will kick off at 2:45 p.m. EST, and we’ll run a live blog here at the Bayern Offside.
Flank stakes
A key concern [...]
Newsflash: Arjen Robben out of Bordeaux match
By: Luke |Edson Braafheid is now also rated doubtful. The team has not released the article in English yet, but the German story can be seen here
Here’s an English bulletin stating the same






