June 9th, 2009

First of many

By: Chris |

. . . Transfer rumors regarding current HSV players. Today, it is Mladen Petric and an offer from Bundesliga champs VfL Wolfsburg.

February 26th, 2009

HSV -NEC Nijmegen Preview

By: Chris |

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Now that the stage has been set by some great CL matches, it’s time to get ourselves over to the real party in Euro club football. Red-headed step child or not, it’s Europa UEFA Cup time.

Category: Bayer 04 Leverkusen, Bundesliga, DFB-Pokal, Eredivise, Martin Jol, Match Preview, NEC Nijmegen, Player News, Team News, UEFA Cup

Tags: 1. Bundesliga, Bayer 04 Leverkusen, Bundesliga, DFB-Pokal, Eredivise, Hamburger SV, Martin Jol, Match Preview, NEC Nijmegen, Player News, SV Hamburg, Team News, UEFA Cup

February 18th, 2009

NEC Nijmegen – Hamburg preview

By: Chris |

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Die Rothosen travel to Nijmegen to take on NEC in the first knockout round of the Europa (ne: UEFA) Cup.

Category: AFC Ajax Amsterdam, Bayer 04 Leverkusen, Bundesliga, Eredivise, Martin Jol, Match Preview, NEC Nijmegen, Team News, UEFA Cup

Tags: 1. Bundesliga, AFC Ajax Amsterdam, Bayer 04 Leverkusen, Bundesliga, Eredivise, Eredvisie, Hamburger SV, Martin Jol, Match Preview, NEC Nijmegen, SC Heerenveen, SV Hamburg, Team News, UEFA Cup

February 16th, 2009

What the hell was that? And yes, I’m still here

By: Chris |

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Been a while since I last checked in and there has been a lot going on. Following the huge victory over Bayern on Matchday 18, HSV travelled to relegation strugglers Karlsruhe. And that’s where the misery starts.

Category: AFC Ajax Amsterdam, Bayer 04 Leverkusen, Bayern Munich, Bundesliga, Eredivise, Hertha BSC Berlin, NEC Nijmegen, TSG 1899 Hoffenheim, Team News, Transfer Rumors, UEFA Cup

February 5th, 2009

Great beginning

By: Chris |

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Die Rothosen defeated nemesis Bayern Munich Friday evening to the tune of 1:0, in as good a football match as you are ever going to see.

January 23rd, 2009

Friday’s news

By: Chris |

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•The DFB has handed down its verdict on the dust up between Ivica Olic and Carlos Eduardo of TSG: Suspensions for both–2 Bundesliga games and 3 friendlies. Ouch. For HSV, Olic is out for the Bayern match on 30 January and the trip to Karlsruhe on 7 February.
•Mladen Petric is still nursing a tender calf [...]

Category: Bayer 04 Leverkusen, Bayern Munich, Borussia Dortmund, Borussia Monchengladbach, Bundesliga, DFB-Pokal, Eintracht Frankfurt, FC Köln, Hannover 96, Hertha BSC Berlin, Martin Jol, Player News, Schalke 04, TSG 1899 Hoffenheim, Team News, VfB Stuttgart, Vfl Bochum, Werder Bremen

January 21st, 2009

Latest De Jong update

By: Chris |

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As reported in this space earlier, HSV agreed to Manchester City’s offer of 18-20 million Euro (depending on who you’re asking) for the rights to midfielder Nigel de Jong, and now there is a report in today’s edition of Bild (and confirmed by Kicker.de) stating De Jong has agreed to terms with City to the tune of [...]

January 19th, 2009

De Jong Update

By: Chris |

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It’s all done but the signing. HSV has agreed to Manchester City’s transfer offer of €20.5M, and now all that’s left is for De Jong’s agent to negotiate a contract for Nigel with the Citizens.
That’s all well and good, but what should HSV do with the dough? I’d love to hear your comments on:
•Replacement for [...]

January 2nd, 2009

Back in the saddle

By: Chris |

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Howdy. Sorry for the long time between posts, but with Christmas and New Year’s, and a death in the family mixed in the past week, something had to give, and unfortunately, it was the Hamburg Offside. Away we go . . .