

Champions League
I’m baaaaack
By: Chris |Hey kids, back in the saddle again following a looooong trip to Central Europe (and no high speed internet) and a nasty bit of emergency dental work (suffice it to say, I love my dog very much and will not *kill* him for knocking out two of my front teeth. . .)
Let’s get it on!
By: Chris |After an interminably long offseason, the Bundesliga kicks off today with the spotlight match going to Wolfsburg v Stuttgart. Good thing HSV plays at Freiburg on Sunday–they need the extra training after this week’s debacles.
Quick hits
By: Chris |Just back from my holiday and heading into Independence Day weekend here in the good old USA, but there are finally some signs of life on the transfer front for HSV.
First of many
By: Chris |. . . Transfer rumors regarding current HSV players. Today, it is Mladen Petric and an offer from Bundesliga champs VfL Wolfsburg.
The Best of Times, the Worst of Times
By: Chris |This campaign had been most remarkable for Hamburg supporters. HSV were alive in all three competitions–the Bundesliga, the DFB-Pokal, and the UEFA Cup in mid-April–and looking to finally get that no-silverware-since-1987 monkey off our collective back. We truly looked as though we belonged on the big stage in Europe among the top clubs, the perennial [...]
HSV – Manchester City, part deux
By: Chris |The return leg of the UEFA Europa Cup tie between Hamburg and City is on tap for Thursday at the City of Manchester stadium. And yet again, HSV are going to be short-handed.
What you may have missed
By: Chris |. . . If the Hamburg Offside is your only source of HSV news. Glad to be back. Once again my personal life has interfered with my life as a Hamburg supporter, which is a pretty nice way to refer to one’s self these days.
MATCHDAY! Finally . . .
By: Chris |Yep, the Rückrunde (that’s the spring season/second half to you non-German speakers, you know, like myself) gets underway today with one of the marquee fixtures in all of football this weekend. Die Rothosen take on the Munich Machine at the ‘Bank.
De Jong Update
By: Chris |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 [...]
De Jong to Citeh?
By: Chris |As first reported on the Manchester City Offside, City have made an offer for another young HSV star, this time Nigel de Jong. The transfer fee is reported to be €15M (OR €16.5M, depending on the source), and this is not a tactic employed by Nigel’s agent to squeeze more money out of HSV during [...]






