July 17th, 2009

The Mountain Cometh

By: Chris |

The “Mountain” is a nickname given to a certain transfer target, who finally inked a five year deal after protracted negotiations over the fee to his former club. I, for one, am pretty keen on seeing this cat in the HSV strip this fall.

Category: Arsenal, Bundesliga, English Premier League, Eredivise, Europa League, La Liga, Player News, Raphael van der Vaart, Real Madrid, Team News, Transfer Rumors

Tags: 1. Bundesliga, Arsenal, Arsenal FC, Bundesliga, English Premier League, Eredivise, Eredvisie, Europa League, FC Groningen, Hamburger SV, La Liga, Player News, Raphael van der Vaart, Real Madrid, SV Hamburg, Team News, Transfer News, Transfer Rumors

July 4th, 2009

Ze Roberto in da Hi-zouse!

By: Chris |

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A day late on the story, as it’s Independence Day weekend here in the States and I think Evan is on his winter break from school down in Auz, but Ze Roberto did in fact sign a three year deal yesterday.

Category: Bundesliga, DFB-Pokal, Player News, Real Madrid, Team News, Transfer Rumors, Twente Enschede, UEFA Cup

Tags: 1. Bundesliga, Arminia Bielefeld, Bundesliga, CSKA Moscow, DFB-Pokal, Hamburger SV, Lyon, Player News, Real Madrid, Spartak Moscow, SV Hamburg, Team News, Transfer Rumors, Twente Enschede, UEFA Cup

June 17th, 2009

Sad news

By: Chris |

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Ran across this story today while trying to vet a comment I read on a MoPo article this morning.

Category: Bundesliga, Player News, Raphael van der Vaart, Real Madrid, Team News, Transfer Rumors

Tags: 1. Bundesliga, Bundesliga, Hamburger SV, Player News, Raphael van der Vaart, Real Madrid, SV Hamburger, Team News, Transfer Rumors, WAGS

June 8th, 2009

Let the Games Begin!

By: Chris |

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Misdirection, obfuscation, and the old standby’s, rumor and inuendo–Transfer Season, of course. Game on bitches! Who got next?

Category: Bundesliga, English Premier League, Eredivise, La Liga, Martin Jol, Player News, Raphael van der Vaart, Serie A, Team News, Transfer Rumors

December 12th, 2008

A road victory? I call bullsh*t . . .

By: Chris |

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I know, I know, but it’s true. Hamburg defeated FC Köln 2:1 at the RhineEnergie Stadion on Sunday–HSV’s first league victory away from home since a 2:1 victory over Cottbus on 5 October(!). By all accounts, Köln controlled play for most of the match, but one half of the Croatian Combination (Petric) knocked in a brace [...]

Category: FC Köln, La Liga, Martin Jol, Match Recap, Player News, Real Bettis, Team News

Tags: 1. Bundesliga, FC Köln, Hamburger SV, La Liga, Martin Jol, Match Recap, Player News, Real Bettis, São Paolo, Team News

November 5th, 2008

Wednesday musings

By: Chris |

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Lots of news coming out of Hamburg following yet another 3-0 loss on the road. A little bit of finger-pointing, followed by some introspection, and finally the gaffer questioning his tactics and lineups.

Category: Bayer 04 Leverkusen, Borussia Dortmund, Bundesliga, Hannover 96, Huub Stevens, La Liga, Martin Jol, Player News, Raphael van der Vaart, Real Madrid, Team News

October 28th, 2008

Fugly

By: Chris |

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That’s about the only single word in my lexicon that can describe HSV 3-0 drubbing at the hands of 1899 Hoffenheim. They were never in this one, and BMJ made some, ahem, curious decisions with his starting XI that really leave me (and others) scratching my (their) head(s).

Category: Bayern Munich, Borussia Dortmund, Borussia Monchengladbach, Bundesliga, Hannover 96, La Liga, Martin Jol, Match Preview, Match Recap, Player News, Schalke 04, Team News, VfB Stuttgart, Werder Bremen

August 28th, 2008

Transfer Roundup – Yeehaw!

By: Chris |

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For HSV supporters, the departures of Rafael van der Vaart and Vincent Kompany portended bad things to come. The club directors sold the most talented players on the side in the span of 17 days and there was, at the time, nothing to show for it. Fast forward a week (since Kompany’s sale) and things are looking up.

Category: Bayern Munich, Bundesliga, Champions League, La Liga, Player News, Raphael van der Vaart, Real Bettis, Real Madrid, Team News, Transfer Rumors

August 27th, 2008

Stop the presses! Again!

By: Chris |

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Many thanks again to most-loyal reader Diana, for the breaking news that HSV have signed Bayern left back Marcell Jansen.
Here’s the story from the Bayern’s web site (in English). This presumably kills the deal for Luciano Monzon (or more likely, Betis hijacked Monzon and HSV needed a backup plan), and he is headed to Real Betis, [...]

Category: Bayern Munich, Bundesliga, FC Nürnberg, Hannover 96, Player News, Real Bettis, Team News, Transfer Rumors