

Raphael van der Vaart
More Rumors, Lies & Inuendo, or Transfer “News” Redux
By: Chris |A credible source (OK, a bit more credible than this one) has a story this morning about Hamburg starlet Rafael (or Raphael) van der Vaart. Seems that VDV has told United and Chelsea to hold off on transfer talks until after the Euro. I’ve always maintained that he is a club guy to the end.
Manfred Kaltz’s ramblings
By: Chris |An interview with former HSV star Manfred Kaltz (who is 55, b-t-w. I cannot FREAKING believe that Manny Kaltz is 55; that makes me . . .) reveals that Kaltz doesn’t like HSV’s long term prospects. Too many players who are dead wood that nobody wants (Atouba, Sorin, Zidan), and the one guy that everybody wants (VDV) is the last guy [...]
What a hoot
By: Chris |Reading some of the trashier sites for a little club news during the Euro, I came across this gem, and nearly pissed myself. Welcome to the party, pal. Beer’s in the kitchen. Seriously, this guys is just now writing that Raphael van Der Vaart may get some transfer offers if Holland continue their hot streak [...]
HSV News and Notes
By: Chris |Please accept another apology for the lack of posts. Between the Euro ‘08 (lack of club news) and what’s been happening in the town where I reside (follow the link and look for Cedar Falls), I haven’t had a chance to write and not much to write about. . .
Where’d that come from?
By: Chris |To all that read this blog, my apologies–I’ve been on a wonderful and well-deserved holiday sans laptop for over a week.
Circling the drain
By: Chris |Our Hanseaten heroes are back to their blundering ways, having lost any momentum they may have gained in their well-played defeat to Bremen, with their away loss to relegation-strugglers Cottbus. Cottbus, for their part, ensured that they will stay in the 1. Bundesliga with a victory. Not sure what else there is to say about [...]
Short and sweet
By: Chris |Tomorrow is the second of HSV’s six-pointers versus other Bundesliga contenders. Ha. HSV aren’t contenders anymore. If they somehow manage to sneak into the CL qualifying, they will have done so because one of the contenders (Schalke, Bremen, Stuttgart) somehow slipped up and spit the bit.
Company man
By: Chris |Not Kompany man.
n. A man whose primary allegiance is to his employer (look whose pic is in the dictionary with that definition).
Nevermind
By: Chris |Nevermind that the Dinosaur lost to Duisburg (?!) at home Saturday. Nevermind that 4 regulars will be missing from the next match, including captain VDV. Nevermind that the side are in a complete freefall (I have had Tom Petty in my head non-stop since Saturday morning) right now, having collected exactly 2 points in their [...]
Hanseaten Highlights
By: Chris |All the news that’s fit to translate. . .
*Real Bettis are in the market for a new striker and like what they see in Mohammed Zidan.
*Despite having one foot out the door, Raphael van Der Vaart is still doing the right thing in the Hamburg community.
*The players feel, that despite the result versus Stuttgart, they [...]







