Comments on: I got nuthin’

By: Chris

Chris — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 18:13:59 +0000

One story I left out of the post–my fondest memory of that day was taking the tram from Heimfeld to the central station in Hamburg for the trip out to the arena. As I entered the car, there were about 8-10 HSV supporters in the front of the car with what looked like milk crates, filled with litre bottles of Astra, just pounding beers on the way to the match. It was like tailgating for an American football game, but on the subway. When I got to the station, there were riot police on all the platforms and up on the concourse. That was a little unnerving to see as an American sport fan. Got me to thinking what it would be like to see to national teams going at it.

The game day atmosphere at the stadium was great. My German friends abandonned me when I went to buy the tickets and had a great laugh when I tried to purchase the tickets at the kiosk with my rudimentary Germanglish (it’s a combination of German and English). Buying beer inside was much easier.

By: Jan

Jan — Sun, 16 Mar 2008 12:00:19 +0000

I always find it interesting to hear how someone ended up supporting a specific club.

About Zidan:
I think he is currently a bit overambitious. He wants to prove himself too much, which in the end doesn’t help Hamburg. He has great technical ability, but more often than not this is just attracting more and more defenders until he eventually loses the ball. He doesn’t seem to be fully integrated in Hamburg’s attack. That’s Olic’s and Guerrero’s advantage at the moment. I still hope that he comes good eventually. Otherwise a loan spell might be in order, to give him more playing time.

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Sun, 16 Mar 2008 11:55:06 +0000

[...] Chris, who shared the story of how he passed out drunk on warm Holsten beer and then woke up, littered with HSV scarfs and a big blue plushy dinosaur sleeping next to him. There was no looking back for him ever since. (Hamburg Offside) [...]

By: diana

diana — Sun, 16 Mar 2008 09:49:14 +0000

http://netherlands.worldcupblog.org/1/huub-stevens-am-i-really-so-tough.html

Found it from the Netherlands World Cup Blog. It’s about Huub Stevens, Chris.

By: Chris

Chris — Sun, 16 Mar 2008 04:55:53 +0000

Zizou isn’t getting match time because Olic and Guerrero are playing brilliantly, especially Guerrero. But as Guerrero is a bit mecurial, or shall we say streaky, Zidan will be back. He’s too good to keep out of the lineup.

By: tamim

tamim — Sat, 15 Mar 2008 17:38:08 +0000

i hope zidan plays, this coach is stupid!!!!

By: diana

diana — Sat, 15 Mar 2008 15:53:09 +0000

What a story of how you became a HSV supporter through and through. Nice!

‘Huub is leaving to, and his replacement is…’
And till now, no answer yet. You heard about Slaven Bilic being flattered or something to be linked to his former club West Ham for the coaching job? But then the last I know, he’s not going there. That is the latest I am hearing from the man itself. Other than him on UEFA’s Magazine – http://www.uefa.com/magazine/news/kind=4/newsid=671945.html

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Alcohol Posts » I got nuthin’ — Sat, 15 Mar 2008 15:15:01 +0000

[...] Chris wrote a fantastic post today on “I got nuthinâ��”Here’s ONLY a quick extractMy colleagues and I ended up scoring “seats” in the standing area of the stadium (German stadia still have standing areas/terraces, unlike English stadia–they also sell beer[!], and though it was windy and cold, the Holsten was warm; … [...]