Hollerbach's Knackwurst - Bundesliga 2019/20

[Toby Gymshorts]

Hertha ship 5 at home to Köln. Eyeroll.gif.

[elguapo4]

https://twitter.com/fcstpauli_EN/status/1231216261058658305

Dublin is going to be full of confused hipsters wondering why people are congratulating them.

[Amor de Cosmos]

Hertha ship 5 at home to Köln. Eyeroll.gif.

Schalke do the same against Leipzig, and Julian Nagelsman is the boy genius of European Football.

[G-Man]

Klinsmann really left behind a wreck. Hertha might still fund themselves ragged down into a real relegation dogfight, especially if they lose at Düsseldorf on Friday. Fortuna and Mainz are capable of collecting points here and there, Werder are a much better side than their position suggests (they apparently gave BVB a pretty tough run), and even Paderborn gave Bayern problems on Friday.

Köln, who are level on points with Hertha, could also be dragged back down. A nine points advantage can melt away in a month. But Gisdol and manager Horst Held have transformed Köln into a decent team. The loan of Mark Uth was a masterstroke, and Gisdol integrated very talented youngsters into the side.

[longeared]

https://twitter.com/fcstpauli_EN/status/1231216261058658305

Number 17 there; let's hope he can do it on a cold night in Accrington next season.

[danielmak]

Werder are a much better side than their position suggests (they apparently gave BVB a pretty tough run).

I agree with the first half of the sentence in terms of what I've seen this season, but not really the second half. Dortmund finally had a game where they didn't score 5 or could have scored 5 and the 0-2 win was probably an accurate result. I really don't remember Bremen threatening much at all. Some of that could have been a better defensive effort on Dortmund's part, but Dortmund definitely controlled this one throughout (esp. during the second half).

[G-Man]

The fun at Hertha has no end. Now Klinsmann has leaked a document (obviously to his own great surprise) that trashtalks everybody at Hertha as incompetent or evil or both. That includes the social media department. Everybody but the tea lady gets it, especially, of course, Michael Preetz.

Klinsmann is burning bridges like a retreating Wehrmacht general. It's fair to say that the public reaction to his shit-stirring indicates a PR disaster for Klinsi. A true winter horror story.

Seeing as Klinsmann was heaved into position by Windhorst, one wonders how this will impact on the club's relationship with their investor.

All this comes as Hertha is preparing for a run of fixtures against other relegation strugglers. Klinsmann's antics can hardly help...

[ursus arctos]

Klinsi lives for drama

[The Awesome Berbaslug!!!]

Didn't its popularity at Anfield have to do with local lads Gerry & The Pacemakers having a hit with their horrible version?

If you watch highlights of matches in the sixties and seventies, you can hear it all over the place. It just kind of went out of fashion in most other places. It's basically the sort of schlager that northern europeans just can't get enough of.

[treibeis]

Klinsi lives for drama

If he'd grown up a few hundred kilometres further east, he could have had an imperious career as IM Brezlebäcker or somesuch.

What a terrible bastard he is.

[G-Man]

Fortuna Düsseldorf have their own "This Is Anfield" kind of sign at their Merkur Spielplatz. It says, in English: "Defend Our House". But it seems that this inspirational instruction no longer applies in the rare event of Düsseldorf leading 3-0. Last night they contrived to throw away a 3-0 lead against crisis club Hertha.

[treibeis]

Nur der HSV!

[Sporting]

Bayern doing ok today.

[Amor de Cosmos]

Fortuna Düsseldorf have their own "This Is Anfield" kind of sign at their Merkur Spielplatz. It says, in English: "Defend Our House". But it seems that this inspirational instruction no longer applies in the rare event of Düsseldorf leading 3-0. Last night they contrived to throw away a 3-0 lead against crisis club Hertha.

Watched most of that match. Two bald men fighting over a comb doesn't begin to cover it.

[Diable Rouge]

If you watch highlights of matches in the sixties and seventies, you can hear it all over the place. It just kind of went out of fashion in most other places. It's basically the sort of schlager that northern europeans just can't get enough of.

Indeed, it was an anthem at Old Trafford before it was ever sung at Anfield.

[treibeis]

Indeed, it was an anthem at Old Trafford before it was ever sung at Anfield.

Seriously?

[Ray de Galles]

Bayern doing ok today.

Then it all kicked off :

[URL]https://twitter.com/archiert1/status/1233785082604871681?s=21[/URL]

[Diable Rouge]

Seriously?

https://www.manchestereveningnews.co...r-song-1121768

[treibeis]

By my lady.

[danielmak]

Dortmund control the match for 85 minutes and then Freiburg shows up for the last 5 (including injury time) but luckily Dortmund held onto the 1-0 lead for the win. Freiburg's keeper made a really nice save late in the game to keep the team in the mix. In past games Dortmund have tried too get to cute in the final third and gave away scoring chances. That wasn't case today; rather, Freiburg's team defense was really good. They just had nothing going forward and Dortmund had a second game in a row where their own team defense was excellent.

[Sporting]

Looking good for Bielefeld in the second division.

[G-Man]

The establishment is now drawing wagons Hopp, with a large number of fans joining in. At Köln, the referee refused to let the second half kick off unless fans removed an anti-Hopp banner. And Bayern's absurd recreation of West Germany vs Austria 1982 (at which Rummenigge was the captain, of course) has been celebrated as the great defence of standard in football. Kicker has gone full-on pro-Hopp and anti-ultras.

Now, I don't think the form of protests are justifiable. Calling a man a son of a whore, or depicting him in crosshairs is not a commendable way of registering protest, even if Hopp is a bit of a dickhead. But the reasons for the anti-Hopp sentiments are legit -- the corruption of 50+1. The collective punishment decreed against all fans is another reason for the protests, though the target then should be the functionaries.

It's no coincidence that Bayern, who oppose 50+1, should come to the defence of Hopp. Split the fans from the ultras and for Hopp, and you get them to accept that 50+1 is no longer appropriate in modern football.

[EIM]

Seriously?

It was sung well into the 70s. You can hear the United end singing it after one of the 70s cup finals.

[Sporting]

Didn't the Stretford End use to sing "You'll never walk again"?

[ursus arctos]

Excellent work by G to remind everyone that Bayern have been anti 50+1 for some time (and have been nibbling at its edges with their sponsorship equity deals). It is an important piece of context that I have yet to see in Anglo reaction to the incidents.

I do wonder to what degree players have bought the propaganda that 50+1 depresses their salaries and ability to win European trophies.