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The 46th Bundesliga season – 10 conclusions
By: jhb |Split into general and VfL-related items:
Hoffenheim has been a very refreshing addition to the Bundesliga.
It has been said countless times, but just once more: The title race has never been more thrilling.
40 points you need to be safe from relegation – only sometimes 31 is already enough
I’m not quite sure what to make of the [...]
Eventuell, eventuell
By: jhb |Some loose facts as we prepare for the last matchday in the Bundesliga:
One of the most optimistic fan shouts in Bochum is “perhaps the VfL is going to win today”. (It actually rhymes in german…) It’s not exactly well known, but should be! Here it is.
Fortuna Düsseldorf is back in the 2. Bundesliga. They beat [...]
Mission Accomplished!
By: jhb |Actually, my match preview for last weekend had the title “Let the crap continue”, but for whatever reason I never got round to posting it. Lucky me, because this weekend was pretty much the best you can hope for if your team is in serious relegation struggle: a) we won. With two goals to none, [...]
Matchday 32
By: jhb |After a 3-week hiatus while I was on a workshop in beautiful Sardinia (see left), I return to see the 5-point advantage gone together with Bochum’s self-confidence of early April and the newly-won-now-lost-again Fan-Club binding. Shouts of “Koller raus” become louder, and although I disagree, I can see that we desperately need a result [...]






