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We did it
By: jhb |Nürnberg 0-1 Bochum! Against all odds, we go home with all points and without conceding a goal. I haven’t seen the match, but apparently Nürnberg refused to play football, which might have helped us a lot. It doen’t lessen the sweet taste of victory, though, and in particular the timing is perfect. The first proper [...]
More rumours
By: jhb |Two more names I’ve heard linked to the VfL on some forum or other: Jörn Andersen and Wolfgang Wolf. Both are a) mostly unknown and b) mostly unsuccessful. (and c) mostly harmless). Maybe we’re indeed looking toward Heinemann as permanent solution? I doubt it, let’s see what the week will tell.
Quick Link
By: jhb |Make sure to visit Luka over at the Assyriska offside, he has fantastic example of a shit-lookalike of our prospective new coach.
Predicting the obvious: Koller fired
By: jhb |That’s that, then. Marcel Koller has been fired yesterday afternoon, with a statement crediting him for keeping us in the top flight 4 years in a row (unseen since 1993); in the end not being able to come to terms with a team that had lost its trust in the head coach cost him the [...]
Catching up matchdays 1-5: no rejoicing
By: jhb |The start of the season was pretty much the usual affair of “uh, is it started yet?” sleepiness of all our players in the DFB cup and the first half of the first match. I don’t know what kind of lemons they serve in the Ruhrstadion locker rooms, but the second half of that match [...]






