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Going Dutch
By: Abby |
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Oh, I wish it was last season. For many reasons, of course, but also because we’d have a reasonable chance of actually getting out of the group stages if we were anywhere near decent. Sporting may be the favorites, but they’re only seventh in the Portuguese league, twelve points behind the leaders. FK Ventspils come [...]
Let’s Try And Not Suck So Bad
By: Abby | 5 Comments
That’s the message that new manager Friedhelm Funkel has for Hertha fans. It’s the pragmatic sort of message that Funkel’s reputation suggested he would say.
Of course, what else can he say? A team in turmoil, rock-bottom, with a confusing situation in the backroom and nearly an entire squad of injuries (including 3 injured goalkeepers). The [...]
Category: match previewBreak His Heart, Not Mine
By: Abby | 3 Comments
First off: everyone’s got to go and read the conversation in the last post. Some great insight into the situation currently at Hertha. (I pretty much agree with Jan, for what it’s worth.)
A tough stretch awaits Hertha BSC Berlin, a stretch that would be tough even if we weren’t in the position we find ourselves [...]
Aww Hell
By: Abby | 2 Comments
I asked them to return to Hertha in one piece, but do they ever listen to me? No.
The news out of the Hertha camp is that two of our major players were causalities of this week’s internationals, the two that no Hertha fan wants to see on the sidelines: Arne Friedrich and Gojko Kacar.
Arne [...]
Category: match previewIf You Survive Me
By: Abby | 5 Comments
In April, last season, the come-from-behind 2-1 win against Werder Bremen caused a lot of us to believe that we were really going to do something. True, it was late in a disappointing season for the northerners, and even truer, we’d been pounded on earlier in the season for the away game, but it was [...]
All or Nothing
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Valeri Domovchiyski gave Hertha a lifeline in Denmark. The young Bulgarian scored the 1 in a 2-1 loss (and missed a chance for a 2), giving us a hope that we can overturn the result at the Jahn Sportpark. A 1-0 win would see us through.
My anxiety about the team was detailed pretty well [...]
Sunday! Sunday! Sunday!
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Brøndby was somehow what I expected- a tough game from an opponent that I knew would never be easy. I couldn’t watch the game, being at work, but it seems like that was somewhat of the case. It seems like we had chances to equalize but couldn’t finish, and Artur Wichniarek limped off after half [...]
It Begins
By: Abby | 6 Comments
It seems like only yesterday I was trying to forget the result of that Karlsruhe game. But tomorrow is August 8, which means that tomorrow is the very first game of the 2009-2010 Bundesliga season.
Our opponent is Hannover 96, who have been in a bit of a turmoil lately. They got knocked out of [...]
Hey You Guys! It’s A Real Match Preview!
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Sends chills down your spine, doesn’t it?
While it’s still unnaturally summery here in Seattle, it’s time for some actually competitive games in Germany. The first round of the DFB-Pokal starts this weekend – in fact, several games have already taken place – and Hertha are up against SC Preußen Münster, of the Regionaliga West. They [...]
Getting Dizzying
By: Abby | 2 Comments
Two games left. Two games left, and things can still change completely. Even after tomorrow’s game who knows what will happen to us? It’s the crazy year for the Bundesliga.
In a normal year, the positions of ourselves and Schalke 04, tomorrow’s opponents, would be expected to be reversed. We’d be the ones in eighth with [...]
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