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We Won
By: Abby |
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We won.
We won.
The first time since August- against Brøndby, way back when. All those weeks of things getting worse and worse, of less and less confidence, of more and more crap. And while this result only matters a little (we’re still rock bottom in the league), it’s such a nice result to have.
Of course, we [...]
Come On Home
By: Abby | 6 Comments
Finally, a bit of a turnaround. It took a change of coach, undignified sniping in the press, and until October to do it, but we’ve got another point in the Bundesliga. Defending champions Wolfsburg, home of some particularly potent attackers, were held to a 0-0 draw. And with it, maybe, just maybe, some signs of [...]
Category: match reportsGeh’n Wir Nicht
By: Abby | 8 Comments
Rumors of our demise have been exaggerated.
Not, you know, that there wasn’t a reason to start them. 45 goalless minutes started the game, although the official Hertha liveticker (it’s very hard to watch a game when you’re supposed to be working) assured me that they had the better of the chances. But chances haven’t been [...]
I Blame GolTV For This
By: Abby | 4 Comments
Bochum hadn’t had a win yet. Politely, we gave it to them.
It’s the story of the first few games. We haven’t been looking too terrible, or at least we’ve been creating chances, but our scoring just hasn’t happened. It’s certainly worrying and it seems to be taking its toll on the confidence of the players. [...]
Out-Hertha’d
By: Abby | 5 Comments
I think that’s the best description of Saturday’s game.
Over the past season we gained a reputation for taking our chances, turning lack of domination and possession into three points and generally baffling pundits with our ability to keep winning while not playing well in a conventional fashion. Borussia Mönchengladbach, after miraculously escaping relegation last [...]
Go Back To The Start
By: Abby | 12 Comments
A battling 1-0 win that my Bayern-supporting friend (bitterly, after I teased him about which team had won and which team didn’t on Saturday) referred to as “boring”?
Oh yes, it’s good to be back.
Hannover, much to my pessimistic predictions, put up more of a fight than they appeared capable of in pre-season. They had the [...]
Vielleicht Hertha
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So, where were we?
The Battle of Berlin ended in a 5-3 win for Hertha. A festive Alte Forestei was treated to two goals from Artur Wichniarek, and one each from Amine Chermiti, Raffael, and Valeri Domovchiyski. Also a laser show. And fireworks. (And three goals from their own team.)
Having not watched it (work gets in [...]
We Didn’t Want Your Stupid Salad Plate Anyway
By: Abby | 6 Comments
As I was explaining to a friend of mine, while watching my third disappointing draw of the day, Hertha’s result meant that they’re out of a title race they should never have been part of in the first place.
That doesn’t mean it doesn’t sting.
But it does mean that despite the disappointment, despite the [...]
Category: match reportsOfficially in Europe
By: Abby | 4 Comments
The stated goal of this season, by Lucien Favre himself, was the UEFA Cup (well, the Europa League, Ibut I’m not used to that yet). Qualification for Europe was a respectable goal from a team that had come in 10th two seasons in a row but still had some ambitions. It was doing better, but [...]
Category: match reportsHappy Birthday To Me
By: Abby | 7 Comments
On May 9, I turned 24. Hertha Berlin were kind enough to give me the birthday present I really wanted – 3 points from Bochum. And not just that, but my old favorite Jens Lehmann and his VfB Stuttgart also had a present for me- a total demolition of Wolfsburg to bring us within just [...]
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