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Gojko Kacar is Not A Brazilian
By: Abby |
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No matter what Ray Hudson says.
But he’s a talented young prospect anyway, and he showed why with his equalizer Sunday against Hamburg. An absolute belter of a goal from 28 meters, the sort of goal that makes the normally calm Hudson excited. (I could not find his comments, but I was entertained. Edit: Jan [...]
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It’s Comforting, In A Way
By: Abby | 6 Comments
A “highly efficient” Hertha performance, featuring defending described mostly as “solid”, produced a 1-0 win away to Hoffenheim. It was another one of those games in which the other team dominated, should have won on multiple occasions, hit the crossbar, and yet lost as we managed to score with our one shot on target.
It [...]
Category: match reportsWe’re Not Dead Yet
By: Abby | 24 Comments
Just when it seemed like the dreams were dead – 70 minutes into what looked like our fourth loss in a row – they showed a flicker of life. After the full 90, they think they’ll go for a walk.
The first half was one of those games where it looked like proof that our luck [...]
It Pours
By: Abby | 4 Comments
As the spring approaches and the Seattle weather turns to the sort of thing that we don’t tell outsiders about, all the clouds and gloom are coming instead from Hertha Berlin.
Saturday’s game against Hanover didn’t fail to stop our bad run of form; it just compounded it, with a 2-0 loss. That’s now three in [...]
I Know It’s Gonna Happen Someday
By: Abby | 3 Comments
The way this season has gone, it only makes sense that when we do finally lose, it’s to the team that we always beat.
Grumble.
It was a bad day for us. There’s not much more that can be said. Sometimes we’ve been bad and still won; this time, we were bad and just bad. It’s not [...]
Das geht ab
By: Abby | 5 Comments
Signs that things are different for Hertha this season: they’re the live game on GolTV’s Bundesliga coverage, and they’ve got the superstar commentary team (Ray and Phil, of course) talking over it. True, Hertha v. Leverkusen is on paper more exciting than Bayern v. Bochum, but it’s still probably something that wouldn’t have happened last [...]
What is up with Wolfsburg?
By: Abby | No Comments
The Hertha story of this season, to hear it retold from neutrals, is of Hertha winning a lot of games where they should have lost. That’s been the standard line. The one exception that’s usually brought up was the game against Wolfsburg, where Hertha should have won but instead drew 2-2. And the new exception? [...]
“A win over Bayern will do for today.”
By: Abby | 4 Comments
And a win over Bayern is what we have.
A win over Bayern- deserved, damn it, deserved!- and first place in the table, a point above Hoffenheim (and Hamburg), and two above the Bavarians. It’s the first time Hertha has been on top this late in the season in ever. And we did it all [...]
We Don’t Need This Pressure On
By: Abby | No Comments
Our chance to go top at the weekend (and possibly hold it, with other results) ended in how I expected/feared- by not happening.
Instead, a 1-1 draw at Bielefeld, combined with a draw for Hoffenheim and a win for Bayern (along with Hamburg’s loss) means that we’re third instead.
Most comments I’ve read have had [...]
Third
By: Abby | 3 Comments
It’s all I really can say, isn’t it?
Third in the league as the first half of the season comes to a close. We go into the New Year on a Champions League place, with a 4-0 win over our buddies in Karlsruhe. It’s the best Hinrunde we’ve ever had. 10 wins, 3 draws, 4 losses. [...]
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