F-Hoop
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Okay Lads,
maybe there are too many of us d/ling. Try this:
http://hamburgkicks.x.gg/
It brings up a list of HSV videos. Pick out the good one
Here's Fußball Club Bollox's goal from last night.
http://users.telenet.be/be/Karimi's%20Assist%20vs%20Frankfurt%2020Sep05.wmv
What a jammy goal! Not to worry, if we can keep the morale up and continue to play like we have done in the last two games the points will soon start coming.
Keep the Faith
maybe there are too many of us d/ling. Try this:
http://hamburgkicks.x.gg/
It brings up a list of HSV videos. Pick out the good one
Here's Fußball Club Bollox's goal from last night.
http://users.telenet.be/be/Karimi's%20Assist%20vs%20Frankfurt%2020Sep05.wmv
What a jammy goal! Not to worry, if we can keep the morale up and continue to play like we have done in the last two games the points will soon start coming.
Keep the Faith
What a performance on Saturday! Anyone who wants to relive our first away point of the season can do it here:
http://hamburgkicks.x.gg/buli2005_sptag05_hsv-ffurt_1-1.mpg
It's a five minute highlight package in very high quality, hence 158MB. It's worth every byte.
For those who still can't get enough, there'll be a report on the Fanabteilung site later.
Keep the Faith!
http://hamburgkicks.x.gg/buli2005_sptag05_hsv-ffurt_1-1.mpg
It's a five minute highlight package in very high quality, hence 158MB. It's worth every byte.
For those who still can't get enough, there'll be a report on the Fanabteilung site later.
Keep the Faith!
The win on Saturday should settle some nerves, on the field as well as in the Bembelbar.
We have to be patient. We have a lot of young players who are experiencing football at this level for the first time as well as two imports from the Swiss League. It's going to take them a while to settle in.
The next series of games are going to be even rougher with three of the next four away and only Bayern at home. I can't see us picking up many points over the next month.
Still, if anyone told me a month ago that we would have been looking down the table at Dortmund and Stuttgart I would have laughed at them.
Keep The Faith
F-Hoop
We have to be patient. We have a lot of young players who are experiencing football at this level for the first time as well as two imports from the Swiss League. It's going to take them a while to settle in.
The next series of games are going to be even rougher with three of the next four away and only Bayern at home. I can't see us picking up many points over the next month.
Still, if anyone told me a month ago that we would have been looking down the table at Dortmund and Stuttgart I would have laughed at them.
Keep The Faith
F-Hoop
5 minute report on the Leverkusen debacle.
http://gportal.hu/portal/stream/
The football matches are on the right, scroll down to find Frankfurt. There are streamed reports from loads of games. They are WMP streams with commentary in Hungarian, better than nothing if you can't get German football on real TV.
http://gportal.hu/portal/stream/
The football matches are on the right, scroll down to find Frankfurt. There are streamed reports from loads of games. They are WMP streams with commentary in Hungarian, better than nothing if you can't get German football on real TV.
Well Lads and Lassies,
Bayern Munchkins won 3-0 tonight against Gladbach and the rest of the fodder play tomorrow. We play the Alka-Seltzers of Leverkeusen on Sunday. The BL is back!
So what do you all think? I've seen us play Besiktas and KSC in the pre-season friendlies and reckon that we did okay and played well as a unit both times, albeit with quite different teams.
My guess is that we'll play with a fairly settled defence through the season, based on Pröll with Ochs, Rehmer, Vassi and Spycher in front of him, and other players slotting in when suspensions, injuries and loss of form take their toll.
After that it's anyone's guess. I honestly wouldn't like to be Funkel making the selection for Sunday. He'll fit Jones in somewhere. Van Lent and Cha will probably start, but I'd imagine that Ama and Lexa will also play at some stage.
We played our best football last season with a flexible 4-4-2, soaking up the pressure and hitting teams with blazingly fast counter attacks. Playing against better teams this season, I don't see it being much different.
We are in a much better position than two years ago. We have a really good coach for a start. Funkel has built a big happy squad of players of similar ability, though they are at different levels of development. If he can keep them happy, I think we can go far this season.
While I don't really expect us to achieve much until the second half of the season we could spring a surprise on Sunday. L'affaire Franca doesn't indicate that all is well in the Leverkeusen camp. They don't travel well, anyway, and our home record is second to none. With nearly 50,000 in the Waldstadion on Sunday evening, I'm going for a 2-1 win.
Anyone else want to make a prediction.
BTW, the English language section of the Fanabteilung site will go live as soon as we recover from Sunday's exertions, which probably means next Tuesday. Match reports, news, and anything else we can think of, it'll all be there. So stay tuned.
Keep the Faith
Bayern Munchkins won 3-0 tonight against Gladbach and the rest of the fodder play tomorrow. We play the Alka-Seltzers of Leverkeusen on Sunday. The BL is back!
So what do you all think? I've seen us play Besiktas and KSC in the pre-season friendlies and reckon that we did okay and played well as a unit both times, albeit with quite different teams.
My guess is that we'll play with a fairly settled defence through the season, based on Pröll with Ochs, Rehmer, Vassi and Spycher in front of him, and other players slotting in when suspensions, injuries and loss of form take their toll.
After that it's anyone's guess. I honestly wouldn't like to be Funkel making the selection for Sunday. He'll fit Jones in somewhere. Van Lent and Cha will probably start, but I'd imagine that Ama and Lexa will also play at some stage.
We played our best football last season with a flexible 4-4-2, soaking up the pressure and hitting teams with blazingly fast counter attacks. Playing against better teams this season, I don't see it being much different.
We are in a much better position than two years ago. We have a really good coach for a start. Funkel has built a big happy squad of players of similar ability, though they are at different levels of development. If he can keep them happy, I think we can go far this season.
While I don't really expect us to achieve much until the second half of the season we could spring a surprise on Sunday. L'affaire Franca doesn't indicate that all is well in the Leverkeusen camp. They don't travel well, anyway, and our home record is second to none. With nearly 50,000 in the Waldstadion on Sunday evening, I'm going for a 2-1 win.
Anyone else want to make a prediction.
BTW, the English language section of the Fanabteilung site will go live as soon as we recover from Sunday's exertions, which probably means next Tuesday. Match reports, news, and anything else we can think of, it'll all be there. So stay tuned.
Keep the Faith
The big news for this week is that Jermaine Jones is signed sealed and delivered.
Bruchagen is still leaning on Hamburg and Basel regarding Meier and Huggel respectively. It'll be a question of who blinks first in both cases, and Bruchagen doesn't do much blinking.
The other big news is Amanatidis is on his way back. It'll be announced officially on Monday. Or so I was reliably informed tonight, and I didn't even have to buy the man a beer!
I don't know about everyone else but I'm having a very good feeling about next season. We're much better equipped already than we were the last time we came up. If we can snap up Beni Huggel and hang onto Meier we're a good 10-15 points better than the team of two years ago. On top of that we have a progressive trainer who seems to be very good at man-management. Exactly what Rehmer and some of the younger guys need and exactly the opposite of what we had two years ago.
Keep the faith
F-Hoop
Bruchagen is still leaning on Hamburg and Basel regarding Meier and Huggel respectively. It'll be a question of who blinks first in both cases, and Bruchagen doesn't do much blinking.
The other big news is Amanatidis is on his way back. It'll be announced officially on Monday. Or so I was reliably informed tonight, and I didn't even have to buy the man a beer!
I don't know about everyone else but I'm having a very good feeling about next season. We're much better equipped already than we were the last time we came up. If we can snap up Beni Huggel and hang onto Meier we're a good 10-15 points better than the team of two years ago. On top of that we have a progressive trainer who seems to be very good at man-management. Exactly what Rehmer and some of the younger guys need and exactly the opposite of what we had two years ago.
Keep the faith
F-Hoop
Hi,
Alle Anzeigen und Beschwerden gegen die Polizei in Nordirland kann mann hier machen:
http://www.policeombudsman.org/
Dieses Amt ist sehr effektiv, aber die website ist nur auf Irisch, Englisch und Mandarin verfügbar.
Alle Anzeigen und Beschwerden gegen die Polizei in Nordirland kann mann hier machen:
http://www.policeombudsman.org/
Dieses Amt ist sehr effektiv, aber die website ist nur auf Irisch, Englisch und Mandarin verfügbar.
It's being reported today that out-of-favour and out-of-contract Berlin defender Marko Rehmer is on his way. Rehmer will sign on the dotted line when Bruchagen returns from the FIFA Court in Lausanne where l'affaire Chris rumbles on.
Rehmer could be anything. A useful defender, he was part of the German team in the last World Cup. However, he has hardly kicked a ball in anger for a year. He started last season with a nine-match ban for contravening doping regulations and never got a look in after that. Funkel thinks he can rejuvenate the 32 year-old's career. Let's hope we're not paying him too much.
@ AvA – you're dead right. The Hamburg pair are out of the frame. I can't stand the heat, so I stay out of the Gerüchteküche! I know, I'm a wimp!
F-Hoop
Rehmer could be anything. A useful defender, he was part of the German team in the last World Cup. However, he has hardly kicked a ball in anger for a year. He started last season with a nine-match ban for contravening doping regulations and never got a look in after that. Funkel thinks he can rejuvenate the 32 year-old's career. Let's hope we're not paying him too much.
@ AvA – you're dead right. The Hamburg pair are out of the frame. I can't stand the heat, so I stay out of the Gerüchteküche! I know, I'm a wimp!
F-Hoop
Best wishes to Marcus Beierle who left for Darmstadt today. It’s probably as good a time as any to take a look at how next season’s squad is shaping up.
ON LOAN
The club is trying to hang on to Alex Meier and Jermaine Jones who are on loan from Hamburg and Leverkeusen respectively. As both players want to stay it is probably only a matter of agreeing acceptable terms for the pair.
SIGNED
Highly-regarded 19 year old striker Dominik Stroh-Englel has signed from Oberliga side Waldgirmes. Francesco Copado has finally arrived from Unterhaching and it’ll be interesting to see how he fares in the First Division. Defensive midfielder Christoph Preuß returns from Bochum. Swiss international midfielder Christoph Spycher (15 caps) has signed from Grasshopper Zurich.
UNDER NEGOTIATION
Another Swiss midfielder, Benjamin Huggel (12 caps) is the subject of negotiations with his current club FC Basel.
Other transfer targets reportedly include defenders Marco Rehmer (Berlin) and Björn Schlicke (Hamburg); midfielders Marcus Lantz (Rostock), Kristian Lisztes (Bremen) and Youssef Mokhtari (Cottbus). Attacking players Bernardo Romeo (Hamburg), Mike Hanke (Schalke) and Zvjezdan Misimovic (Bochum).
GONE
As well as Marcus Beierle, Torben Hoffmann has left for 1860 Munich. Andreas Menger and Jens Keller have retired from the playing staff.
While it’s early days yet, the squad for next season is already starting to have a solid feel to it. Certainly it’s shaping up to be a lot stronger than what we went up with the last time.
ON LOAN
The club is trying to hang on to Alex Meier and Jermaine Jones who are on loan from Hamburg and Leverkeusen respectively. As both players want to stay it is probably only a matter of agreeing acceptable terms for the pair.
SIGNED
Highly-regarded 19 year old striker Dominik Stroh-Englel has signed from Oberliga side Waldgirmes. Francesco Copado has finally arrived from Unterhaching and it’ll be interesting to see how he fares in the First Division. Defensive midfielder Christoph Preuß returns from Bochum. Swiss international midfielder Christoph Spycher (15 caps) has signed from Grasshopper Zurich.
UNDER NEGOTIATION
Another Swiss midfielder, Benjamin Huggel (12 caps) is the subject of negotiations with his current club FC Basel.
Other transfer targets reportedly include defenders Marco Rehmer (Berlin) and Björn Schlicke (Hamburg); midfielders Marcus Lantz (Rostock), Kristian Lisztes (Bremen) and Youssef Mokhtari (Cottbus). Attacking players Bernardo Romeo (Hamburg), Mike Hanke (Schalke) and Zvjezdan Misimovic (Bochum).
GONE
As well as Marcus Beierle, Torben Hoffmann has left for 1860 Munich. Andreas Menger and Jens Keller have retired from the playing staff.
While it’s early days yet, the squad for next season is already starting to have a solid feel to it. Certainly it’s shaping up to be a lot stronger than what we went up with the last time.
Hi crusher,
I’ve read the club’s statements and I’ve seen the comments attributed to Bruchagen and Fischer. To be honest, I think the points made here would be beyond their comprehension. There is a photograph of a group of terrified girls posted on the 1. Bundesliga Forum in the “Neue Stellungnahme der Eintracht” thread. If those were their daughters they might think differently...
I’m sure that the vast majority of Eintracht fans never want to see anything like these scenes again and will fully support the Fanabteilung’s efforts in making sure it never happens again.
The press have covered the story so far, notably Bild Frankfurt and the FNP. But the story is a long way from being over. This won’t be swept under the carpet.
To clarify, I had never seen anything like it in Germany before and I hope I never see anything like it again. It reminded me of Belfast in the eighties.
Here’s hoping that it gets sorted out quickly and we can get back to watching the football in peace.
Keep the Faith
Frankfurt Hoop
I’ve read the club’s statements and I’ve seen the comments attributed to Bruchagen and Fischer. To be honest, I think the points made here would be beyond their comprehension. There is a photograph of a group of terrified girls posted on the 1. Bundesliga Forum in the “Neue Stellungnahme der Eintracht” thread. If those were their daughters they might think differently...
I’m sure that the vast majority of Eintracht fans never want to see anything like these scenes again and will fully support the Fanabteilung’s efforts in making sure it never happens again.
The press have covered the story so far, notably Bild Frankfurt and the FNP. But the story is a long way from being over. This won’t be swept under the carpet.
To clarify, I had never seen anything like it in Germany before and I hope I never see anything like it again. It reminded me of Belfast in the eighties.
Here’s hoping that it gets sorted out quickly and we can get back to watching the football in peace.
Keep the Faith
Frankfurt Hoop
Due to bandwidth issues the video is now available here:
http://rapidshare.de/files/2016015/aufstieg2.wmv.html
If you're not familiar with Rapidshare – scroll down to the bottom of the first page and click "Free". Scroll down again and the download can usually be made after about a minute.
Enjoy!
http://rapidshare.de/files/2016015/aufstieg2.wmv.html
If you're not familiar with Rapidshare – scroll down to the bottom of the first page and click "Free". Scroll down again and the download can usually be made after about a minute.
Enjoy!
90 minutes of misery! Nothing like 0-0 in Belfield to destroy your will to live.
Anyway, the pints were good, and here's a couple of goals from two weeks ago.
http://www.srfcultras.net/mccourt1.mpg
http://www.srfcultras.net/mccourt2.mpg
Take care
F-Hoop
Anyway, the pints were good, and here's a couple of goals from two weeks ago.
http://www.srfcultras.net/mccourt1.mpg
http://www.srfcultras.net/mccourt2.mpg
Take care
F-Hoop
Yawn... If you want to be a comedian, first learn how to be funny.
If you think that Sunday's police action was an appropriate response to the damaging of a police vehicle, you should get out more often and see a bit of the world. The professional response is to apprehend the culprits and bring them before the courts.
Anyway, it's not just me – Heribert Rech, the Interior Minister of Baden-Württemberg, is being quoted in the international press as worrying that Germany will portray itself as a police-state next year. It wasn't in a cheap English tabloid rag either!
If you think that Sunday's police action was an appropriate response to the damaging of a police vehicle, you should get out more often and see a bit of the world. The professional response is to apprehend the culprits and bring them before the courts.
Anyway, it's not just me – Heribert Rech, the Interior Minister of Baden-Württemberg, is being quoted in the international press as worrying that Germany will portray itself as a police-state next year. It wasn't in a cheap English tabloid rag either!
Thanks for the replies,
In my experience, I don’t think that there is that much taboo about the Nazi era any more. Perhaps this is because of the failure of the other totalitarian terror regime, the DDR. It would be unusual if this recent history didn’t leave its mark on a society. One of those marks would appear to be a tradition of paramilitary-style policing and an absence of accountability.
I am aware that the vast majority of people were revolted by what happened on Sunday. My remarks were addressed at those in authority who display totalitarian tendencies and do not believe in accountability. I have followed the debate on the Bundesliga forum (as well as the press coverage) and hope that due process can be brought to bear on those responsible. I also note that there is a developing poliitical alarm at the debacle.
I have three issues with all of this. The first is personal. My family and I were just reaching the Thai restaurant (Mr Lin’s?) when the police charged into Alt Sachsenhausen. Had we been making our way home twenty seconds later, I shudder to think what would have happened. It shouldn’t be beyond a professional police force to deal with what couldn’t have been much more than a handful of troublemakers. The police, who I agree, have always been courteous to me personally, appear to have run amok after that. My personal safety and that of my family are major issues for me. We were only 20 seconds from being in the wrong place at the wrong time. That simply isn’t good enough in a modern democracy.
My second issue is the future of Eintracht Frankfurt. A city of this size and stature should have a thriving and successful football club, and indeed would benefit greatly from it. There enough studies that show the corelation between successful football teams and successful local economies. You can readily contrast the thriving city economy of Munich with the vast prairies of empty office space in Frankfurt. It would be hard to argue that the enhanced international image of Munich has not been helped by the international success of of Bayern Munich. The qualification of Ireland for European Championship and World Cup finals has been met every time by increased capital inflows, greater foreign investment, and a boom in tourism.
In Frankfurt, we now have a stadium to be proud of. Bruchagen is right to describe it as a possible stepping stone to success. However, when I see him and Fischer congratulating themselves on Sunday’s disaster, I can’t see how this success can be achieved. To get truly large crowds on a regular basis requires the stadium to be a welcoming place for families and a suitable environment for corporate entertainment. Well, I, for one, do not not think many parents want to take their children to a place where they will witness bullying stewards and paramilitary displays of intimidation. I, certainly, have never had a business client who would be entertained by the sight of football fans being batoned and gassed by paramilitaries.
There is a historical precedent for what could happen here. In England, in the seventies, the growing problem of hooliganism was met with overt aggressive policing. The policing drove families and ordinary fans from football. The result was that football stadia became the preserve of testosterone-filled young men and ended with the carnage and tragedies of the early eighties. There isn’t a hooligan problem in Germany to compare with those days in England, but if you let that genie out of the bottle, it will be very hard to put back in again.
The third issue is the World Cup. If the same stadium management and police tactics are used on the fans of countries with no history of football violence next summer the damage to Germany’s image will be huge. The potential for trouble will be immense with all the usual suspects here and looking for trouble. It will take sensitive, sensible and highly professional policing to make the World Cup a success. We saw nothing of that sort on Sunday.
End of rant, and sorry for being so long.
Coleraine just finished sixth in the North’s Premier Division. It’s a small town on the North coast and it’s hard for them to keep a professional club going. Frankfurt’s other Irish game was against Drumcondra of Dublin in the UEFA Cup in 1967. Frankfurt won 2-0 away and 6-1 at home. Despite being successful on the field in previous years, Drums were badly managed and bankrupt. They went out of business a couple of years later.
All the best
In my experience, I don’t think that there is that much taboo about the Nazi era any more. Perhaps this is because of the failure of the other totalitarian terror regime, the DDR. It would be unusual if this recent history didn’t leave its mark on a society. One of those marks would appear to be a tradition of paramilitary-style policing and an absence of accountability.
I am aware that the vast majority of people were revolted by what happened on Sunday. My remarks were addressed at those in authority who display totalitarian tendencies and do not believe in accountability. I have followed the debate on the Bundesliga forum (as well as the press coverage) and hope that due process can be brought to bear on those responsible. I also note that there is a developing poliitical alarm at the debacle.
I have three issues with all of this. The first is personal. My family and I were just reaching the Thai restaurant (Mr Lin’s?) when the police charged into Alt Sachsenhausen. Had we been making our way home twenty seconds later, I shudder to think what would have happened. It shouldn’t be beyond a professional police force to deal with what couldn’t have been much more than a handful of troublemakers. The police, who I agree, have always been courteous to me personally, appear to have run amok after that. My personal safety and that of my family are major issues for me. We were only 20 seconds from being in the wrong place at the wrong time. That simply isn’t good enough in a modern democracy.
My second issue is the future of Eintracht Frankfurt. A city of this size and stature should have a thriving and successful football club, and indeed would benefit greatly from it. There enough studies that show the corelation between successful football teams and successful local economies. You can readily contrast the thriving city economy of Munich with the vast prairies of empty office space in Frankfurt. It would be hard to argue that the enhanced international image of Munich has not been helped by the international success of of Bayern Munich. The qualification of Ireland for European Championship and World Cup finals has been met every time by increased capital inflows, greater foreign investment, and a boom in tourism.
In Frankfurt, we now have a stadium to be proud of. Bruchagen is right to describe it as a possible stepping stone to success. However, when I see him and Fischer congratulating themselves on Sunday’s disaster, I can’t see how this success can be achieved. To get truly large crowds on a regular basis requires the stadium to be a welcoming place for families and a suitable environment for corporate entertainment. Well, I, for one, do not not think many parents want to take their children to a place where they will witness bullying stewards and paramilitary displays of intimidation. I, certainly, have never had a business client who would be entertained by the sight of football fans being batoned and gassed by paramilitaries.
There is a historical precedent for what could happen here. In England, in the seventies, the growing problem of hooliganism was met with overt aggressive policing. The policing drove families and ordinary fans from football. The result was that football stadia became the preserve of testosterone-filled young men and ended with the carnage and tragedies of the early eighties. There isn’t a hooligan problem in Germany to compare with those days in England, but if you let that genie out of the bottle, it will be very hard to put back in again.
The third issue is the World Cup. If the same stadium management and police tactics are used on the fans of countries with no history of football violence next summer the damage to Germany’s image will be huge. The potential for trouble will be immense with all the usual suspects here and looking for trouble. It will take sensitive, sensible and highly professional policing to make the World Cup a success. We saw nothing of that sort on Sunday.
End of rant, and sorry for being so long.
Coleraine just finished sixth in the North’s Premier Division. It’s a small town on the North coast and it’s hard for them to keep a professional club going. Frankfurt’s other Irish game was against Drumcondra of Dublin in the UEFA Cup in 1967. Frankfurt won 2-0 away and 6-1 at home. Despite being successful on the field in previous years, Drums were badly managed and bankrupt. They went out of business a couple of years later.
All the best
SGE_77,
1. I stand over everything I wrote. It's the truth.
2. This is a public discussion forum. If anyone wishes to refute what I posted, they are more than welcome.
3. Who am I supposed to be afraid of?
4. I have no associations other than a genuine fear for the safety of my family as a result of wholly inappropriate policing at and around a sporting event. If this were to be repeated in 13 months, the damage to the image of this city and this country could be incalculable.
All the best from Dublin
F-Hoop
1. I stand over everything I wrote. It's the truth.
2. This is a public discussion forum. If anyone wishes to refute what I posted, they are more than welcome.
3. Who am I supposed to be afraid of?
4. I have no associations other than a genuine fear for the safety of my family as a result of wholly inappropriate policing at and around a sporting event. If this were to be repeated in 13 months, the damage to the image of this city and this country could be incalculable.
All the best from Dublin
F-Hoop
Another video from the guy who brought us the Hinrunde video. All the goals from Sunday and some of the celebrations. It's 18Mb:
http://www.eintracht-network.de/vid/aufstieg.wmv
http://www.eintracht-network.de/vid/aufstieg.wmv
Have you got any good strikers over there?