Hoffenhiem ( bundesliga week 8 review)

I find it hard to understand that so may people are concerned about some old billionaire supporting his old team financially and taking them to the top of the Bundesliga? If I had 6 billion Euro's i would try to bring Rapid Wien back to it's former glories? Hell I would even try to bring my father's club Waldhof Mannheim back into the 1st div and whilst I was at it I would help Bremen too. Now granted Vienna and Hoffenhiem have a slight population difference but if you are including the area Hoffenhiem is in, it is not that different from Kaiserslautern. In fact Kaiserslautern has "whored" itself out to foreign military money which is worse in my opinion than some ex player with deep pockets? Or what about Leverkuesen being owned by a Pharmaceutical company!?!?!!? Yes it would be great if he put all that money into local charity like helping the poor kids who dropped out of the University of Heidelberg with their drinking problems and such but if the guy has a passion for his team and not drunken University drop outs then fair enough. I would love if someone would spend money to try to come up with a low carb beer that actually tastes like beer? And do not tell me there are some because their are none! Stella Artois light is being marketed here in Kanada and it has certain beer like qualities but it is still a "near beer". Anyhow, Hoffenhiem 1899, the team is not full of big name foreigners, it had at least 6 German players (one Austrian that i will include being half Austrian myself ;) ) starting in the 5-2 win over Hannover (they have yet to show a Hoffenhiem game here on TV yet, but hopefully soon?) and that does not include the subs. The only player's I know of are Andreas Beck who used to play for Stuttgart and the Austrian International Andreas Ibersberger, but if they brought in Tim Borowski why is that a big deal? He is building a new stadium, it can only help the local economy? Unlike, Real Madrid or Chelsea or Manchester United he has not gone overboard spending money on signing players so if the club fails in few years you will have a new empty stadium, and some empty hotels, restaurants and sports shops? But if the team keeps winning and they score 5 goals a game then I am sure people will support them. Anyhow it is crazy that he (Hopp) has had death threats ( Dortmund fans of course!) and has so many against him. Anyhow, the more interesting story was the 3-3 draw on Saturday between Bremen and Dortmund.

Tabelle
Pl. Verein Sp. g. u. v. Tore Diff. Pkte.
1 Hamburger SV 8 5 2 1 15:12 3 17
2 1899 Hoffenheim (N) 8 5 1 2 21:14 7 16
3 Bayer Leverkusen 8 5 0 3 20:11 9 15
4 Hertha BSC 8 4 2 2 10:9 1 14
5 VfL Wolfsburg 8 3 4 1 18:12 6 13
6 FC Schalke 04 8 3 4 1 12:8 4 13
7 VfB Stuttgart 8 4 1 3 13:10 3 13
8 Borussia Dortmund 8 3 4 1 16:14 2 13
9 1. FC Köln (N) 8 4 1 3 8:9 -1 13
10 Werder Bremen 8 3 3 2 22:19 3 12
11 Bayern München (M, P) 8 3 3 2 16:13 3 12
12 Karlsruher SC 7 3 0 4 7:10 -3 9
13 Hannover 96 8 2 2 4 9:16 -7 8
14 VfL Bochum 8 1 4 3 12:13 -1 7
15 Arminia Bielefeld 8 1 3 4 10:16 -6 6
16 Energie Cottbus 8 1 2 5 3:11 -8 5
17 Borussia M'gladbach (N) 8 1 1 6 8:17 -9 4
18 Eintracht Frankfurt 7 0 3 4 5:11 -6 3


Der 8. Spieltag
Bochum - M'gladbach 2:2 (0:1)

The one point for BMG has taken them off the bottom of the table, it was not that long ago when BMG and Eintrach Frankfurt were winning UEFA cups and that was back in the day when the UEFA cup was more difficult to win, sort of like today's champions league.

Bremen - Dortmund 3:3 (0:0)

Great game and to sound like an English commentator "the reason that the Bundesliga is the best league in the world!" Bremen are the most offense minded team in the world! Unfourtantely they are also the weakest defensive team in the world! Dortmund are not that much better defensively so it was odd that after the first 45 minutes and a couple of steins of Becks it was still 0-0 with few goal scoring chances? You knew it had to change but the people who had come over to watch the game and go fishing and smoke a few Silvestre cigarettes were probably thinking oh no a boring 0-0 soccer game ( actually they were saying exactly that). Sebestian Frey who has scored in every game I have seen him play in this year (including Internationals) of course scored the first goal it took almost an hour and at least 3 bottles of Becks but we had the first goal! Per Mertesaker was not playing, instead Frank Baumann dropped back to play central defense and it is not that he is bad defensively he is just not as good as Mertesaker, but regardless he was going to make the best of it and equalized for Bremen a few minutes later. Bremen made the usual offensive minded changes bringing on Almeida and Hunt, Dortmund brought on underrated and underplayed Egyptian Zidan and by the 90 th minute is was 2-2, the excellent Pizarro then gave Bremen the win in the 92 minute. Then just as I was about to get my tackle box and fill the cooler with Becks and low carb vile beer, Zidan scored to make it 3-3 with the last kick of the ball! Pizarro is a great fit for Bremen.

Köln - Cottbus 1:0 (1:0)

Cologne are having a good season.


Hannover - Hoffenheim 2:5 (0:1)

How can people dislike a team that scores 5 goals????

Frankfurt - Leverkusen 0:2 (0:1)

I know i wrote I hate pharmaceutical companies and the German pharmaceutical business is just as bad as the American, but i do like Leverkuesen as a team and they also do score many goals.

Wolfsburg - Bielefeld 4:1 (2:0)

This was my upset pick of the week?????

Hertha - Stuttgart 2:1 (1:0)

Stuttgart are going down like a lead Zeppelin! I seems Super Mario has lost confidence and the team in general is not playing like champions. Hertha on the other hand made some good signings like Voronin, Kaka ( no, not that Kaka) and Lucio ( no the other Lucio) and are doing well. I like Berlin (the city) it reminds me of New York 25 years ago except that the people are much friendlier and gay.

KSC - Bayern 0:1 (0:0)

Bayern won a game! Klose scored as well, Borowski did not start even though he is the teams top scorer? If I was Klinsmann -and this may explain why I am not a trainer- i would get rid of Toni and play Podolski up front with Klose, I would include Borowski and Kroos in the team at the expense of mindless hacker Van bommell and old timer Ze Roberto, I would play Lahm more as a midfielder than defender, play a 3-5-2 and get rid of Lucio and find a new keeper, anyone would do, like the old Wolfsburg keeper Simon Jentzch, I am sure he would cost nothing.

HSV - Schalke 1:1 (1:0)

"The game of the week" turned a bit ugly, not like English league break legs, elbow to the face ugly, but cheap fouls and diving ugly, though David Jaralim did not attack anyones genitals this game. Trochowski had a good game and scored a goal similar to the one against Wales. he may not have the dribbling skills of Littbarski or Hassler yet but he does remind me of them and his shooting is quite good as well. Hamburg fans were booing Kuranyi and he had a poor game, he has a better chance of making the Brazilian national team than the German national team now(Brazil is really lacking up front presently) and probably wished he had not chosen "die nationalelf"?
Sorry Sven, I just do not like this Hamburg team?