2015-16 German Bundesliga Discussion Thread II

No_20 · Post #561 » by **No_20** » Sat Mar 19, 2016 8:37 pm

German media going beserk because Papy Djilobodji from Werder did the "Kopf-ab-Geste"

[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KObWS9MadvQ[/youtube]

Let's be honest, if it was a white player who did it it would be a non-story.

Foye · Post #562 » by **Foye** » Sat Mar 19, 2016 8:50 pm

No_20 wrote:German media going beserk because Papy Djilobodji from Werder did the "Kopf-ab-Geste"

[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KObWS9MadvQ[/youtube]

Let's be honest, if it was a white player who did it it would be a non-story.

I hope this clown is banned for at least 5 games. Should've been a penalty, too.

Post #563 » by **ATL Boy** » Sun Mar 20, 2016 7:40 pm

I really hope this Bundesliga season doesn't have yet another anti-climactic ending, with Bayern just winning it. Hopefully Dortmund keeps winning (of course), and some teams can take a few points off Bayern along the way.

No_20 · Post #564 » by **No_20** » Sun Mar 20, 2016 9:05 pm

ATL Boy wrote:I really hope this Bundesliga season doesn't have yet another anti-climactic ending, with Bayern just winning it. Hopefully Dortmund keeps winning (of course), and some teams can take a few points off Bayern along the way.

Are you Bosnian, mate? I remember reading posts from you about Bosnia.

I'm from there. Moved to Germany during the war(very young) and now I live in Scandinavia.

My interest for HSV started because of Barbarez.

Post #565 » by **ATL Boy** » Sun Mar 20, 2016 9:24 pm

No_20 wrote:
ATL Boy wrote:I really hope this Bundesliga season doesn't have yet another anti-climactic ending, with Bayern just winning it. Hopefully Dortmund keeps winning (of course), and some teams can take a few points off Bayern along the way.

Are you Bosnian, mate? I remember reading posts from you about Bosnia.

I'm from there. Moved to Germany during the war(very young) and now I live in Scandinavia.

My interest for HSV started because of Barbarez.

I am, indeed. My family also moved to Germany to escape the war, and I was born in Dresden about a year later. We spent a few years there before moving to the States.

Yes, I remember how revered Barbarez was by our people during his playing days, the love for Hamburg makes complete sense.

No_20 · Post #566 » by **No_20** » Sun Mar 20, 2016 9:43 pm

ATL Boy wrote:
No_20 wrote:
ATL Boy wrote:I really hope this Bundesliga season doesn't have yet another anti-climactic ending, with Bayern just winning it. Hopefully Dortmund keeps winning (of course), and some teams can take a few points off Bayern along the way.

Are you Bosnian, mate? I remember reading posts from you about Bosnia.

I'm from there. Moved to Germany during the war(very young) and now I live in Scandinavia.

My interest for HSV started because of Barbarez.

I am, indeed. My family also moved to Germany to escape the war, and I was born in Dresden about a year later. We spent a few years there before moving to the States.

Yes, I remember how revered Barbarez was by our people during his playing days, the love for Hamburg makes complete sense.

Yeah, it was a terrific era. We also had Salihamidzic winning everything with Bayern. Watched so many HSV and Bayern games as a kid those years.

Det the Threat · Post #567 » by **Det the Threat** » Tue Mar 22, 2016 5:25 pm

DFL terminated the final games of the season.
Bremen vs Stuttgart(32nd game) will be played on a monday night.

Both teams didn't like it at all and I guess that's a foreshadowing of the new tv deal the league wants to work out, including games on Monday and other starts during the weekend, to try and make more money.

BTW:
There's an article by Bild today that Granit Xhaka's management supposedly met with Arsene Wenger during the weekend and that Arsenal would be willing to pay about €43M for the swiss international.
Nice starting point to negotiations, if true...

Also, Martin Stranzl and Tony Jantschke of Borussia Mönchengladbach are back in team training, returning from their long term injuries.

Andi Obst · Post #568 » by **Andi Obst** » Tue Mar 22, 2016 6:23 pm

Det the Threat wrote:Both teams didn't like it at all and I guess that's a foreshadowing of the new tv deal the league wants to work out, including games on Monday and other starts during the weekend, to try and make more money.

God, I hope not. I already hate the friday night games, Monday would be completely unnecessary.

Foye · Post #569 » by **Foye** » Tue Mar 22, 2016 7:12 pm

Don't think it's foreshadowing anything tbh.

I like Monday, though. Not like there's anything you can do on a Monday evening anyway. So why not watch a game. :dontknow:

It only sucks for away fans and children.

Foye · Post #570 » by **Foye** » Tue Mar 22, 2016 10:02 pm

Bild is reporting Dortmund want Götze back.

Not sure whether I would spend a huge amount of money on him at this point. His body seems to be damaged goods.

No_20 · Post #571 » by **No_20** » Wed Mar 23, 2016 12:08 am

Would they get better ratings if they moved the "Topspiel" to 20:30 instead of the awful 18:30 time slot?

They should do like in America. Have that one big game on national TV Saturday night on ARD or ZDF. And then the rest on Sky. Basically the same thing they're doing with CL at the moment.

No_20 · Post #572 » by **No_20** » Wed Mar 23, 2016 12:25 am

If I'm not mistanken I think they'll have Friday night games in the Premier League next season.

Which is bad for the Bundesliga because they'll have to compete with the PL on Friday night as well. With Guardiola and Mourinho coming in, Klopp already there and probably a big chunk of German/Bundesliga stars arriving(Götze, Gundogan etc.) it will be tough.

I mean would Mainz - Hoffenheim(just an example) get higher ratings in Germany than Liverpool would with Klopp, Götze and Ter Stegen feauturing? I dont know.

cgf · Post #573 » by **cgf** » Wed Mar 23, 2016 3:54 am

Hopefully soon the EPL will have enough german influence so you can stop following the BuLi altogether!

Hadley · Post #574 » by **Hadley** » Wed Mar 23, 2016 6:42 am

No_20 wrote:I mean would Mainz - Hoffenheim(just an example) get higher ratings in Germany than Liverpool would with Klopp, Götze and Ter Stegen feauturing? I dont know.

EPL is not even on TV in Germany. Nobody watches EPL in Germany, especilly not over Bundesliga! :crazy:

Det the Threat · Post #575 » by **Det the Threat** » Wed Mar 23, 2016 9:07 am

Hadley wrote:
No_20 wrote:I mean would Mainz - Hoffenheim(just an example) get higher ratings in Germany than Liverpool would with Klopp, Götze and Ter Stegen feauturing? I dont know.

EPL is not even on TV in Germany. Nobody watches EPL in Germany, especilly not over Bundesliga!

EPL has been on Sky/Premiere Germany for many years.
Though, they lost their rights starting next season and a group called Perform won it.
Perform also holds the rights to La Liga, Serie A, NBA, NFL etc. and might want to take a look at the Bundesliga rights after the next tv deal runs out.

BTW: Seems like Gladbach have signed Tobias Strobl of Hoffenheim to replace Harvard Nordtveit.
Strobl got the attention of our scouts as they were scouting Volland and Amiri.

No_20 · Post #576 » by **No_20** » Wed Mar 23, 2016 12:53 pm

cgf wrote:Hopefully soon the EPL will have enough german influence so you can stop following the BuLi altogether!

I only watch HSV and Bayern. Sometimes Dortmund.

The league is poor atm. I cannot believe how a team like Hertha are 3rd.

Foye · Post #577 » by **Foye** » Wed Mar 23, 2016 1:11 pm

Turns out No_20 is a HSV and Bayern fan. :lol:

No_20 · Post #578 » by **No_20** » Wed Mar 23, 2016 2:07 pm

Foye wrote:Turns out No_20 is a HSV and Bayern fan.

Foye · Post #579 » by **Foye** » Wed Mar 23, 2016 2:21 pm

So what is this supposed to tell me now?

Foye · Post #580 » by **Foye** » Wed Mar 23, 2016 2:25 pm

Are you trying to play the ancient history lesson card again?