Christian Pander

The Bundesliga’s Most Booked

by Mark on September 19, 2008 · 3 comments

Foot­ball is not always a beau­ti­ful game; some­times book­ings are nec­es­sary. Thank­fully, we’re on hand to keep all these book­ings straight. There are 34 dis­tinct offences that the DFB con­sid­ers book­able. In their honor I’ve writ­ten this paean to the pun­ished: We are here not to cas­ti­gate but to cel­e­brate these mas­ters of mis­con­duct, ballerinas […]

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XI">The Bundesliga XI

by Double Pivot on September 10, 2008 · 0 comments

While this is expected to become a weekly col­umn, I have decided to hand out the first Weekly XI based on the cumu­la­tive efforts of the first three weeks.  I will use a 3–4–3 for­ma­tion for my picks. Schober (S04) West­er­mann (S04) Sub­otic (BVB) Friedrich (HBS) Kuba (BVB) Marin (MON) Schwe­in­steiger (FCB) Deje­gah (WLF) Wich­niarek (AB) Helmes (BL) Ibi­se­vic (TSG) GK: Mathias […]

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die Tabelle lügen nicht! Preview

by Double Pivot on August 14, 2008 · 13 comments

1st Schalke What You Know: If baseball’s Chicago Cubs had a baby with the Red Sox prior to 2004, Schalke would be the off­spring. What You Don’t: All things both good and bad must end. What to Expect: Yes, Campe­ones! I say that, buck­ing all trends, and know­ing full well that Schalke could be lead­ing the […]

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