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Tactical Analysis: Arminia 0–2 Schalke

by Double Pivot on April 3, 2009 · 0 comments

Tonight Schalke started the post-Rutten era with a 2–0 win at the Schüco Arena against rel­e­ga­tion threat­ened Arminia Biele­feld. The first half started the same way most games had dur­ing Rutten’s reign, dread­ful and bor­ing. In fact Arminia were the bet­ter side in the first half and missed four clear cut oppor­tu­ni­ties. Unfor­tu­nately for the […]

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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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The Set: Best Transfers

by Double Pivot on August 5, 2008 · 0 comments

Undoubt­edly, the minute I post this, Ronaldo will give up on Real Madrid and move to Ham­burg, so for­give me for being pre­ma­ture. Let’s take a look, as the sea­son begins, at the seven best sign­ing so far this sum­mer in the Bun­desliga. Chris­t­ian Fuchs (SV Mat­ters­burg to Bochum) Aus­tria entered the Euros as a […]

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The New Gaffer: Introducing Rutten at Schalke 04

by Mark on July 27, 2008 · 13 comments

This week we make the short trip west on the A40 from Dort­mund past Bochum to Gelsenkirchen, home to Schalke 04 and their new coach, Fred Rut­ten. Much like his new Ruhr rival, Jür­gen Klopp, Rut­ten has been a one club man for almost his entire 30-year play­ing and coach­ing career, all with FC Twente […]

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