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Schalke’s Keeper Worries Grow: Schober Injured

by Mark on September 9, 2008 · 3 comments

Schalke, cur­rently sit­ting at the top of the Bun­desliga, have surged ahead to the peak of another, less pres­ti­gious table — the goal­keeper injury table. First choice keeper Manuel Neuer has yet to make an appear­ance this sea­son, hav­ing bro­ken his fifth metatarsal dur­ing a pre-season friendly against SpVgg Erken­schwick (cur­rently play­ing in the equivalent […]

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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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Season Finale

by Mark on May 18, 2008 · 0 comments

The 45th sea­son of the Bun­desliga has come to an end with com­par­a­tively lit­tle drama or the­atrics. Bay­ern all but guar­an­teed itself the title with a busy sum­mer in the trans­fer mar­ket, spend­ing 70 mil­lion Euros on Luca Toni (the league’s top scorer), Franck Ribery (world class play­maker) and the rest. While this invest­ment was […]

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What to look for — Week 33

by Mark on May 10, 2008 · 0 comments

Rel­e­ga­tion Crunch Time With two games remain­ing a total of six points is all that dis­tin­guishes the bot­tom five squads from one another. Three: Ros­tock, Duis­burg, and Nürn­berg tech­ni­cally inhabit the rel­e­ga­tion zone with 27, 29, and 31 points respec­tively. Biele­feld (32 pts) and Cot­tbus (33) are flirt­ing with dan­ger, being out of imme­di­ate harm’s […]

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