Re: 2010/2011 2nd Bundesliga Thread [R] The city pumps money into the club like there's no tomorrow anyway. Not only that they take out the cheques whenever Dynamo is in danger of not getting the license, they also pay them subsidies of 3 million Euros per season.* For whatever reason (well, the official reason is that Dynamo can't afford to pay the rent to play in the brand new stadium the city got them. So the city pays subsidies on top of building the stadium). *Edit again: changed the number back to the original claim, as this article seems to confirm it: http://www.dnn-online.de/sport/regionalsport/dynamo/r-regionalsport-a-21872.html
Re: 2010/2011 2nd Bundesliga Thread [R] VfL Bochum remains in the 2nd league (congrats! ), whereas Dynamo Dresden got promoted from the 3rd league (Glückwunsch). Bor. M'gladbach - VfL Bochum 1:0 (0:0) http://www.kicker.de/news/fussball/...alyse_borussia-mgladbach-15_vfl-bochum-8.html VfL Bochum - Bor. M'gladbach 1:1 (1:0) http://www.kicker.de/news/fussball/...alyse_vfl-bochum-8_borussia-mgladbach-15.html Dyn. Dresden - VfL Osnabrück 1:1 (0:0) http://www.kicker.de/news/fussball/...lyse_dynamo-dresden-65_vfl-osnabrueck-45.html VfL Osnabrück - Dyn. Dresden n.V. 1:3 http://www.kicker.de/news/fussball/...lyse_vfl-osnabrueck-45_dynamo-dresden-65.html
Re: 2010/2011 2nd Bundesliga Thread [R] I don't say this lightly, but... ROFL http://www.mopo.de/sport/fc-st--pauli/zweite-liga---chaosliga-/-/5067040/8500312/-/
Re: 2010/2011 2nd Bundesliga Thread [R] Good thing that Rapid Wien and FSV Zwickau are not joining the 2.BL!
Re: 2010/2011 2nd Bundesliga Thread [R] Rapid had to forfeit their final home match against Austria Wien because their "fans" invaded the pitch after Austria took a 2:0 lead in the first half. Zwickau suffered a similar fate in their Oberliga match on Sunday after thirty scoreless minutes and will certainly be nailed by the NOSF for it.
Re: 2010/2011 2nd Bundesliga Thread [R] So your point is..... if Rapid Wien from Austrian Bundesliga and FSV Zwickau from German Oberliga played in 2. Bundesliga their fans would invade the pitch?
Re: 2010/2011 2nd Bundesliga Thread [R] I think you need to look further into the concept of "humor" .
Re: 2010/2011 2nd Bundesliga Thread [R] I dont have any humor Besides humor on a discusiion board is difficult. Either you have to overexaggerate, use smileys well or be really elegantly witty.
Re: 2010/2011 2nd Bundesliga Thread [R] Just stick around us a bit longer and you'll get the hang of it ;-)
Oh hmm. Says I already voted but I have no recollection. Dang, maybe I did while I was blacked out or something!
It's because of the Euro. Unlike the First the Second BL keeps the longer winterbreak, so they start 2 weeks earlier and will be in synch again after winter.
Marketing reasons also play a role there as Cazion posted. DFL officials are cited about drawing additional attention to the 2. BL by this early start.
But not really the primary reason. Btw, the 2nd BL starting earlier but having a longer winter break is actually how it was done in the 90s, that both leagues use the exact same schedule is actually a relatively recent thing (I haven't checked, but I guess it came with the DFL, definitely not before). Leagues also started in July back then sometimes.
Here are my predictions for the 2. Bundesliga. I meant to post this yesterday but forgot to. 1) Eintracht Frankfurt 2) SpVgg Greuther Fuerth 3) FC St. Pauli 4) VFL Bochum 5) TSV 1860 Munich 6) FC Energie Cottbus 7) Alemannia Aachen 8) FC ingolstadt 9) Union Berlin 10) FSV Frankfurt 11) Karlsruhe 12) Dynamo Dresden 13) MSV Duisburg 14) Fortuna Dusseldorf 15) Hansa Rostock 16) Erzgebirge Aue 17) Eintracht Braunschweig 18) SC Paderborn
I predicted Bochum, Frankfurt and St. Pauli here, but have since changed my mind and am now going for Frankfurt, Bochum and 1860.......
Before you do, I realized I made a minor error, I have Braunschweig winning the league Always willing to hear others' opinions I would say take these predictions with a grain of salt, I honestly can't even name a player on half of the teams. Apart from Frankfurt, Pauli, Bochum, and 1860 I don't know much about any of the other teams