Borussia Mönchengladbach "Die Fohlen" thread 07/08 [R]

[HANS-GUNTER BRUNS]

Nice to see you back, mate!

Yes, this Cup victory is very important for our confidence and the start of the new season. Kudos to Marko Marin for his fantastic goal! Finally we managed to get a win in Osnabrück...


http://www.borussia.de/MEDIA/144817,0.jpg

05.08.2007
Gelungener Start

Nach den Testspielen musste sich gestern das neue Team erstmals in einem Pflichtspiel beweisen. Der Sieg macht Mut für die anstehenden Aufgaben, auch wenn sicherlich noch nicht alles rund lief.

more:
http://www.borussia.de/de/borussia_news_detail,185,0,newsid-144814.html


I'll be on holidays for 2-3 weeks now and hope to notice a good league start when I'm back.

Buona notte.

Yes am back borussia,did you expect any different?:)

A win @ Keiserslautern will clear all the bad reputation/memories of away games...and a certain confidence builder.Too bad i cant watch the game..oh well welcome to canadah!

Am also excited to see sharbel touma in the squad...that guy plays with great confidence and never loses his cool,am not sure if he would play alongside neuville..but if so thats major fire power up-front..something we havent had for a very very long time..the canadian guy is also a beauty!
Should be an exciting season:D
greetz

[kgilbert78]

Note that Borussia's website states that Neuville was injured (is this a surprise?? he has been so unlucky) with a partial tear of the "aussenbahn im rechten Sprunggelenk"--i.e. a left leg injury. MRI today--expected to be out 10-14 days.

[HANS-GUNTER BRUNS]

Note that Borussia's website states that Neuville was injured (is this a surprise?? he has been so unlucky) with a partial tear of the "aussenbahn im rechten Sprunggelenk"--i.e. a left leg injury. MRI today--expected to be out 10-14 days.

For one thing..his lucky that the injury is on the Lateral collateral ligament vs the medial,medial collateral injuries do not heel fast and in many cases tear into the corresponding menisucs due to their anatomical structure which means you are basically done!..a medial collateral would have been really bad:eek:

Lets hope he gets to the season opener...his services have always been key!

[kgilbert78]

For one thing..his lucky that the injury is on the Lateral collateral ligament vs the medial,medial collateral injuries do not heel fast and in many cases tear into the corresponding menisucs due to their anatomical structure which means you are basically done!..a medial collateral would have been really bad:eek:

Lets hope he gets to the season opener...his services have always been key!

Thanks for translating that--I speak German fairly well, but just don't have the medical vocabulary, which is why I left it in German for the educated reader....

[HANS-GUNTER BRUNS]

Thanks for translating that--I speak German fairly well, but just don't have the medical vocabulary, which is why I left it in German for the educated reader....


:rolleyes: Sorry Kgilbret, i made a mistake for some reason i thought we are talking about the knee complex,i checked the report again and its on the ankle instead..ankle is tricky unfortunately ....my apologies,neuville is really key to our team..and seems like he we can never get a good dose of his services up front:confused:

[HANS-GUNTER BRUNS]

Enjoy the highlights folks!

Marco Marin reminds me a little bit of Peirre littbarski


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q02eyEZt6e0

[Dead Fingers]

Do you want me to fix that so you can watch it from the thread?

[squidward123]

has marin played for germany age group teams and will he represent germany or serbia in future?

is he half german half serbian?

[HANS-GUNTER BRUNS]

Do you want me to fix that so you can watch it from the thread?

Oh god
Do you have any idea when was the last time i saw a gladbach game here in canada??....that would be very much appreciated indeed my friend...i cant even picture myself having that kind of luxury here!

Greetz
:D

[F96]

has marin played for germany age group teams and will he represent germany or serbia in future?

is he half german half serbian?

He has played for German youth teams. Only he knows what he will do in the future.
I read about an interview for a Serbian sports website on Smithfan's forum where he apparently said that he would like to play for Serbia which would suck:

http://www.kurir-info.co.yu/arhiva/2007/jun/21/SP-10-21062007.shtml

On the other hand I'm pretty sure that Sammer personally will call Marin daily to make sure how much he's appreciated here.

[squidward123]

thanks for the info fraulein.

what is his background. Where was he born, where has he lived and is he half german like gomez?

[F96]

thanks for the info fraulein.

what is his background. Where was he born, where has he lived and is he half german like gomez?

He was born in Gradiska/Bosnia. He dosen't have a German parent. I don't know how old he was when he came to Germany, I guess around 1992.

Marin joined Gladbach from Eintracht Frankfurt exactly two years ago btw.
Must have been terrible for Frankfurt's fans.
Well, we 96 fans will probably see the same thing happen next year when a big club will sign 96's top-talent Wiili Evseev.
I read an interview with Frankfurt's manager back then who said that some clubs like Bayer Leverkusen pay 16-year old talents up to 9000€ a month.

[squidward123]

He was born in Gradiska/Bosnia. He dosen't have a German parent. I don't know how old he was when he came to Germany, I guess around 1992.

Marin joined Gladbach from Eintracht Frankfurt exactly two years ago btw.
Must have been terrible for Frankfurt's fans.
Well, we 96 fans will probably see the same thing happen next year when a big club will sign 96's top-talent Wiili Evseev.
I read an interview with Frankfurt's manager back then who said that some clubs like Bayer Leverkusen pay 16-year old talents up to 9000€ a month.

Ok he wasn't born in germany, has no german parents either. So it's fair enough if he doesn't play for germany.

He did grow up pretty much all his life in germany though. At least from the age where you have memories. And he's played in the youth teams so it's 50-50 for me.

When marin joined from eitracht, he did not have a contract there did he.

So does that mean that the bayer fee you mentioned is a fee paid to kids not old enough to be signed under a contract. Just to get them to come over at 17?

[HANS-GUNTER BRUNS]

"
Borussia verpflichtet Marcel Ndjeng von Arminia Bielefeld"

Is this offensive guy any good, does anybody have more details about this guy??
Seems like Borussia payed around 700,000 for this new addition!
:confused:

[kgilbert78]

"
Borussia verpflichtet Marcel Ndjeng von Arminia Bielefeld"

Is this offensive guy any good, does anybody have more details about this guy??
Seems like Borussia payed around 700,000 for this new addition!
:confused:


I fear this is a desperation signing due to Oliver's injury. We shall see.

[HANS-GUNTER BRUNS]

I fear this is a desperation signing due to Oliver's injury. We shall see.

Past few years i have always wondered why not add more offensive players regardless..just to have a security blanket,i mean during proper transfer season with smarts and more research...borussia has always suffered that fire power up-front..and always leaves it to the last minute..and signings like this one...for 700,000 euros he better be more than just a face to replace neuville on the sheet:mad::mad:!

[HANS-GUNTER BRUNS]

Seems like everybody at borussia thinks of him highly,lets keep our fingers crossed!

""Marcel is exactly the type of player we were looking for", said sport director Christian Ziege. "He's very versatile in attack; he can play wide on the right but also as a second striker or in attacking midfield. He also has the right kind of character to fit into the team. Both Jos Luhukay and head youth coach Thomas Schumacher know him from his time at Paderborn and Cologne.":rolleyes:

[HANS-GUNTER BRUNS]

"A classic in the 2nd round"

The drawing results are official: Bayern München vs. Borussia Mönchengladbach is the match up for the 2nd round of the DFB Cup.

:eek:

[squidward123]

awesome. if burghausen took them to within 1 penalty of getting eliminated, you guys should be able to knock them out

[HANS-GUNTER BRUNS]

I need to watch this game guys "HELP"..any ideas or suggestions>>:confused::cool: