[LoewenBoy]

And here we go.....

So Kusuckovic is gone. I hate to say it, but good riddence. I just do not know what we expected from this guy. I mean, his stats (see below) are hardly stellar. Hell, they are not even mediocre. For a RL striker they are pretty good, but any expectation this kid was going to light up the BL was mistaken.

• RL: 54 games, 26 goals, 11 cautions
• 2.BL: 50 games, 6 goals, 1 assist, 10 cautions
• BL: 14 games, 1 goal, 2 cautions

I hope Genoble get something out of him, we sure didn't. Promise was one thing but he just had no work ethic. He should fit in well in France.

[panicfc]

i'm in

ready for the games to begin

[LoewenBoy]

TZ is reporting that Goektan's lawyer has had contact with "several clubs" some from outsider Germany, as well as a few 3.BL-1.BL clubs, though no names were given. Oh well, that is taking a huge risk on a self desctructive person. Because he was fired by 1860 he cannot join any team until after July 1st. In the meantime he is "training" on his own.

[LoewenBoy]

Was cruising some pre-match info and found this link on TZ that shows many of the young talent that 1860 has lost over the years before they "hit it big". Even if you cannot read German, several of the names/faces you will recognize.

Also noticed that HSV beat Bayern 1-0 at home as well. Does not make the 3-1 Pokal loss look too bad, huh?

[goindownsouth]

Sloppiness in front of goal lead to the first one...

Now the referees are exerting their prowess, or lack their of...

[Hobo]

Stadium looks fairly empty today- Kicker says 21,000.
The streamer is covering half the screen with an ad, so I can't see the highlights AND Jessica Kastrop. http://www.justin.tv/angr5/popout
But I did like the Anne Wersching, "24" commercial at the start of halftime!

[LoewenBoy]

Well, it seems Kicker online is reporting a few wonderful, fun things to wake up to on Monday AM....making me feel like a Cardinals....or Schalke fan:

• Stevic: Seems Micki Stevic, former BVB and 1860 player, will be taking over as sporting director at 1860. Now, that is a position that Reuter has filled, along with three other posts. Seems Micki has some fresh financial backing for the club that will take a stake in the group that controls 1860. Bet the fans are too stupid to understand what THAT means. BTW, Stevic has NEVER been a manager to my knowledge.
• Reuter: Reuter had a meeting with the Presidium (read: Three Stooges) yesterday after the game in what they called a "crisis meeting". At this meeting the Stevic issue was discussed and Kicker is reporting that Reuter will likely resign this week. I hope to God that is not true because that would leave a rather large gap. I fear that if Reuter goes it will only be a matter of time before 1860 loses their license as we have the track record of financial fitness of a major US Bank or Indian consulting firm (if you don't read the papers or live under a rock that's heavy sarcasm, folks).
• Kurz: Bild is speculating that Kurz will be let go along with Reuter this week. Reuter has been Kurz's strongest defender. With him gone there is nothing keeping the board from firing Kurz. Suggested replacements for Kurz?
  • Klaus Toppmoeller: Former player and trainer who has not coached a side in 5 years.
    
  • Klaus Augenthaler: Although he has coached more recently that Toppi he is a former "red" and that will go over like a lead balloon with the 1860 faithful.
    
    
  • Papa Schlumpf: While having never coached in the professional ranks before, Herr Schlumpf has coached Spvgg Unterschlumpfheim since 1969 and has won a record 23 Schlumpfmesiters in the Schlumpf Bezirksliga.
    
    

NOT a good day to wake up as an 1860 fan. Going back to bed now.

[goindownsouth]

WOW... None of that appears to be good news at all.

I am smelling a sale of all things 1860 by the time I get to Munich next month!

[LoewenBoy]

If Bayern are FC Hollywood, then 1860 has to be FC 90210 or something like that. He's the latest in the press:

• The issue of Stevic (a Serb) as new sport director has taken an interestign twist that has many scratching their heads. Seems Micki is backed by a group of Serb investors (who also have a play in Glasgow, I think) who want to buy a 20% stake in the 1860 business entity (not the club proper). Now, the reason anyone invests in anything is 1) for profit and/or 2) for power, but won't stay around long for #2 unless immediately followed by #1. Odd that ANYONE would invest in a floundering 2.BL club with a massive debt problem unless your name is Roman Abramavic or Dietmar Hopp and have money to piss away merely for the boutique factor of saying you own a club. Other motives? Who knows...
• The aforementioned Gospodine Stevic seems to come with two players in his pocket. Oddly enough they used to play with a Serbian club. Oddly enough they are available to play. Oddly enough they are available right now until the end of the season. Coincidence?
• Two new players named Rukavina and Gulan (at Tenagra, for the TNG fans) have joined 1860. Rukavina experience is here. Footy probably knows this guy well and can probably enlighten us as to how good he is. He is listed as a right defender....a position we know we have been weak at for a while with Schwarz out and Johnson having to cover the left in his absence. Gulan comes from Florence where he has been loaned out before. At 19, he must be an up-and-comer having been loaned out to Sampdoria in the past. Sounds like a Serbian Gebhart.
• All of this makes one wonder how two players can magically show up on our doorstep and Kurz not know...or appear to have not known. Makes one believe that there are other "changes" about to come. Word is training is closed now, a move usually done before trainers are fired and new ones are hired, and that no one can talk to the press at the moment.
• Kurz interview. A class act and very professional in the face of stupid questions. Soooo many reporters, they smell blood in the water.

[LoewenBoy]

So, as you remember, at every 1860 home game the oh-so politically correct Europeans select three girls to compete (evidently solely on intelligence) to be the Rasen-Hasen (Translated: Grass Bunny) for one of the sponsors who, thankfully, sells lawn equipment. Oddly enough, rider mowers. Now all comedy aside between "riding mowers" and "women", it is further comical because I doubt there are more than 50 non-farming people in Germany who own enough grass to NEED a riding mower.

At any rate, below are the contestants this game. I picked Dana for two reason; both staring you in the face....and I don't mean her competitiors, though those would be two FURTHER reasons to vote for Dana, so 4 reasons altogether.

[Editors Note: I am sure there is no truth to the rumor that the next three contestants will be dressed wearing paper bags like the Unknown Comic of Gong Show fame.]

Dana=43%


Sandra=31%


Corina= 26%