Tea Light in the Dark Universe: Bobby Wood at Hamburg

Dieter Hecking macht Bobby Wood Hoffnung: „Man sieht, dass Bobby seine Chance suchen möchte.“ Der #HSV sei zudem „nicht in der Situation, einen Bobby Wood einfach beiseite“ zu stellen, da die „Baustelle Kader immer noch extrem groß ist“. [Focus]

— Volksparkwatch (@volksparkwatch) June 21, 2019

Hecking complement Wood’s attitude.

 

Time for them to start kissing arse if they want Bobby to give them a good season.

 

He's done well in the 2.Buli several times. If he can stay healthy there's no reason to believe he won't score there again this season.

 

Scoring consistently is what they and we are hoping for.

 

I think it's all about the knees - HSV have a very decent B2 side and Wood can contribute at this level, esp with quality around him - if he holds up physically.

 

New opportunity for the Flop-Striker... nice...

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Flop-Sturmer... that’s a term of endearment in Germany, right?

 

Yes, it is only really used among the Hanseatic cities. It comes from the old days when a bale of cotton was thrown from the ship and the sailor would belly flop down on it - flop-sturming the quay - to start his shore leave. It came to mean some other things as well, but they are better left unsaid.

 

Basically some more lip service from Hecking praising Bobby's attitude in training so far. If you can't dump his salary on a bonehead BL1 sporting director you might as well make use of what you've got, and he was quite dominant his last go-around in BL2. BTW Union signed Anthony Ujah for the upcoming season, so Wood definitely won't be headed that way.

 

Was Ujah the guy who left Koeln right before those Bobby to Koeln rumors that never went anywhere?

 

Yeah, Ujah was a Köln fan favorite turned public enemy #1 when his transfer to local rivals Werder was loudly announced by the acquiring club prior to the end of the season, along with this pic:

 

Werder Bremen are not local rivals to Köln. I’m not sure his public enemy#1. There was a release clause which Werder activated m. The problem was that Werder announced the deal too early for Köln’s liking. Don’t think it’s Ujah’s issue.

 

Bremen is 320 kilomtres from Cologne, about 3 hours away by road which is an age in European terms. Their local rivals (BL1 & BL2 sides only) are Bayer, Dortmund, Schalke, Fortuna Dusseldorf and 'Gladbach, The 'Gladbach game is known as the Rheinland Derby.

Maybe Koln and Bremen are rivals, but the source of the rivalry definitely isn't local proximity.

 

Yeah, my perception was that the timing and optics of the announcement on social media were what pissed off some of the Köln fans, but I also remember that Ujah himself was surprised and bummed out by the reaction because of the connection he had formed with them. I don't think it's an issue that lasted for long.

 

Bremen and Köln are about local rivals as Seattle and Miami

 

The distance Seattle-Miami is a lot more than the distance Moscow-Madrid. Like 30% more.

 

Cologne:
-- roman-catholic,
-- Rhenish,
-- carnival,
-- outgoing,
-- loud,
-- Kölsch,
-- Rhine-capitalism
-- "the shit from the cathedral"

 

Bremen:
-- protestant,
-- hanseatic,
-- hesitant,
-- introvert,
-- pils,
-- social-democratic,
-- constantly broke,
-- "what is green and stinks of fish?"



Seriously, Bremen only have one true rival

 

The joke is that in Europe you miss your bus stop, you'll land in a different country where people speak a different language.

 

Starts:

Today's starting XI to face Meiendorfer SV 🔷⚽#nurderHSV pic.twitter.com/UPiL3doyVO

— HSV English (@HSV_English) June 26, 2019

 

Man I hope Bobby stays healthy (spit, salt, knock wood...) and kills it this season. Be nice for him to get a bit of redemption.

 

because I'm under a crazy deadline and the men don't play for hours...

Sakai spielt den Ball zu lang und Wood haut ihn vor dem freien Tor drüber. Der HSV ist offiziell zurück aus der Sommerpause. #hsv

— Alex (@Vav4ta) June 26, 2019

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For Pete's sake, don't knock him, you might hurt him!