Tea Light in the Dark Universe: Bobby Wood at Hamburg

I love germans. After the sporting director of Bayern Munich was found guilty of massive tax fraud for laundering hundreds of millions of euros through Unkle winkies sausage factory, probably having used that laundered cash to boost the club and wash profits from key supporters, the fact that you can be 'agast!' at any small move is silly.

And sanctimonious. Germans are just as dirty as any other country you just make it harder and have legal accountability. In Italy they would have thrown him out of the window and taken a nice kick back. In germany the kick back is legalized through massive lawyer fees on both sides, penalties, and assets seized.

 

You are nuts if you think other countries are as corrupt as Germans. Compare the tax compliance statistics between European please.

 

im going to do you a favor and nudge you perhaps with the most likely other reason: general incompetence in the admittedly tough task by the guy who provided individualized ratings to 22 players after a single viewing.

The notion that someone in HSV management would get involved with small bribes having little to no effect on Woods marketability is beyond improbable. EPL rams have their own scouts anyways.

 

I guess that is the logical thought process behind things like Pizzagate. One just starts from one point and draws remarkable conclusions from it without any basis behind it. And then one stands behind the theory, no matter what, just because there is a probability greater than 0 that it could be true.
The grade might have been too hard (no one really cares about a single grade), but to make a story about it how clubs call Kicker to give one of their players the useless rating in exchange for favors is something else.

And btw, it wasn't Bayern's sporting director, actually it was worse. But as far as I know, it was only for tax evasion and not money laundering. I've seen nothing indicating that the club's finances or his sausage company were involved. But anyways, that little story does nothing to help your conspiracy theory.

 

I freely admit I have been in the thick of every conceivable business nonsense and it does cloud my judgment, but I also don't buy into people being above anything.

I mean Dortmund bus was just bombed for some idiot going short on the stock. YES THAT HAPPENED! But a call to Kicker reporter asking him to sandbag the offensive engine? No that is a bridge too far, I tell you!

He may have given them a 6 for losing to Darmstadt. Wood was not in 6 territory.

 

As a very experienced person in these matters, he copped to tax aversion, took the hit for the entire operation and damage controlled the entire way.

Word around town is that some major players were involved, think sponsors, but you don't go around crucifying CL champions. Especially not when germany's hollywood team is in the crosshairs. This was not a one one man sausage show. The hit was big enough for everyone to swallow.

 

Does anyone have any other ratings to compare this to? Seems like a pointless exercise to lambaste Kicker's opinion without knowing what the general consensus is. If Kicker is a huge anomaly, does that affect anyone's opinion of Wood and is the alleged "favor" worth anything if everyone just laughs it off?

 

*crosses fingers Wood scores a brace this weekend*

 

Here's mine from halfway watching: didn't stand out either way. Probably would have been a 6/5 for me on a normal scale.

Guess it's reasonable to expect him to win the ball and pass it to himself and score.

Honestly, when I first read the rating, I assumed it was a joke by the poster. Or, if not that, since it's so rare of a rating, an actual conspiracy to smear Bobby. But then I dismissed that. Because I felt the joke was more likely. Now, I don't know other than Bobby wasn't literal dregs. It was a tough go for him. He gave his typical effort. He had one or two opportunities to be a total magician and bail out the team that didn't come off.

******** the guy who gave him that rating, whatever the reason.

 

Hamburg coach Markus Gisdol backs Bobby Wood after criticism

http://www.espnfc.com/hamburg-sv/st...arkus-gisdol-backs-bobby-wood-after-criticism

snip:

But Gisdol backed the 24-year-old, who has been linked with Borussia Dortmund after some impressive performances this season.


He said transfer speculation was "immaterial" and that the minor knee injury that caused Wood to miss Hamburg's recent game at Bremen had been a factor.


"Bobby is a super lad and totally focused," Gisdol added. "He lacks a bit of training rhythm because of his knee injury."

 

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I don't think anyone here "buys into people being above everything." If we had evidence that something was going on, that would be one thing, But absent such evidence, it seems ridiculous to make this assumption about Bobby, particularly in light of how arbitrary these ratings typically are.

 

I don't think Bobby will recover from that Kicker rating. Hopefully a MLS team can save him this summer

 

Jurgen will tell him to go to NASL

 

His sights should be and most likely are higher than the MLS

 

Slim pickings after that Kicker score. His best hope is to have a NASL or MLS team activate the €12 mil buyout

 

HSV allocated a portion of their pregame press conference to children in attendance who were allowed to direct questions toward Markus Gisdol. (Check 14:00~ at https://www.hsvtotal.de/player/list/latest/10162517/1)

One kid expressed concern regarding the press rumors that Bobby would move to another club, and Gisdol responded that he wasn't looking to move but other clubs were seeking to buy him, and called him a great player with a bright future who is comfortable at HSV.

 

Just get a couple of better people in the mid & Bobby will be the perfect fit. If they stay up, that is.

 

with fans that worried, he should stay. Soak that up.

 

5 goals, 2 assists in 24 league matches. 1724 minutes. Basically 19 games worth of PT.

With 4 more goals in 4 matches in the cup. 9 goals/4 assists in 28 matches (2000 minutes in total) isn't so bad overall at a club like Hamburg

Augsburg, Mainz, Schalke and Wolfsburg left. Think he can land on 8-10 league goals by season's end?

 

Lol man talk about victim of the moment. One score doesn't erase the season he had. There will be other german teams or English teams that would still bid on him even if the season ended today.

If he's smart he will stay with them if they stay up. If he stays he's gonna get the PT needed to find his best form going into the World Cup. If he moves he's taking a gamble trying to settle in a new situation leading up to the World Cup. After the cup he should leave.

HSVs concern isn't just the release clause if they stay up. If they drop the clause goes down to 5. They want to get more than that. Especially if EPL teams have really been showing interest.

 

Just...damn, man. Okay with you if we chalk this up to the 420?

 

The rating has so perplexed US soccer that Bruce Arena is flying to Hamburg for some much needed Red Light district action (meh) and to console Bobby for his 6.

http://www.espnfc.us/story/3113746/...-visit-hamburg-over-bobby-woods-future-report

I wonder if Bruce makes that trip pre-Juergen....

 

I will leave it at this: You guys don't know the lengths Germans will go to save a penny (bomb bus blame turrists), sabotage an opponent (jump on court, stab a teenage girl, Monica where are you!) or drink a beer (...). You have no idea.