Bundesliga and the rest: Domestic and European competition discussion

Peter Bosz being exposed badly now, for his lack of flexibility and ability to adapt. Seems like when Bayern hired Heynckes, Dortmund immediately started to cave under pressure. Two poor showings in a row in the BL, and however the hell could only muster a draw against APOEL.

 

Hoffenheim couldn't move any further closer to the Top 3, as they let Wolfsburg equalize in the closing minutes. Hoff remain 3 points behind third place RB Leipzig. While also notable is that this is Wolfsburg's 5th draw in a row since hiring Martin Schmidt. They're still in 14th place though.

After match day 9, places 4-10 in the Bundesliga table remain pretty close and competitive. Only 4 points separate 4th place Hoffenheim and 10th place Augsburg right now. Among these clubs, I think Schalke and Leverkusen have the most upward momentum.

 

Hannover 96 are scouting Austrian CB prospect Dario Maresic from Sturm Graz. The 18 year old seems pretty well rated. He also plays on the same club where former H96 player, Christian Schulz is a captain of.

http://www.fussballtransfers.com/bundesliga/hannover-scoutet-u21-nationalspieler_83518

 

FC Köln have parted ways with sporting director Jörg Schmadtke on a mutual agreement.

http://www.bundesliga.com/en/news/B...rector-jorg-schmadtke-part-company-462435.jsp

 

Gladbach, Schalke, and Leverkusen all advance towards the German Cup Round of 16. Only moderate upset so far today has been Paderborn beating Bochum.

 

Schmadtke could join Fortuna Düsseldorf's management team.

http://m.bild.de/sport/fussball/fortuna-duesseldorf/schmadtke-fortuna-53648892.bildMobile.html

 

Matthias Sammer has been mentioned as a potential candidate for Köln's vacant sporting director role.

https://www.ligainsider.de/1-fc-koeln/15/matthias-sammer-ein-thema-in-koeln-229037/

 

Darmstadt's stadium reconstruction and expansion will be complete by the end of 2020.

http://www.kicker.de/news/fussball/...lionen-euro-fuer-das-neue-boellenfalltor.html

 

Hamburger SV recorded a loss of 13.4 Mio euros last season. The club's overall debt now rises to over 105 Mio euros.

http://www.sportbuzzer.de/artikel/erhohter-jahresfehlbetrag-millionen-minus-beim-hamburger-sv/

 

Werder Bremen and Köln both win on the same day!

 

The clubs advancing into the DFB Pokal Round of 16 are:

-SC Paderborn
-FC Schalke
-Borussia Mönchengladbach
-Bayer Leverkusen
-Eintracht Frankfurt
-Borussia Dortmund
-FSV Mainz
-FC Ingolstadt
-FC Nürnberg
-FC Köln
-VfL Wolfsburg
-VfB Stuttgart
-FC Heidenhein
-Werder Bremen
-SC Freiburg
-Bayern München

 

Arturo Vidal in the news again for allegedly being involved in another nightclub brawl.

http://m.bild.de/sport/fussball/bay...co-aerger-fuer-vidal-53669160.bildMobile.html

 

#FCBayern have signed 16-year-old Alex Timossi #Andersson. The Sweden youth international will join from @HelsingborgsIF on 1st July 2019. pic.twitter.com/FMijgcT82R

— FC Bayern Munich (@FCBayernEN) October 27, 2017

 

Dortmund basically forgot how to play football since match day 8. What a downward spiral.

 

It gets worse for Dortmund lol. Zagadou ejected with a red card. Which is followed immediately by Klaus scoring on a free kick as Hannover reclaim the lead 3-2.

 

4-2 for Hannover now. Bosz raus??

 

Looks like Werder-naccio in the Pokal midweek has broke Hoffenheim.

With their loss against Gladbach today, Hoffenheim are now 4 match days in the BL without a win.

 

Last 5 results for Dortmund across all competitions:

Loss 2-3
Draw 1-1
Draw 2-2
Win 5-0
Loss 2-4#bvb

— Dortmund Fans (@Dortmund__Fans) October 28, 2017