Articles tagged with "rafael van der vaart"
Bundesliga Offside Rewind 19.04.08
By Jan | April 19th, 2008Welcome to a revised edition of my weekly blog internal handing out of link love. From now on you can check out the highlights of one week of Bundesliga blogging and try to guess who is the player/coach/manager on the picture on the right. Twice the ...
A look at what could be a fascinating summer of transfers
By Rob | April 18th, 2008After Sir Alex Ferguson announced today that he intends to 'Stock up' on players over the summer, it struck me this summer could be a real classic one for big transfers. And in my excitement I decided to bring you this insight into the possible moves ...
It's hard out here for a WAG
By Jan | March 20th, 2008It was back in the summer, when Rafael van der Vaart pulled out all the stops to force a move to Valencia. He posed with a Valencia jersey, he faked a back injury, he talked about his dying grandfather and Sylvie chimed in that she no longer felt sav ...
Weekly Dose 20.3.08
By Jan | March 20th, 2008Create your own fan choreo; via probek.net. (madin.jp) Michael Ballack promotes a good cause. (International Herald Tribune) Rafael van der Vaart will leave a trail of dirt soaked water behind, when he leaves Hamburg with a title. (Goal.com) Stan
Bundesliga Etiquette 101
By Jan | February 26th, 2008It has been a rated R for violence, strong language and gore weekend in the Bundesliga. Since this blog spans several time zones, I can't even make sure the kids are sleeping when I post about it. So, as a little reminder of what is acceptable social beha
Bundesliga Offside Rewind: Bigger = Better
By Jan | January 11th, 2008It's time to wrap up the first week (or two weeks in case of Abby and Angela) of blogging in 2008 at the ever growing Bundesliga Offside. Luca Toni stars in the sequel to a 1980s sex comedy. (Bundesliga Offside) Lulu can finally add Raffael to his H
101 Great Christmas Gifts: A Valencia Kit for Rafael van der Vaart
By Jan | December 20th, 2007"Wait! He already got one," some of you may say. The white one, with which he posed this summer to force his transfer. That's why his team mates chose Valencia's orange away kit for his Christmas present instead; complete with his number 23 and the na
Flamini Joins Juve's Shopping List?
By Martha | December 18th, 2007Though neither of them would arrive before summer, Juve seem to be lining up some pretty impressive targets ahead of the opening of the winter transfer window. First, of course, there's the ever-present Olof Mellberg, who has confirmed Juve's interest and
Rumors to Distract Us As We Mourn For Frey's Knee
By Martha | December 13th, 2007•Sebastian Frey is having surgery tomorrow and will probably be out 6-8 weeks. That faint sound you hear is me weeping copiously. •And, continuing with the Fiorentina theme, Tomas Ujfalusi seems seconds from joining Sevilla, which is terrible timin
Cynical: Rafael van der Vaart's Goal Jingle
By Jan | December 13th, 2007As Chris has just explained in detail on the Offside main page, Rafael van der Vaart has one or two admirers, who would like to lure the midfield superstar to their clubs next summer. While Hamburg have rumouredly offered him to double his pay check, ...
Northern Derby: From Vander to van der Vaart
By Jan | December 3rd, 2007Werder Bremen's reserve goalkeeper Christian Vander holds a unique record. In 22 Bundesliga matches he made 6 serious mistakes. This is a ratio that even Cottbus' Tomislav Piplica can't match. Here's serious mistake no. 6, where he plays a beautif ...
Matchday 9: "We are going to spend like never before (...) We want our rivals to have to follow our progress at the top of the table through binoculars." - Uli Hoeneß
By Jan | October 10th, 2007A busy schedule kept me from blogging the last couple of days. So here is a late matchday 9 summary, for completeness' sake. Nothing much has changed anyway as Bayern Munich is still top of the table and now already accumulated a six point advantage over
Dortmund vs. Hamburg: Bushwhacked
By Steven | September 26th, 2007Ouch. So that's what it feels like to be on the other end of a 3-0 drubbing. HSV's goal scoring exploits started fast and furious, with José Paolo Guerrero putting them ahead with only seven minutes gone by. Rafael van der Vaart, who I said would be t
Westfalenstadion to host Hamburg
By Steven | September 25th, 2007The English (I mean German) Bundesliga is back in action today, with Dortmund looking to get back on the winning track against Hamburg. Last Saturday, we lost 3-2 at Hertha. But today we welcome HSV to the Westfalenstadion, where we recently beat Werde
Hamburger SV: Insult to Injury (Update: And now place your Bets)
By Jan | August 18th, 2007Can you guess correctly? a) Rafael van der Vaart gets his wish granted and leaves Hamburg to join Valencia. The photo has been taken during his official presentation in Valencia. b) Rafael van der Vaart is still in Hamburg posing for the Spanish spo
If it all plays out like they say it will...
By Steve | August 15th, 2007Well, let's take a look at some of the big rumours still going around La Liga... I'm going to make some commentary about them, plus what impacts they might have, and the likelihood that they'll go through. 1. Guti to Tottenham from Real Madrid Likeli
Juventus - Hamburg
By gianfranco z | August 1st, 2007Here are the line ups for todays match in Germany between Juve and Hamburg. HAMBURG: Rost; Demel, Reinhardt, Mathijensen, Benjamin; Trochowsky, De Jong, Brecko; Van der Vart, Castelen; Zidan. Bench- Hosl, Atouba, Kompany, Olic, Jarolim, Choupo-Motin
UEFA Intertoto Cup Final: Hamburger SV 4 - 0 FC Dacia Chişinău (Extended Highlights)
By Jan | July 31st, 2007I'm admittedly very slowly catching up with the football that was played last weekend. But since I covered the encounter between Chişinău and Hamburg in some detail previously, I felt like I definitely needed to deliver a conclusive post whether it ...
FC Dacia Chişinău 1 - 1 Hamburger SV
By Jan | July 22nd, 2007European heavyweights FC Dacia Chişinău were held to a draw at home by the German underdogs, in what could be described as one of the first major upsets in the young UEFA Cup season. Chişinău's coach Emil Caras had to do without his two best strik
Video: FC Dacia Chişinău 1 - 1 Hamburger SV
By Jan | July 22nd, 20071-0 Eugeniu Boicenco (7th min.) 1-1 Rafael van der Vaart (71st min.) ...
Best Bundesliga Goals 2006/2007 (1/5): Rafael van der Vaart
By Jan | May 25th, 2007Diego - Preuß - Schlaudraff - Hitzlsperger - van der Vaart - Honorable Mentions This is my personal selection of the five best goals of this years Bundesliga season. This selection is completely biased towards goals that are still available onlin ...
The Big Bundesliga Season Finale Preview
By Jan | May 19th, 2007Well, this is actually just a normal Bundesliga Season Finale Preview without the big. I just put that word in the title in the hope to attract some extra readers. The big finale has probably already been last weekend. VfB Stuttgart took over the top spot
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