Werder Bremen 2006/2007

It's a difficult decision indeed. But we have to look at it positively: This just shows that we have depth in our squad, excellent backups on almost all positions.

I agree on Baumann, but I probably would play Schulz against Barca again, he was one of our best players in the first match.

blutgraetsche wrote:It's a difficult decision indeed. But we have to look at it positively: This just shows that we have depth in our squad, excellent backups on almost all positions.

I agree on Baumann, but I probably would play Schulz against Barca again, he was one of our best players in the first match.

That's true, but the good think is we just need a draw at Nou Camp this time, so we perhaps should play more careful...

You can't really play 'carefully' against Barca. If you do that, you most probably lose.

We have to play to win, and try to put them under pressure from the beginning, take advantage of our strenghts. That's the only way to beat them, the only way to stand a chance at Nou Camp.

blutgraetsche wrote:You can't really play 'carefully' against Barca. If you do that, you most probably lose.

We have to play to win, and try to put them under pressure from the beginning, take advantage of our strenghts. That's the only way to beat them, the only way to stand a chance at Nou Camp.

Yeah, but just needing a draw is also a big advantage we should use...maybe we can combine this somehow...

If you want a draw or a win then you HAVE to attack.. if you sit back we are going to slaughter you, since sooner or later we are going to find an opening in the defence. Also, if you allow us too much posession, by sitting back, you are going to get a lot of cards, maybe even a man sent off..

Actually, it would be against our 'nature' to play too cautiously, we simply can't do that, no matter against which opponent.
We may have a stable defence now, which allows us to grind out results better (if necessary), but our philosophy has always been attacking, attacking football is in our DNA really.

I expect us to try to win the match, try to create and use our chances, but not gung-ho style. We're pretty good at counter-attacking football as well, so maybe we can take advantage of a few bad passes, caused by the pressure we will put on your midfield from the beginning (hopefully).

The midfield will be the key in this match, just like in the first match.

Schmadtke: Schlaudraff-Wechsel im Winter möglich
http://www.ftd.de/sport/fussball/1bundesliga/news/135762.html?zid=45025

Aachen will wohl nächste Saison wieder in der zweiten Liga spielen...

Klose zaubert
http://kicker.de/fussball/bundesliga/startseite/artikel/358235/

Der mysteriöse Miroslav, der kaltblütige Klose
http://syke.mzv.net/news/stories/werder/?id=80788

Frings hier, Frings dort, Frings einfach überall
http://syke.mzv.net/news/stories/werder/?id=80789

Interview mit Miroslav Klose
Weser Kurier

Werder bindet Aaron Hunt langfristig
http://www.goal.com/de/Articolo.aspx?ContenutoId=177921

Zidan will in Bremen bleiben
http://www.goal.com/de/Articolo.aspx?ContenutoId=178952

Die Jagd auf Klose hat begonnen
http://www.sport1.de/de/sport/artikel_624553.html

Bremens Top-Torjäger steht auf der Wunschliste von Europas Elite-Klubs.
Laut Informationen der italienischen Zeitung "Tuttosport" will Juventus Turin Klose verpflichten. Er soll dort David Trezeguet beerben.
35 Millionen Euro sollen mittlerweile für Klose geboten worden sein, dessen Vertrag bei Werder noch bis Ende 2007 läuft.

financially good for Bremen and Klose, but we football fans will miss him

35 million?? Well then you can count us out.. He is a bit too old to command that kind of fee, and he has only 1.5 years left on his contract.

Oleguerisntthatbad wrote:35 million?? Well then you can count us out.. He is a bit too old to command that kind of fee, and he has only 1.5 years left on his contract.

Well, by reading this article from Sport1.de you could come to the conclusion Werder Bremen (currently) have a 35 million Euro bid for Klose. Not sure about that though. I think this article refers to an interview with Klose from today in which he (indirectly) confirmed that after the World Cup Bremen had offers for him between 25-35 million Euro...

We can't afford 35 million.. it is almost 10 million more than we paid for Dinho or Eto'o!!

I would love to see him at Barcelona but I doubt it will ever happen..

Even if he'd cost 3.5 million Euros, you will never buy him, because of the Dutch influence at your club. THANK GOD.


He won't cost 35 million Euros, because his contract ends in 2008, unless Chelsea joins, of course. But he won't be cheap, that's for sure.

blutgraetsche wrote:Even if he'd cost 3.5 million Euros, you will never buy him, because of the Dutch influence at your club. THANK GOD.


He won't cost 35 million Euros, because his contract ends in 2008, unless Chelsea joins, of course. But he won't be cheap, that's for sure.

Plenty of good German players out there, so I hope and pray that Cruyff doesn't block them.. as for Rijkaard, well he might not love Klinsi, but I think he is intelligent enough to recognise a good player.

Rijkaard always tries to be extra polite when he is in Germany, because he knows that the German fans have not forgotten that incident of the 1990 WC, when he spat at Rudi Völler.
Don't think that he'd be biased when it comes to German players, but who knows.

Cruyff is a different matter though.

Kampf um Klose - jetzt geht’s richtig los
http://syke.mzv.net/news/stories/werder/?id=80906

Schaafs Rauten-Roulette: Neue Besetzung, alte Stärke
http://www.kicker.de/fussball/bundesliga/startseite/artikel/358358

Hier der neueste Erguß der Bild bezüglich Klose:

Klose: Kollegen kämpfen um King Knall
http://www.bild.t-online.de/BTO/sport/bundesliga/aktuell/2006/11/30/klose-kollegen-kampf/klose-kollegen-kampf.html

BILD or The Sun, which one is Europe's worst tabloid?

blutgraetsche wrote:BILD or The Sun, which one is Europe's worst tabloid?

the Sun is an insult

Bild is one of the best German newspapers; I would NEVER buy it, and quite a lot of their stuff is somewhere between fiction and "faction" , but it's the only German national daily that is entertaining , gutsy, mad and patriotic

Bild ist Michels unverschaemter Lausbuab

in a kind of psychotic way

I agree. I buy it sometimes when I am drunk or on a crazy night out. It makes me happy.

The Bild not an insult??

Do they actually speak of Dutch people or call us kasekopfe all the time?

@ fey, Du Kaesekopf

this is obviously nothing but "Volksunterhaltung"

the Romans had "Brot und Spiele", we Germans have "Dutch vegetables/hormone-induced meat + the Bundesliga/Bild"

it works like a treat

you cannot really dislike a paper with headlines like

"Wir sind Papst"

" Klinsi-Grinsi"

" Magath macht Schweini zur Sau"

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@ allez

many educated Germans loath the Bild; they think it's not "serioes"

you bet it ain't , and thank God for that

it's not as if we Germans aren't already serious enough

Allez, now be a good boy and let us know which Englanders are really THAT good

Why do you want engländers from me as a good Kelte? Shurely you should want some Schotte-Deutschers? For what it's worth I would allow David Bowie a place among your greatest living Englishmen...

Sorry, haven't looked at your off-topic stuff since yesterday, will give it a quick peek...

Ye , but still the Bild cost us the 1974 Worldtitle that is a FACT. If they weren't so darn nosy...

Hence Netzer is working for us these days. Great guy, he gave us his golden medal

blutgraetsche wrote:Rijkaard always tries to be extra polite when he is in Germany, because he knows that the German fans have not forgotten that incident of the 1990 WC, when he spat at Rudi Völler.
Don't think that he'd be biased when it comes to German players, but who knows.

Cruyff is a different matter though.

Cruijff sadly does not control Barcelona ... why do people think that?

Come on Bremen.

I believe you will have the entire support of Europe on Tuesday

(Certainly on this board anyway )

rai de Hunter wrote:
Cruijff sadly does not control Barcelona ... why do people think that?

He is pulling the strings in the background. Just like he does in Holland.

As long as Barca is under heavy dutch influence, we won't see German players playing for them.

S4P wrote:Come on Bremen.

I believe you will have the entire support of Europe on Tuesday

(Certainly on this board anyway )

The board may "support" us because they want "arrogant Barca" to lose, no necessarily because they like us to advance. But cheers.