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After Blut recently revealed himself as an avid Boro fan, i've decided that I will follow Werder Bremen's results from now on 
Hope we beat Bayern on Sunday
Hope we beat Bayern on Sunday
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christmasborocooper- Number of posts : 39348
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blutgraetsche- Number of posts : 23328
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Haha..that's great! 
Thank you for your support, and yeah, hope we beat those damn Lederhosen!
Good luck against United, I still believe that you have a good chance.
Thank you for your support, and yeah, hope we beat those damn Lederhosen!
Good luck against United, I still believe that you have a good chance.
christmasborocooper- Number of posts : 39348
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Looks a bit crap at the moment.....but still
blutgraetsche- Number of posts : 23328
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LOL
Great effort.
I like club friendships, we should start an official one.
Great effort.
I like club friendships, we should start an official one.
Luso- Number of posts : 3305
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blutgraetsche wrote:Luso wrote:Hugo Almeida...
It's a shame he's at Porto. I'd like to see him in Sporting's green.
If he continues like this, we'll use our option and buy him I think. A very important goal by him today again.
Porto will have to want to sell though, and I'm not sure they want to. Co was the guy that didn't want Almeida, but he also didn't want Diego...and well he's not at the club anymore.
I can't see Hugo being sold without getting another chance at playing with the club, but I could be wrong.
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He is on a loan, but we have an option in the contract that allows us to buy him for roughly 4m EUR this summer. So if we want him, we will get him, provided that he wants to stay in Bremen himself, of course
By the looks of it, he will stay. Klaus Allofs, the guy responsible for the transfers in Bremen, just said in an interview that "Hugo does not need to look for a new home anytime soon". I think Hugo likes to stay in Bremen, too.
By the looks of it, he will stay. Klaus Allofs, the guy responsible for the transfers in Bremen, just said in an interview that "Hugo does not need to look for a new home anytime soon". I think Hugo likes to stay in Bremen, too.
Luso- Number of posts : 3305
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I see. Than in that case good luck to him. He's in a good league and a good club. Overall, it's good news for Portugal.
Won't mind seeing him away from Porto either
Won't mind seeing him away from Porto either
blutgraetsche- Number of posts : 23328
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Yeah, it won't hurt Portuguese football at least, that's for sure. Thomas Schaaf is an excellent coach, he has great record of forming young players, and he seems to like Hugo a lot, plays him very often. Under him, I think Hugo will improve considerably over the next few years, become more clinical, and it can't hurt to get experience in a different, more physical league.
I can see Hugo becoming the striker the Portuguese national team misses these days, an out to out striker scoring all the chances created by your excellent wingers and midfielders, the last piece to the puzzle.
I can see Hugo becoming the striker the Portuguese national team misses these days, an out to out striker scoring all the chances created by your excellent wingers and midfielders, the last piece to the puzzle.
Luso- Number of posts : 3305
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blutgraetsche wrote:
I can see Hugo becoming the striker the Portuguese national team misses these days, an out to out striker scoring all the chances created by your excellent wingers and midfielders, the last piece to the puzzle.
That's what I've been thinking, despite some people writing Hugo off.
He's big and strong, reminds me of Vieri. He's really the only one of his kind in the new generation. I think we should have some good partners for him up front too, so things should be interesting once he starts getting some games with the A team again.
christmasborocooper- Number of posts : 39348
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<--------- I settled on that as my avatar, still looks rubbish but it gets the point across
I have also decided my favouire Bremen players will for the time being be Klose and Diego, as I know hardly anything else about the squad
other than a couple of others from the German squad at the world WC. I'll have to try and watch some games on a stream.
I have also decided my favouire Bremen players will for the time being be Klose and Diego, as I know hardly anything else about the squad
other than a couple of others from the German squad at the world WC. I'll have to try and watch some games on a stream.
Luso- Number of posts : 3305
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Hugo Almeida again today! He showed a lot of courage and determination going into that challenge on Kahn. He looked hurt when he came off though, perhaps not I wasn't paying that much attention just then.
Too bad he didn't actually get the goal, but 3/4 of it was his.
An important point for Bremen, gotta keep the faith.
PS. Did you guys notice Almeida kiss his tatttoo?
Too bad he didn't actually get the goal, but 3/4 of it was his.
An important point for Bremen, gotta keep the faith.
PS. Did you guys notice Almeida kiss his tatttoo?
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borocooper wrote:<--------- I settled on that as my avatar, still looks rubbish but it gets the point across
I have also decided my favouire Bremen players will for the time being be Klose and Diego, as I know hardly anything else about the squad
LOL
You rock cooper, you really do!
Other key players to watch out for: Frings ('secret' captain and leader of the pack, midfield), Wiese (our great goalie who has saved our arse umpteen times), our "twin towers" central defence Mertesacker and Naldo (both 6'6), Borowski and Baumann (both injured, miss them badly these days. Baumann is our captain (DMC), Borowski is a German international, can play anywhere in the midfield).
Then we have youngsters like Almeida (Portuguese, 22) and Hunt (German, his mother is English, 20) in the attack, the future. Deano seems to have a soft spot for the latter, he scored his first hattrick for us a week ago. Almeida scores the important goals.
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Luso wrote:Hugo Almeida again today! He showed a lot of courage and determination going into that challenge on Kahn. He looked hurt when he came off though, perhaps not I wasn't paying that much attention just then.
Too bad he didn't actually get the goal, but 3/4 of it was his.
An important point for Bremen, gotta keep the faith.
PS. Did you guys notice Almeida kiss his tatttoo?
Hugo is a tank, seriously. You need to have balls to go into a challenge like that indeed, especially against Kahn who is (still) built like bulldozer. He made Kahn look awful though, great effort, and the goal is 90% his (that's why our players gratulated him afterwards). I didn't notice the kiss, what was up with that?
Well, it can't get much worse than this, we really were lucky today. Our midfield is stretched thin, we have quite a few injuries to handle (e.g. Klose today), and we simply don't seem to get a rest. Our next match is on Wednesday against Vigo again (UEFA Cup), that's 3 matches in 6 days. No wonder that our players are tired and exhausted.
Now we just have to win our match against Vigo at home, or draw at least to go through. If that happens, our "judgement week" was a success.
Then we'll have a few less exhausting weeks, should help us in the battle for Bundesliga title.
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It was a shame I didn't see the whole match, but I only saw about the last half-hour, enough to see the green-whites scoring though
The kiss came after the goal. He crossed himself and then kissed his right forearm where he has a large tattoo of a gothic cross. I've seen him do it before.
I just can't get over the fact that Co actually sent Almeida and Diego away from Porto, to Germany - a league he no doubt considered to be better than ours - where they are now doing very well, with Diego the one he hated the most being a star
Bremen has been having a good spell the last couple of years, hopefully they can grab another title soon enough, maybe this year.
The kiss came after the goal. He crossed himself and then kissed his right forearm where he has a large tattoo of a gothic cross. I've seen him do it before.
I just can't get over the fact that Co actually sent Almeida and Diego away from Porto, to Germany - a league he no doubt considered to be better than ours - where they are now doing very well, with Diego the one he hated the most being a star
Bremen has been having a good spell the last couple of years, hopefully they can grab another title soon enough, maybe this year.
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The first half was a footballing lesson by Bayern, the best half of the season for them. Especially Schweinsteiger was truly great, back to his normal form. So from a Werder perspective, you didn't miss much
I actually love Co for that, he is my favourite Dutchie.
Thanks for your support, hope that we get our act together soon, then we have a good chance indeed.
I actually love Co for that, he is my favourite Dutchie.
Thanks for your support, hope that we get our act together soon, then we have a good chance indeed.
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Luso wrote:
I just can't get over the fact that Co actually sent Almeida and Diego away from Porto, to Germany - a league he no doubt considered to be better than ours - where they are now doing very well, with Diego the one he hated the most being a star
How's Porto doing these days ?
Co usually leaves a very good squad behind....
chrissicross- Number of posts : 6246
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Now we have Owo back, we could, depending on his form in training, perhaps play with Owo as RB and Schulz as LB, so both Fritz and Wome could play in the midfield to give more support to our strikers.
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Fritz is not in form though, he had an awful match against Bayern. But I actually like your idea, because we have so many injured midfielders, and both Jensen and Vranjes are just awful these days.
The problem is however that we'd play without a true DM, because Frings role for us is more of an "Antreiber" than an agressive defensive midfielder concentrating on protecting the back four, like he does for die Mannschaft. If Frings plays in the central midfield, he needs a partner who helps him out with defensive duties, or does the "Antreiber" part and drives the team forward like Ballack does for die Mannschaft. We can't expect him to do both equally well at the same time.
The problem is however that we'd play without a true DM, because Frings role for us is more of an "Antreiber" than an agressive defensive midfielder concentrating on protecting the back four, like he does for die Mannschaft. If Frings plays in the central midfield, he needs a partner who helps him out with defensive duties, or does the "Antreiber" part and drives the team forward like Ballack does for die Mannschaft. We can't expect him to do both equally well at the same time.
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blutgraetsche wrote:Diego won't move away after one season, and our management will simply not let him either. If there is something I'm sure of in these turbulent times, then this.
Sure, of course big clubs like Juve are always tempting for players like Diego, not just for financial reasons, but he is just 22 years old, and knows that he has to learn a lot still. And that he needs to play as much as possible to grow as a player. At a big club like Juve, the pressure is always higher, let's not fool ourselves here. Traditionally, Juve is the most successful Italian club, so of course their fans, media, everyone will expect them to challenge for the title next year.
Diego has seen his buddy Robinho at Real, a rather drastic example for how things can go wrong if you move to a big club too early. Besides, it's not just Juve who are interested in him, after this season, most of the big clubs are. Diego knows this, he knows that this interest is only to get stronger if he continues to establish himself as a top player in the Bundesliga. He won't miss any opportunities by staying in Bremen for a few more seasons, on the contrary. His market value will only increase.
I think Diego would make an excellent Deco replacement. He has great vision and technique. And I feel that we would make a good club for him, firstly we play a similarish style to you and more importantly he can arrive with less pressure as Iniesta and Xavi are quality midifielders that hopefully will be able to help him out.
Thereby he wouldn't fall into the Robinho trap where all hopes are pinned on him.
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Might be, but he still won't move anywhere anytime soon.
He still has a few years to play for us, to mature and establish himself. He can move to Barça or any other club of that category soon enough.
He still has a few years to play for us, to mature and establish himself. He can move to Barça or any other club of that category soon enough.
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blutgraetsche wrote:Might be, but he still won't move anywhere anytime soon.
He still has a few years to play for us, to mature and establish himself. He can move to Barça or any other club of that category soon enough.
Don't worry I don't want Deco to leave us any time soon either.. So ideally it would be in 2 or 3 years where we would need somebody to strengthen the creative side of the midfield. Does Diego work hard, tackle, track back etc?
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He does work hard, but he is not the best tackler. He has a lot of fighting spirit though, tries to do his best even if the team is not playing well.
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blutgraetsche wrote:He does work hard, but he is not the best tackler. He has a lot of fighting spirit though, tries to do his best even if the team is not playing well.
Sounds like a young Deco then.
Do you know what teams are trailing Diego?
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Managed to catch the second half yesterday, good stuff and a great result especially given that in all honesty Bayern were probably the better team on the day. It really is game on for the Meisterschaft now, and wouldn't be too upset to see you and the Lederhosen taking charge now – especially given that for obvious personal reasons it's now auf geht's Bayern in the Champions League ( 
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Will try and catch the Vigo return game in midweek if I can. Is Klose's injury particularly serious?
Any good articles floating around, otr do I have to dig them out myself...? (Chrissi?)
Anyway, keep up the good work, chaps!
).Will try and catch the Vigo return game in midweek if I can. Is Klose's injury particularly serious?
Any good articles floating around, otr do I have to dig them out myself...? (Chrissi?)
Anyway, keep up the good work, chaps!
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Allez les rouges wrote:
Any good articles floating around, otr do I have to dig them out myself...? (Chrissi?)
About the Bayern v Bremen match? I posted two on the Bayern thread, but don't expect me to post more pro Bayern articles, the match was already painful enough for a poor Werder soul like mine...
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Sorry chris, I've just seen the Bayern thread. You have, as ever, come up with the goods and remain the DON of German soccer reportage ;-)
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@Allez
Here's the newest from Werder with regard to Klose...
Here's the newest from Werder with regard to Klose...
http://www.werder-online.de/aktuelles/news/meldung.php?id=10320Intensive Behandlung für Klose, Almeida und Jensen
Wenn zwei Spiele in einer Woche eine englische Woche sind, wie nennt man es dann, wenn eine Mannschaft drei Spiele in sieben Tagen zu absolvieren hat? Ganz sicher muss man das hart nennen, auch weil die Flüge quer durch Deutschland und Europa weitere Zeit und Kraft kosten. Nichtsdestotrotz, in Bremen hat man Routine mit solchen Zeitplänen. Nach Vigo ist vor München und nach München vor Vigo, so einfach ist das.
Werders Cheftrainer Thomas Schaaf bat denn auch am Montag nur die in München nicht oder kurz eingesetzten Spieler zu einer Trainingseinheit auf den Platz. Alle anderen kamen zu individuellen Pflege- und Regenerationsterminen ins Weser-Stadion. Das galt auch für die drei vor und im Bayern-Spiel verletzten Spieler Miroslav Klose, Daniel Jensen und Hugo Almeida. Alle drei wurden am Montag intensiv behandelt. Miroslav Klose gab folgenden Zwischenstand aus: "Mir und meinem Rücken geht es besser als gestern, ich möchte aber keine Prognose abgeben, ob ich am Mittwoch dabei bin." Klose war im letzten Bundesliga-Spiel gegen den VfL Bochum mit dem Rücken an den Pfosten geprallt und musste kurzfristig seinen Einsatz im Auswärtsspiel bei Bayern München absagen.
Seine Kollegen Jensen und Almeida standen in der Allianz-Arena auf dem Platz, mussten aber wegen "Pferdeküssen", also muskulären Problemen im Oberschenkel, ausgewechselt werden. Sie wurden mit Lymphdrainagen und Massagen behandelt, auch hier muss die Entwicklung von Tag zu Tag abgewartet werden, denn wie Daniel Jensen schulterzuckend bekennen musste: "Das sitzt im Muskel, es kann einen, aber auch fünf Tage dauern." Thomas Schaaf ließ sich seinen vorsichtigen Optimismus aber nicht nehmen: "Ich denke schon, dass die drei gegen Vigo dabei sein könnten."
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Oleguerisntthatgreat wrote:
Sounds like a young Deco then.
Do you know what teams are trailing Diego?
The Italian ones do, the big ones.
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blutgraetsche wrote:Oleguerisntthatgreat wrote:
Sounds like a young Deco then.
Do you know what teams are trailing Diego?
The Italian ones do, the big ones.
Hopefully we will appeal more to an attacking player...
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Oleguerisntthatgreat wrote:blutgraetsche wrote:He does work hard, but he is not the best tackler. He has a lot of fighting spirit though, tries to do his best even if the team is not playing well.
Sounds like a young Deco then.
Do you know what teams are trailing Diego?
No, Diego is a different type of player. Deco does the work you've mentioned, he directs a lot of his attention on defensive tasks, Diego tends to watch the team try and get the ball back. He isn't the guy that's going to get it for you, not like Deco.
He does work hard, but really only in offensive moves. He isn't affraid to call for the ball and push the team forward, but he's IMO nothing like Deco. That's the very reason he left Porto...
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