DISQUS

LanguagePedant · 1 year ago

"Die Tabellen lügen nicht" or "Die Tabelle lügt nicht" =-)

DoublePivot · 1 year ago

Danke. I am learning the language so any foray into it isn't smart on my part :)

Mark · 1 year ago

I liked it... brought back fond memories of ol' Trapattoni

Jan · 1 year ago

" The biggest question I have is what was their captian Freidrich doing during the argument over the ball?!"

Filming yet another bad Nutella commercial with Kuranyi, Jansen and Borowski:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BZRtDQKiJ0w

DoublePivot · 1 year ago

I need an icon for me spitting my water out. And LMAO doesn't cut it.

diana · 1 year ago

I hate you, Jan! :) I am laughing non-stop over that video. You made me rush to the kitchen and check is there any Nutella in the fridge. None, by the way. Sigh, considering chocolates is one of my guilty pleasures and my parents do buy Nutella from time to time.

DP, amen.

Luke · 1 year ago

7 straight defeats for Dortmund against Schalke? I thought it was only 2 prior, since the "Meisterschaft-Spoiler" match in Dortmund in late 07'. At any rate, I'll go as far as saying the point was deserved even though the late penalty was not.

I guess the thing I liked least about the Bayern match was that Oddo seemed quite rusty. That, and I would like it if Lukas Podolski celebrated scoring against someone at some point. If he scores on Bremen will we hear he didn't feel celebrating was appropriate because he had once been linked with Bremen in transfer rumors?

Is it me, or does it seem the more Leverkusen has changed, the more they've stayed the same? I still don't think any lead is safe, and that's saying something when you have Adler in the net.

Couldn't agree more re: Wolfsburg. In the next 5 game weeks, they get Schalke and Bayern away, plus Hamburg at home, plus the unfamiliar feeling of playing mid-week. We're likely to get an early verdict on this one.

Bielefeld would be well advised to sign 9 or 10 other guys named Wichniarek and hope opponents become confused which to key on.

I think Cottbus picks up a point this week. Note, I didn't say goal.

DoublePivot · 1 year ago

You're completely right Luke and I am going to modify that. Thanks for pointing out the glaring error.

So if you are reading this post edit, I said that Dortmund had lost 7 straight to Schalke, which was me writing the piece with too little sleep, too much caffeine and no editing :)

Luke · 1 year ago

DP: No biggie. I seem to remember composing a post somewhere about Helmes' impact for Cologne this season about 2 months after his transfer had been announced...

Diana: I should hope you don't find Nutella in the fridge, it shouldn't be kept there! Ok, maybe it should at your latitude, I don't know, but I always do what the jar tells me and keep it strictly in the cupboard. :)

diana · 1 year ago

Luke, it's hot and humid at where I live (Singapore is very near to the Equator). It's Singapore's climate. No four seasons here. None of it. Anything higher than 80 degrees Fahrenheit is nothing new to me. So if you ever read the weather forecast here in the newspapers or listen to the radio, the worst-case scenario can be something like this - 'Showers with thunder in all parts of Singapore'. Anyhow, I remembered there was a joke once going around that Singapore only has a season all-year round - summer.

I don't know if you read about how the weather was like in the midst of Euro 2008 (I think this was around the knockout rounds) but I remembered I was secretly being amused when I read of the sorching temperatures. I was like thinking 'Singapore being transported to Austria and Switzerland, eh?'. The sorching temperatures had even led to the newspapers here took notice of it too (through the reporters who were there to cover the tournament). It's nothing new for us Singaporeans. *insert evil laughs here*

So whenever Christmas comes along, I have a valid reason to sing 'I'm Dreaming Of A White Christmas'. Because it's precisely we don't have snow here.

Back to the original issue, it's the unwritten law in our family that like jams, it's best being left at the fridge. :) Cupboards, no!