Guest ObiChrisKenobi Posted August 4, 2011 Share Posted August 4, 2011 Should we start a Bundesliga thread? There's just as many of us as there are people who bum Serie A.. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
David28 Posted August 4, 2011 Share Posted August 4, 2011 That's why I like the Bundesliga - you can never tell who's going to win it. Win 1 year, and get relegated the next! Plus the standard is decent too. You can't tell who will win the Premier League, either. And who would have said before the 08/09 season that we would get relegated. Think in general the pace in the Premier League is much higher. I once watched a Bayern Munich - Bayer Leverkusen, a supposed to be top-match (2nd against 3rd) and it was pretty poor football from both sides, despited Bayern winning 5-1 or so. Seeing games like Man Utd - Liverpool for example as a neutral is much, much more exciting and even the games of the teams that are bottom of the table seem to be more competitive than most in the Bundesliga. Only team that was really great to watch last season was Dortmund. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
David28 Posted August 4, 2011 Share Posted August 4, 2011 Should we start a Bundesliga thread? There's just as many of us as there are people who bum Serie A.. We have one. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ObiChrisKenobi Posted August 4, 2011 Share Posted August 4, 2011 That's why I like the Bundesliga - you can never tell who's going to win it. Win 1 year, and get relegated the next! Plus the standard is decent too. You can't tell who will win the Premier League, either. And who would have said before the 08/09 season that we would get relegated. Think in general the pace in the Premier League is much higher. I once watched a Bayern Munich - Bayer Leverkusen, a supposed to be top-match (2nd against 3rd) and it was pretty poor football from both sides, despited Bayern winning 5-1 or so. Seeing games like Man Utd - Liverpool for example as a neutral is much, much more exciting and even the games of the teams that are bottom of the table seem to be more competitive than most in the Bundesliga. Only team that was really great to watch last season was Dortmund. Aye, I can see what you're saying, but generally only 2 teams will win the Premier League, where as nearly anyone in the Bundesliga can win it (as has been shown in the last few years). I'm not saying every game is a world beater, but in general its an exciting league. I think if you get to watch it, and get to know the teams (like you do with the Premier League) you'll enjoy it. Each to their own though. Should we start a Bundesliga thread? There's just as many of us as there are people who bum Serie A.. Only team that was really great to watch last season was Dortmund. We have one. Aye? Nice one, must have totally overlooked it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dinho lad Posted August 4, 2011 Share Posted August 4, 2011 In my opinion, the bundesliga is the closet you can get to the PL in terms of pace and excitement. It's now officially the 3rd best league in the world , overtaking Serie A in the process. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
David28 Posted August 4, 2011 Share Posted August 4, 2011 I know the teams in the Bundeliga and thanks to the Pay-TV I have (which shows every game on his own or as multicast) I've watched quite a lot of it last season, just haven't been that exciting imo. j Every team can win it? Doubt that tbh. There's Bayern and Dortmund as big favourites. Then of course you've got clubs like Leverkusen (who will never win, because they always become 2nd only), Schalke, Bremen as favourites for 3rd place and as outsiders for the title. The rest won't have a shot at winning. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil Posted August 4, 2011 Share Posted August 4, 2011 Bloody hell, new domestic seasons are pretty much here already. The off-season has flown by. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
David28 Posted August 4, 2011 Share Posted August 4, 2011 In my opinion, the bundesliga is the closet you can get to the PL in terms of pace and excitement. It's now officially the 3rd best league in the world , overtaking Serie A in the process. Rightly so. Seria A has declined big in recent years. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dinho lad Posted August 4, 2011 Share Posted August 4, 2011 The first game to be shown on ESPN will be Borussia Dortmund v Hamburg, BTW. It's not going to be shown live (10pm I think), but should be a good watch. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
David28 Posted August 4, 2011 Share Posted August 4, 2011 The first game to be shown on ESPN will be Borussia Dortmund v Hamburg, BTW. It's not going to be shown live (10pm I think), but should be a good watch. Tomorrow evening at 19:30 (british time) it'll be. Hope Dortmund will get off to a flying start. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dinho lad Posted August 4, 2011 Share Posted August 4, 2011 I know the teams in the Bundeliga and thanks to the Pay-TV I have (which shows every game on his own or as multicast) I've watched quite a lot of it last season, just haven't been that exciting imo. j Every team can win it? Doubt that tbh. There's Bayern and Dortmund as big favourites. Then of course you've got clubs like Leverkusen (who will never win, because they always become 2nd only), Schalke, Bremen as favourites for 3rd place and as outsiders for the title. The rest won't have a shot at winning. Dude, Wolfsburg won it not so long ago. Hamburg could have won it under Martin Jol baring a terrible slump towards the end of the season. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ObiChrisKenobi Posted August 4, 2011 Share Posted August 4, 2011 I know the teams in the Bundeliga and thanks to the Pay-TV I have (which shows every game on his own or as multicast) I've watched quite a lot of it last season, just haven't been that exciting imo. j Every team can win it? Doubt that tbh. There's Bayern and Dortmund as big favourites. Then of course you've got clubs like Leverkusen (who will never win, because they always become 2nd only), Schalke, Bremen as favourites for 3rd place and as outsiders for the title. The rest won't have a shot at winning. Perhaps not this season, but no-one would have suggested Wolfsburg would have won the season they did. You'll not get something like that happening in the Premier League now, the closest that came to happening was with us nearly 15 years ago! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dinho lad Posted August 4, 2011 Share Posted August 4, 2011 The first game to be shown on ESPN will be Borussia Dortmund v Hamburg, BTW. It's not going to be shown live (10pm I think), but should be a good watch. Tomorrow evening at 19:30 (british time) it'll be. Hope Dortmund will get off to a flying start. Yeah, but not live for some reason. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ObiChrisKenobi Posted August 4, 2011 Share Posted August 4, 2011 What's the link to the Bundesliga thread? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
David28 Posted August 4, 2011 Share Posted August 4, 2011 Agree about Wolfsburg. Of course, it should never be forgotten that, right after their promotion in 1998, 1.FC Kaiserslautern went to win the Bundesliga. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
David28 Posted August 4, 2011 Share Posted August 4, 2011 What's the link to the Bundesliga thread? It's only for the old season, anyway. Start a new one. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
David28 Posted August 4, 2011 Share Posted August 4, 2011 The first game to be shown on ESPN will be Borussia Dortmund v Hamburg, BTW. It's not going to be shown live (10pm I think), but should be a good watch. Tomorrow evening at 19:30 (british time) it'll be. Hope Dortmund will get off to a flying start. Yeah, but not live for some reason. A shame really. Glad it's live on here in free-tv as well as pay-tv. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ObiChrisKenobi Posted August 4, 2011 Share Posted August 4, 2011 Are you from Germany, David? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
David28 Posted August 4, 2011 Share Posted August 4, 2011 Are you from Germany, David? Yes I am. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ObiChrisKenobi Posted August 4, 2011 Share Posted August 4, 2011 Are you from Germany, David? Yes I am. Would explain the TV thing. Must be strange having British people talking about your league, and trying to correct you on how they perceive it. :-[ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
David28 Posted August 4, 2011 Share Posted August 4, 2011 Are you from Germany, David? Yes I am. Would explain the TV thing. Must be strange having British people talking about your league, and trying to correct you on how they perceive it. :-[ Not really. Over the last few years, I've followed the Premier League a lot more than the Bundesliga. Was only last season that I've really started following it again because of the great season Dortmund were having. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ocho Posted August 4, 2011 Share Posted August 4, 2011 It's on Bet365 if anyone is interested. Looking forward to it. It'll be the first time I've properly followed the Bundesliga and I've adopted Hamburg as my team. With Barrios out and Sahin sold, Hamburg with a younger team - do you think we might nick a point? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
David28 Posted August 4, 2011 Share Posted August 4, 2011 It's on Bet365 if anyone is interested. Looking forward to it. It'll be the first time I've properly followed the Bundesliga and I've adopted Hamburg as my team. With Barrios out and Sahin sold, Hamburg with a younger team - do you think we might nick a point? Honestly, have no clue how Hamburg will do this season. Though my guess is it'll be like it has been a few times in recent years - they'll start well only to have a real bad patch durin the season and to let their European hopes fade away. First game of the season, always hard to predict. Having seen Dortmund in pre-season, I predict a tight win for them, though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest WashyGeordie Posted August 4, 2011 Share Posted August 4, 2011 It's on Bet365 if anyone is interested. Looking forward to it. It'll be the first time I've properly followed the Bundesliga and I've adopted Hamburg as my team. With Barrios out and Sahin sold, Hamburg with a younger team - do you think we might nick a point? http://t0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSG0ZFBe5VF_4X5PbehwSN_zgXW06aDyaGEb-pX06ajvA4hQEa1 "Yahh!" Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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