http://bremen.theoffside.com News from Werder Bremen German football team Tue, 08 Jul 2008 18:14:32 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Diego is not going to Beijing. So much for that. What was expected to happen this afternoon did infact happen and Werder have denied Diego the opportunity to represent Brazil in China next month. The only question that remained was whether or not Werder would face sanctions or some form of ... http://bremen.theoffside.com/team-news/diego-definitely-not-to-the-olympics.html Diego may be going to Beijing. So today, tactical genius Dunga has scribbled some names on a team sheet and handed it over to the Bejing authorities. Included on the sheet wedged in between Ronaldinho and Anderson? The name of Diego Ribas da Cuhna. Up to this point it looked as ... http://bremen.theoffside.com/team-news/diego-maybe-possibly-to-the-olympics.html Position Open France, Italy or Spain? Such is the dilemma facing Ivan Klasnic this morning. After a mildly serious flirtation with Steve Bruce and Wigan, Ivan has ruled out a move to NW England due to the poor weather and the possible impact on his health. Or Wigan turned him down ... http://bremen.theoffside.com/team-news/wanted-a-forward.html Werder officially began preseason training today (163 minutes ago to be exact). A few new faces in town, a few are off to other towns. In an obvious attempt to corner the market on tall 19 year olds, Werder have gone and signed two in the last couple of days. Defender ... http://bremen.theoffside.com/team-news/new-young-boys.html If the Greatest Day of the Year is the day the new kits are unveiled, than the Second Greatest Day of the Year must be when the fixtures are released. So much promise and possibility exists before a ball is kicked. Virtually every club can dream of finishing in second ... http://bremen.theoffside.com/team-news/a-look-at-the-fixtures.html The possible exit of your club’s best player can lead to all types of emotional and gastro intestinal distress, bringing up a lot of self doubt and questioning - Why would he want to go? Is it something I said? What more can I do to convince you to stay? ... http://bremen.theoffside.com/team-news/the-italian-job-diego.html The tale of a player leaving a successful squad in search of the elusive beast of "Regular First Team Football" is an age old one. In fact it has become an annual tradition at clubs in the business end of the table who often make long cup runs and forays ... http://bremen.theoffside.com/team-news/owomoyela-to-bvb.html Is there such a thing as too much football? The proposition of two matches a day seemed like a gift from the Gods a mere month ago. Now we’re having a harder and harder time choking down the glut of beautiful games being beamed to us at home. And, to ... http://bremen.theoffside.com/team-news/werder-at-the-euros-%e2%80%93-rounds-2-and-3.html There are more players in this tournament plying their trade in the Bundesliga than any other league. And Werder are supplying a large number of those, eight or nine, depending on whom you ask. Portugal v. Turkey Hugo Almeida had a wonderful view of this one, planted firmly to the Portuguese bench ... http://bremen.theoffside.com/team-news/werder-at-the-euros-%e2%80%93-round-one.html The 07/08 Bundesliga season has been in the can for a few weeks now and Bremen transfer rumors are beginning to trickle into the Werder Offside. We handled the exits, now who’s coming in? In addition to getting a little deeper in some key positions, there are two main vacancies to ... http://bremen.theoffside.com/team-news/transfer-news-coming-in.html