http://bremen.theoffside.com News from Werder Bremen German football team Wed, 11 Nov 2009 03:01:36 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en November 10, 2009: The Bundesliga and the Nationalmannschaft lost an extremely talented player. His family and friends have suffered a great loss. My thoughts are with them. http://bremen.theoffside.com/team-news/robert-enke-rest-in-peace.html I was prepared to sit and enjoy the match - really, I was. I'm sure it's frustrating to come here and see me continually saying "I wasn't able to watch the match," but it happened once again. I could not find a stream to watch Werder, so for the second ... http://bremen.theoffside.com/europa-league/371.html Aaron Hunt has been garnering international attention lately amidst rumors that England U21 coach Stuart Pearce has been keeping an eye on him and reporting his progress to Fabio Capello. Raf Honigstein at the Guardian even devoted his weekly Bundesliga write-up to the debate. There is of course mention of ... http://bremen.theoffside.com/team-news/hunt-frings-and-hoffenheim.html We actually turned the tables on our opponents Nuremberg today. Typically, it is expected of Werder to go ahead 2-0 and then give up the lead in the second half. This time, Nuremberg were off the mark with 2 goals in the first half. For someone merely following the live ... http://bremen.theoffside.com/team-news/top-of-the-league-for-two-hours-anyway.html Tonight, Stuttgart and Dortmund became the latest victims of a savage band of giant-killers that have been unleashed in the DFB-Pokal tournament. Bayer Leverkusen, Wolfsburg, Hamburg and Hertha Berlin have been among the victims already. Werder Bremen will be hosting Leverkusen's slayers, Kaiserslautern, at the Weserstadion tomorrow. The second division ... http://bremen.theoffside.com/team-news/beware-the-giant-killers.html First, can I say, of course - of COURSE - Marko Marin finally manages to grab the Bundesliga goal he has deserved for over a month - when I'm not able to watch! Oh, life. Second, well done Werder, for being the only team in the top four to pull ... http://bremen.theoffside.com/bundesliga/three-points-amidst-a-sea-of-draws.html The tradition that Werder seems to be keeping in Europe is to take a decent lead against the opponents, then give up a goal or two, but still manage to emerge with three points. Unfortunately, that wasn't the case today against Austria Wien. The Green-Whites took the lead through a ... http://bremen.theoffside.com/europa-league/a-tale-of-two-werders.html Of course, there was a party on the pitch on Saturday: Then, after dominating Hoffenheim, the Werder team headed to the Bremen Freimarkt folk festival for a bit of singing and presenting the new players to the crowd: (photo taken from the Werder Bremen website) http://bremen.theoffside.com/team-news/any-excuse-to-party.html .... you know, minus the whole shirtless, Speedo-wearing, sword-carrying, saving-the-universe thing. For some reason, his bouncing and dancing about before saving Eduardo's penalty reminded me of He-Man. Well saved and well defended once again today, Green-Whites. Holy crap, you guys! ANOTHER clean sheet! Have we shocked all the other Bundesliga fans ... http://bremen.theoffside.com/team-news/is-tim-wiese-he-man.html Last season, this fixture ended in an epic 5-4 scoreline in favor of the Green-Whites. It was quite the Werderesque performance - knocking goals in for fun, leading Hoffenheim 4-1, then giving up three goals to give Hoffenheim the hope of emerging with a draw or perhaps stealing the win. ... http://bremen.theoffside.com/team-news/match-preview-werder-vs-hoffenheim.html