Frankfurt and Mochengladbach, two of the more fun teams in Germany (unlike, say, Schalke), kick off at 930 PST. Let us congregate in this thread and watch together. Feel free to get the chat going before then, too. See ya soon!
That was fun. Turns out I did NOT overestimate your Bundesliga excitement. Enjoyed watching with you all, as always. I'll keep these going, and we'll probably do another one for the Bayern game tomorrow. Have a great day, all.
Going down 2-0 within seven minutes is always bad, but it's gotta be especially crushing after two months off. Gotta be so hard to bounce back mentally and have to chase the game physically.
For the people currently watching Fox Sports and listening to Mark Schwarzer drone on about how Frankfurt are in danger of relegation: FiveThirtyEight currently gives them a less-than-one-percent chance of getting relegated.
Whew! Well, there was definitely some rust to shake off, but it was nice to drink some coffee and have some live sports back on the television. Thanks for hosting the chat!
I wrote about Frankfurt in the Tuesday newsletter, but here's a note about Gladbach's style: They take the best shots in the league (0.16 xG per shot; league average is 0.12), and the concede the worst shots in the league (0.097; league average is "see: above").
So is there not gonna be any regulation regarding crowding the ref? I don't see why there's a policy regarding goal celebrations but not that -- it'd also be nothing but a net positive to get rid of it.
After one day of matches, my biggest takeaway is generally being impressed by how quickly these guys have gotten back to normal football shithousery. There’s something reassuring about seeing Andre Silva totally MF a ref after clearly fouling somebody, the disputes over the penalties, etc.
I’m late to the party and not even in the right thread, but I’m finishing up a 30-hour call cycle in the hospital and deliriously tired and having my Bundesliga team assigned is suddenly the most important thing in the world to me.
- three days ago, because I’ve been working so much lately hadn’t seen my kids at all and just missed them (I promise I’m not usually this melancholy in public)
- Gonna go with recency bias and say Rise of Skywalker, and I was relatively pro-Last Jedi!
- The Texas Rangers losing Game 6. I now have a more recent time I cried after typing that out.
Honorable mentions to the Saints losing to the 49ers in NFC Championship 2011 and Pelicans blowing a huge lead in 2015.
That was fun. Turns out I did NOT overestimate your Bundesliga excitement. Enjoyed watching with you all, as always. I'll keep these going, and we'll probably do another one for the Bayern game tomorrow. Have a great day, all.
LMFAOOOOOOOOOOO
This has suddenly devolved into chippy-Sunday-league territory. Everyone forgot how to pass.
Going down 2-0 within seven minutes is always bad, but it's gotta be especially crushing after two months off. Gotta be so hard to bounce back mentally and have to chase the game physically.
Andre Silva just punched Ginter in the kidneys. Feels like he's violating multiple protocols there.
For the people currently watching Fox Sports and listening to Mark Schwarzer drone on about how Frankfurt are in danger of relegation: FiveThirtyEight currently gives them a less-than-one-percent chance of getting relegated.
Play on, Plea. (Sorry.)
what are we calling these goal celebrations? social distdancing?
Whew! Well, there was definitely some rust to shake off, but it was nice to drink some coffee and have some live sports back on the television. Thanks for hosting the chat!
Managers are adjusting. There have been halftime subs in five of the six games today.
Anyone else more thrown off by the terrible haircuts than the lack of fans?
See what I mean about high-quality shots!
Did I, uh, overestimate the excitement for the Bundesliga? I think I may have overestimated the excitement for the Bundesliga.
I wrote about Frankfurt in the Tuesday newsletter, but here's a note about Gladbach's style: They take the best shots in the league (0.16 xG per shot; league average is 0.12), and the concede the worst shots in the league (0.097; league average is "see: above").
What. Was. That.
So is there not gonna be any regulation regarding crowding the ref? I don't see why there's a policy regarding goal celebrations but not that -- it'd also be nothing but a net positive to get rid of it.
After one day of matches, my biggest takeaway is generally being impressed by how quickly these guys have gotten back to normal football shithousery. There’s something reassuring about seeing Andre Silva totally MF a ref after clearly fouling somebody, the disputes over the penalties, etc.
I have to say, it's pretty nice to watch a Bundesliga match and not have Alexi Lalas disrupt my viewing pleasure.
You really notice Zakaria's absence at the back and in the build-up play for Gladbach I think.
After yesterday's result, on a scale of 1-10 how excellent was my supporter pick of Wolsfburg and why is it 12?
That was some getting-passed-while-celebrating-on-your-way-to-the-finish-line kind of shit
I’m late to the party and not even in the right thread, but I’m finishing up a 30-hour call cycle in the hospital and deliriously tired and having my Bundesliga team assigned is suddenly the most important thing in the world to me.
- three days ago, because I’ve been working so much lately hadn’t seen my kids at all and just missed them (I promise I’m not usually this melancholy in public)
- Gonna go with recency bias and say Rise of Skywalker, and I was relatively pro-Last Jedi!
- The Texas Rangers losing Game 6. I now have a more recent time I cried after typing that out.
Honorable mentions to the Saints losing to the 49ers in NFC Championship 2011 and Pelicans blowing a huge lead in 2015.
Gladbach’s defense paying homage to the maginot line on that goal 😂😂😂
Man, the celebratory fight song after that goal with no crowd to chant along feels very apropos for the 3-1 scoreline.
I was very nervous about having the guy who tightened up from a play moments earlier taking the PK, but that'll do.
Strikers never get yellows for those kind of challenges on us defenders.
So do we think the break benefited the more talented teams or the better managers to knock off the rust easier?
The "Jobs Finden" tagline for Indeed is elite kit advertisement
Thank goodness for Yann Sommer
After 2 months reading about Rose’s system and French strikers, they have not disappointed
AND ANOTHER ONE!!! Man, welcome back, Borussia! 😊
Not me! THIRTY-FIVE SECONDS!!! (Just had to post the celebration on IG 😛)
As a Gladbach fan, I'm stoked to get to watch my team again!