http://vfb.theoffside.com Just another Theoffside.com weblog Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:20:00 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en After what seemed another ridiculously long international break we're back once again, and facing an opponent that can hopefully kickstart the club with a positive domestic result. For all the troubles Stuttgart have had this year thus far Hertha have fallen even further (4th place last year, dead last ... http://vfb.theoffside.com/team-news/match-preview-vfb-stuttgart-v-hertha-berlin.html A very happy 40th birthday wish to Jens Lehmann; enjoy the break. After a spiritless 0-0 draw away to M'gladbach Stuttgart will have some time to recover from injuries and fatigue. The spotlight of glaring deficiencies seems to have shifted a bit from defensive lapses and now shines brightly on ... http://vfb.theoffside.com/team-news/happy-40th-jens-and-other-miscellaneous-stuff.html Lots to talk about after a frenzied CL midweek and now back to domestic action. The biggest squad news going into the weekend is the injury blow to Serdar Tasci. He picked up the same foot injury that Khedira has and is expected to be out the rest ... http://vfb.theoffside.com/bundesliga/match-preview-borussia-monchengladbach-v-vfb-stuttgart.html Phew. CL Match day 4 came and went and Stuttgart have lived to talk about it. We saw a bit of everything in this game, much to discuss. I'm gonna take this one in bullet form as I wrote things down during the game. -I've never seen a ... http://vfb.theoffside.com/match-comments/still-alive.html Sevilla has an opportunity to officially wrap up 1st place in the group with a win home against Stuttgart, and they have to feel mighty good about their prospects having never lost a CL match at home. Die Schwaben will be looking to at least steal a point here ... http://vfb.theoffside.com/uefa-cup/cl-preview-fc-sevilla-v-vfb-stuttgart.html Not the most exciting match in the world but at least Stuttgart were able to come out with a point from it. After a spirited first 15 minutes or so from the home side things began to cool down a bit. Big props to Butt for making a ... http://vfb.theoffside.com/team-news/vfb-stuttgart-0-fc-bayern-munich-0.html Saturday's clash home against Bayern Munich is roughly the 1/3 mark of the season. With 6 losses already on the campaign it doesn't take a mathematician to figure out that if there's any hope to qualify for CL or Europa next year the bleeding must stop now. When ... http://vfb.theoffside.com/team-news/stuttgart-munich-preview.html Well, Stuttgart have officially flamed out of one competition already this year, falling to SpVgg Greuther Fürth 1-0 in the Pokal, with the other 2 in critical condition. Same story, different day. Threaten, but never score. Give up a goal early on during one of the limited ... http://vfb.theoffside.com/match-comments/and-then-there-were-2.html Yeah, it's officially been over a month since Stuttgart won any type of match in any competition. I guess I feel less bad about not blogging about this past Saturday's match due to wedding obligations...or any sort of leadup to today's Pokal match. Stuttgart travel to play SpVgg Greuther Fürth ... http://vfb.theoffside.com/dfb-cup/drought-much.html Well, that kinda sucked. Can't help but feel a bit empty after coming out with such a spirited effort and coming away with nothing. Make no mistake about it, Stuttgart were the better team on the pitch last night. They completely dominated possession and dictated the pace ... http://vfb.theoffside.com/team-news/tough-loss-encouraging-signs.html