http://vfb.theoffside.com Just another Theoffside.com weblog Tue, 19 Aug 2008 14:06:23 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en At first, I didn't want to say anything at all about the UEFA-Cup qualifier against Györ, because it wasn't enough of a football match to be commented on as such, despite the 2:1 win. But now I found an opportunity to talk about both that match and the first ... http://vfb.theoffside.com/match-comments/two-for-one.html As someone who followed Stuttgart through the last season, I know what it feels like when half your team is out due to injury. That's why I won't spend too much time delighting in what the FC ETO Györ is going through at the moment. What seemed like a success at ... http://vfb.theoffside.com/uefa-cup/with-a-little-help-from-my-microscopically-small-friends.html After two matches in the UI-Cup and one in the DFB-Cup, things are now getting even more serious for Stuttgart, with the UEFA-Cup qualification and the first league matches right ahead. So I figured it's time to have a look at the team and the possible starting line-up, though, as Armin ... http://vfb.theoffside.com/team-news/a-look-at-the-team.html First Jens Lehmann moved from London to Stuttgart, then Arsenal dropped by for a test match, and now the influence from the island shows in new training methods: Armin Veh will only let the players train once a day, as opposed to two training units per day as before. "Arsene ... http://vfb.theoffside.com/match-comments/learning-from-the-big-ones.html Last weekend, Stuttgart beat the FC St. Pauli 5:2 in the last test match. After Pauli scoring the leading goal in the first half, Stuttgart had to wait until after the break to turn the match around. But in minute 48, Mario Gomez equalized. Two goals were scored by Ciprian ... http://vfb.theoffside.com/dfb-cup/the-last-and-the-next-match.html So, I suppose you already noticed that I'm back from my two day trip to Stuttgart for the season opening, the renaming ceremony of the Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion to the Mercedes-Benz-Arena, and the test match against Arsenal London. The season opening itself was mostly, well, family entertainment: Some football games for the ... http://vfb.theoffside.com/miscellaneous/pre-season-fun-in-the-sun.html It's hard to be a Stuttgart fan these days, to be honest, with new rumours popping up about Mario Gomez each day. Latest one? Apparently Uli Hoeneß said to the tz: "We tried, but Stuttgart refused our request. With Mario Gomez, everything was clear already, but then the deal got ... http://vfb.theoffside.com/whats-gomez-up-to/breaking-news-the-neverending-story-continues.html Now, I don't speak Hungarian, but I suppose that means something like "The FC ETO Györ is up against the VfB Stuttgart for the second qualification round for the UEFA-Cup." ETO Györ finished third in the Hungarian League last season and took on Georgian club FC Zestafoni in the first ... http://vfb.theoffside.com/uefa-cup/a-stuttgartot-is-kaphatja-a-gyor-az-uefa-kupaban.html As a club's own website is not always the most reliable source for un-biased information (see the comments to my latest post) and I didn't have the chance to form my own opinion about Stuttgart's performance yesterday, I'll leave the comments to someone who is slightly more honest about ... http://vfb.theoffside.com/match-comments/letting-the-expert-speak.html There is a German furniture store which is based on the concept of selling designer furniture, which usually costs a fortune, with "slight blemishes", as the advertising tells us, and with a drastic reduction of the prices. There's something about the VfB Stuttgart's transfers this season that reminds of this, except ... http://vfb.theoffside.com/team-news/whos-perfect.html