Bundesliga

**geysir** · 09/02/2015, 7:02 PM

Now the real reasons are emerging (Zeit online) why Dortmund are floundering, apparently Klopp has turned Dortmund into a cult, dependant upon their leader Klopp and when he's ailing, the whole cult ails.

Google translate sorta says.
'Klopp moans about the loss of the many injured players, but BD are not hit harder with injuries than Dortmund, Schalke or Bayern. Or take the alleged World Cup hangover which Klopp likes to cite as another cause, no European team has suffered as little as Dortmund at the World Cup. If you listen to Klopp, the bad first round in the bundesliga was a kind of a biblical stroke of fate, ultimately inexplicable and mysterious. Clearly, if the coach is not to blame, then there is nothing left but to jump into the the realm of the irrational. This is romance - the bad kind.'

**BonnieShels** · 09/02/2015, 10:59 PM

Sometimes things just go to sh!t and he probably should have left after the end of last season as let's be honest, FC Hollywood arent going to be touched for a long while given the pillaging they have been doing.

But at the same time, the club do owe him some modicum of loyalty even despite the horror-show.

Too good to go down? Yes. Will they go down? No.

**BonnieShels** · 10/02/2015, 12:25 PM

Step one: Keep one of your best players.

http://www.theguardian.com/football/...ussia-dortmund

**DeLorean** · 13/02/2015, 10:17 PM

Two wins in a row after beating Mainz 4-2 tonight. Up to 14th for now.

**BonnieShels** · 13/02/2015, 11:22 PM

Easy!

**geysir** · 14/02/2015, 12:40 AM

My son's 7 a side team could beat Mainz.

**BonnieShels** · 14/02/2015, 3:27 AM

So, Easy?

**DeLorean** · 14/02/2015, 1:34 PM

Originally Posted by geysir

My son's 7 a side team could beat Mainz.

Lay of Mainz, I'll always have a little soft spot for them after bonding with the locals the time of the Georgia game. One in particular told me that they treat all their opponents with the utmost respect. The way we look at it, he said, without them we wouldn't be able to support Mainz, as we wouldn't have a game. He did have one exception, Eintracht Frankfurt... "Frankfurt are different you see, they are not even human."

**geysir** · 14/02/2015, 6:47 PM

I lived in Mainz for 18 months, I have earned the right to say what I want

it's a soulless concrete kip of a place.
The positive bit is that it's relatively close to Mannheim, where there are some happy germans.

**DeLorean** · 14/02/2015, 9:07 PM

Okay, you win this round.

**DeLorean** · 20/02/2015, 8:26 PM

Dortmund up to 10th after a 3-2 win away to bottom of the table Stuttgart. That chat with the fans worked wonders.

**BonnieShels** · 21/02/2015, 4:10 PM

What a march on. Geysir will acknowledge it soon I'm sure.

**DeLorean** · 22/02/2015, 2:57 PM

Originally Posted by DeLorean

He did have one exception, Eintracht Frankfurt... "Frankfurt are different you see, they are not even human."

My buddy must be delighted... and Eintracht must be worse than Geysir's son's 7 a side team too...

Mainz 3-1 Eintracht Frankfurt

**geysir** · 26/02/2015, 3:17 PM

Originally Posted by BonnieShels

What a march on. Geysir will acknowledge it soon I'm sure.

They beat a Stuttgart team that had 2 minors playing, almost a case of child abuse.
We'll see if they are up for a challenge for a (humiliating) EL spot, in the Revierderby against Schalke, the original club, the template for others to copy.

**Spudulika** · 26/02/2015, 6:18 PM

Originally Posted by DeLorean

, Eintracht Frankfurt... "Frankfurt are different you see, they are not even human."

Hey, Eintracht used to be a class club! They still are with a great following, but Bruchagen......won't say anything that could get Foot.ie in trouble, he has long ears for lawyers letters!

**DeLorean** · 27/02/2015, 9:36 AM

Just some standard local hatred I assume.

**DeLorean** · 28/02/2015, 3:25 PM

Originally Posted by geysir

We'll see if they are up for a challenge for a (humiliating) EL spot, in the Revierderby against Schalke, the original club, the template for others to copy.

A comprehensive 3-0 win moves Dortmund into the top half.