Déjà vu

Remember Kenneth Wolstenholme and his famous 1966 WC commentary?
“They think it’s all over” – was what described Magdeburg’s fans after the 0-1 defeat in Oberneuland when the club’s deficit to the top spot had increased to 9 points. But then came the home game against TeBe Berlin who received a 7-0 thrashing a the hands [...]

Posted on December 7, 2009 at 12:41 pm by madcynic · Permalink · Leave a comment
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The season has only just started

But you wouldn’t know that from reading FCM-related boards. Two draws from the first two matches of the new Regionalliga Nord season were enough to trigger the “this season’s over, we’ll never get promoted this way, sack the manager” gene in a lot of people.
Looking at it a tad more rationally, nothing’s lost yet [...]

Posted on August 17, 2009 at 1:01 pm by madcynic · Permalink · Leave a comment
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And we’re off again…

Season preparation has restarted on Friday. After last year’s disapointment with a 4th place finish, the club has had to cut the budget by about 250,000 Euros and has opted to let some players go, the most prominent of which are the team captain, Daniel Rosin, and the second-best goal scorer, Najeh Braham. As both [...]

Posted on July 6, 2009 at 1:35 pm by madcynic · Permalink · Leave a comment
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Transfer update

Magdeburg signed two new players. Daniel Bauer joins the club from Rovaniemi, a defensive midfielder/defender.
Maik Georgi joins the club from Erzgebirge Aue’s reserves, a left winger with a defensive emphasis.

Posted on February 4, 2009 at 4:50 pm by madcynic · Permalink · Leave a comment
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Cold Turkey

Since the beginning of the dreaded winterbreak I had not seen a full football match, neither on TV nor in a stadium. As I’m generally not that interested in indoor football, soccer addict’s methadone, there hasn’t been much to alleviate the withdrawal.
But yesterday, finally, there was a friendly scheduled between 1. FC Magdeburg reserves and [...]

Posted on January 10, 2009 at 2:15 pm by madcynic · Permalink · Leave a comment
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Winterbreak

It’s winterbreak in German football, and while training resumes on Jan 14, there are no transfer rumours at all to be found, at least none too reliable.
I’m still hoping for a right defender and a central midfielder, but I guess it will come as surprising as on the team presentation in the summer when a [...]

Posted on January 4, 2009 at 11:05 pm by madcynic · Permalink · Leave a comment
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