Crisis has come to Magdeburg
With Magdeburg as of yesterday having the third-worst start of the decade, the time has come to take a long hard look at the club in general, including management and the whole shebang.
In: FCM · Tagged with: analysis, Baumgart, Idiocy, Paul Linz, Regionalliga, Relegation, Youth team
1. FC Magdeburg vs Stark
This is the comment that appeared on the most important fan site after Magdeburg’s match against SV Babelsberg 03 on Saturday, refereed by controversial FIFA referee Wolfgang Stark. As Magdeburg begin 2009 with a tough schedule, playing the other top 4 teams in the first three matches, tensions were high at Stadion Magdeburg.
After kickoff on [...]
In: FCM · Tagged with: draw, Idiocy, Referee, Regionalliga, SV Babelsberg 03
Winter…
After last week’s look at bigger things, now a look at a smaller idiocy on part of the DFB (German FA).
Last weekend, winter came to Germany. Sort of. There was not a lot of snow, but it was enough to see quite an impressive number of games cancelled in the Regionalliga Nord. Among the games [...]
In: FCM · Tagged with: Altona, DFB, Idiocy, Winter
Time keeps on running and the games keep coming
I still don’t have much more time than a few weeks ago, so updating this close to therespective matches still is difficult. Therefore, a double update today.
First off, on Saturday, October 18th, Magdeburgg disappointed everyone yet again. In the home match against VFC Plauen the team only managed a nil-all draw. This Plauen team was [...]
In: FCM · Tagged with: draw, Idiocy, luck, Reimann, Sachsen Leipzig, victory
The pain goes on…
Last sunday, 1. FC Magdeburg had its first home game of the season. Hopes were high that a win would be possible for the first time since March. These hopes couldn’t be dampened by thefact that the opposition was none other than former German champion (1912) Holstein Kiel, a team against whom Magdeburg had a [...]
In: FCM · Tagged with: defeat, Idiocy, Kiel
I came here for this?!
Magdeburg played Bremen’s reserves last Saturday, and it was a step backwards, compared to the match against Wuppertal the weekend before. The referee wasn’t exactly helpful, as he called a number of fouls that would have been considered regular challenges by most other people. As Bremen were the superior side, technique-wise, Magdeburg was hurt more [...]
In: FCM · Tagged with: friendly, Idiocy, Schalke 04
Crisis – and no consequences?
On Monday evening, the FC Magdeburg held an emergency meeting. After defeat in Essen the distance to the magical 10th position had grown to 6 points and the club have now been now waiting for a win for 5 league games. Many had expected manager Dirk Heyne to be sacked yesterday, but despite speculation as [...]
In: FCM · Tagged with: defeat, Idiocy