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<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by shawng1:
Jason,

Entirely normal. Not all the Regionalliga enters the Pokal, and there are no reserves for teams outside the Bundesliga. In fact, those clubs that have "(A)" in their title are the reserve sides for Bundesliga teams. A= 'amatuer.'
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**breaths sigh of relief**

retired_google

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Comrade Raspberry:
You managed Melbourne Knights?!? South Melbourne's arch enemies!
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Yeah, but if you read my update, you'd see the barstewards didn't appreciate me.

retired_google

Well we've reached the winter break. And our small squad is (so far) holding up well with the rigours of the Regionaliga.

The tiny squad (just barely enough to fill out a team sheet), coupled with attendances of a shade under 6,000 per game means we're actually making money. :eek: Of course, no scout means no youth players coming in either.

We can't score a goal to save our lives: tied for dead last in the Regionaliga with 14 in 20 matches. :eek: On the bright side, our defense is performing admirably, as we sit just off midtable in the goals conceded department. Basically, if we give up a goal we're dead. What is troubling though is we're on a 9-match winless run. The board are merely "satisfied" with my performance.


<pre class="ip-ubbcode-code-pre">********************************************* ************************************************** * German Regional - Sunday 9th December 2012********************************************** ************************************************** ================================================== ============================================== 2012/3 Tables============================================ ================================================== ==NorthPos Team Pld Won Drn Lst For Ag Won Drn Lst For Ag Pts--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------1st St. Pauli 19 8 1 0 19 7 6 3 1 24 11 46 2nd Osnabrück 20 7 2 2 21 15 7 2 0 23 11 46 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------3rd Wattenscheid 20 5 4 1 18 10 7 3 0 29 11 43 4th Düsseldorf 20 6 0 3 13 4 7 2 2 16 8 41 5th Sachsen Leipzig 20 5 4 2 15 8 5 4 0 19 8 38 6th Wilhelmshaven 20 8 3 0 23 8 3 1 5 14 12 37 7th Celle 20 6 2 1 20 7 3 5 3 14 13 34 8th Nordhorn 19 7 0 3 20 10 3 3 3 11 14 33 9th BFC Dynamo 20 3 5 3 11 14 3 3 3 10 14 26 10th RW Essen 20 5 4 2 9 9 1 2 6 6 11 24 11th Gütersloh 20 4 2 3 14 14 3 0 8 8 17 23 12th Ahlen 20 5 3 2 25 15 0 3 7 10 24 21 13th Lübeck 20 4 0 5 8 11 1 3 7 7 16 18 14th Schwerin 20 2 3 4 7 13 1 5 5 7 16 17 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------15th Norderstedt 20 4 1 6 16 20 1 0 8 3 16 16 16th TeBe Berlin (A) 20 4 2 3 17 18 0 0 11 14 30 14 17th Lüneburg 20 3 1 6 15 23 1 0 9 2 26 13 18th Bochum (A) 20 2 2 6 11 19 0 0 10 8 24 8 </pre>

retired_blondielovespink

Ahh, I see you've encountered the other factor that makes life in Germany so interesting--impatient boards. I think every team in Germany believes they should be table-topping European powers regardless of where their actual location, finances, and stadium size dictate.

Makes it a lot of fun. LOL

KUTGW!

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WAHGERTY!11

Attack? We don't need no stinkin' attack.

Yes, despite finishing 2nd bottom in the entire Regionaliga for goals scored, Eintracht Schwerin are staying up. A 0-1 win at Nordhorn in the penultimate match of the season guaranteed our survival. Of course, it helped that we were in the top half for defense.

And the chant goes up: "One-Nil to the Schwerin!" Because of my 8 victories, 7 were by that score. :eek: We were blanked 14 times, including one stretch of 5 straight matches. I also had one stretch of 4 straight 1-0 matches, winning 3 of them.

Yes, a very nervewracking season. Especially when Lubeck were slowly starting to make up ground on us toward the end of the season. But they went down anyway.

<pre class="ip-ubbcode-code-pre">********************************************* ************************************************** * German Regional - Tuesday 28th May 2013********************************************** ************************************************** ================================================== ============================================== 2012/3 Tables============================================ ================================================== ==NorthPos Team Pld Won Drn Lst For Ag Won Drn Lst For Ag Pts--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------1st P St. Pauli 34 13 2 2 34 12 13 3 1 46 19 83 2nd P Düsseldorf 34 11 1 5 23 7 10 3 4 21 11 67 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------3rd Wattenscheid 34 9 4 4 27 18 9 5 3 36 21 63 4th Sachsen Leipzig 34 9 5 3 20 9 8 5 4 26 17 61 5th Osnabrück 34 9 4 4 28 22 9 3 5 32 24 61 6th Celle 34 10 4 3 32 15 6 7 4 23 18 59 7th Wilhelmshaven 34 10 5 2 30 10 6 4 7 22 19 57 8th Gütersloh 34 10 3 4 28 20 6 1 10 18 24 52 9th RW Essen 34 9 5 3 16 12 4 7 6 13 14 51 10th Nordhorn 34 10 1 6 26 16 5 5 7 19 28 51 11th BFC Dynamo 34 6 7 4 19 16 6 5 6 16 21 48 12th Norderstedt 34 7 4 6 28 25 3 4 10 9 21 38 13th Schwerin 34 4 6 7 14 21 4 6 7 11 19 36 14th Ahlen 34 6 7 4 34 24 1 5 11 21 38 33 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------15th R Lübeck 34 6 3 8 19 24 1 7 9 13 25 31 16th R TeBe Berlin (A) 34 6 4 7 29 35 0 1 16 16 41 23 17th R Lüneburg 34 4 3 10 19 34 1 2 14 8 43 20 18th R Bochum (A) 34 2 5 10 20 38 0 0 17 8 43 11 SouthPos Team Pld Won Drn Lst For Ag Won Drn Lst For Ag Pts--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------1st P Unterhaching 34 15 0 2 35 11 7 4 6 24 24 70 2nd P Reutlingen 34 9 5 3 32 20 8 6 3 31 22 62 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------3rd Neunkirchen 34 11 4 2 25 8 7 3 7 17 20 61 4th Karlsruhe 34 11 4 2 28 10 6 5 6 21 22 60 5th Aue 34 11 4 2 33 11 6 3 8 30 31 58 6th Mainz 34 7 6 4 28 21 6 5 6 21 21 50 7th Paderborn 34 10 3 4 27 16 4 4 9 14 22 49 8th Offenbach 34 13 1 3 33 16 2 3 12 15 31 49 9th Jena 34 9 4 4 23 15 4 5 8 21 28 48 10th FSV Frankfurt 34 5 9 3 20 17 6 4 7 21 23 46 11th Plauen 34 10 3 4 27 19 2 7 8 18 31 46 12th VfR Mannheim 34 8 3 6 26 26 4 5 8 13 19 44 13th Idar-Oberstein 34 7 4 6 26 21 3 5 9 11 21 39 14th Fortuna Köln 34 8 3 6 21 20 3 2 12 8 26 38 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------15th R Ulm 34 8 4 5 31 25 2 3 12 21 37 37 16th R Regensburg 34 6 8 3 23 17 2 3 12 13 35 35 17th R Salmrohr 34 6 5 6 18 19 2 4 11 14 33 33 18th R SF Siegen 34 2 6 9 16 28 0 5 12 7 26 17 </pre>

A highly successful season for German clubs: Borussia Dortmund beat Bayern Munich for the Champions Cup; And Eintracht Frankfurt beat...er, Middlesborough :eek: for the UEFA Cup.

Another funny bit: St. Pauli won the German Cup as a Regionaliga side, beating Bayern on penalties in the final.

Ready for the close season now. Will have to plug some holes as I have 4 players retiring, and had brought in 4 others on loan. And maybe I can find a scout.

retired_blondielovespink

Scout schmout. Just look for players available on loan, loan them in, and buy the ones you like. That is, if you can find anyone who will play for your club. LOL.

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<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by shawng1:
That is, if you can find anyone who will play for your club. LOL.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

Yeah, quite a few times players have rejected moves to my club saying they're not sure if it will benefit them.

retired_google

World Cup news already:

England have already qualified for WC '14 to be held in South Africa. Of course, their group was Wales, Scotland, Lithuania and Norway.

And the 2018 World Cup will be held in......Uruguay. Heh....U-R-GAY. [/Homer Simpson]

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Have reached another winter break in the north of Germany. Staggered to the break, but went out in good fashion with a 4-0 thumping of Duisburg.

The squad is still quite small, but holding up okay. And I even managed to land a scout before the season began (of course, I had to offer 50,000 euro up front to convince him to get his lazy arse off the dole ).

Anyway, we had one brief spell in the relegation zone, stumbling out of the gate. But the middle part was good (even won 2 matches where we were down 2-0 at the half). We even climbed up to 8th at one point. We've faded back with our recent stumbling form, but I'm still reasonably confident we can stay up again (though it would help if we could actually get some away results).

<pre class="ip-ubbcode-code-pre">********************************************* ************************************************** * German Regional - Sunday 8th December 2013********************************************** ************************************************** ================================================== ============================================== 2013/4 Tables============================================ ================================================== ==NorthPos Team Pld Won Drn Lst For Ag Won Drn Lst For Ag Pts--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------1st Sachsen Leipzig 20 7 2 0 19 7 5 4 2 13 8 42 2nd Gütersloh 20 8 0 1 25 9 5 1 5 15 13 40 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------3rd RW Essen 20 6 2 1 16 5 5 1 5 18 17 36 4th Celle 20 8 0 1 18 7 3 3 5 9 11 36 5th Braunschweig 19 8 1 0 19 5 3 1 6 14 15 35 6th Nordhorn 20 6 4 1 14 4 3 2 4 12 25 33 7th TeBe Berlin 20 7 2 1 18 5 2 2 6 8 13 31 8th Wilhelmshaven 20 5 1 3 15 11 4 1 6 12 20 29 9th Norderstedt 20 7 0 4 20 13 2 1 6 12 14 28 10th Wattenscheid 20 6 1 3 20 13 2 2 6 12 20 27 11th Osnabrück 20 6 3 2 19 11 1 2 6 7 15 26 12th Ahlen 20 6 1 4 24 22 2 0 7 9 16 25 13th Schwerin 20 7 0 4 19 14 1 1 7 5 19 25 14th BFC Dynamo 20 4 3 3 12 12 2 1 7 13 22 22 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------15th Rostock 20 5 4 2 15 12 0 1 8 5 18 20 16th Oldenburg 19 3 3 5 14 15 2 1 5 10 13 19 17th Duisburg 20 4 1 4 17 16 1 3 7 13 34 19 18th Magdeburg 20 3 1 5 7 12 1 2 8 6 18 15 SouthPos Team Pld Won Drn Lst For Ag Won Drn Lst For Ag Pts--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------1st Paderborn 20 8 2 1 18 6 6 2 1 15 7 46 2nd VfR Mannheim 20 8 2 1 16 5 4 4 1 9 6 42 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------3rd Karlsruhe 19 7 1 0 19 6 5 4 2 23 14 41 4th Aue 20 7 2 0 21 9 5 3 3 16 13 41 5th Idar-Oberstein 20 4 2 3 9 9 7 2 2 15 7 37 6th Neunkirchen 20 7 3 1 23 11 1 5 3 4 7 32 7th Offenbach 20 7 2 0 18 7 2 3 6 17 22 32 8th Plauen 20 5 2 2 16 8 3 3 5 14 19 29 9th Trier 20 6 3 1 17 8 2 2 6 11 17 29 10th Mainz 20 6 2 1 14 5 2 2 7 14 22 28 11th FSV Frankfurt 20 6 2 3 20 11 1 1 7 4 12 24 12th Göttingen 20 4 1 6 20 20 3 2 4 11 11 24 13th Jena 20 2 6 1 12 10 3 1 7 14 15 22 14th Augsburg 20 6 1 3 11 8 1 0 9 6 22 22 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------15th SV Wehen 20 4 3 3 17 21 0 0 10 9 27 15 16th Burghausen 19 3 2 5 9 15 0 2 7 6 24 13 17th Frankfurt (A) 20 3 0 8 13 25 0 2 7 7 19 11 18th Fortuna Köln 20 2 3 6 10 18 0 1 8 7 19 10 </pre>

retired_blondielovespink

Well, does my heart good to know I'm actually doing better than your computer with my Essen squad. Your home form is comparable to anyone, if you could figure a way to get a few results in unfriendly territory, you could be pushing your way up.

Put that scout to good use. LOL

KUTGW!