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February
Hamburger SV - FC Bayern Munich
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We went into this game with high spirits. We were unbeaten for 5 matches in a row and morale was high, our previous match against Bayern ended with a 4-3 victory for them, could we get anything out of this one?
Unfortunately the answer was no, but it wasn't for a lack of effort. We gave Bayern a really, really good game and actually had more shots on target then they did . Sadly the difference in quality is just too big at this point in time.
So this loss ends our 5 match unbeaten run, still losing against Bayern is no shame, especially given how much of a match we gave them.
1. FC Koln - Hamburger SV
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After Bayern came 1.FC Koln. Koln have been decent so far this season, and were actually on a 4 match unbeaten run in the Bundesliga (5 if you count the DFB Pokal) themselves going into this game so we knew that this wasn't going to be an easy game.
It turned out to be a very evenly matched affair. We were the better side given the overal picture however and as a result we got a deserved win. Dennis Diekmeier put in a very impressive performance for us getting 2 assists while Lasogga also gave a good account of himself.
Hamburger SV - FC Schalke 04
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Schalke didn't have the best of starts to the season but recently they've been catching up ground. Our previous match against them was one that we lost 2-0 so I was keen to get some sportive revenge.
We started off really well and managed to get a pretty early lead through the very impressive Lasogga. From there on in it was a very close game with both teams creating plenty of opportunities. Schalke managed to convert one of these in the 65th minute and so the score was level again.
We kept fighting for more until the final few seconds of the match when Gregoritsch managed to score giving us a very pleasing 2-1 victory over a good Schalke side.
Very pleased with this win, Schalke are one of our direct challengers for a european spot so winning against them is very good for our chances of achieving european qualification this season.
Borussia Monchengladbach - Hamburger SV
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Borussia Monchengladbach have been underperforming this season and as a result they have sacked their manager Schubert. For this game they were managerless, could we take advantage of that or would they want to make a good impression for any future managers coming in?
It turned out to be the latter, now don't get me wrong the scoreline really doesn't give a good account of this game at all. In truth this one was once again a very close match, Gladbach just wanted it more and were more clinical then us.
Our players also got very frustrated as the game progressed and so we got back into our bad habbit of picking up yellow cards. Recently we had been looking really good in this department and were actually lauded as being one of the cleanest teams in the league so that makes this result doubly disappointing.
February Review
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Everything this month went perfect, until the Gladbach result that is.
The game against Bayern we lost, but given the way that we fought during the game I believe that we can hold our heads high. The wins against Koln and Schalke were very hard fought aswell but in the end we did deserve winning both of those games.
Then came the Gladbach game... honestly I don't know what happened and I am very disappointed to lose this one as it ruins the entire month for me.
So how has the table developed?
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We are within the top 4, things at the top are really tight however and we are now just 2 points behind 2nd placed Dortmund while we are only 3 points ahead of 6th placed Schalke. The good news however is that Stuttgart have been really poor recently and as a result their is now a considerable gap of 7 points between us and the 7th place.
My target for this season is to achieve European qualification and as things currently stand it looks like we might just pull it of.
News
Like I said above Gladbach have sacked their head coach Schubert:
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his replacement is Werder Bremen icon Thomas Schaaf
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Hannover 96 have also sacked their head coach this month:
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And have replaced him with the manager that I replaced at HSV this season, Bruno Labbadia;
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The yearly youth intake took place this month and we have gotten ourselves some very high potential players:
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These are the 2 most promising ones:
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A Look Ahead: March
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In march we will play 3 games. We start of against bottom of the league Hoffenheim, then we face out form Stuttgart before finishing the month of against VFL Wolfsburg.
All 3 these teams have been doing pretty bladly recently so I'm hoping that we can get the full 9, still 7 would already satisfy me.
February
Hamburger SV - FC Bayern Munich
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We went into this game with high spirits. We were unbeaten for 5 matches in a row and morale was high, our previous match against Bayern ended with a 4-3 victory for them, could we get anything out of this one?
Unfortunately the answer was no, but it wasn't for a lack of effort. We gave Bayern a really, really good game and actually had more shots on target then they did . Sadly the difference in quality is just too big at this point in time.
So this loss ends our 5 match unbeaten run, still losing against Bayern is no shame, especially given how much of a match we gave them.
1. FC Koln - Hamburger SV
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After Bayern came 1.FC Koln. Koln have been decent so far this season, and were actually on a 4 match unbeaten run in the Bundesliga (5 if you count the DFB Pokal) themselves going into this game so we knew that this wasn't going to be an easy game.
It turned out to be a very evenly matched affair. We were the better side given the overal picture however and as a result we got a deserved win. Dennis Diekmeier put in a very impressive performance for us getting 2 assists while Lasogga also gave a good account of himself.
Hamburger SV - FC Schalke 04
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Schalke didn't have the best of starts to the season but recently they've been catching up ground. Our previous match against them was one that we lost 2-0 so I was keen to get some sportive revenge.
We started off really well and managed to get a pretty early lead through the very impressive Lasogga. From there on in it was a very close game with both teams creating plenty of opportunities. Schalke managed to convert one of these in the 65th minute and so the score was level again.
We kept fighting for more until the final few seconds of the match when Gregoritsch managed to score giving us a very pleasing 2-1 victory over a good Schalke side.
Very pleased with this win, Schalke are one of our direct challengers for a european spot so winning against them is very good for our chances of achieving european qualification this season.
Borussia Monchengladbach - Hamburger SV
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Borussia Monchengladbach have been underperforming this season and as a result they have sacked their manager Schubert. For this game they were managerless, could we take advantage of that or would they want to make a good impression for any future managers coming in?
It turned out to be the latter, now don't get me wrong the scoreline really doesn't give a good account of this game at all. In truth this one was once again a very close match, Gladbach just wanted it more and were more clinical then us.
Our players also got very frustrated as the game progressed and so we got back into our bad habbit of picking up yellow cards. Recently we had been looking really good in this department and were actually lauded as being one of the cleanest teams in the league so that makes this result doubly disappointing.
February Review
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Everything this month went perfect, until the Gladbach result that is.
The game against Bayern we lost, but given the way that we fought during the game I believe that we can hold our heads high. The wins against Koln and Schalke were very hard fought aswell but in the end we did deserve winning both of those games.
Then came the Gladbach game... honestly I don't know what happened and I am very disappointed to lose this one as it ruins the entire month for me.
So how has the table developed?
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We are within the top 4, things at the top are really tight however and we are now just 2 points behind 2nd placed Dortmund while we are only 3 points ahead of 6th placed Schalke. The good news however is that Stuttgart have been really poor recently and as a result their is now a considerable gap of 7 points between us and the 7th place.
My target for this season is to achieve European qualification and as things currently stand it looks like we might just pull it of.
News
Like I said above Gladbach have sacked their head coach Schubert:
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his replacement is Werder Bremen icon Thomas Schaaf
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Hannover 96 have also sacked their head coach this month:
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And have replaced him with the manager that I replaced at HSV this season, Bruno Labbadia;
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The yearly youth intake took place this month and we have gotten ourselves some very high potential players:
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These are the 2 most promising ones:
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A Look Ahead: March
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In march we will play 3 games. We start of against bottom of the league Hoffenheim, then we face out form Stuttgart before finishing the month of against VFL Wolfsburg.
All 3 these teams have been doing pretty bladly recently so I'm hoping that we can get the full 9, still 7 would already satisfy me.