DMTF Podcast

In our third episode of the 2018/19 season, we discuss the away game in Mainz and the home game against Freiburg and then get lost in other ramblings.

After a bit of a break Jan and Simonir return to wonder who this team is that appear to have emerged from the shadows. Not sure who they are but we”re warming to them.

00h 00m 10s - Hello

00h 00m 48s - Anthems before 1. FC Nürnberg

00h 03m 34s - Hertha v FC Nurnberg

00h 06m 54s - Hertha away in Gelsenkirchen

00h 12m 10s - Hertha in Wolfsburg

00h 16m 53s - Hertha M’Gladbach

00h 26m 40s - Hertha in Bremen

00h 34m 44s - Hertha Bayern

00h 50m 30s - Champions? Various digressions

00h 52m 12s - New players, new team

01h 03m 32s. - Next game in Mainz

01h 05m 18s. - It’s a wrap

DMTF012 - Here we go again

In this episode we introduce the listener to the new 2018/19 season including:

- the changes to the squad over the summer

- Tedi offer on reduced price tickets

- Why sell off cheap tickets? (Any empty seats)

- The opening game in the DFB-Pokal the team

- The DFB-Pokal, the game against Eintracht Braunschweig

- It’s a wrap

Links

Attendance / stadium figures

http://www.worldfootball.net/attendance/bundesliga-2017-2018/1/

Berlin Population

https://www.citypopulation.de/php/germany-berlincity.php 2018 - 3,670,622 2018

https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berliner_Statistiken#Bis_1949 1939 - 4.338.756

http://stadiumdb.com/news/2018/05/berlin_hertha_corrects_stadium_plan. Stadium plan

Pyros in Braunschweig

https://www.instagram.com/p/BmtSlQoni1J/?utm_source=ig_share_sheet&igshid=78upi7ru4ayj

https://www.instagram.com/p/BmtSzqpnb9z/?utm_source=ig_share_sheet&igshid=qwzx61zuczmq.

In the last Matchday episode of this season, we have to talk about the last two games. Grief counseling would be more appropriate. But we do see some positive aspects to the whole ordeal, a very blue-white fan march and other observations concerning our beloved Alte Dame.

Chapters:

00:00:00 Introduction

00:01:08 H96BSC

00:10:32 Fanmarsch der Traditionen

00:20:05 BSCRBL

00:32:43 Post-match

00:40:14 BSCBVB Under-19

00:44:59 Miscellaneous

00:59:30 Outro

Shownotes:

Explanation xPG:

http://11tegen11.net/2014/02/10/what-is-expg/

https://statsbomb.com/2013/08/goal-expectation-and-efficiency/

YouTube fan march:

https://youtu.be/9ZHy87AMWTs

Highlight video u-19 semi-final:

https://youtu.be/CdYN50yOuvg

Well Hertha fans, now have just two games to play in the 2017/18 season.  One away game against Hannover ’96 and then the fizzy drinks company in Berlin on the last day.  Before these last two games, Hertha came up with some thrills, then spills and finally a creditable fightback to give us something to discuss in this episode.

This time, to celebrate reaching double figures we have two guests from Canada to be with us.  There are Patrick (of europatrick.com travel blog fame) and then, the mysterious Cynthia.

Chapters:

00:00:00 Intro and Introductions

00:02:06 SGEBSC

00:20:13 BSCFCA

00:50:32 Rambling and stuff about Patrick

01:06:36 MVP so far?

01:18:26 Torunarigha's Instagram

01:26:00 Transfer rumours [Dilrosun - signed on Thursday 3/5/2018]

01:35:07 Random, just random

01:44:57 Wrapping it up

01:46:38 Outro

Shownotes:

Nello di Martino: https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/nello-di-martino/profil/trainer/1435

League of Denial: https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/film/league-of-denial/

Immerhertha Podcast (German): http://www.immerhertha.de/tag/podcast/

Patrick’s blog: https://europatrick.com/

This weeks home game had our committed and professional reporters living in hope as they arrived at the stadium on a day that was not quite as pleasant as the weather forecasters and indeed Hertha had us believe. Following this advice about not needing long sleeves Simonir turned up in his shirt and shorts as drizzle started to fall on fans standing outside at a bar before the game. We were hoping Pal Dardai’s plan for the game ran more smoothly than his clothing choices for the day!

After a little pyro display from the listing Köln fans the game started well enough with an attacking formation of 4.4.2 with both Ibisevic and Selke up front.

It appeared Pal was not going to mess about this time and he was going to for it it.

The Saturday night had us trudging towards the Olympiastadion on a dark, wet March evening but hey I’m sure the listener appreciates our commitment. DMTF008 has us chatting about . . .

- Hello’s

- What’s episode 008 all about

- Hamburger SV away and the end of the 448 minute goal drought with goals from Lazaro (voted Bundesliga “Rookie of the month” for March) and Kalou

- The German National Team and the stadium support (or the lack of it)

- At home in the highland mist against VfL Wolsfburg

- Fan discontent with the management and Mr Keuter in particular. Objections to the digitalisation of the club a resources used in that area and e-Sports rather than “real sport”.

- Hertha abstained in the DFL 50+1 vote although Fan Clubs sent letters in support of retaining of retaining the Status Quo.

- The perils of the Bundesliga trying to compete with the likes the English Premiere League and Hertha seeking investors. Also the amazing disappearing John-Anthony Brooks (who?)

- More about Hertha’s game against Wolfsburg and looking forward to next season (is this season already over?). The return of Julian Schieber.

- Jan misses the 11mm football film festival though ill heath.

- Simon talks about looking at whales and Jan regrets not seeing puffins in Scotland.

- It’s a wrap

In DMTF007 we face up to, amongst other things, the the three games including 392+ minutes without Hertha finding the net.

Useful links to subjects mentioned:

- Patrick's blog: https://europatrick.com/

- Stadion an der Schleißheimer Straße (Munich):

http://www.stadionanderschleissheimerstrasse.de/

Mondays: https://twitter.com/DMTFpodcast/status/972474402016284674

Mofo: https://www.mofo.com/about/

ESPN article on Klinsmann criticism:

http://global.espn.com/football/hertha-berlin/story/3410175/too-much-american-in-jonathan-klinsmannsays-hertha-berlin-assistant

ESPN article on aftermath of criticism:

http://global.espn.com/football/hertha-berlin/story/3411690/jonathan-klinsmann-will-not-be-leaving-hertha-berlin-boss

DW article on Per Mertesacker:

http://amp.dw.com/en/opinion-per-mertesackers-honesty-deserves-nothing-but-support/a-42933358?__twitter_impression=true

Simon's last blog article - http://www.fussball-musings.com/blog/hertha-and-the-disappearing-goal-threat

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Simónir has returned from his vacations and we are back at it in our little room.

We discuss three more or less precarious games, dabble and digress.

00:00:00 Intro

00:01:19 BSCM05

00:14:28 B04BSC

00:26:45 Hertha II vs. Viktoria 1899

00:34:33 Remembering the past

00:45:52 Q+A (contains considerable digression)

01:08:37 More digression and botched farewell

Shownotes

Simon’s latest blog entry:

http://www.fussball-musings.com/blog/support-in-the-face-of-adversity

Berti “Der Terrier” Vogts bio:

http://www.worldfootball.net/player_summary/berti-vogts/

Walter Frankenstein:

https://www.jmberlin.de/en/topic-walter-frankenstein

Schalke and the four-minute-championship:

http://bundesligafanatic.com/bundesliga-rewind-%E2%80%93-schalke-and-the-four-minute-championship/

With great and precarious technical difficulty, we do our first show over Skype with Simon at home in England. We apologise for the low sound quality. We also talk about the away game in Bremen and the home game against Hoffenheim. Then we answer some questions and subsequently digress. As usual.