http://blogs.independent.co.uk| Blogs from the Independent newspaper - news, views and features from the world's most free-thinking newspaper| Sat, 18 May 2013 20:54:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2| en hourly 1 http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2013/04/09/despite-winning-the-bundesliga-in-record-style-bayern-munich-still-have-much-to-prove/ http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2013/04/09/despite-winning-the-bundesliga-in-record-style-bayern-munich-still-have-much-to-prove/#comments Tue, 09 Apr 2013 15:12:45 +0000 Kit Holden http://blogs.independent.co.uk/?p=33993 Bayern have been crowned champions with six games still to play in the season – a record in the Bundesliga. The 1-0 win over Frankfurt on Saturday was their eleventh victory in a row – a record in the Bundesliga.]]> http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2013/04/09/despite-winning-the-bundesliga-in-record-style-bayern-munich-still-have-much-to-prove/feed/ 1 http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2013/03/26/oliver-bierhoff-germany-winning-the-2014-world-cup-is-something-of-an-impossibility/ http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2013/03/26/oliver-bierhoff-germany-winning-the-2014-world-cup-is-something-of-an-impossibility/#comments Tue, 26 Mar 2013 13:51:49 +0000 Kit Holden http://blogs.independent.co.uk/?p=33640 For the German press, Bierhoff's statement was an unexpected, even unwelcome attack of realism. The second most powerful man in the national team setup had effectively written the Germans off more than a year before the tournament's opening.]]> http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2013/03/26/oliver-bierhoff-germany-winning-the-2014-world-cup-is-something-of-an-impossibility/feed/ 0 http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2013/03/11/heung-min-son-the-next-shinji-kagawa-coveted-by-tottenham-liverpool-and-arsenal/ http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2013/03/11/heung-min-son-the-next-shinji-kagawa-coveted-by-tottenham-liverpool-and-arsenal/#comments Mon, 11 Mar 2013 16:11:53 +0000 Kit Holden http://blogs.independent.co.uk/?p=33224 When a player shines in the Bundesliga, it is only a matter of time before he is linked with a move to one of two destinations: Munich or England.]]> http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2013/03/11/heung-min-son-the-next-shinji-kagawa-coveted-by-tottenham-liverpool-and-arsenal/feed/ 1 http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2013/03/01/bayern-munich-are-like-the-chinese-war-of-words-breaks-out-between-bayern-and-borussia-dortmund/ http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2013/03/01/bayern-munich-are-like-the-chinese-war-of-words-breaks-out-between-bayern-and-borussia-dortmund/#comments Fri, 01 Mar 2013 18:03:58 +0000 Kit Holden http://blogs.independent.co.uk/?p=32934 Whichever side of the fence you fall on, it is thoroughly entertaining. And yet, under the cloud of mind games and exchanged insults lies a more pertinent truth. ]]> http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2013/03/01/bayern-munich-are-like-the-chinese-war-of-words-breaks-out-between-bayern-and-borussia-dortmund/feed/ 2 http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2013/02/19/arsenal-beware-bayern-munichs-attack-is-so-good-they-leave-mario-gomez-and-arjen-robben-on-the-bench/ http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2013/02/19/arsenal-beware-bayern-munichs-attack-is-so-good-they-leave-mario-gomez-and-arjen-robben-on-the-bench/#comments Tue, 19 Feb 2013 14:15:12 +0000 Kit Holden http://blogs.independent.co.uk/?p=32675 The Munich street on which the Bayern headquarters are to be found, has begun to take its place alongside Coronation Street and Albert Square as the location for one of the world's most famous soap operas.]]> http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2013/02/19/arsenal-beware-bayern-munichs-attack-is-so-good-they-leave-mario-gomez-and-arjen-robben-on-the-bench/feed/ 1 http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2013/02/18/dante-the-bayern-munich-defender-every-manager-dreams-of-having/ http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2013/02/18/dante-the-bayern-munich-defender-every-manager-dreams-of-having/#comments Mon, 18 Feb 2013 13:20:39 +0000 Kit Holden http://blogs.independent.co.uk/?p=32640 If Arsenal are to keep one thing in mind when they line up against FC Bayern tomorrow evening, it should be that this is not Bayern as we have known them in recent years.]]> http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2013/02/18/dante-the-bayern-munich-defender-every-manager-dreams-of-having/feed/ 1 http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2013/02/13/champions-league-success-has-become-the-top-priority-for-juergen-klopps-anti-chelsea/ http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2013/02/13/champions-league-success-has-become-the-top-priority-for-juergen-klopps-anti-chelsea/#comments Wed, 13 Feb 2013 01:01:16 +0000 Kit Holden http://blogs.independent.co.uk/?p=32480 Borussia Dortmund take on Shakhtar Donetsk in tonight's other Champions League tie.]]> http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2013/02/13/champions-league-success-has-become-the-top-priority-for-juergen-klopps-anti-chelsea/feed/ 8 http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2013/02/05/match-fixing-suspicions-provide-german-footballs-biggest-battle-yet/ http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2013/02/05/match-fixing-suspicions-provide-german-footballs-biggest-battle-yet/#comments Tue, 05 Feb 2013 14:47:57 +0000 Kit Holden http://blogs.independent.co.uk/?p=32275 If the scope of Europol's match fixing discoveries have taught us one thing, it is that this a disease which transcends all boundaries, and seeps into any and every football nation it possibly can.]]> http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2013/02/05/match-fixing-suspicions-provide-german-footballs-biggest-battle-yet/feed/ 0 http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2013/01/21/lewis-holtby-and-a-cascade-of-trade-between-england-and-germany/ http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2013/01/21/lewis-holtby-and-a-cascade-of-trade-between-england-and-germany/#comments Mon, 21 Jan 2013 13:10:10 +0000 Kit Holden http://blogs.independent.co.uk/?p=31803 For those poor souls whose primary source of post-Christmas entertainment is the machinations of the Bundesliga, January was set to be bleak. ]]> http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2013/01/21/lewis-holtby-and-a-cascade-of-trade-between-england-and-germany/feed/ 0 http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2013/01/17/bayerns-philosophy-echoes-that-of-barcelona-%e2%80%93-just-without-the-debt/ http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2013/01/17/bayerns-philosophy-echoes-that-of-barcelona-%e2%80%93-just-without-the-debt/#comments Thu, 17 Jan 2013 13:27:37 +0000 Kit Holden http://blogs.independent.co.uk/?p=31719 The capture of the former Barcelona manager is some sort of revenge for Bayern Munich over Chelsea.]]> http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2013/01/17/bayerns-philosophy-echoes-that-of-barcelona-%e2%80%93-just-without-the-debt/feed/ 5 http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2013/01/09/germany-must-hope-love-isnt-blind-as-joachim-low-shapes-the-national-team-for-a-more-successful-year/ http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2013/01/09/germany-must-hope-love-isnt-blind-as-joachim-low-shapes-the-national-team-for-a-more-successful-year/#comments Wed, 09 Jan 2013 01:01:33 +0000 Kit Holden http://blogs.independent.co.uk/?p=31386 For Löw and his side, 2013 will be a year for reform. The trials exposed various psychological shortcomings which must be sorted, but Löw's talents as a coach, and the quality and breadth of the resources available to him are still in no doubt. ]]> http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2013/01/09/germany-must-hope-love-isnt-blind-as-joachim-low-shapes-the-national-team-for-a-more-successful-year/feed/ 1 http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/12/21/since-outperforming-arsenal-schalke-have-been-shooting-themselves-in-the-foot-even-more-than-the-gunners/ http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/12/21/since-outperforming-arsenal-schalke-have-been-shooting-themselves-in-the-foot-even-more-than-the-gunners/#comments Fri, 21 Dec 2012 15:22:35 +0000 Kit Holden http://blogs.independent.co.uk/?p=31020 If Arsene Wenger is looking for some solace in these, perhaps the hardest weeks of his career as Arsenal manager, he would do well to look to Gelsenkirchen.]]> http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/12/21/since-outperforming-arsenal-schalke-have-been-shooting-themselves-in-the-foot-even-more-than-the-gunners/feed/ 3