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Or this?

Ah, found it.

I see. I guess a lot of people were upset with the ruling. So their sponsor will be this?

I still don't grasp you hatred of Tsunoda and Gasly.

This was already banned by the KNVB

If you have been to Vietnam recently, and made sweet love to a local, I'd probably be a bit worried ATM.

Yes and no. I still haven't heard whether they have confirmed that if you get it once, and survive, then you can't get it again. In fact, I heard rumblings that their was a man in Nevada that has gotten it twice, so I'm not sure. But also not great as I have a long history of questionable health. Despite my lifestyle being high to extremely vigorous, I still suffer from Asthma, IBS, and some pretty severe allergies, so I am certainly considered high risk.

Wife got the news that her school is not shut down after having 2 confirmed cases. She was also called privately and told that she was in direct contact with this person for an extended period of time, and person also worked in the nursery where our kid goes every day. So wife is getting a test today, if it's positive I suppose I need to get it as well. Hopefully we somehow avoided it.

I enjoy Heinlein a lot, and have never read Scalzi, but I just reserved Old Man's War from the library.

Just curious, I have read 2 of his books, Anathem and reading Cryptonomicon, but I love his writing and thought you might find his novels interesting. I'm going to try and read the Baroque Cycle next year.

Have you read any Neal Stephenson?

I think Union have a very spirited squad, but not very talented. There are a couple of players I like, but mostly I think it's a team that will be fighting to remain in the top division. Their story, fans, and staff are very special, and I think they rode the wave of being in the Bundesliga very well last year and it put them mid-table, but I think year 2 is almost always more difficult to teams and I think, somewhat fear, that Union are going to be struggling greatly this year.

And I'll end with this @nudge as I don't mean to turn this into a relegation thread... But I think their are 3-4 teams that are worse than Augsburg (and for that case Bremen), and so I don't expect either of us to be involved in a serious relegation battle. I think the heavy favorites have to be Koln, Union, Arimina, and Mainz, and then I'd say that Stutgartt have a worse squad than Bremen and Augsburg do.

So I'm watching the Bremen match, and it's clear that Bremen have talent. Some of the formations and structure looks a bit wonky, some poor turnovers that Hertha were able to capitalize on, but overall, there is enough talent there to get the job done. I'd also throw Stugartt in the relegation mix, as they have to mentally get over the yo-yo club status that they are becoming in years past...they are way too big for that kind of fluctuation. There is a portion of me that worries that if Augsburg starts up, and HSV also comes up, the push to remain in the Bundesliga is will an even tougher one as we can't compete with teams like Stuttgart and HSV in terms on finances.

If Augsburg gets relegated the first year I become a member, then I will be forced to write them a note of apologies for my bad mojo that I brought to Bavaria.

That is the joke...haha I'm sure there is some squad silly enough to engage in talks for him, just seems like more a liability than anything.

What are your early thoughts? Do you like him? You should somehow talk to United about Osaka in hopes of them doing an even trade for Chong for Osaka.... There are a few players I've never understood why they get the jobs they do...he will always be on. His good moments at Koln were rarely anything that special to me

I'm just 15 minutes into the game, but Chong looks like a quality player for Bremen. Is he just a loan from Man U or does Bremen have the ability to buy him outright?

Interesting post...and I have a few points I'd like to add for context purposes. Schalke got destroyed by the best team in the world, who appear to be better than they were last year. Gladbach lost to the second best team in Germany, and played well, but just didn't have enough. Werder lost to a club that suffers from massive identity issues. Something Hertha are the club that appears to try and bring up youth and play the long game, then the next week they will get the itch, and spend money that would leave you to believe they should be a top 3-4 team in Germany. The point is, I did peg either Schalke, Gladbach, or Werder to go down, and I still don't think they will. If Werder can not lose any players before the close of the transfer window, and especially keep hold of Rashica, I do think they will remain in the Bundesliga. I didn't watch the Bremen match, but I will watch the replay either today or tomorrow, but if what @Devil-Dick Willie and @nudge are saying is correct about the formation and tactics, then I can only hope that this is an issue that Bremen can recover from. I do the think future of Bremen, sadly, rests on the hopes of other teams performing worse over the course of the year. I'm still not sold on Freiburg this year after all they have lost (although they do appear to have done a good job in replacing their losses), Stuttgart, Koln, Mainz, Arminia, and sadly even Augsburg are no way out of this conversation. I still think Bremen have too much talent to go down, and I hope that they do get a result against Schalke this weekend to bring the hopes of some of their fans just a little bit. Schalke were beaten by a scoreline that was misleading to me, as they didn't seem to give a shit after the 4th or 5th goal, which is sad to see, but it's likely that this won't even be Bayern's biggest win of the year with the team they have assembled. Bremen will stay up, not comfortably, but I do think they stay up this year. Would be an absolutely tragedy if they were to get relegated this year.

Apologies @nudge, my phone has a strange autocorrect.

Why the sure financial situation?

Yeah - the inside shots of these cars looks like a night club, and there appears to be almost no lights on the course so I'm not shocked that it gets wonky at night.

Man, that spinout by #75 made me laugh...seriously looks like he might have have just fallen asleep as the wheel there.