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Definitely. Maxi in particular, as he played well below par and certainly below his 2018/2019 level. Johannes failed to make the transition from youth to professional football in general so far, as much as I'm concerned... I don't understand why he's being played on the wing and in the midfield, but even when he was given a few chances as a striker, he didn't exactly impress either. Definitely had higher hopes for him.

Poor second half, massive quality differences compared to the lineup in the 1st half. Mbom looked pretty good though.

2-0 HT, looked pretty good in the first 30 minutes. Schmid and Agu pretty impressive, Erras with a few dodgy passes, Osako and Füllkrug left the worst impression. New XI for the second half. Dos Santos Haesler - Gebre Selassie, Toprak, Groß, Straudi - Mbom, M. Eggestein, Bittencourt - J. Eggestein, Selke, Woltemade

Not even sweating

Our first pre-season friendly against Braunschweig about to kick off... Pavlenka - Agu, Rieckmann, Friedl, Augustinsson - Erras, Schmid, Klaassen, Osako - Sargent, Füllkrug

Yeah, stuck here with no flights and borders closed...

Same. Love it.

I think I'm going to try it with my next B&W roll...just need to get some fixer. I'm very intrigued, and it's appealing not to have to deal with harsher chemicals. I'm also reading that if used to develop colour negatives, it gives them a sepia tone. Pretty cool too... I'm loving this sample: More here, the portraits look fantastic too... https://www.diyphotography.net/caffenol-processing-film-coffee-supermarket-ingredients/

Alex Rider on Amazon Prime is quite an enjoyable show. Solid adaptation of the book(s).

This is so cool! Apparently, you can also do it with beer... I checked their website, and the results are pretty cool.

Yes, got the reminder from Netflix earlier today! Really looking forward to it... Have you watched it yet???

Yeah, I hope for a good start of the season... That's where we screwed up last year.

Match plan! Starting with Hertha, Schalke, Bielefeld.

Da Costa presenting the trophy to himself

Starship did its first 150m hop today!

Whoa...

Fin Bartels returns to Holstein Kiel after 13 years.

It's also a fertilizer. But yeah, seems highly irresponsible to store such amount of potentially dangerous substance without extra precautions.

2750 tonnes...

How do you win it, by the way?

I'd empty all the whisky shelves...

Imagine having him as your father in law

Same, I'd choose Kahn for my imaginary team ahead of Neuer for his ability to scare off the opposition players by just his sheer presence alone

The whole "sweeper keeper" approach to the game, combining traditional goalkeeper and outfield player roles to a certain degree. He might not be the first keeper with that style of play, but he certainly brought it to a completely new level...

Tim Wiese In all seriousness, I find it very hard to compare Kahn and Neuer. If we're talking about pure goalkeeping only, then I'd say Kahn, as his shot stopping and presence on the pitch were unbelievable. Neuer is the more complete player, who pretty much revolutionised the art of goalkeeping. Lehmann was good but a tier below those two for me.