Lucien Favre

[oldparish]

I understand perfectly discostu.And it's the same for me,but,it seems to me that we have wasted and are wasting so much time,you know,relegation-promotion-two seasons in the Bundesliga-relegation.And then it starts again.The club isn't moving forward.And megadeth,of course it isn't,but we've got to start winning games,not a game here and a game there.I think Eintracht could be in serious trouble(especially if they lose on the week end).I have a funny feeling that Stuttgart will get out of it and maybe,just maybe we can get the relegation game.

[oldparish]

Let me be the first to apologize to Herr Favre.If he gets us out of this he'll be up there with the great Hans Meyer.Possibly, if we can avoid the drop, it'll be an even greater achievement than Herr Meyer considering what we were like before he came.Was it something like 19 consecutive weeks at the foot of the table? The BuLi is not the BuLi without Borussia

[discostu]

We will do it!
Bochum first, then 1. Liga ahead

[oldparish]

I hope so discostu.I have also two questions about Thursday evening.First, if Marco Reuss gets a yellow card in the play-off does he miss the game in Bochum? And second, do "away goals" count double as in the Champions League and Europa League?

[Pilee]

I hope so discostu.I have also two questions about Thursday evening.First, if Marco Reuss gets a yellow card in the play-off does he miss the game in Bochum? And second, do "away goals" count double as in the Champions League and Europa League?

yes and yes

[Steve]

In fact, away goals don't really count double. In the case of a tie on aggregate the team that scored more away goals will advance to the Bundesliga.

[oldparish]

So, if we win 2-1 in Moenchengladbach and lose 3-2 in Bochum we'll be OK,then.

[Steve]

Right.

[oldparish]

Sorry to be a pain chaps but I'm beginning to panic a little here,now.But if we score on Wednesday does that mean they will have to score 3 to beat us?

[BILDverbrennungsAnlage]

yes, that's right.
and it's long ago another team could make 3 goals against us.

[oldparish]

That's what I'm relying on.I don't think we've lost by 2-0 since M. Favre has been in charge,have we?Well here's to tomorrow evening.Shall not write another word on here until at least Thursday and hopefully we will STILL be a Bundesliga club.

[oldparish]

"Das Wunder vom Niederrhein"!Wir bleiben drin.Gott Sei dank! I hope that makes sense to you(my German ain't that good).I am ,this morning,very very pleased and very very proud of what this team has achieved.Let's just make sure we never have to go throgh that again.

[Steve]

We did it. We f**kin' did it!

[HerbertLaumen]

Well done, op

[oldparish]

I have to own up.I knew Borussia wouldn't lose on Wednesday when I saw that Herr Gagelmann was the referee.I was staying in the Hoiday Inn ,Moenchengladbach one time whilst on a Christ Kindl Markt visit.It was my last visit to the Boekelberg for the game against 1FCK.The officials for that game stayed at the Holiday Inn and later in the evening I met Herr Gagelmann along with his assisstants and Rolf Koenigs ,I got him to autograph my Fohlen Echo. Ever since then, every time he has referred a Borussia game we have never lost.

[Steve]

What about an official request demanding for Gagelmann as our "personal" ref...

[oldparish]

I'll see what I can do,Steve Don't think the DFL would be too happy though.To be serious for a moment will Dante leave in the summer?And am I the only one who thinks he is a cross between Franz Beckenbauer and Patrik Andersson?That is a kind of Patrik Beckenbauer! I never felt comfortable with him ,had the impression he was too cool for his own good.Weren't we also after a Croatian or Serbian midfielder?Will he replace Arango?Because he doesn't inspire me with much confidence either.He always looks as if he couldn't care less.And didn't he say if we went down he would be off to another cub.Borussia don't need players like that.Maybe they should make have a little chat with Olli.He came from Leverkusen but stayed true to Borussia even when we were relegated.He wasn't too big to play in the Zweite Liga.