Bobby and Ransi can play together. Who knew?

Wow, Gregerl. #fairplay Denis Aytekin's refereeing normally allows a few pushes and barges and suchlike physicality but that was a good decision all round in the end #HSVfca

#HSVfca I like that starting line-up. Augsburg have been poor on their travels and their defence is weak while ours is strong. Sacrificing a man in midfield may just be a risk worth taking.

Surely Otto "Stoss" Stange should get a chance today. He must feel like he has a goal in him. #HSVfca I saw someone moaning about Elfadli in line to replace Rambo. I suppose Capaldo could do it & another centre back could come in but we don't have many CDMs with recent experience of playing there.

Italia e-fuckin-liminata ancora! Sergei Barbarez!

More squad thoughts for Herr Tuchel. Hall and Livramento are proper full backs unlike the starters. Rodgers won't thrive in a Lee Carsley vs Greece kind of attack. No idea what position Mainoo plays for United but it wasn't the one he's been playing here #ENGJPN

Moin aus Köln! Danach Bochum und dann... ⚽️⬛️⬜️🟦

Chicken and egg question: does Dompé look completely out of form because he hasn't been playing or shouldn't he be playing because he's out of form? Also, Baldé in front of Mikelbrencis with Vieira on the left would surely work better. #HSVKOE

Can't help but think we'd be leading 2:1 at half time if Glatzel had been in the middle just before the whistle. #HSVKOE

Poulsen is on 4 yellow cards for the season. How did that happen?

When Tottenham get relegated, will that make it more likely or less likely that Vušković can stay longer? A season in the Championship vs another season in the Bundesliga...

Not happy with this ref's inconsistent application of playing 'advantage'. #aufgehtsHamburg #HSVB04 Otto Stange to score the next goal..?

How stupid can you be to bring an RBL banner to the Volksparkstadion that says "Tradition 2.0"? 😤🤬 #HSVrbl #Traditionsverein #nurderHSV

Not much you can do about that Romulo shot. Category= unexpected goals. #HSVrbl #aufgehtsHamburg

I would rather see Schalke and Hannover promoted and Wolfsburg and Heidenheim relegated than any other combination...and the 3rd from bottom of the 1. BL survive relegation. I know there are many in brown & white or green & white who wouldn't say the same if #HSV was in the bottom 3 #NotDerby

Two American-born skiiers on the half pipe at the Olympics. Two clever young women studying in Stanford Massachusetts. Neither representing the USA. I absolutely get it in 2026. #EileenGu 🇨🇳 #ZoeAtkins 🇬🇧

I think we need a proper right back for the 2nd ½. Not a criticism of Jatta but Mainz are dangerous down that side + Omari doesn't look 100% in form. Better set pieces and crosses in the 2nd ½ please. #M05HSV

Mainz' pre-match build-up was massively underwhelming even before they reeled out Heino & the Scorpions' version of You'll Never Walk Alone. #M05HSV ##aufgehtsHamburg #nurderHSV

Yay! Finally a 🥇 for 🇬🇧! #Olympics

Neto shooting too high, too soon as he saw the whole of the goal. To paraphrase the song #HULCHE

I am not a fan of Karneval kits as I don't really get the idea at all but this is a "hold my Kölsch" moment as Viktoria use a minger of a shirt to end all mingers. Step aside EffZeh, Mainz and the rest.

I am soooooooooo excited about a football-related thing but I can't say more until Monday 🤞😗🫴⬛️⬜️🟦

#BigAir snowboarding commentary doesn't always sound too complimentary to us newbies: "She's got a big backside", "Drunk Driver", "Nice Melon Grab" 🤔 The main thing is she's had a good jump, eh? #WinterOlympics

Rostock taking more fans away to Hoffenheim reserves than Hoffenheim are taking to Bayern away. 770km vs 280km by the way.

#fchHSV This should be our best chance of an away win. Even more so now we're leading at half time. There's the logic but 45 more minutes will prove how logical football is. #nurderHSV

For pretty disgusting reasons, Allan Saint-Maximin has left his Mexican league club. #HSV really should reach out. I think he would fit in brilliantly.

Great home performance against a top team again. Now for an away win... #HSVfcb

#HSVfcb We've got them on the ropes now 🤪⚫️⚪️🔵

Grounds for optimism: #HSV have only lost as many of their last 5 league matches as #FCBayern 😁🖤🤍💙

English Championship clubs such as Leicester City and Birmingham City are signing young strikers from the Nordic leagues while #HSV look at players with poor goalscoring records who aren't real centre forwards. 🤔 Maybe #Glatzel is closer to full fitness than thought...

Somewhere in England... #stpHSV

One to watch. TTSSFU @bedfordesquires.bsky.social 17.1.26

Ooh AFCON! Homer ref? More sinister forces afoot? That penalty call shows the weakness of VAR when it's slowed down and limited to a couple of frames. In all fairness, the next penalty should be coming in half an hour. Mind you, it could take that long to get Senegal's players back on the pitch!

Yesterday was a football-free day for me (all Shakespeare and new Indie music). Catching up, I have to ask: ⚽️ Are Spurs waiting for Palace to sack Glasner before they sack Frank? ⚽️ Why didn't Chelsea sign Donnarumma? ⚽️ How did Hamburg manage not to score v Gladbach?

Life's too short for boring socks... Available from @sockcouncil.bsky.social

Vintage Panini Serie A stickers

Sometimes you feel that a referee has his own rule book. I've been a bit surprised by a few of his decisions today. #scfHSV

A very short winter break in the Bundesliga this season. It still felt long and I can't wait for HSV's game this afternoon. The short trip to Freiburg means that, unlike the FCSP and Werder fans, the action restarts today! #nurderHSV ##aufgehtsHamburg

I don't often comment on national anthem singers but did the Aussies find the bloke who sang GSTK in the 1920s?

AFCON changing the rules from penalty shoot outs to rugby conversions?

Wolverhampton Wanderers clearly trying to distract from world events today.

A late contender for hero of the year. The landlord of a Bedford pub who refused to serve Stephen Yaxley Lennon aka Tommy Robinson and had him chucked out on Monday. Bravo! I wouldn't throw someone out because of their politics but I would due to their antidemocratic methods & brazen fakery.

I'm starting to lose count of how many Premier League goals result from corners where the goalkeeper is spending more time pushing opposition players than actually being in position and looking at where the ball is coming from. #CHEBOU

HSV News on FB posted this. Frohes Fest!

Football tickets are much cheaper in Germany but with concert tickets*, it's the opposite way round. Why is that? *Pop/rock. Not sure about classical.

#HSV let Selke go as the top goalscorer in the 2.BL and now the rumour is we want a striker (Downs) who scored half as many. Selke was too old so he was replaced by an invalid (Poulsen). I don't want Selke back but I still don't understand HSV's priorities in their search for a striker.

Nick Woltemade's top speed for Stuttgart this season: 28.8 km/h. Daniel Heuer Fernandes' top speed for this season: 29.81 km/h. Ferro sitting in 387th place on the Kicker fastest sprints list is not a good thing, of course.

Baka blocker, then Vieira VAR error= Still 1:1 #nurderHSV

The kind of foul that Schär did to prevent Chelsea from counter attacking has to be a perfect example of a tactical foul that deserves a yellow card, doesn't it?