Category: Hamburger

  • Season 25 saw a remarkable turnaround from previous struggles, marked by a strong start including a 5-1 win over Cruzeiro. Key transfers included Lacroix and Iwobi, with the latter excelling in assists and goals. The team added depth with new…

    Season 25 Review – Division 2 Champions
  • Hamburger SV defied low preseason expectations, currently leading Division 2 after 19 games. Manager David Marsden credits a tactical 4-2-3-1 approach and a strong team effort, highlighted by key player contributions. After a disappointing prior season, Marsden’s leadership has fueled…

    Marsden’s Tactical Revolution at Hamburger SV
  • Season 24 was another disappointing one. Like last season we started badly, just one win in our first eleven league games. Bizot was our Szczesny replacement. He wasn’t cutting the mustard, so we replaced him with the “very experienced” Franco…

    Hamburg’s Season 24: Challenges and Future Prospects
  • Not much to write home about this season. We survived. We had the worst possible start (bottom with 4 points in 9 games), recovered with a great run to 9th scoring goals galore away from home, lost our keeper Szczesny…

    Hamburg Review S23
  • All the ins and outs, ups and downs and roundabouts of what it takes to manage a club Top 100: must do better.

    Der Dino Dynasty
  • After taking his Red Shorts down last season, Marsden has pulled them back up again

    Marsden Pulls Red Shorts Back Up Again
  • Hamburger were relegated on the final day of the season, a creditable 0-0 draw at home to a very strong automatic promotion seeking Levante side wasn’t enough. In the end, even a win would not have saved us as both…

    Der Dino Down
  • At the start of Season 20, I had a team half full of 89, 90, 91 and even 92 rated players. Unfortunately, they had an average age of 93, and a tradeable value of about £94 each. And even with…

  • Dear Gino, I am writing to you today to ask for your advice on a matter of great importance to me. I am a new coach in the esteemed custom game world “Top 100”, where – I’m told – only…