Talking Fussball Podcast

It's a quick turnaround here before MD17 gets started on Tuesday, so we'll have to be quick...but not that quick. JT and Flo planned to bang out a tight 15 minutes for you here, and ended up closer to 30! Dig in for answers to plenty of your questions on big-money strikers, bargain defenders and much more - including a certain Werder Bremen player's contribution to the hip-hop canon. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Yes, we know it's January already but honestly we had to wait until now to crown FC Bayern München Herbstmeister. That peculiar title ('autumn champion') usually goes to the side in the lead going into the winter break, but this season's odd calendar means the designation was up for grabs until this weekend. What happened? Well, Bayern won and all the rest of the teams in the top four lost and the Bavarians claim the crown. That turn of events naturally makes this week's guest pundit Rick Joshua pleased - he and Nik talk about the title race slipping away, as well as the tarnish on Union's big win, the last minute drama in Stuttgart, and the swaggering return of Luka Jovic. Reiss' rescue this week: Bremen's battling win to get a leg up on the rest of the back of the pack.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

After a big haul for the likes of Amine Harit and Matthew Hoppe last week, is it time to invest in Schalke? How can you cash in on the increasingly fallible Bayern? And is it time to get off of a few assets who have failed to perform since the re-start...or show a little patience? With several mouthwatering fixtures (Union v Leverkusen, Leipzig v Wolfsburg, Stuttgart v Gladbach) coming up this weekend, you won't want to miss this podcast! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Some match days are bigger than others - this one was gigantic. The league leaders gave up three goals unanswered to lose in Mönchengladbach. Dortmund, up and down so much this season, got a signature win in Leipzig. Hapless Schalke rode Matthew Hoppe's goals to glory - their first three-point haul in nearly a YEAR. Suffice it to say there was plenty for Matt and Nik to talk about, and Reiss drops by to rescue Bielefeld's win over Hertha from oblivion. Enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The extra-short winter break ended a bit too soon for our fantasy mavens last weekend - but they've got you covered for Match Day 15. Listen in as James Thorogood and Florian Reinecke break down the best moves for the weekend, including listener questions on players from Freiburg, Leverkusen, Hoffenheim and more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Well that was quick. After the shortest Winterpause we've ever experienced, the Bundesliga got back down to business. The Rekordmeister went down early (again) and won (again), Wolfsburg failed to get a result against BVB (again), and Schalke trotted out a new coach and didn't win (again). Listen in as Matt and Nik talk through, as well as welcome Reiss Tigwell as part of a new feature we call Rescued from Oblivion. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

It was fun while it lasted, folks. After a two-matchday exile from the top, FC Bayern München muscled Bayer 04 Leverkusen off the summit with a last-second winner from Robert Lewandowski. Matt and Nik talk the dramatic win over, as well as assess how the Bundesliga's various teams should feel about the season so far as they head into a wee break. Plenty on Dortmund's next move, Schalke and Mainz's predicaments, and more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We know it's not really our day of the week, but we thought we'd just drop in with a few perspectives on Match Day 12. First up, Nik and Terry D comb over their two teams' clash - the first one for Dortmund under new coach Edin Terzic - as well as a bit on the rest of Tuesday's action. Then, as all three of the tightly-packed top sides won on Wednesday, Matt calls up Jack Mangan of the Schalkemerica podcast for a chat about the Royal Blues' worrying situation... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We all knew it was coming - just not this soon. Instead of playing out the string until summer, BVB decided a 5-1 home loss to Stuttgart was all they needed to see to end Lucien Favre's tenure as the club's coach. Matt and Nik unspool how it happened, who might be in the frame to take his place, and more - including Leverkusen's climb to the top and the outlook ahead of a big English Week in the Bundesliga. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

What do you do when you when the games start to come thick and fast? You plan ahead! We're heading into a week with THREE sets of fixtures in the space of ten days, so you'd better get your squad set before it begins. JT and Flo are here to help - listen in! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A thriller of a 3-3 draw between title hopefuls Bayern München and RB Leipzig was the headline game on Match Day 10. With draws and losses for the rest of the top six, it was Bayer Leverkusen who walked away the big winners. Apart from Hertha that is - the Old Lady held on to bragging rights in the Berlin derby. As is becoming tradition, Kit Holden drops by to talk with Matt about the big game; Nik acts as referee. Finally, Karan Tejwani is here to talk about his new book Wings of Change: how the world's biggest energy drinks company made its mark in football. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Here we go again. While FC Bayern München's steely efficiency saw it through in Stuttgart, Dortmund fell prey to their old troubles with smaller sides. Matt and Nik chat about those two teams' fortunes on MD9, mull over how good Leipzig really is, consider next week's Berlin Derby, and sort through Schalke's multi-layered troubles. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Everyone knows who the two best strikers in the Bundesliga are - but who's the third? ANd more importantly, who's going to score the most points on Match Day 9? JT and Flo are here to walk you through the answer to that question as well as many many others. Listen and learn... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Just after it looked like the 2020 Golden Boy winner might have to stay home and quarantine, Erling Braut Haaland didn't just show up to play - he slayed. Four goals in a 5-2 win over Hertha Berlin sent Dortmund back into second, just a point back from Bayern, who had a surprisingly tough time against Werder. Matt and Nik talk the action at the top over, check in on the cellar dwellers, and hear a bit from this week's Patreon Deep Dive on VfB Stuttgart. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The international break is finally over and the Bundesliga is back ! There's unlimited transfers ahead of Match Day 8 so get stuck in! JT and Flo get you ready for action. For more advice for the entire pre-Winterpause period, head over to our Patreon page for a bonus TFF! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Here comes another peek behind the Patreon curtain folks - a little look at some of the wealth of bonus content you could have access to if you became a TF patron! First up Nik talks to Michael Wagg, author of The Turning Season, a book of reportage and cultural history that looks back on the pivotal 1989-90 DDR Oberliga season and the 30 years since. Truly a can't-miss interview. In the back half, you'll hear Nik and Vollraute Abroad podcaster Manuel Breuer dissect Broussia Mönchengladbach's performances thus far this season. A meaty chat with a true Foals expert, and a taste of what we're doing in all off the Deep Dive editions zooming in on a single team on Patreon! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On a weekend of high spirits, we got a Dortmund-Bayern game that lived up to its billing as a Klassiker. Five goals, chances galore, and a run of play that suggested the loser may have come out on top on another day. Matt and Nik talk it all over, along with the seven-goal epic that was Leverkusen-Gladbach, the strong showing from the two Berlin sides, and a puzzling power struggle in Wolfsburg. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sometimes your absolutely nail it with your line-up...and sometimes your team is a bit of a shambles. Last week our panel was composed of one of each, as Flo's boys flew and JT's just didn't. Listen in as they look ahead to Match Day 7 and strategize a bit for the coming weeks as well.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A week ahead of the game which is set to swallow German football (Dortmund vs. Bayern), Matt and Nik take a moment to peer at the fortunes of a few of the other teams near the top of the table after Match Day 6. Gladbach followed up their near-misses in Europe with a huge result over Leipzig, who still seemed a little zonked from their bad night at Old Trafford. Leverkusen are thinking big now that Lucas Alario is finally getting in gear, and Augsburg stayed on a positive path as well.  We also announce winners in our opening salvo of prize draws for our subscribers on Patreon. Listen in to find out the next chance to win! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We're thrilled with the response to our call for new subscribers to our Patreon page over the last week...and still we're hungry for more! Here comes a taste of some of the material we've been posting in recent days. Here are portions of two Deep Dives, long-form chats with journalists and podcasters who share intimate knowledge about one particular team. In the spotlight in this episode are Werder Bremen (with Christoph Bähr of the Weser Kurier) and FC St. Pauli (with Maik Krükemeier of the MillernTon pod). Enjoy...and consider becoming a patron! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices