Talking Fussball

If you've been listening to the podcast this season, you have definitely heard Nik, Matt and others praise VfB Stuttgart's performances in its first season back in the top flight after a two-year absence. Attacking talents like Silas Wamangatuka, Nicolas Gonzales and others have been setting the Bundesliga alight and coach  Pellegrino Matarazzo has garnered plenty of praise for his intelligent tac...

When six out of eight games on the weekend end on level terms, you have to hand it to the teams that went out and won. A hearty round of applause to Eintracht Frankfurt and RB Leipzig for picking up three points when nobody else was up to the task. No, not even red-hot VfL Wolfsburg, who couldn't quite put a goal past Borussia Mönchengladbach. (Marco Rose is definitely off the Christmas list now,...

After the dust settled on last weekend's action, the cancellation of the Bielefeld -Bremen match didn't end up being such a bad thing for some fantasy managers. Players were awarded their per-game season averages and we all got to move on. Will MD21 be another week of winter weather trouble, or maybe even a Covid outbreak-marred round? And if it is, what should you do? JT and Flo don't reckon that...

Can we call what Dortmund is going through a crisis now? The Talking Fussball crew is ready to ring that particular bell, so there's much to discuss. How did BVB lose in Freiburg, despite holding their hosts to next-to-no good chances? What's to be done about the goalkeeper position? And how has Edin Terzic succeeded where so many before him have failed - namely, stopped Erling Haaland from scorin...

If you've busted your budget on can't miss players up front (like a lot of us), you're always on the lookout for more modestly-priced options - especially at the back - to fill out your roster. JT and Flo share a few picks to solve that problem on Match Day 20, as well as remind you to follow the action in the TFF Pokal! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

With FC Bayern München making sure there wouldn't be another slip-up against TSG 1899 Hoffenheim, RB Leipzig needed full points on Saturday night to stay within touching distance of the top. They did just that, picking up their first win of the season against a fellow Spitzenmannschaft (top team) in Leverkusen. But who is a Spitzenmannschaft anyway? Adi Hütter reckons his Eintracht Frankfurt side...

A few of you were feeling laid up by the epidemic of penalty saves and misses, but don't get twisted: many of the guys who failed to convert are still going to be good earners going forward. JT and Flo are here to set you straight about who to put in your XI on a Match Day 19 that features a tricky fixture schedule. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Thank goodness there was something to take our mind off the incredible disappearing title race. With Bayern making sure this season is likely to end much as the last eight did, Matt and Nik turn their primary attention to Hertha BSC. The capital club has been a basket case this season, but there's reason for hope.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We could talk about Yannick Gerhardt's non-appearance against Mainz after last episode's fanfare. We could talk about what marginal gains could be had by taking a look at who's playing when on the weekend, but STOP THE PRESSES - we have an unlimited transfer situation on our hands! JT and Flo are here to help you with that total squad renovation project you've been putting off all these weeks ahea...

We're now 66.66% through the Bundesliga's latest englische Woche and the narratives are coming thick and fast. So fast it can be hard to keep track. To take the temperature of as many teams as he could, Nik recruits a string of voices from around the league to react to: Leverkusen's big win against Dortmund, a shock for Stuttgart in Ostwestfalen, Hertha's horror night against Hoffenheim and much m...

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 ab...

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...

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 wee...

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...

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 Res...

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...

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 Schalkemeri...

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 B...

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; Ni...

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/adchoic...

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...

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