Talking Fussball

We have Eintracht Frankfurt to thank for an even tighter title race after they beat RB Leipzig. A shutout win, no less - something nobody had done since October! Matt rounds up long-lost TF veteran Aidan Reagh for a chat on how to decide between another Bayern title and a first Meisterschale for RB...as well as whether the thundering arrival of Erling Haaland might change that reckoning. Learn mor...

Soooo...is there any doubt you need to find a place for a certain young Norwegian in your team? If you have problems up top, might Erling Haaland be the answer? JT and Flo are here to take up that question and many others ahead of Match Day 19... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

So...Erling Haaland is a bit special, isn't he? With three goals off the bench in his first game for Dortmund, he now has our full attention. Matt chats with Marie Schulte-Bockum about the Norwegian wonderboy, RB's increasingly consistent brilliance, Bayern's big last half hour, and her beloved Schalke's new attacking weapon. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

You've had a month to think things over. You've watched the Bundesliga's 18 teams make personnel moves (or stand pat) and you're wondering how to get your Rückrunde  off to a good start. Here come JT and Flo with some solid answers - listen up! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Here we are, halfway through the Bundesliga season. RB Leipzig are Herbstmeister, Gladbach are number two, and Bayern are four points back in third. Matt rounds up Terry Duffelen for a good long chat about this topsy-turvy season, as well as give out the halfway awards! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We've got something different this time out. Matt traveled to Germany this past week and got amazing access at Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Listen in to this quick special report for comments from Sporting Director Simon Rolfes and Goalkeeper Lukas Hradecky! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Leipzig, Leverkusen, Bayern and Dortmund are all taking on teams near the bottom of the table on Match Day 15. Time to go all out with your big-name guys? And what about the quick turnaround coming up with the englische Woche? JT and Flo have all the answers to make this weekend-plus a big one. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Has Borussia Mönchengladbach's 2-1 win over FC Bayern München opened the door to an alternate universe? One where the Rekordmeister is just another title challenger? Matt rounds up Marie Schulte-Bockum to discuss this earth-shattering result, about her beloved Schalke, and about the many other intrigues at hand across the league. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

League leaders Borussia Mönchengladbach are headed into their biggest match of the season yet as FC Bayern München come calling on Saturday. Listen in as JT and Flo let you know how to navigate that mega-fixture, as well as the rest of Match Day as we head into the final rounds of the Bundesliga hinrunde. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Hey Bayern fans! USMNT fans! You of all people know that whenever Jürgen Klinsmann is around, drama is always in the room as well.  Matt rounds up Axel Falk to talk about Klinsi's losing return to the Bundesliga with Hertha BSC against Dortmund, as well as run through what might make each of the four main title challengers winners come May...or also-rans. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit po...

RB Leipzig and Borussia Mönchengladbach are flying high in the Bundesliga at the moment - their players should be keeping you soaring as well. Listen in as JT and Flo let you know which of their players to buy and stat, as well as which players across the league it's best to hold on to...or get off of quick. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Just when Gladbach were beginning to look like tidy toppers of the Bundesliga table, they go and shake our faith. The foals' loss in Berlin (east), coupled with wins for Bayern and RB means their lead is down to one slim point. Matt gets goal.com's Ronan Murphy on the line to talk over the leading trio, the divergent narratives of the two Ruhr valley clubs, the malaise at Bremen and Berlin (west),...

The boys are back from the international break and they are as confused as you are as to how this Bundesliga season will shake out - or who the sure bets are in Official Bundesliga Fantasy...aside from one guy. However, JT and Flo don't let all that volatility stop them from giving you some bright ideas that should work in the short term. Listen up for hot tips for Match Day 12! Learn more about y...

It going to happen sooner or later. FC Bayern München were going tire of their non-superstar coach and his non-superstar way of coaching superstars and send him packing. Eintracht Frankfurt just happened to speed the process up with a rousing 5-1 win and Bob's your uncle, Niko's gone. Matt rounds up Kit Holden for a chat on the dear departed Kovac, the sorry spectacle that was the Berlin derby, Wo...

With Match Day 10 coming on the horizon, most of you will have your team in a settled spot after more than two months of action. But still...if you can squeeze a little extra value with some bargain buys you might be able to afford a big-ticket player. Listen in as JT and Flo have some tips on high-scoring guys who are still relatively cheap, on who'll be in the lineup up top for Bremen this weeke...

The foals got back to winning this week, showing us what can happen when their attack is on song: A thrilling 4-goal performance that was enough to take down a very game Eintracht. Matt gets his old buddy Abel Meszaros on the line for a chat about that game, about the hard-to-judge qualities of this year's Bayern, the staying power of Wolfsburg and Freiburg, and yes, a little bit about the boring-...

It's that time again - time for the blue and white side of the Ruhr valley to test its mettle against the black and yellows in Germany's biggest derby, period. But what does it mean for your fantasy team? Are Jadon Sancho and Amine Harit yesterday's news? And what value can you find in all the other, less-insanely contested games this weekend? JT and Flo have all the Match Day 9 answers... Learn m...

Well Bayern aren't running away with the title race...but then again neither are Dortmund, Gladbach, Wolfsburg, Leipzig, Frankfurt, Schalke, Leverkusen or freaking Freiburg for that matter. No, all NINE of these teams are within two points of each other, making the 'top half' a little too literal for comfort. Listen in as Matt and Terry try to make sense of the chaos, brought on by another week of...

It's the October international break people - that means one thing: All the transfers you can can eat. JT and Flo bring a blockbuster episode to let you know how best to take advantage of this rare opportunity, not to mention what players to pick in the juiciest fixtures on Match Day 8. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We'd like to sat we saw this coming - that Borussia Mönchengladbach would be atop the Bundesliga after the dust had settled on Match Day 7 - but we're not clairvoyant.  Mark Lovell came close, correctly picking 7 of 9 matches over on whoscored this past round, but (understandably) missed on the shocker of the weekend: Bayern's 2-1 home loss to Hoffenheim. Matt sits down with Mark to talk over that...

Visitors reigned supreme on Match Day 6 in the Bundesliga - the first round of games in Bundesliga history to see EIGHT away wins. What all those results meant in practice, however, was that Bayern Munich are back in a place they feel very much at home - the top of the Bundesliga. Matt calls up the spectacular Marie Schulte-Bockum for a talk about the return of the kings, her high-flying Schalke,...

Lord give me unlimited transfers...but not just yet. The Official Fantasy Bundesliga gods are nearly ready to smile on us with a true open season on transfers, but there's no reason to wait until then to fix your team, starting with the defense. Listen in as JT and Flo offer up cures for what ails your team - listen in. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

What a difference a few days can make. Eintracht Frankfurt, Bayer Leverkusen, and especially Borussia Mönchengladbach underperformed in European action this past week...but on Match Day 5 all three got good results. Matt talks with Matthew Marshall, who saw all these teams in the past few days, about where they're headed and what will seal their success or failure in Europe this season. They also...

A string of Bundesliga sides were in action in the UEFA Champions (and Europa) League this week. With players in need of a rest, is that going to foul up your fantasy team? JT and Flo are here to dig into that subject and many more ahead of Match Day five. Listen in and score big. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Match Day 4 in the Bundesliga brings two absolutely massive fixtures: First, Borussia Dortmund host Bayer Leverkusen, and later that day Bayern Munich travel to Leipzig to take on Rasenballsport.  Since those teams are full of expensive players not every fantasy manager can afford, where's the real value in each of those games? JT and Flo have the answer to that question...and many more! Learn mor...