Talking Fussball

Talking Fussball Direct MD7 wrap - Bayern tumble down to FIFTH after loss in Augsburg, BVB boss Revierderby

19 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Forgive us if we're feeling woozy. It's been twelve years since FC Bayern München got off to a start this poor, and more than 20 since they went four...

Talking Fussball Patreon taster - How a derby win over HSV helped FC St. Pauli become the club we know today

15 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

We're offering up something a bit special today - a small taste of what you'll find over on our Patreon page! Our resident Bundesliga history buff Nik...

TF Direct MD6 wrap - Union alone at the top after Bayern draw for the third week running

12 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

They said it was a one-team league. If it was, at the moment that one team would be 1. FC Union Berlin, the low-budget side from the capital that's be...

TF Extra Aufstieg Edition - Nürnberg go through changes things up, Heidenheim remain exactly the same, and Hannover's coming moment of truth

08 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Once again, it's only been two weeks since our last peek into the non-elite levels of the German football pyramid, and there's more than enough to tal...

Talking Fussball Direct MD5 wrap - Bayern's draw in Köpenick means Freiburg rule the roost heading into UEFA competition season

05 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Another week, another Bayern draw and lo and behold - we've got a new team at the top! SC Freiburg (of all clubs) are now sitting pretty after a gritt...

TF Extra Deep Dive - Never a dull moment for Bremen fans as Werder serve up thrills galore in their Bundesliga return

01 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

If you like attacking football and loads of goals at both ends, you need to be watching Werder Bremen. The venerable northern German club have played ...

Talking Fussball Direct MD4 wrap - Sommer's saves stymie Bayern, Leipzig and Leverkusen finally pick up wins

29 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Boy did we ever praise Bayern to the skies last week after they put the hurt on a Bundesliga opponent for the second time in three games! But this pas...

TF Extra Aufstieg Edition - Chaos in Hamburg, bad banners in Rostock, Bielefeld spiralling

25 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

The 2. Bundesliga season is just five games old but there's already plenty of drama - Hamburger Sport-Verein basically melted down on the pitch last w...

Talking Fussball Direct MD3 wrap - Bayern ball out in Bochum, and Farke has the foals in fine form

22 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

The evidence is getting overwhelming - FC Bayern München are too good for the Bundesliga. We've had ten long years of dominance, but this particular ...

TF Extra Deep Dive - What's got Leverkusen stumbling off the blocks this season?

17 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

If you look at the Bundesliga table at the moment, you'll see some familiar sights - Bayern first, Dortmund second - but you'll also find at least one...

Talking Fussball Direct MD2 wrap - Bayern tame Wolfsburg to keep pace with Dortmund as Schalke pick up their first points back in the big time

15 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

It's a familiar sight at the top of the Bundesliga: FC Bayern are first, followed by Borussia Dortmund, followed by 16 other teams. It's early days, b...

TF Extra - Aufstieg edition checks on expectations in the 2. Bundesliga with three games played

11 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

The 2. Bundesliga kind of got a jump on Talking Fussball Extra crew this season. With three match days already in the books, we're joining the action ...

Talking Fussball Direct MD1 wrap - Bayern and BVB notch key wins over UCL rivals as Union's reign over Berlin continues

09 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

The Bundesliga is back and so are we! The first TFD of the season takes you through the big storylines of the week - Bayern's bright start in the firs...

Talking Fussball Special - BVB history mini-series part three: Klopp returns the club to glory

28 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Nik Wildhagen and Terry Duffelen, author of Borussia Dortmund: A History in Black and Yellow are ready to put the lid on our three-part series on Boru...

Talking Fussball Special - BVB history mini-series part two: Big missteps after UCL triumph

21 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Nik Wildhagen and Terry Duffelen, author of Borussia Dortmund: A History in Black and Yellow are back with part two of our three-part series on Boruss...

Talking Fussball Special - Borussia Dortmund history mini-series part one w/ BVB author Terry Duffelen

14 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Here comes the first episode in a three-part series on Borussia Dortmund. Over the next three weeks Nik Wildhagen and Terry Duffelen, author of Boruss...

Talking Fussball Extra - Aufstieg season in review edition on the thrills, spills, chills and flare-ups in the 2. Bundesliga and below

01 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

What a season we've just put in the rearview mirror here on the Aufstieg edition. Wild scenes in the relegation playoffs, disappointing late-season co...

Talking Fussball Extra - Aufstieg edition making sense of the relegation playoffs that saw Hertha stay up and Kaiserslautern leap into the 2. Bundesliga

26 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

It's one of those special German things: Relegation playoffs pitting the third-best team in a lower division against the third-worst team from the div...

TF Extra - Aufstieg edition on the conclusion of the 2.BL soap opera

19 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

It was fun while it lasted for them, but Werder Bremen made it out of the 2. Liga after just one year. Hamburg may join them after their four-season s...

Talking Fussball Direct MD34 wrap - High drama in Stuttgart and the teams who can be most (and least) satisfied at season's end

16 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Well wasn't that a rousing way to end a season? VfB Stuttgart's last gasp winner (combined with BVB's late go-ahead goal) was enough to let the Swabia...

TF Extra - Aufstieg edition on Schalke's promotion party, Bremen and HSV nearing their destination, and Kaiserslautern going bonkers

11 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

It's a heady time of year, what with all the lower league promotion races coming to a head - you might say it's Aufstieg season. Nik and Jasmine talk ...

TF Direct MD33 wrap - Leverkusen punch their Champions League ticket as Eintracht's Europa League adventure continues

09 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

It's only natural that a few questions got answered on the second-to-last match day of the 2021-22 Bundesliga season. Union and Cologne were delighted...

TF Fantasy MD33 tips - That's a wrap, folks!

06 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This might be the second-to-last match day of the season but, and this might hurt, this will be the last Talking Fussball Fantasy episode. They won't ...

TF Extra - Aufstieg edition on the latest from this year's 2.BL promotion race...and the Traditionsverein hoping to be in it next season

03 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Another week, another turn of the worm in the battle for promotion out of the 2. Bundesliga - FC Schalke 04 and (gasp!) Hamburger Sportverein are on t...

TF Fantasy MD32 tips - Could Friday's fixture make you fancy a flutter?...and how to keep scoring through the weekend

29 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

After all the love JT and Flo got over the past week, they were rearing to go ahead of Match Day 32. It's a straightforward affair in this episode, as...

TF Extra - Aufstieg edition on the still drum-tight 2.BL promotion race and the possible return of Kaiserslautern

27 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

With so many aspirants for promotion to the top flight, you'd think at least one would have sewn it up by now. Not so - no fewer than six clubs can st...

Talking Fussball Direct MD31 wrap - Bayern ease past Dortmund to claim title number ten on the trot

26 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Asking for a friend - is it normal for one team to win the league ten years in a row? Whichever way you might answer that question, it's the reality w...

Talking Fussball Fantasy MD31 tips - The final countdown

22 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

The Bundesliga is winding down with just four games to go, and our pundits are ready to give it their all, week by week until the bitter end. Speaking...

TF Extra - Aufstieg edition on the new lay of the land in the 2. Liga

20 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

For most of the season, Nik's Werder Bremen, Jasmine's SV Darmstadt, and Maik's St. Pauli have been trading places, week by week, at the top of the 2....

Talking Fussball Direct MD30 wrap - Cologne, Union and Freiburg all win to make things very interesting in the race for Europe

19 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

There's not much of title race on, but just below the top two things get very interesting. RB Leipzig, SC Freiburg, 1. FC Union Berlin and 1. FC Köln...

TF Extra - Where do Schalke stand after moving on from their Russian sponsor?

13 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

If you've watched German football over the past decade and a half, you'll know that FC Schalke 04 has long maintained a close relationship to Gazprom,...

Talking Fussball Direct MD29 wrap - Union rule the roost in Berlin after roasting Hertha as the race for Europe heats up

12 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

1. FC Union Berlin made it three for three in the German capital's Stadtmeisterschaft this past weekend, giving everyone another plum opportunity to g...

TF Fantasy MD29 tips - Will you manage your substitutions better than Nagelsmann and Bayern?

08 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

As you may have heard (on Monday's TF Direct among other places), FC Bayern München didn't quite manage to stick to just 11 men on the pitch at one t...

TF Extra - Aufstieg edition on Schalke's re-entry into the 2.BL promotion conversation

06 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Could FC Schalke 04 actually be getting itself back on on track? It may be too soon to tell, but the Royal Blues' three-game win streak has put them b...

Talking Fussball Direct MD28 wrap - Leipzig roll in Dortmund, Bayern's 12th man, and the World Cup draw

04 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

If there was much doubt that RB Leipzig are the form team in the Bundesliga, they erased that on Match Day 28, putting four past Borussia Dortmund in ...

TF Fantasy MD28 tips - One more spin of the unlimited wheel

31 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

The Bundesliga is entering the final stretch - just seven games to go. Most importantly for all the #BLFantasy managers out there, this window is the ...

TF Extra - What's all the fuss about Felix Magath's return to the Bundesliga?

23 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

It came as something of a shock when Hertha BSC named Felix Magath as their interim coach last week. The coaching icon who's been out of the German to...

Talking Fussball Direct MD27 wrap - Signs of life from Stuttgart as Hertha feel the Fotheringham Effect

21 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Plenty of the Bundesliga's biggest clubs have felt that sinking feeling at one time or another this season - none more so than VfB Stuttgart and Herth...

TF Extra - Aufstieg edition on developments in the race to re-join the 1. Bundesliga and more

16 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

The twists and turns continue in the 2. Bundesliga promotion race, as the candidates swapped spots at the top with just eight games left. The Coronavi...

Talking Fussball Extra - A detour to Ukraine, where ultras find themselves in the middle of a struggle for the country's future

15 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

No TF Direct this week - we've got something completely different, and completely urgent to current events. Nik speaks with Eastern European football ...

TF Fantasy MD26 tips - A little fantasy to stave off some cruel realities

11 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

After a week off in light of the desperate situation in Ukraine, JT and Flo are back in the saddle to help you take your mind off of it. Listen in to ...

Talking Fussball Extra - Aufstieg edition on the fallen giants and what-might-have-beens of the Regionalliga West

09 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

We're going deeper into German football history and culture studies this week - that means it's time to meet a few more clubs from the country's third...

Talking Fussball Direct MD25 wrap - A closer look at the relegation fight with just nine games to go

07 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

If you're a club in the bottom six places after 25 games, it's time to face it: the remainder of the season is about survival - no more, no less. This...

Talking Fussball Extra - Aufstieg edition featuring a SV Darmstadt insider

02 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Plenty of news from the 2. Liga. Werder Bremen prevailed over Hamburger Sport-Verein in an action packed Nordderby, Schalke realized after all these y...

Talking Fussball Direct MD24 wrap - Bayern get their revenge on Eintracht to pull away from Dortmund...again

28 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Now are you ready to crown FC Bayern München Bundesliga champions-in-waiting? After a limp draw for Borussia Dortmund at FC Augsburg on Match Day 24,...

TF Fantasy MD24 tips - Ringing in Karneval with our esteemed panel

25 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Match days come and march days go, but this one's special...at least for JT and Flo. As residents of Cologne (Germany's Karneval capital), our fantasy...

TF Extra - The Aufstieg edition visits the tradition-rich clubs in the Regionalliga West

23 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This one's for the crate-diggers, truffle-hounds, and off-the-beaten-path walkers of football fandom. Nik, Maik, and Jasmine take you down to one of G...

TF Direct MD23 wrap - Germany's giants pop off on Sunday...after fizzling in Europe

21 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Germany's big three - FC Bayern München, Borussia Dortmund, and RB Leipzig - all ran riot on Match Day 23, collectively outscoring their (admittedly ...

TF Fantasy MD23 tips - We're back and ready to fulfill your fantasy

18 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

After a two-week layoff from match day podding, James Thorogood and Flo Reinecke are back in the saddle. That means a whole slew of your questions abo...

TF Extra - Aufstieg edition on the 2. Bundesliga promotion race and 3. Liga fan power

16 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Just as in the Bundesliga, Germany's second tier is heading into the final third of the season and the time has come to take a closer look at the prom...

Talking Fussball Direct MD22 wrap - Bayern get blown out in Bochum allowing BVB to inch closer to the top

14 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

It's not every week we get a result as shocking as FC Bayern München's 4-2 loss to promoted side VfL Bochum. It's also not every week that a Bayern f...

Talking Fussball Extra - Uncovering the dark money running through Germany's amateur game

09 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In the face of all the commercialization baked into the modern professional game, it's easy to feel a bit romantic about amateur football. After all, ...

Talking Fussball Direct MD21 wrap - Bayern lick Leipzig, Leverkusen stomp Dortmund to stop all remaining talk of a title race

07 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Yes I know you probably put away any notion of a title race weeks ago, but the math heading into round 21 allowed us to believe (just a little bit) ot...

Talking Fussball Extra - What's next for Borussia Mönchengladbach as the Max Eberl era comes to a close

01 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Max Eberl, one of the towering figures of the Bundesliga over the last decade and a half, made a bold decision last week: he walked away. The Borussia...

Talking Fussball Extra - Aufstieg edition on the Hamburg derby, Fortuna's misfortune, and what's to come in the Rückrunde

26 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

The 2. Bundesliga only just got back up and running about 10 days ago, but there's plenty to talk about already. St. Pauli's loss to their cross-town ...

TF Fantasy MD20 tips - Making sure you don't get into another Kostic situation

21 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

So we had a number of late scratches from starting line-ups last week - not least the one involving a certain Frankfurt winger. JT and Flo talk throug...

TF Extra - Making sense of the tactics that make 1. FC Union Berlin tick (plus a few listener questions answered)

19 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

With 19 match days in the books, Berlin's rising force from Köpenick are knocking on the door of the UEFA Champions League places - held back, in fac...

Talking Fussball Direct MD19 wrap - BVB and Haaland show they're not ready to surrender as Lewandowski hits 300

17 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Plenty to talk about from the weekend - Erling Haaland did his best to match the goalscoring exploits of Thomas Meunier and fire Dortmund to victory a...

TF Fantasy MD19 tips - Answering your (imagined) listener questions

13 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Lots of tasty fixtures in store in Bundesliga this weekend - not least the Dortmund-Freiburg clash in store for Friday night, so Match Day 19 will be ...

TF Extra - All about FC Augsburg's new USMNT hotshot Ricardo Pepi w/ FC Dallas beat writer Jon Arnold

11 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

The Bundesliga has long been known as an incubator for young North American phenoms, but FC Augsburg's purchase of Ricardo Pepi is different. It's the...

Talking Fussball Direct MD18 wrap - Bayern, Dortmund, and the interchangeable clump

10 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

The Bundesliga rang in the new year with rollicking Rückrunde action on Match Day 18. Listen in as Matt Hermann speaks to Jasmine Baba about: How Bay...

TF Fantasy MD18 tips - Getting it right with your mid-season unlimited transfers

07 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome back! Have a nice couple of weeks? A happy new year? We hope you enjoyed your break, because the Official Fantasy Bundesliga is getting back t...

Talking Fussball Patreon Taster - The first installment of our SKANDAL! series on corrupt referee Robert Hoyzer

03 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Ever wonder what's cooking over on our Patreon page? Well at the moment we've got a series that we're excited to share - one we hope will shed light o...

Talking Fussball Extra - Aufstieg edition on the 2. Bundesliga at midseason and an ugly scene in Duisburg

22 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

As we move into the winter break, it's time to take stock of a very tight race for promotion in the 2. Bundesliga. FC St. Pauli and SV Darmstadt are r...

Talking Fussball Direct MD17 wrap - Dortmund's limp loss at Hertha helps Bayern open a big gap going into the Winterpause

20 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

After a few flirtations with the idea of a title race earlier this season, the Bundesliga has decided to settle down with its long-term partner - FC B...

Talking Fussball Extra - What's gone wrong at Borussia Mönchengladbach?

14 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

If you take a look at the Bundesliga table, it's hard not to come to the conclusion that the most disappointing team of the season is Gladbach. The fo...

Talking Fussball Direct MD15 wrap - Frankfurt explode for five against Leverkusen, Leipzig add to Gladbach's misery

13 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Lots going on this time of year, eh? You might be busy with holiday parties, extra shifts, or final exams, but the Bundesliga is cramming in the match...

TF Fantasy MD15 tips - Entering the gauntlet known as the 'English week'

10 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Bundesliga sides are about to sprint toward the Hinrunde finish, playing three games in the space of just over a week in an englische Woche. Lots of p...

TF Extra Aufstieg Edition - St Pauli crowned 2.BL Herbstmeister as Omicron shuts fans out of stadiums across Germany

07 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Ah, the ups and downs of the 2. Bundesliga. Our own Nik Wildhagen's Werder Bremen side were on the ups under new coach Ole (or should we say Olé?) We...

Talking Fussball Direct MD14 wrap - Bayern prevail in a turbulent Klassiker, Bellingham delivers straight talk, Marsch walks away from Leipzig

06 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Well that was a more than half decent Klassiker, wasn't it? Five goals, end-to-end action, goals from the star strikers...and a whole heal of controve...

TF Fantasy MD14 tips - It's all about Der Klassiker, baby (actually it's not)

02 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

The Bundesliga promotional machine has been in overdrive this week, pumping up fans around the world about Der Klassiker. With such a close race at th...

TF Extra Klassiker Preview Special - Who's got the edge as Bayern head to Dortmund with first place on the line?

01 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Yes it's called Der Klassiker, but will Saturday's game truly be a classic? Do FC Bayern München's recent less-than-imperious results mean there's a ...

Talking Fussball Direct MD13 wrap - Wins for Dortmund and Bayern put the Bundesliga summit at stake in the coming Klassiker

29 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Dortmund shook off their Champions League flame-out with a big win in Wolfsburg; Bayern limped to a narrow home win over Bielefeld. The gap between th...

TF Fantasy MD13 tips - Optimizing your squad as Covid complicates line-up decisions

26 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

If you've read anything about Germany this week, you'll know that Covid cases are skyrocketing. It stands to reason that the Bundesliga will have its ...

TF Extra Aufstieg Edition - The one where Bremen's coach threw it all away for a fake vaccination card

24 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

We keep thinking we can get out of talking about Covid and get back into talking about football...but Markus Anfang keeps pulling us back in. The Brem...

TF Direct MD12 wrap - Union come up trumps in Berlin derby, Augsburg beat Bayern to give the title race some life

22 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

It's not every week Bundesliga fans witness Bayern slip up and lose to a side in the relegation zone - and see the Rekordmeister's main challenger win...

TF Fantasy MD12 tips - We're all still unlimited for a few more days

19 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome back! Just in time to get you ready for the Bundesliga re-start after the international break (and to recount the boys' Karneval get-ups), TF ...

TF Direct MD11 wrap - RB scale the table with a win over BVB, Köln's Karneval party has a happy end

08 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Hard to ask for much more from a match day than what we got from round 11. A couple of heavyweight clashes - Bayern-Freiburg and Leipzig-Dortmund - th...

TF Fantasy MD11 tips - Lots to ponder on a knife-edge match day before the last unlimited transfer window

05 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Lots of intriguing match-ups on tap on Match Day 11 - and lots of opportunities to take a flutter on some long shots ahead of another unlimited transf...

Talking Fussball Extra - Aufstieg edition on St. Pauli's VAR-driven disappointment, HSV's dyslexia awareness campaign and more

03 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Are you ready to Aufsteigen? We hope so, because Nik, Maik and Jasmine are ready with an update on the 2. Bundesliga and lower leagues. Among the topi...

TF Direct MD10 wrap - Bayern take out their frustrations on Union as Frankfurt steal a point against Leipzig

01 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Whenever FC Bayern München lose big, there's bound to be fallout. This last stinger, a 5-0 reverse against Borussia Mönchengladbach in the cup, gene...

Talking Fussball Extra - A closer look at Germany's blind football scene

27 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Have you heard about blind football? It's a little different from the game we all know so well, but it's a way for people with severe visual impairmen...

TF Direct MD9 wrap - Wolfsburg's howler against Freiburg sends van Bommel packing as power sides pick up steam

25 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Mark van Bommel, we hardly knew ye. No really, we only got to see you coach VfL Wolfsburg for nine games before you got the sack. Seems a bit harsh af...

TF Fantasy MD9 tips - Getting the most out of your (more or less) settled squad

22 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to the first week following unlimited transfers - a time to get used to your line-up decisions and circumscribed purchase options taking on a ...

Talking Fussball Extra - Aufstieg edition checking in on Schalke and Werder, St. Pauli's wild time in Heidenheim, and more

20 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

When other podcasts go high, we here at Talking Fussball Extra go low. In another Aufstieg edition, Nik Wilhagen convenes his crack panel of Jasmine B...

Talking Fussball Direct MD8 wrap - Bayern's molten-hot half cooks Leverkusen as Haaland checks back in with a brace for BVB

18 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Sometimes a team puts in a performance reminiscent of an avalanche - one whose sheer power and unstoppability feels so like a force of nature that the...

Talking Fussball Fantasy MD8 tips - Getting back at it refreshed, recharged and revamped after the break

15 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Club football's only been on pause for a week and a half, but already our pundits are reaping the benefits of a wee pause in the action. We're still i...

Talking Fussball Extra Deep Dive - The slow, steady (and frankly charming) rise of SC Freiburg w/ Analytics FC's Jon Mackenzie

13 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

An episode where we ponder a few questions with one of football media's great ponderers. What's driven little SC Freiburg to the top four this season?...

Talking Fussball Extra Deep Dive - Is it time to get excited about Leverkusen?

08 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

After seven match days in the 2021-22 Bundesliga season, Bayer 04 Leverkusen are flying high. We've seen this kind of early success from the Pharmaceu...

Talking Fussball Direct MD7 wrap - Frankfurt shock Bayern at home to let Leverkusen go level at the top

04 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

As a Bundesliga-centric podcast, we here at Talking Fussball love all Bundesliga match days...just some more than others. MD7 was irresistible: a robu...

Talking Fussball Fantasy MD7 tips - What to do about Mr. Haaland?

30 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Will he or won't he? He's a walking fantasy bonanza and he's been out of the lineup lately...but for how long? Can you afford to sell Haaland, at leas...

Talking Fussball Extra - Aufstieg edition on coaching changes in the 2. Bundesliga and Lok Leipzig's reclamation project

29 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Lots of change in the second tier. We're just eight games in and already four sides - Erzgebirge Aue, SV Sandhausen, Holstein Kiel and FC Ingolstadt -...

Talking Fussball Direct MD6 wrap - Two red cards, two different results for Bayern and Dortmund; saying goodbye to the Dreisamstadion

27 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

The Bundesliga's twin towers, FC Bayern München and Borussia Dortmund, each stumbled into some 10-man adversity for half of a game of football, give ...

Talking Fussball Fantasy MD6 tips - What we now know, and what you should do about it?

24 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

We all had ideas about who to buy going into the season. We had ideas about who to play after the first week or two. Now, with five match days in the ...

Talking Fussball Extra - The drugs do work: how Bundesliga footballers 'dope' to manage pain, speed up recovery, and (sometimes) enhance performance

22 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

After years of resistance and denial, some in football are beginning to wake up: plenty of players take performance-enhancing drugs. That has big impl...

Talking Fussball Direct MD5 wrap - The afternoon when everyone (except Bayern) forgot how to score

20 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Round about five o'clock on Saturday afternoon, the Bundesliga was having a bad day. Just fifteen minutes remained in the afternoon's slate of matches...

Talking Fussball Fantasy MD5 tips - Betting on the best after a full round of European fixtures

16 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

With all the UEFA competitions under way, the games are coming thick and fast for more than a third of the teams in the Bundesliga. And while you migh...

Talking Fussball Extra - Aufstieg edition on 2. Bundesliga transfers and what's keeping sleepy SV Sandhausen afloat

14 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Ready to dig into some stories from the lower rungs of German football? Nik Wildhagen sits down with Jasmine Baba and Maik Krükemeier for a good hour...

Talking Fussball Direct MD4 wrap - Dortmund down Leverkusen in thriller as Bayern make Leipzig look like filler

13 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

It was the Saturday we'd been waiting for all week - one with not one but two mouth-watering fixtures featuring four of the Bundesliga's top teams. Th...

Talking Fussball Fantasy MD4 tips - Unlimited transfers mean unlimited possibilities

10 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

The subject of unlimited transfers came up in the course of our last episode - many of you are likely to have made a few moves to re-make your squads ...