Steilcast - A show about the Bundesliga & German football

The Athletic's Raphael Honigstein is joined by Christop Biermann, Kevin Hatchard and special guest Lars Pollman to discuss the Revierderby that saw Dortmund run out comfortable 3-0 winners over struggling Schalke, and once again the conversation turns to whether Lucien Favre's days at BVB are ultimately numbered.

Elsewhere there is discussion of a good week for Gladbach, continued fine form for Leipzig and Bayern doing what Bayern do.

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The Athletic's Raphael Honigstein is joined by Christoph Biermann and Oliver Trust to take an in-depth look at Bundesliga newcomers Stuttgart as they find themselves in 5th place after an impressive start.

Elsewhere we look at whether Leipzig have got what it takes to mount a genuine title challenge in the post-Werner world, and whether Thomas Muller's continued good form for Bayern is worthy of a recall to the national team.

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The Athletic's Raphael Honigstein is joined by Christoph Biermann & Kevin Hatchard to reflect on the Bundesliga weekend that saw Robert Lewandowski ride to Bayern's rescue once again, a Gio Reyna-inspired Dortmund beat Freiburg and a tough start to life for new Schalke manager Manuel Baum losing 4-0 at Leipzig.

Elsewhere we roundup all the transfer window activity including a flurry of late signings for Bayern and of course the biggest non-transfer of the summer as Jadon Sancho stays firmly put at Dortmund.

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The Athletic's Raphael Honigstein is joined by Christoph Biermann and Oliver Muller to react to Schalke sacking manager David Wagner after the second game of the season, plus there is also disappointment on the other side of the Ruhr as Dortmund lose 2-0 to Augsburg prompting some familiar questions for Lucien Favre.

Elsewhere there are crises of a slightly less urgent nature at Bayern as they lose 4-1 to Hoffenheim, and there's also a managerial change at Mainz to discuss.

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Subscribe to The Athletic for access to Raphael Honigstein's unrivalled coverage of the Bundesliga and German football - including his recent piece on the next steps for Bayern Munich after their all-conquering campaign last season.

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The Athletic's Raphael Honigstein is joined by Christoph Biermann to dissect Bayern Munich's 8-2 demolition of Barcelona, "Radio Muller" and a very high defensive line, even if Raf was MORE impressed by another German side on the weekend... 

Plus, have Bundesliga sides benefitted from their early restart? And what does the success of Flick, Tuchel and Nagelsmann tell us about the state of coaching in Germany? 

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The Athletic's Raphel Honigstein teams up with the Zonal Marking podcast for a special Champions League & Europa League preview, looking at every single game on the schedule and all the potential storylines that could emerge from this truncated single-leg knockout format. It promises to be a furious festival of elite football and we've got every angle covered.

We also dive into the Europa League with teams like Manchester United, Wolves, Inter, Roma, Sevilla, Getafe, Wolfsburg, Frankfurt and Leverkusen all still in the mix there is plenty to look forward to in that competition too.

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The Athletic's Raphael Honigstein is joined by former Bayer Leverkusen players Stefan Reinartz and Jens Hegeler.  

In 2015 Stefan and Jens developed their own football data analysis model called packing and with their company IMPECT they are attempting to change the way teams evaluate players by effectively measuring how a player uses the ball.  

Stefan and Jens explain to us how the concept came about, why it's been adopted by the likes of PSG and Chelsea, and why they think possession itself is an overvalued statistic. 

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