Steilcast - A show about the Bundesliga & German football

The Athletic's Raphael Honigstein is joined by Christoph Biermann and Musa Okwonga as they attempt to identify the problems with the Bundesliga and the best solutions to fix it

Bayern Munich have won eight titles in a row so how do we make the league more equitable without diluting the quality at the top end?  

Should the Bundesliga be making a better effort to market itself globally? Is it time for German football fans to let go of the 50+1 rule and embrace outside investment?  

And of course no discussion about the future of football is complete without thoughts turning to the potential advent of a European Super League

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Thanks to Musa Okwonga for joining us, you can hear Musa's regular thoughts on the Bundesliga and much more over on the Stadio podcast on Ringer FC, exclusively on Spotify

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The Athletic's Raphael Honigsteion is joined by Christoph Biermann and Jonathan Harding to react to Werder Bremen clinging on to their Bundesliga status by the skin of their teeth after an away goals victory in the play-off against Heidenheim, a result that maybe casts doubt on the future of the relegation play-off itself.

Elsewhere they look at a comfortable victory for Bayern Munich over Bayer Leverkusen in the DFB Pokal final, ponder whether this defeat could hasten the departure of Kai Havertz from Leverkusen, and also consider the future of Bayern's Thiago Alcantara and whether German football should really have shown him more appreciation during his stay at Bayern

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The Athletic's Raphael Honigstein is joined by Christoph Biermann and Kevin Hatchard to look back at an exciting final day of the season in the Bundesliga as Werder Bremen spectacularly won only their second home game of the season to avoid relegation, Fortuna Dusseldorf went down after a defeat at Union Berlin and Gladbach clinched the final Champions League spot ahead of Leverkusen.

Elsewhere there were joyous celebrations at Bayern but without the usual celebratory beer soaking, a miserable end to the season for Schalke who find themselves mired in crisis, and we take a look at the goings on in Bundesliga II as Hamburg blow the chance to qualify for the promotion play-off.

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The Athletic's Raphael Honigstein is joined by Christoph Biermann  and Archie Rhind-Tutt to look back at the penultimate weekend of the Bundesliga season. With defeat against Mainz leaving Werder Bremen on the brink of relegation we try to decipher the reasons behind their collapse this season.

Elsewhere there is praise for Hansi Flick after Bayern confirmed their 8th successive title, more question marks over the future of Lucien Favre at Dortmund and we check in on Leipzig's lacklustre end to a once promising campaign

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The Athletic's Raphael Honigstein is joined by Christoph Biermann & Kevin Hatchard to look at a Bundesliga weekend that saw Bayern move within three points of confirming an 8th successive title, Dortmund relying on an injury time winner to beat Dusseldorf, and Werder Bremen secure a big win at Paderborn to boost their hopes of survival.

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The Athletic's Raphael Honigstein is joined by Christoph Biermann & Jonathan Harding to reflect on the Bundesliga weekend.

The teams discuss the struggles of Schalke and Werder Bremen,the effect Werner's departure will have on RB Leipzig, and the emergence of one of the Bundesliga's next top talents in Florian Wirtz

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The Athletic's Raphael Honigstein is joined by Christoph Biermann & Kevin Hatchard to look at the Bundesliga weekend that saw another impressive victory for a resurgent Hertha Berlin, Bayern take another step towards the title, and a damaging defeat for David Wagner as Schalke lost to strugglers Werder Bremen, plus we discuss the reaction from clubs & the authorities in Germany to the players who came out in support for George Floyd and the Black Lives Matter movement over the weekend.

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The Athletic's Raphael Honigstein hops straight from the TV studio onto the pod to react to Bayern Munich's win over Borussia Dortmund in Der Klassiker - looking at the reasons behind Bayern's dominance, what the result means for the future of Lucien Favre as Dortmund manager, and what it does for the international reputation of the Bundesliga.

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The Athletic's Raphael Honigstein is joined by Christoph Biermann & Kevin Hatchard to look back at the Bundesliga weekend which saw impressive performances from Leverkusen's Kai Havertz, Leipzig's Timo Werner and a big win for Hertha in the Berlin derby. The guys are also joined by Lars Pollmann from The Yellow Wall pod to preview Tuesday's pivotal Der Klassiker between Dortmund & Bayern

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The Athletic's Raphael Honigstein looks at how the Bundesliga performed over the weekend with the eyes of the world watching the first round of 'ghost games', with insight from Christoph Biermann & Archie Rhind-Tutt who were both in stadiums at the weekend

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