Talking Fussball

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.

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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 Bavarians claim the crown. That turn of events naturally makes this week's guest pundit Rick Joshua pleased - he and Nik talk about the title race slipping away, as well as the tarnish on Union's big win, the last minute drama in Stuttgart, and the swaggering return of Luka Jovic. Reiss' rescue this week: Bremen's battling win to get a leg up on the rest of the back of the pack. 

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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 weekend, you won't want to miss this podcast!

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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 by to rescue Bielefeld's win over Hertha from oblivion. Enjoy!

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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.

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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 Rescued from Oblivion.

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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 predicaments, and more.

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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 Schalkemerica podcast for a chat about the Royal Blues' worrying situation...

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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 Bundesliga.

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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!

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