Talking Fussball

So it was a rough week in Europe for Bundesliga sides, as only Frankfurt did the business and advanced. But before we get ahead of ourselves and call the whole league off, let's remember what's important: YOUR FANTASY TEAM.

JT and Flo are here with all the best insights into what you need to do to score big on Match Day 26. Produced by Aidan Rantoul.

They're back.

After watching Borussia Dortmund sit on top of the Bundesliga for a whopping 19 weeks, FC Bayern München have reclaimed the lead, and their recent form suggests they'll stay there. But will it be enough to push them past Liverpool in the Champions League? And what role will the team's three DFB cast-offs play going forward?

Matt rounds up Marie Schulte-Bockum to talk all this over, plus a bit on her beloved Schalke, whether it makes sense to play football in an inch of wet slush, and how it came to be that a German club in 2019 felt it was remotely okay to observe a minute of silence in its stadium for an avowed Nazi. Produced by Aidan Rantoul.

Ready for Match Day 25? Where's the value on a weekend with quite a few apparent mismatches featuring European hopefuls taking on struggling sides? JT and Flo have answers to this and more of your questions, as well as find time to sound off on Joachim Löw's divisive decision to drop a trio of veterans from his future plans with Germany. Produced by Aidan Rantoul.

Nobody's very happy in Germany's footballing heartland this week...though it's a matter of degrees. BVB blew it against lowly Augsburg to let Bayern catch them at the top, while Schalke suffered a dreaded 0-4 defeat at their own house to the now solidly mid-table Düsseldorf.

Fittingly, Matt corralled two people with a lot invested in these tales of woe: Stefan Buczko of the Yellow Wall Podcast and Richard Kharman of the FC Schalke 04 Podcast. Lots to talk about with their two teams, as well as across the league. Produced by Aidan Rantoul.

JT and Flo are about to enter Cologne's five-day vortex of beery tumult known as Karneval - hence this one's a quickie. But there was enough time to go through all your line-up issues ahead of MD24. Produced by Aidan Rantoul.

You didn't want Dortmund to blow their lead just yet, did you? (Bayern fans, don't answer.) After weeks of mediocrity from BVB, this weekend's win kept them on top by the same three point margin they rode into it on.

Matt calls up Matthew Marshall of Fussballstadt to chat about the title race, the flagging Foals, and more. Produced by Aidan Rantoul.

With four Bundesliga sides in action in Europe this week, it will take some careful study to figure out who's likely to play and who might get a breather this weekend. Luckily, JT and Flo have done the work for you - listen in for advice on how to make your team sing on MD23. Produced by Aidan Rantoul.

Welp...now's probably the time for BVB fans to start panicking. Another draw - this time to the worst team in the league - coupled with Bayern's big comeback win means the Schwarzgelben are just three points clear at the top.

Matt gets in touch with Jack Grimse to talk title race, the Eagles vs Foals match-up, as well as the trio of teams who are threatening to bum-rush the top of the table. Produced by Aidan Rantoul.

Is James Rodriguez a must have for Bayern’s trip to Augsburg? Has Peter Bosz messed up everyone’s plans? Which member of Hoffenheim’s frontline should you back against Hannover? JT and Flo are here to answer all your burning Official Fantasy Bundesliga questions! Produced by Aidan Rantoul.

Did you ever think about that if you take the digits in 21 (2 and 1) and add them together, you get three? Us neither, but the Bundesliga was all over the threes on MD 21. 

Join Matt and Goal.com's Ronan Murphy for a discussion of how Bayern clawed back a few points, how Dortmund blew that big lead, and how the hell Hertha put three past Gladbach. Produced by Aidan Rantoul.