It's that time again - time for the blue and white side of the Ruhr valley to test its mettle against the black and yellows in Germany's biggest derby, period.
 But what does it mean for your fantasy team? Are Jadon Sancho and Amine Harit yesterday's news? And what value can you find in all the other, less-insanely contested games this weekend? JT and Flo have all the Match Day 9 answers...

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TF Fantasy MD9 tips - Time to shake things up ahead of derby day?

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We were trying to play it cool for a while, but that no longer seems necessary. Bayer 04 Leverkusen are going to win the league, and after FC Bayern München lost in Heidenheim(!), they might well do it next week. Matt and Nik let that reality sink in over the course of the podcast, discussing how Bayer's season stacks up in history, where Bayern goes from here, and what way the three-team relegation death match at the bottom of the table is likely to go.

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Talking Fussball - Leverkusen all but crowned champions after another Bayern blackout

The world of football, like other walks of life, harbors its share of idiots - our latest episode puts the spotlight on a few. Nik and Maik turn their attention to some childish behavior surrounding a banner, some regrettable chants in Austria that's had consequences for the players who shouted them, and how a few particularly egregious fans' behavior called off a whole weekend of football. 

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Talking Fussball Aufstieg - The case of the missing St. Pauli ultra banner and the perils of peer pressure

Foals fans at the Borussia-Park may have feasted on a see-saw six-goal thriller, but their team's return - just one point -had to sting. Their opponents 1. FC Köln will have cherished an away draw in the Rheinderby, but time is running short on the billygoats' bid to stay out of relegation trouble. Matt and Nik put the spotlight on the two western giants on a weekend where Bayern hit Mainz with an eight ball, Leverkusen compounded Wolfsburg's misery and much more.

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Talking Fussball - Rhine derby brings lots of thrills but little reward for Cologne and Gladbach

There's never a dull moment in Germany's second tier. Just when you think you've sussed out who's good and who's not so good, you get a week like round 24 - one in which every team in the top eight failed to record a win. The full Aufstieg gang of Nik, Jasmine and Maik get together to try and work out what that means, how a miscreant in Rostock made it on to the pitch, and more.

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Talking Fussball Aufstieg - Does anybody want to win the 2. Bundesliga?

After a weekend in which FC Bayern München made up no ground in the title race, they still managed to test Bayer 04 Leverkusen's balance. Thomas Tuchel will vacate his job on Säbener Straße at the end of the season, and Xabi Alonso is the hot favorite to take over. Matt and Terry talk through how much that storyline matters with Leverkusen in a commanding position. Dortmund's weak week also comes up, along with some thoughts on the wider fan frustration with modern football (modern capitalism? modern life?) that helped fuel the recent fan protests.

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TF Fantasy MD9 tips - Time to shake things up ahead of derby day?

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