VfB Stuttgart Americana

Episode 153 is a brief look at the last match - the heartbreaker against B04 - and a deeper look at where VfB is at with eight Bundesliga and hopefully two more Pokal matches remaining!

It's episode 152 and Matt and Travis do their best to be as positive as possible ... for approximately three minutes. But along the way the guys celebrate the Frauen, VfB II for leading the third league in red cards, and a loyal listener for sending us some stickers!

Sadly, the guys have to talk about the match against KSV and while they do ponder the struggles the guys are on they leave the match happy to at least - considering the week that was around the league - leave with a point. Sigh.

News and Q's cover Sebastian's links to other clubs, the struggles of Deniz and Demi, and what REALLY is the cause of our recent struggles of late. Hint: heck if we know!

The episode wraps up with a look at the upcoming match at home versus - uh oh - Bayer but then ends with some positivity considering expectations, the rest of the season, and Matt's recent order from the VfB team shop.

Note: This is the same episode as previously uploaded but with the video deleted. You're welcome!

It's episode 152 and Matt and Travis do their best to be as positive as possible ... for approximately three minutes. But along the way the guys celebrate the Frauen, VfB II for leading the third league in red cards, and a loyal listener for sending us some stickers!

Sadly, the guys have to talk about the match against KSV and while they do ponder the struggles the guys are on they leave the match happy to at least - considering the week that was around the league - leave with a point. Sigh.

News and Q's cover Sebastian's links to other clubs, the struggles of Deniz and Demi, and what REALLY is the cause of our recent struggles of late. Hint: heck if we know!

The episode wraps up with a look at the upcoming match at home versus - uh oh - Bayer but then ends with some positivity considering expectations, the rest of the season, and Matt's recent order from the VfB team shop.

Matt and Travis chat a third home loss in a row and chat the bad, the not so bad, and the kinda sorta not bad but yikes. And then they try to turn all of that into positives! Along the way we talk the Frauen, VfBII, VfBFCB, Sebastian, the Pokal, and a whole bunch of other things. Wheee!

It's a milestone episode (150!) so we do all we can to make this as uneventful as possible and make it as impactful as the match that took place at VfB's second home, PreZero Arena!

We talk waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay longer than is necessary.

How's that for a plug?!

Matt, Ted, and Travis ponder whether it's time to panic - relatively speaking - regarding VfB's recent run of form.

And we have our first ever live Q & A with VfB fans! Sorta...

It's Matt's 93rd episode and thus Travis and he bring the same energy a 93 year old would bring to this week's episode!

The guys chat up the Pokal win over FCA and the Buli win over BVB and celebrate not only the victories, but the tactical ability to play both fun and dynamic - as well as gritty and defensive - depending on the day.

Hot topics include Demi playing a role, Deniz's struggles, Sebastian's tactical flexibility, BVB's seeming unlikability, Anton helping out his former club, and, of course, how Matt and Travis were 100% accurate on how key Jeff Chabot would be this season.

Ahem.

All that and a some Peter Stormare to end the episode!

Matt, Ted, and Travis pop on and chat the week that was. Which wasn't much, as it turns out.

The guys Shout-Out VfBII (sorta) and then talk Champions League and whether they'd be willing to risk a trip to any other post-season league. Then it's BMG time, and rather than spending time on that match, they try to figure out what's up with the guys in white and red - is it that the tactics or is it simply that they're tired?

Finally, they wrap up the program by looking ahead at the big big big match versus southern neighbors Augsburg as well as the revenge match - but for whom? - at BVB.

All that and it was live ... sorta!

Also, check out Ted and Travis' talk with Rory from OTB for more VfBPSG info as we don't talk much about it on this episode as we covered it here: https://www.youtube.com/live/tr56uxru_5w

We had a blast chatting even though the result was less than ideal!

Matt pops on to join Travis to talk VfB at Slovan and VfB at Mainz! As such, the guys chat up some wins, some losses, and some text strands, as they use their weekly in-game text strand to chat about the lineup, the players, and the result! Wrapping up the episode, Matt is way more optimistic than Travis regarding the upcoming week but that doesn't mean we don't learn about Matt's love of pain and Travis' dislike of animals!

It's the perfect Englische Woche and so we bring in the perfect trio - David, Doug, and Austin - to break down the week that was!

First off, we welcome back resident SCF supporter, Auz, to get his view on his club Freiburg as well as his views on what it's like coming at VfB nowadays and then ask friends of the show David and Doug to defend (or brag about!) their pre-season Hot Takes and break down the RBL match a bit.

We then return with Austin to break down the matches a bit further before diving into some News & Q's that include the super important Champions League match at Bratislava mid-week!

Intro music courtesy of Peter Schilling and Bundesliga.com