In lieu of a long recap with lots of pictures and analysis that might be obsolote tomorrow (Champions League, etc) I’ve decided to record a solo pod answering 6 burning questions: 1.How will Bayern’s squad\injury\Covid management? 2. Dortmund’s defense giving them a shot at the title but can they find a second scorer next to Haaland? 3. Has the Nagelsmann magic spell been broken? 4. Have the Foals been holding back? 5. Bosz and B04 attack breaking out? 6. Who is the best of the rest: FCA with #HahnSZN, Stuttgart’s wasted chances, Glasner can’t generate attacks, Hertha’s identity? Stay ..read more

RB Leipzig’s project had a wild season with Julian Nagelsmann at the helm, leading the Bundesliga midway through, before fading to 3rd place. However, RBL made a great run in the UCL into the semifinals. We assess that first campaign, discuss the offseason moves and figure out where Leipzig are heading into 2020\21 with a man who follows RB football. Introducing Jack Brace the founder of Red Bull Hub who helps me break down the following topics: Hee-chan Hwang’s role in helping to replace Timo Werner and how others can help improvement in depth, but not in quality? is this gonna be Amadou ..read more

Today’s team in our Bundesliga 2020\21 season preview is Werder Bremen. The Green and Whites’ nightmare season last time around ended with barely staying in the league against Heidenheim in the relegation playoffs. In spite of that, Bremen stuck with Florian Kohfeldt and brought him some help in the staff, as well as making a number of transfer moves. We discuss all this and more SVW with the excellent Florian Reinecke, who covers Bremen for a number of outlets, and follows/supports the club religiously. Topics we cover in order: -making sense of last season and its financial ramifications o ..read more

In this season preview episode, I am joined by the world’s number one Tobias Raschl fan and Dortmund insider, Luca Gierl to break down the summer at BVB and how Lucien Favre’s team is getting ready for the new Bundesliga campaign. Here is what we discussed: -Why people within the club are even more impressed with Jude Bellingham. Could he start right away? -How good is Youssoufa Moukoko, why he’s similar to Sergio Aguer and how much playing time will he get? -Reinier’s role -Favre’s “Berlusconiesque” demands for two teams and why he has nothing to lose -Dortmund U23 team and Favre’s futur ..read more

The guest for this podcast is American performance analyst Aidan Reagh, who focuses on goalkeepers and is known to appear on Bundesliga podcasts, as well as this newsletter: You can and should follow him on Twitter and check out his chart on Bundesliga and big 5 GK’s comparing Post Shot xG and average distance from goal: On the episode we spend the first 30 minutes discussing and evaluating some of the Bundesliga’s best performing goalkeepers, figure out what makes them elite. We also touch on some of the not so great seasons from a GK perspective, talk data and eye test and other ways to ev ..read more

Hello! Rather than talking about Bundesliga tactics, which we might have to get back to at some point in time, we discussed a number of topics with Spielverlagerung Editor in Chief, Constantin Eckner. -The discussion starts with a feuilleton, Constantin, who is a historian, wrote for Neue Zürcher Zeitung on the “Spanish” flu of 1918 and the differences to COVID19 -at about the 7 minute mark, we discuss the financial and other implications on German football as the initial responses by the powers that be (Watzke, Rummenigge, Seifert) as well as the fans -around 20 minutes we talk about how t ..read more

Hey, Bundesliga, thanks for coming back! After a winter break filled with lots of player scouting and transfer stories, I’ve immersed myself by watching 6 full matches on MD18 (started Köln - Wolfsburg as well, but time is the great enemy) and in the interest of time, I thought I would share my observations/analysis in a podcast format. The schedule: Augsburg - Dortmund Schalke - Gladbach Hertha - Bayern TSG - Frankfurt Leipzig - Union Köln - Wolfsburg - first 15 minutes Paderborn - Leverkusen Here are some images from these games: Thanks for listening and stay tuned for the Augsburg ..read more

This is a teaser of the podcast with Jan Gabriel Hartel of Paderball.com, to hear the whole episode (72 minutes) https://bundesligabulletin.substack.com/p/bvb-paderborn-and-all-things-scp07 11 Freunde: Zur Mitte der Hinrunde, nach dem 4:4 gegen den SC Paderborn, schrieb der »Paderball«… Tim Walter Oh, der Text war toll. Den habe ich gern gelesen.   11F: In the middle of the Hinrunde, after the 4:4 against Paderborn, a blog called Paderball wrote…. TW (then Holstein Kiel coach): Yes, that was a great post, really enjoyed it! When a 2. Bundesliga head coach as innov ..read more

Another solo pod breaks down the remaining four fixtures including: The Union Berlin- Eintracht Frankfurt Friday night special, focusing on Union’s buildup issues, SGE’s use of Gelson Fernandes and their CBs in playing out of the back Then it’s on to Cologne, where Hertha won by 4 goals, but why did I not like Ante Covic’s game plan? Mainz-Wolfsburg had a shots statline of 15 to 4, yet both teams around around 1XG. How did that happen and why does Mainz’s 4-3-3 look better than their diamond? Finally, the Boszwagon rotated its tires (Tah, Lars Bender) and ultimately ran over Augsburg, aft ..read more

Discussing RBL-Schalke, Bayern - Paderborn, BVB-Werder and the underrated TSG-Gladbach links to Schalke piece for Statsbomb: https://statsbomb.com/2019/09/wagner-hits-all-the-right-notes-how-schalkes-new-manager-is-conducting-a-soaring-rise-for-last-years-biggest-bundesliga-disappointers/ Freiburg for Sport TV (Hungarian) : http://www.sport1tv.hu/sztori/85231/meglepetescsapat-a-fekete-erdobol/ and some tactical boards Bayern-Paderborn Dortmund’s set up vs the presumed 5 defenders, which turned out to be 4 + Sahin for Werder (thanks, Herr Kohfeldt) Werder’s ball progression on the right ..read more