Bundesliga Thread 2025/26

it’s great seeing the referee counting down the eight seconds the goalie has to play the ball, but I can’t really see Hooper doing that to Allison!
 
Not a chance is Bayern winning the CL this season with that defence.

Concede way too many goals.

They were lucky mid-week against Wehen Wiesbaden when they needed a 90+4m penalty to win the game. They nearly had a Grimsby style result themselves.

This is the issue Kompany has as a coach, because no doubt he plays some good attacking football, but defensively he is all over the show.
 
Gorbachev said:
Not a chance is Bayern winning the CL this season with that defence.

Concede way too many goals.

They were lucky mid-week against Wehen Wiesbaden when they needed a 90+4m penalty to win the game. They nearly had a Grimsby style result themselves.

This is the issue Kompany has as a coach, because no doubt he plays some good attacking football, but defensively he is all over the show.
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That’s weird, considering what a fantastic centre-back he was.
 
Cellarite said:
What a load of old shite.
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It’s not though, look at the ownerships more closely.
Bayern in particular have been able dominate the league because of wealth owners and access to more locative sponsors, much like the red tops here.

The original plan for Leverkusens stadium was for the roof to look like an aspirin pill that is made by their owners Beyer.
 
After 2 games? What the hell has gone on there? Said at the time I didnt want Echeverri going there over Girona to play under him, will have to see who comes in to see whether this is good or bad news for him.
 
DFB-Pokal Second round draw, Matches to be played midweek 28th/29th October:

FV Illertissen - 1.FC Magdeburg
Energie Cottbus - RB Leipzig
1.FC Union Berlin - Arminia Bielefeld
1.FC Heidenheim - Hamburger SV
Borussia Mönchengladbach - Karlsruher SC
Hertha BSC - SV Elversberg
SpVgg Greuther Fürth - 1.FC Kaiserslautern
Eintracht Frankfurt - Borussia Dortmund
SV Darmstadt 98 - FC Schalke 04
FC Augsburg - VfL Bochum
Fortuna Düsseldorf - SC Freiburg
SC Paderborn - Bayer Leverkusen
FSV Mainz 05 - VfB Stuttgart
VfL Wolfsburg - Holstein Kiel
1.FC Köln - FC Bayern
FC St. Pauli - TSG Hoffenheim
 
Chris-NCL said:
German football likes to make out like it’s whiter than white, and is a fan led initiative.

In reality it is dominated by Bayern Munich who’s owners (49%) include a division of the one of the largest car manufactures in the world, one of the worlds largest financial institutions (which actually makes them the richest sports club in the world going by ownership wealth) and the largest sportswear manufacturer in the world. This means that Bayern have in the past been given access to favourable sponsorship deals to grow them into the dominant force that they are where every other German club is effectively a feeder club to them.

Dortmund have links to Russian oil and gas companies, same as Schalke.

Leverkusen are owned by one the worlds largest pharmaceutical companies, they are even named after them.

Wolfsburg are owned by one of the largest car manufacturers in the world.

Stuttgart are owned by 2 of the largest luxury car manicures in the world.

Bremen have a shipping magnate as one of their owners.

The reality is German football and also Netherlands football have more of a history of being created, owned and operated by commercial companies than English football clubs are. But having fans banging drums constantly during the game helps perpetrate the myth that their fans 51% ownership gives them a say in the running of their club, and that they have a healthy league that doesn’t suffer from the commercialisation of other football clubs.
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This is your opinion but absolutely not reality.
 
Rhineland said:
DFB-Pokal Second round draw, Matches to be played midweek 28th/29th October:

FV Illertissen - 1.FC Magdeburg
Energie Cottbus - RB Leipzig
1.FC Union Berlin - Arminia Bielefeld
1.FC Heidenheim - Hamburger SV
Borussia Mönchengladbach - Karlsruher SC
Hertha BSC - SV Elversberg
SpVgg Greuther Fürth - 1.FC Kaiserslautern
Eintracht Frankfurt - Borussia Dortmund
SV Darmstadt 98 - FC Schalke 04
FC Augsburg - VfL Bochum
Fortuna Düsseldorf - SC Freiburg
SC Paderborn - Bayer Leverkusen
FSV Mainz 05 - VfB Stuttgart
VfL Wolfsburg - Holstein Kiel
1.FC Köln - FC Bayern
FC St. Pauli - TSG Hoffenheim
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Köln v Bayern! Come on the Billies.
 
German/ Bundesliga fans must hate the Premier League

Wirtz
Simons
Sesko
Etitike
Frimpong
Gittens
Woltemade
Hincapie

All young players 24 and under all raided and taken. That's a big talent drain. Even Bayern are probably pissed as they wanted several of these players themselves.


Then even guys like...

Xhaka
Stach

Have been snapped up by promoted sides. Unfair, the disparity in money.
 
On the flip side Bayern signed Kane (the England captain and record goalscorer), Diaz, Olise etc so it isn't all bad. I'm not adding Nicholas Jackson to that list as clearly someone at Bayern is on the meth with that transfer.
 
Rhineland said:
DFB-Pokal Second round draw, Matches to be played midweek 28th/29th October:

FV Illertissen - 1.FC Magdeburg
Energie Cottbus - RB Leipzig
1.FC Union Berlin - Arminia Bielefeld
1.FC Heidenheim - Hamburger SV
Borussia Mönchengladbach - Karlsruher SC
Hertha BSC - SV Elversberg
SpVgg Greuther Fürth - 1.FC Kaiserslautern
Eintracht Frankfurt - Borussia Dortmund
SV Darmstadt 98 - FC Schalke 04
FC Augsburg - VfL Bochum
Fortuna Düsseldorf - SC Freiburg
SC Paderborn - Bayer Leverkusen
FSV Mainz 05 - VfB Stuttgart
VfL Wolfsburg - Holstein Kiel
1.FC Köln - FC Bayern
FC St. Pauli - TSG Hoffenheim
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I love watching these.

Occasionally German TV will find a field with a few cows where one of Bundesliga clubs are sent and broadcast it live.

I think Via sports have the cup rights in the UK.
 
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