A four-day weekend leaves us with loads of stories on the Bundesliga beat. From the Friday night kickoff to the Monday six-goal thriller, we've got it all covered for those who missed out on the initial post. League-Wide Talking Points: Round 21 Nagelsmann defers until Tuesday The Friday night fixture between Leipzig and Augsburg predictably proved a wretched game of football. Heiko Herrlich's Fuggerstädter racked up four first-half bookings; two of which could be considered accumulator cards. The outclassed Bavarians engaged in so many wince-inducing tactical fouls that, with better finishing, the Saxons might have heading into the dressing room up 4-0. Heading into this … [Read more...] about Bundesliga Tactics Talk–Round 21
Martin Hinteregger
Bundesliga Tactics Talk–Round 19
German footballing enthusiasts could have hardly wished for a more intriguing round the second matchday of the 2020/21 "Rück-runde". All the madness of transfer deadline day may leave some still yearning to catch up with the previous weekend's talking points. There's no shortage of riveting storylines heading into week 20. League-wide Talking Points: Round 19 Cooling Iron After losses to Leipzig and Augsburg, the Bundesliga's Cinderella team couldn't quite hold off Gladbach at the Stadion An der Alten Försterei. The 1-1 draw now makes it three winless matches for Urs Fischer and die Eisernen. While such a streak certainly doesn't offset all of the Köpenick club's marvelous … [Read more...] about Bundesliga Tactics Talk–Round 19
Bundesliga Tactics Talk–Round Three
Some truly fantastic high-scoring affairs send us sailing into the season's first international break. For anyone who missed the latest in-depth analysis piece amid all the transfer deadline chaos, here's the re-post of this week's discussion: League-wide Talking Points: Round Three The Iron Armada Perfect debuts for strikers Max Kruse and Joel Pohjanpalo leave one very optimistic about the survival prospects of the capital city's smaller footballing club. Kruse, featuring in his first Bundesliga starting XI in over a year, headed home a magnificent finish early in his club's fixture. Pohjanpalo opened his account for his new club literally seconds after being subbed on … [Read more...] about Bundesliga Tactics Talk–Round Three
Bundesliga Tactics Talk–Round Two
Upsets and surprises galore across the Bundesrepublik! It shapes up to be another great campaign of in Europe's most exciting football league. For those that missed the Sunday Shine over at bulinews, here's this week's re-post League-wide Talking Points: Round Two Hoffenheim: One Player Ignored No More The German footballing experts always invariably have little to say about Hoffenheim during the pre-season analysis shows. This owes much to the fact that many, not finding the team especially interesting, simply skimmed over the roster in the preliminary research round. Note that this particular writer belongs to that group and makes no adverse judgment. Explicitly … [Read more...] about Bundesliga Tactics Talk–Round Two