So Atletico Madrid or Juventus
German Football 22/23 | 2. Bundesliga returns | Hamburg vs Schalke 20:30 |
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In the latest episode of the United Hour Podcast, Nik @Rood and Imran @Annihilate Now! start with the good news by celebrating Manchester United Women's emphatic FA Cup win over Spurs at Wembley and the future of manager Marc Skinner.
Then it's the bad news and the ever worsening form of our Men with losses to Arsenal and Palace.
Finally the main debate - ETH Out now or keep him until the end of the season - if not longer. Are you Team Nik or Team Imran?
Pardon my arrogance but both should not stand a chance against Bayern over two legs.
Sure hope so!
Mission accepted. Now you guys make sure that Barca doesn’t win the league, okay? Thank you
Dude, why the mega jinx? You know we can't beat spanish teams other than Barca!
That Leeds with midfielders from Bundesliga and Austrian League?
Roca - did not play much for Bayern last season
Tyler Adams - did not play much for RB Leipzig last season
Brendon Aaronson - played for RB Salzburg last season
Ignoring Dan James, typical agenda post
And drew the away match with a B-team 1:1
And coached by someone sacked not even halfway into the BL season.
It seems they adjusted well to the weaker league.
I like it that Marc Roca now has the chance to show himself and all physical work on his body he did the recent two years. It was not enough at first at Bayern - and then he was unlucky that there was some higher in the pecking order to really get the time he needed to establish himself.
Whoa! I pop in here to hide from the Chelsea threads and to catch up on all the weekend Bundesliga chat and you're here serving up bullets for me just in case?
Not our fault that your team lost against a bunch of Bundesliga failures
We have a couple of our own that we're checking the return policy on as we speakNot our fault that your team lost against a bunch of Bundesliga failures
Looks like a pretty decent draw for the German teams in Europe:
Bayern have two freebies and Inter.
Leipzig got Real of course, but neither Celtic nor Shakhtar should be a threat to them.
Frankfurt got a very even looking group, which can be good or bad for them, depending on how well they adjust to playing in the CL for the first time.
Leverkusen hit the jackpot with Porto from pot 1, if they show mature performances and defensive strength they could even be able to challenge for first place.
Dortmund will be playing for second place, since City is just too consistent in group stages, Sevilla are a nasty opponent to play against, but compared to the alternatives, probably a relatively lucky draw as well. Terzic needs to find improvements somewhere though.
Freiburg and Berlin have dodged all the bigger names despite sitting in pot 3, so I guess you have to call that very fortunate, too.
Bayern have two freebies and Inter.
Leipzig got Real of course, but neither Celtic nor Shakhtar should be a threat to them.
Frankfurt got a very even looking group, which can be good or bad for them, depending on how well they adjust to playing in the CL for the first time.
Leverkusen hit the jackpot with Porto from pot 1, if they show mature performances and defensive strength they could even be able to challenge for first place.
Dortmund will be playing for second place, since City is just too consistent in group stages, Sevilla are a nasty opponent to play against, but compared to the alternatives, probably a relatively lucky draw as well. Terzic needs to find improvements somewhere though.
Freiburg and Berlin have dodged all the bigger names despite sitting in pot 3, so I guess you have to call that very fortunate, too.
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It is a really good draw for Dortmund being in pot 3. Let’s hope you guys will have a healthy squad.
At least 3 of BVB, Leipzig, Eintracht and Leverkusen will manage to feck it up.
My money would be on neither RB, Bayer nor BVB making the knockout rounds.
My money would be on neither RB, Bayer nor BVB making the knockout rounds.
I mean pot 1 was 50/50 between (Ajax, Porto, Milan) and (Man City, Real, PSG) and I think in a group stage setting City are probably the toughest (as in most consistent) opponent out of that lineup, so it's not an insanely lucky draw. I'd much rather play in Leverkusen's group for example. But at least financially speaking Dortmund obviously still have to demand of themselves to finish ahead of Sevilla. It would be nice if they didn't have to try and meet that ambition with a front three of Brandt, Modeste, Bynoe-Gittens, playing the kind of football they have been playing thus far.
Freiburg v Bochum has been one of the most absurd games I've ever seen
I have absolutely no idea how there was only one goal.
I have absolutely no idea how there was only one goal.
xG 4.41 vs 1.13
Who could ever dream of stopping this Karlsruhe side on their rampage towards promotion?
Finally the first start for Özcan. I'm quite curious if he can fix Dortmund's midfield
I think central midfield wasn't that bad as long as Dahoud was fit, the wings with Wolf, Brandt and Bynoe Gittens were the far bigger problem in possession, as was Modeste's tendency to need support rather than lending it. If Özcan can be a serious alternative to Dahoud that would still help a lot of course.
Big game in Mainz too. Could maybe even be the end of Seoane if it goes badly.
Köln scores the 1:0 against Hertha
Schalke lose 6-1
xG for Schalke was 1.87 and for Union Berlin 1.07 (understat)
I'm beginning to think that loaning out Schwolow to Schalke was the shrewdest bit of business Hertha did this summer.
Mane with 4 or 5 goals disallowed so far. Inzaghi would be proud.
That was quality from Thuram.
That pass by Pavard was outrageous
What a fecking pass 
Sommer has been amazing. Is he always this good?
He's usually Brad Friedel reincarnated against Bayern, so a bit better than is normal level, but that's what you get from him
Well...this performance is certainly an outlier. He's a very decent GK, although a bit short.
Against Bayern, mostly
He's hit and miss, often amazing, but also concedes the occasional soft goal. His mistakes don't seem to be pressure related though, which counts for something.
That was a good game
6 minutes injury time was the most Bayern thing ever