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Based on 6 episodes we listened to · September 2026
German football results become sharper club stories through close attention to form, recruitment, coaching and league economics.
Talking Fussball turns German football into an ongoing conversation about results, form and the decisions shaping clubs beyond matchday. Matt Herman and Nick Viltang work with different guests, moving from Bundesliga title races and relegation pressure to coaching changes, squad…
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A Stuttgart cup win opens into a sharper look at Werder Bremen's coaching shake-up and squad problems.
Stuttgart's DFB-Pokal win gives the discussion its hook, but the clearer line is the look at Bremen's coaching shake-up and the wider squad-building problems at Werder.
A season wrap that keeps the title race, relegation, playoff talk, and transfers in one steady conversation.
Talking Fussball ends the Bundesliga season on familiar ground: Bayern are champions, Leverkusen finish second, and Kiel and Bochum head down, with the relegation playoff still ahead.
Loose, funny final-day Bundesliga talk that still does the table math.
Talking Fussball spends most of its time on the Bundesliga's last-day scramble, with Dortmund, Freiburg, Frankfurt, and Kiel folded into the Champions League math.
Loose, funny Bundesliga 2 talk that keeps the promotion race in focus.
Talking Fussball keeps things loose, with Matt Herrmann and Nick Wildhagen easing in through weather, running kit, and the pleasure of being back on the mic before turning to the Bundesliga 2 promotion race.
A late-season Dortmund catch-up that keeps its footing while thinking aloud.
Talking Foosball comes back after a long gap with the same easy, slightly scrappy rhythm that suits it. There is the apology for the absence, a bit of life-update chatter, and then a clear look at Borussia Dortmund's season, with Niko Kovac left holding the question of whether…
A warm Mainz episode that blends tactical detail, club feeling, and steady optimism.
This episode keeps Mainz at the center and treats the club like a live football problem, not a packaged talking point. Matt Herman's Hertha frustration gives the discussion some bite, and the best parts come when the talk narrows in on Nadiem Amiri's deeper role, the set-piece…
A dry, useful read on whether Leipzig's wobble is only a bad run or something more serious.
This is a dry, steady look at RB Leipzig's wobble, and it avoids turning every bad week into a crisis. It keeps the club's resources, the fourth-place spot, and the simple question in view: is this a real collapse, or just a rough spell.
A skeptical look at the Bundesliga investor plan and what it could cost.
Talking Fussball Extra takes a clear look at the Bundesliga's possible investor deal, framed as a two-to-three billion euro cash injection, and the protests that have grown around it.
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Talking Fussball Extra takes on the Bundesliga’s new courtship with private equity.
The hosts open with banter and quickly settle into Bundesliga 2.
Talking Foosball Direct opens with the table suddenly bunched at the top and the hosts sounding pretty pleased about it.
Stuttgart are crowned DFB-Pokal champions, and the show starts there.
The show opens with the Bundesliga season pretty much wrapped up.
Talking Fussball gets the gang back in the same room.
Talking Fussball returns with Matt Herrmann and Nick Wildhagen easing back into a familiar chat.
Nick Viltagen and Terry de Fallon open by apologizing for the gap.
Matt Herman is back on Talking Fuball after a while away from the mic.
It opens with a bit of travel-and-running chat.