Bundesliga catch-up w/ Manuel Veth: could playoffs soon be a thing in the Bundesliga? Plus, Dortmund's defensive issues, Americans in the relegation battle, and much much more!
Total Soccer Show: USMNT, Champions League, EPL, and more ...
TSS
4.8 • 3.7K Ratings
🗓️ 18 February 2022
⏱️ 69 minutes
🧾️ Download transcript
Summary
Our old pal Manuel Veth is back to discuss... a lot lot lot of things. We get into the potential for playoffs in the Bundesliga and why some people are in favor (hint: it's because no one can beat Bayern), and then also spend some time with:
1) Why the Salzburg draw wasn't THAT big of a surprise for Bayern
2) The situation that led to Sule jumping ship for Dortmund
3) Why the picture at Leipzig is rosier than it's been in a while
4) Why that isn't quite the case for Dortmund
5) Wolfsburg's sale of Wout Weghorst and why it might not be such a major loss
6) How George Bello's move to Bielefeld is another sign that that club is making really smart moves
7) The (sadly) several Americans that could find themselves in a relegation battle
8) Why Joe Scally should be getting more phone calls from Gregg Berhalter
... and there's still more after that!
Sponsors! Today's episode is brought to you by...
DIRECTV! DIRECTV STREAM brings your live TV and on demand favorites together like never before. Head to directv.com to learn more!
American Giant! Get 20% off when you use code 'TSS' at checkout at American-Giant.com!
LinkedIn! Post your job for free at LinkedIn.com/TSS!
Roman! Go to getroman.com/TSS today, and if you’re prescribed, get $15 off your first month of ED treatment!
Trade Coffee! Trade Coffee is offering $20 off your first three bags at drinktrade.com/TSS!
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Transcript
Click on a timestamp to play from that location
| 0:00.0 | Hello, hello everybody and welcome to the Total Soccer show. |
| 0:23.7 | My name is Taylor Rockwell. |
| 0:25.4 | And joining me today, it's a Bundesliga spectacular. |
| 0:28.8 | And that means, as always, Manuel Vath of Transfer Market is here, Transfer Market, excuse me, |
| 0:33.6 | and the Gag and Pressing podcast is here with me. |
| 0:35.4 | Manuel, great to chat with you again. |
| 0:37.8 | How's it going, buddy? It's, well, it hasn't really been that long. It hasn't been that long. No, I feel like we're probably going to, we're on a path of making this a more regular thing, which is great and exciting, and I'm really looking forward to today. Yeah, me too, man, because there's always interesting stuff to talk about in the Bundesliga. you and I always end up talking about lots of stuff. So far, before we started recording, we talked about, I think, geopolitical relations in Canada and the United States. We talked about geopolitical relations in Russia and Ukraine. We talked about car manufacturing. We've been all over the place. But right now, we're going to talk about some football. Manuel, for those who don't know, was on vacation last week. He goes away for one week and the DFL takes that opportunity to |
| 1:15.1 | start talking about playoffs. Manuel, are we going to have Bundesliga playoffs? Should we be |
| 1:19.1 | expecting the 2023 Bundesliga super schusel? Will Dave Osloff to the halftime show? What's the plan? |
| 1:24.0 | Or the Bundespokal. Yeah. |
| 1:32.2 | I hope something happens, to be honest. |
| 1:32.6 | Really? |
| 1:34.9 | I'm putting myself in the, |
| 1:38.0 | bring on the playoffs camp. |
| 1:44.4 | Yeah, I'm not married to the way competitions are. |
| 1:54.7 | I think that we live, well, we work in what is essentially in the entertainment industry and anything that makes the sport more entertaining, I'm all for it. |
| 1:59.0 | We both live in North America. We're both very familiar with the |
| 2:03.0 | MLS Cup playoffs, which I actually think is some of the most spectacular. When it comes to a national |
| 2:10.0 | championship way to decide a title, and especially last year, it was very exciting, right? And I think |
| 2:17.3 | anything that makes the competition more |
| 2:18.9 | exciting is a good thing and um i'm not saying go straight to like i think one of the things that |
| 2:26.2 | was talked about was you know the top four than playing a playoff not sure it has to be exactly that |
... |
Please login to see the full transcript.
Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from TSS, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.
Generated transcripts are the property of TSS and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.
Copyright © Tapesearch 2026.