Ranking Everything We Learned From the Bundesliga's Return

B/R Football Ranks

Bleacher Report

Sports, Soccer

4.8 • 819 Ratings

🗓️ 20 May 2020

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Yes it was a bit strange. No it wasn't perfect. But it was a damn sight better than nothing and we loved having football back on our screens! Jack and Sam are joined by Bundesliga commentator James Thorogood to talk through the weekend's action and see what we can glean from it, not only just for Germany, but for the rest of the world too. We talk empty stadiums, the benefits of home advantage, explosive fullbacks, Achraf Hakimi's impending return to Real Madrid and Kai Havertz's next move, alongside much more. Join us for Gladbach vs. Leverkusen on Saturday on HotMic! Keep an eye on @jackjcollins and @stighefootball on Twitter for all the details. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	This is Afonzo Davies and you're listening to BR Football Ranks and the bonus
0:05.0	you guys back.
0:06.0	Hello and welcome to BR Football Ranks, your favourite football podcast, and football is back to podcast on.
0:31.4	My name is Jack Collins, and I will be your host today and joining me, Mr Reliable, Sam Tyne.
0:37.9	Yeah, always reliable.
0:38.8	Haven't had any kids recently, so no paternity leave to lean on.
0:42.4	Shame on you, Dean.
0:43.3	No, seriously.
0:44.1	Week old today, Dean's new baby, Reese.
0:46.0	So happy one week, Teresa.
0:48.0	Thoughts for the family.
0:48.8	So glad everything's going well for you guys.
0:50.8	Everything's great for us too, by the way, because football's back. I guess Dean didn't manage to watch any because he's too busy with his newborn, but we at least had something to talk
0:58.1	about and watch for the first time in, oh, a long, six weeks, two months. Eight weeks, two months.
1:03.8	It's been difficult. There's been ups and downs, but, and it wasn't perfect, Sam, but did you
1:09.6	enjoy having football to watch again?
1:12.1	Yes, massively. I did. I watched five games, which probably tells you that I, at least I liked it a little bit.
1:18.6	Obviously, the 2.30 kickoff in Germany, the first game of the day was going to be Shalco against
1:23.5	Dortmund. Everybody was going to watch that hundreds of thousands of people in each country did.
1:31.7	Look, that worked out pretty well, so I thought I'd give Eintrack Frankfurt,
1:35.4	mentioned Gladbach ago. That was pretty good. So next day, roll back around for Cologne,
1:40.3	Mainz into Union, Berlin versus Buy Munich, and then Monday night, how could you possibly miss Verde Bremen against Leverkusen? So those are all the games that I watched. I'm going to guess,
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