The Bundesliga's Surprise Packages

Tifo Football Podcast

The Athletic

Football, Soccer,, Sports, Soccer

4.6 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 16 October 2023

⏱️ 73 minutes

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Summary

Jon Mackenzie is joined by Abel Meszaros to talk about the two biggest surprises in the Bundesliga — Bayer Leverkusen and VfB Stuttgart. Were there signs last season that Alonso would have Leverkusen in a title challenge this season? What have we learned so far about Alonso’s managerial style? Who is Sebastian Hoeness? How sustainable is Stuttgart’s challenge for top of the Bundesliga? This episode of the Tifo Football Podcast is presented by Jon Mackenzie, produced by Mike Zimmermann. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:37.0	Hello and welcome to the T for Football Podcast. I'm John McKenzie and I'm joined
0:41.0	as I always am by my good friend and producer Mike Zimmer and Mike Hayden.
0:45.0	I'm back. I am feeling a lot better after being under the weather last week.
0:50.0	Yes, it's good to have you here so that I don't have to talk to myself in the intro.
0:54.0	But I didn't have to talk to myself in this week's podcast either because we had a really exciting guest in Abel Majarosh
1:00.0	who is a German football expert.
1:02.0	He was talking to us about some of the teams who have been the surprise packages in the Bundesliga.
1:07.0	So far this season, Mike, you've just listened to that conversation.
1:10.0	What was it that stood out to you?
1:12.0	I loved how he described how Shabia Lanzo has lever crews in playing just because I am a Liverpool fan
1:18.0	and I have this glimmer of hope that Shabia Lanzo will be the next Liverpool manager.
1:23.0	But it was great to hear kind of how he's turned lever crews in around.
1:28.0	And I know you had mentioned how last season you didn't want to jump on the Shabia Lanzo train too quickly.
1:33.0	But now I think we're seeing the progression and it's easier to see how a Shabia Lanzo team is coming together
1:42.0	and how he wants a team to play.
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