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https://www.kicker.de/zieht-es-augustinsson-auf-die-insel-4000000036938/transfermeldung Saw this on the Leeds WACCOE message board today. It's a week old.

He wants the Ballon this year. He got screwed last year so he's gone and decided to "up it a notch". It'll be just like the French to cancel the event again.

I don't feel like VAR is the problem... I feel like English referees are the problem. They're either given poor guidance on how to use VAR, or they're complete imbeciles. I watch the Bundesliga primarily (4-5 matches per week) and I honestly can't recall a decision made by a German ref that I thought was questionable. I'm sure there have been some, but nothing like the weekly debate in the EPL. When it's applied correctly it hasn't ruined the game. But drawing lines from kneecaps to armpits is fucking annoying and, in my opinion, not what the game wants or needs.

Another one of my favorites.

Give it until 1:50 at least

Yeah, first time I heard this song I thought wtf is this? The vocal style is different but after hearing their albums it's definitely grown on me. Here's another.

Big fan of this band.

Back to back solid performances for Freiburg. Got to hope that Schalke are shell-shocked after the Augsburg match and we can hit them cold.

I thought I heard that the sporting director was let go as well. The performance against Gladbach in the 20 minutes or so was good but they fell apart again. Hard to see where they're going to get inspiration from right now to turn this around. They remind me of my hometown club FC Cincinnati. No ideas, can't even comprehend the basics of defending or attacking.

Is Baum a temporary appointment or does he have the job? Seems like they are certainly going down. When does the streak end? They can't score and they can't defend.

I think I have a soft spot for Germany in general tbf. My dad's family has roots in Osnabruck and Hannover and I tend to follow the German national team moreso than the US team.

Two reasons I was attracted to Freiburg... the first was the picturesque city itself. Spent a lot of time on YouTube watching virtual tours of the town and it's amazing. The second was the football. I watched the team play and couldn't believe the style of play for such a small club. Being a Bielsa convert at Leeds I can appreciate trying to play football the right way.

Hey all, went looking for a Bundesliga group that actually has activity and found this one. I'm in the USA, Cincinnati to be specific. My roots with German football go back to ~1999-2000 and I remember taking a liking to Dortmund and Bremen at that time, but Leeds United have been my passion for the past 20 years. Fast forward to 2020 and when Bundesliga was the first league to come back after COVID it was my lifeline for the rest of the summer. Since then I've been doing as much reading on German football and culture as I can get so any recommendations for fanzines, etc. would be appreciated. Leeds were finally promoted back to the Premier League but my renaissance with the Bundesliga has taken hold permanent and I make it a weekly routine to watch every game I can on ESPN+. I still have an affection for BVB but I've found that I enjoy watching a few of the more troubled clubs who don't win every week and actually have to grind it out just to stay in the league.... read: Koln, Freiburg, etc. I also have a soft spot for the city of Hamburg so I look for HSV's and St. Pauli's results as well. As a side note, Cincinnati is twinned with Munich but I just couldn't bring myself to do it.