Dortmund Fan Club London Podcast of the fan club founded in 2013
Sports:Football
Thank you for your interest in the BvB London fan community podcast as every week the focus of the show will be on exploring a facet of Borussia Dortmund's life by talking to experts and former participants of the club's life.
People like players, fans and journalists who have covered the club and decision-makers and experts who know the world of all our club well.
The aim of the podcast is to make this wonderful football club more accessible to non-German speakers. The podcast may also be of interest to German football fans who want to learn or practice English.
It's all change at the Westfalenstadion and with the unrest amongst players and fans alike at the recent string of poor results and only 1 win in the last 6 league games and disappointing draws against both Mainz and Hoffenheim teams which BVB would normally expect 6 points from these home fixtures the head has been on interim coach Edin Terzic.
With key injuries most importantly Axel Witsel in midfield and a defence which has conceded 31 goals already by matchday 21 is looking decidedly critical even accounting for the absence of first-choice keeper Roman Bürki and Dan and centre back Axel Zagadou.
Second choice keeper Marvin Hitz has looked poor under pressure and an impressive Thomas Delaney has not been helped by Emre Can having to play in defence and Mo Dahoud being in such poor form.
The club is also going through financial concerns with debts of €70m and players still on reduced wages there have been no winter signings, only U17 international striker Julian Rijkhoff coming in from Ajax Amsterdam to join the academy.
Still playing behind closed doors Borussia is missing the crucial 12th man and looking the worse for it now 16 points behind Bayern and of more concern, 6 points from 4th placed VFL Wolfsburg.
The agreement with Borussia Mönchengladbach coach for a three-year contract could not have come at a better time but who is Marco Rose and what is at stake this season and for the Leipzig born incumbent coach?
On today's show, our guests are Sascha Staat a German football journalist who works for Ruhrnachrichten Dortmund's main newspaper as well as Eurosport and DAZN TV channels.
1. Current season BVB lie in sixth place in the table and are far off the mark in terms of a champions league place. The defence is far from stable and players like Marco Reus are not in the form to provide leadership. Why the instability?
2. The Roman Bürki enigma, have the weaknesses returned or are the goals being conceded a result of the instability crucially at right and left-back in defence.
3, The pressure is on Mats Hummels but is the pressure beginning to take away his enthusiasm? What should be the ideal line-up at Centre-back? Where should the constant Raphael Guerreiro be playing and which of the current defenders should be on Rose's for sale list this summer?
4. What are issues in midfield without Axel Witsel? Can Borussia rely on Thomas Delaney? Where should Can be playing? Pundit and former international Lothar Matthäus says a player like Matthias Sammer is missing but which players could fill that gap from the current squad?
5. Marco Reus has had uncharacteristic poor form and failed to lead the team in several matches, but is there too much reliance on 17-year-old Jude Bellingham who has had to hit the ground running. Giovanni Reyna has been a revelation but is now rumoured to be on the selling list, he has looked physically less than assertive but would that be a good move.
6. Enter Youssoufa Moukoko could he replace the incredible Erling Haaland, a striker who has scored more times than games played in since joining 1 year ago. Could BVB manage without Haaland and what else is in reserve?
7. What can be expected from Marco Rose in terms of tactical changes, what has been learnt from his style of coaching at RB Salzburg and Borussia Mönchengladbach. Is the slump in the other Borussia's form a concern? Will BVB be able to provide a war chest for Rose in the summer without selling a key player like Sancho?
Exciting times at the Westfalenstadion, with the Revierderby coming up at the weekend can the signing of Rose provide some stability?
Sascha's book is 'Borussia Dortmund für Klugscheißer' a book in German with many little known facts on the club, you can buy it on Amazon.
Episode 49 ’Bundesliga vs Premier, raining on Klopp’s parade and life at the Ashton’ with Switzerland A international, Bristol City Centre-back Timm Klose
Episode 48 A joint podcast with the ’Outside Write’ podcast: How can football be more sustainable and reduce it’s impact on the environment?
Episode 47 German language episode Es sollte anders kommen! Sebastian Tyrala Trainer TuS Bövinghausen, Polnischer A Nationalspieler, BVB Mittelfeldspieler 2006-8
Episode 46 ’Danke BVB’ with Stoke City midfielder, Bosnia-Herzegovina international Mario Vrančić (BVB II 11/12)
Episode 45 Bundesliga in Europe in 21/22 with guest Sky Sports TV Germany presenter Sascha Bacinski
Episode 44: FIFA World Cup Draw special: Guests Deutsche Welle TV Africa correspondent Lolade Adewuyi and Sebastian Schächter, CEO Schächter Sports, former Germany U20 midfielder.
Episode 43 ’Wir sind alle am Borsigsplatz geboren’ English-language interview with recording artist and life-long BVB fan Andy Schade
Episode 42: Highs and Lows of Season 21/22 guest Bundesliga Channel match commentator Phil Bonney
Episode 41 ’Revierderby ist etwas besonderes” Mit Gast Norbert Eilenfeldt (Arminia Bielefeld, 1 FC Kaiserslautern)
Episode 40 ’ Die Hohenbuschei’ German language episode with guest FC Augsburg defender Felix Götze (BVB 2013-15)
Episode 39 German language episode: Guest BVB Fan and author Bruno Reekers ’50 years following the Black and yellows’
Episode 38 with Christoph Zimmermann Norwich City Centre-back (BVB U23s 2015-17)‘ The Premier League is intense and uncompromising‘
Episode 37 with Cedric van der Gun (BVB 05/06, Ajax 1999-03) BVB v Ajax Champions League Preview
Episode 36 ’ You don’t win the Bundesliga by mistake’ with guest Sunday Oliseh, defensive midfielder, coach, broadcaster and Olympic gold medallist with Nigeria.
Episode 35 The hidden force on the sidelines:.German language interview Massimo Mariotti (BVB academy coach and interpreter 2003-2018)
Episode 34 guest Hamadi Al Ghaddioui VFB Stuttgart Centreforward (BVB U23 16-17) ’I grew up playing street football’.
German language episode - Episode 33 Guest Knut Reinhardt (BVB 1991-99) - Knuuuuuuuut!
Episode 32 Daniel Farke's 'Die Kanarienvögel' talking the Dortmund-Norwich connection with Ben Ambrose host of 'Norwich Talk' the Norwich City podcast
Episode 31 ’Bomber, Bomber, Bomber’ German Language episode guest Hartmut Wiegand BVB Kitman and coach driver 1982-2002 ’BVB is a Ruhrgebiet club, that’s how it should always be’.
Episode 30 Pokalfinale preview, season review and the wonder that is Edin Terzic with Bundesliga Presenter Abel Meszaros Sport 1 TV Hungary, Talking Fussball
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