Bundesliga: Bayern Munich’s transition from Guardiola to Ancelotti
The Offside Rule’s Bundesliga expert Susie Schaaf looks ahead to how things will change at Bayern Munich in the post-Guardiola era Pep Guardiola completed his tenure at [...]
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Bundesliga: How Bayern Munich’s Jérôme Boateng became Europe’s best centre-back while Mats Hummels struggles at Borussia Dortmund
Bundesliga expert Susie Schaaf looks at the contrasting fortunes of Germany’s World Cup-winning centre-back pairing and reveals how Jérôme Boateng has stolen a march on [...]
Bundesliga Review: Dortmund are back, but Bayern are still the team to beat
One of The Offside Rule’s resident Bundesliga experts, Susie Schaaf, gives her thoughts on an opening weekend that saw Dortmund rediscover their spark and [...]
Foreign experts run the rule over Premier League’s latest imports
It’s been another busy summer of ins and outs in the Premier League, and as usual plenty of players have left continental Europe for a crack at the big time in England. [...]
Guardiola’s homecoming: Bayern Munich recover to face manager’s old club Barcelona
As Pep Guardiola prepares to take his Bayern side back to the club where he made his name as a manager, Susie Schaaf looks at how they overcame the loss of the team doctor, [...]
Klopp shock: What lead to the Dortmund boss announcing his untimely departure?
Shockwaves reverberated around the football world on Wednesday when Jürgen Klopp announced he would step down as head coach of Borussia Dortmund in the summer, with three [...]
Germans in Europe – How will Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund fare.
There are six Bundesliga teams still fighting in the knockout stages of European competition, and as domestic form is a decent indicator of team strength (Borussia Dortmund, [...]
Bundesliga: Five 21-and-unders to watch
By Susie Schaaf. The Winterpause (yes, “winter break”) has hit Bundesliga fans all over the world, and while most are anxious to see their teams back in action, there is [...]
Bundesliga round up – enter Di Matteo, Dortmund’s demise and bruised Bayern
Eight match-weeks into the Bundesliga season sees some usual, and not so usual, sights. Guardiola’s mighty Bayern Munich sit proudly atop the table, but [...]
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