Chris Mcquade

Round fifteen of the Bundesliga kicked off in unspectacular fashion on Friday night with St. Pauli beating Kaiserslautern by one (own-goal) to nil. Hopefully Saturday's games, though, should be full of action. Werder Bremen hosts Wolfsburg, and Bayern Munich travels to Schalke in two of the bigger games of the weekend. Let's get to it. […]

It's just disappointing all around really. One goal, and an own-goal, to decide what should have been a game packed with action. Kaiserslautern have been on such high form that anyone would have easily bet money on them smashing a St. Pauli side who have looked destined for the 2. Bundesliga lately, but that's football. […]

Borussia Dortmund's Europa League form has been nowhere near as good as their domestic form, and that's probably because they've had to prioritize their league fixtures over their Europa League ones. They've looked uninterested in their Europa League duties up until last night, where they whacked their Ukrainian opponents by a score-line of three goals […]

It's just so lame. "We don't win away because other Bundesliga clubs don't take care of their pitches." I mean come on. Many of the Bundesliga's top clubs play a similar kind of attacking football, and they've been able to take points on the road. I think it's a bit ridiculous – and a little […]

You'd think this would be a relegation six-pointer for both of these sides, but Kaiserslautern have looked a notch above a side destined for the 2. Bundesliga this season. Their hosts, however, could be in some trouble without three points here. Srdjan Lakic has been in exceptional goal-scoring form all season, and his finishing ability […]

While these two sides are at polar opposites of the Bundesliga table, they've both managed to qualify top of their groups for the next round of the Europa League. Stuttgart had a tough match away to Young Boys of Switzerland, while Leverkusen travelled to Rosenborg in Norway. BSC Young Boys 4 – 2 VfB Stutgart […]

Michael Ballack's return to the Bundesliga has so far been nothing to write home about. The midfield general has been plagued by injury, and he's rarely had a chance to showcase the phenomenal talent we all remember him for. Finally, though, Ballack has returned to first-team training and it could be at the perfect time […]

I'm not the best with numbers, but it's not hard to see when a club is in financial turmoil. Portsmouth and Leeds are two prime examples, while Manchester City, Barcelona and Real Madrid have shown the world what it means to have debt. Well, it's a totally different story for Bayern Munich and that's something […]

Felix Magath's side pulled off an impressive 3-0 win at home against Olympique Lyon in mid-week to secure their place in the Champions League round of sixteen. Finally, things were beginning to look up for the Konigsblauen. A weekend fixture away to Kaiserslautern was never going to be easy based on the home side's form, […]

Daniel van Buyten and Martin Demichelis were never the most sturdy center-half pairing in the Bundesliga. More of than not, there have comical mix-ups that lead to a goals for the opposition, and things have only gotten worse with age. This weekend, van Buyten allowed Frankfurt's Theofanis Gekas – who is at least four inches […]

How Lukas Podolski only got a yellow card for this tackle on Dzeko is a mystery to me. I hope I'm wrong, but I think that means that because he was booked no retrospective action can be taken. He should have gone for me, it's an awful challenge.

After Mark van Bommel suffered a long-term injury during an international friendly match for Holland in early October, doubts about Bayern Munich's chances of retaining their Bundesliga crown began to seriously grow. With Arjen Robben and Franck Ribery already ruled out of action, there was a huge concern over Bayern Munich's strength in midfield. Last […]

This weekend was filled with goals and I've had another tough time picking three candidates. Here are the three I came up with, sorted in no particular order. Comment below for your favourite! 1. FC Koln v VfL Wolfsburg: Cicero Equalizes In Superb Fashion 2. Bayern Munich v Eintracht Frankfurt: Tymoschuk Opens The Scoring 3. […]

Werder Bremen and Wolfsburg were both under pressure to pick up three points in their respective fixtures after their rivals all did the business on Saturday. Unfortunately, only Werder Bremen were able to grab the desired result, which leaves Wolfsburg struggling. Here are the results. Werder Bremen 3 – 0 St. Pauli That's more like […]

Saturday's games saw the Bundesliga's main title challengers all pick up positive results, which puts the pressure on Werder Bremen and Wolfsburg – who should be challenging for at least European football – to get positive results themselves. Let's get to the games. Werder Bremen v St. Pauli If there's any team that Werder Bremen […]