Sorry we’re late, the internet connection kept breaking down. Your hosts Manuel and Alexis, of course, never break down. Instead, we break down pre-season developments and bring you up to date on the transformation of the squad who are going to represent probably the greatest club in the world this season. With the departure of big names Stindl, Be…

Just wait till next year! Sorry we're late, we couldn't find the "REC" button. So we were forced to cram the second two-thirds of the season into one programme. We start off relatively subdued and sober but we gradually pick up speed and take you on a gripping rollercoaster (ghost) ride through season 2022/23: re-live with us the mounting horror as…

Right! Sorry to have kept you waiting, but the dog ate our recording. You will have been waiting with baited breath, surely, to see whether we are still as content as we were in episode 90 with the direction the undoubtedly greatest team, club and coach in the world are going. Or are they going in a direction at all? Listen to this episode to find …

„So good to be back home again" - Al Green had it spot on in arguably the most tender and loving hommage ever to very probably the greatest club in the world. (Check out the lyrics - you'll see.) You know when there's been a heatwave and you're so grateful for the first somewhat cooler day for what seems like an age? That's what it's like to be a B…

In unserer 140. Ausgabe heißt Manuel den Ex-Borussen Ibrahima Traore willkommen! "Ibo" nutzt das Gespräch, um die Falschmeldungen und Fehlinterpretationen um die französischsprachige Sport News Africa Podcast-Episode mit ihm und Marcus Thuram zu widerlegen und für Klarheit zu sorgen, wie die Aussagen gemeint waren - hauptsächlich ein Witzeln unter …

Sorry, folks! It's been a while, but Renaissance Man Manuel was working very hard pursuing his many careers and Alexis was away meditating on the remaining terrace of the Bökelberg stadium. Pleasantly surprised to discover Borussia Mönchengladbach (probably the best club in the world) hadn't been relegated to the second division after all, and disc…

Legendary goal: https://twitter.com/borussia/status/1242820367590227968 Host: Manuel Breuer Co-Host: Alexis Credit: Intro/Outro-Musik von Nomoredolls, Electric Sheep, http://www.jamendo.com/de/track/275278/electric-sheep Topic-Jingle: Apple/Garageband Borussia,Mönchengladbach,Fanpodcast,Manuel,Alexis,Hertha,Bochum,Peintinger,Huetter,Season,Abstiegs…

Please, can we stop the season right now? Well, we predicted a "difficult" season in vollraute abroad #081, but this is ridiculous! "Everything falls apart" could be an alternative title to Vollraute abroad #087 (and "From the gut" the soundtrack) as could "50 ways to torture a football fan", or "Explain the inexplicable". We sincerely hope that yo…

Can we play you every week? Happy New Year everyone! Just when we thought we'd have to go into relegation battle mode, grateful for every measly, undeserved point we are gifted, along come Bayern Munich and make us feel good about ourselves again. Thank you, folks, always a pleasure, and we're only too happy to discuss the match in great detail. Ot…

Temporarily (?) out of order Borussia Moenchengladbach NUUUUULL - Freiburg SECHS ... seven days after cruising to a four nil win against puny Fürth, our current squad lose the prestigious derby against a limited but hard-working Cologne team in the final fifteen minutes after suffering a nervous breakdown and conceding three goals. The weekend afte…

We are a bit blasé about it in our recording, but we have to admit that Borussia Mönchengladbach, very probably the best club in the world, produced a magnificent performance, a work of art and infinite beauty, a lesson to others that will stand the test of time. Bayern Munich, who have been gallavanting around Europe and Germany recently, spreadin…

Marco who? So ... we thought we would be reduced to feeble attempts at scorning Marco Whatshisname for ... what was it we were angry about again? We were prepared to spit venom and spew bile after three depressing performances and subsequent humiliating defeats. We had been planning to do our own version of the BBC's "Just a minute" for all three o…

And the difference is a win at home! 90 short minutes (plus injury time) and those moments of bliss, those thrilling Denis Zakaria runs, brought us our first win of the season. As Dinah Washington would undoubtedly agree, there's nothing better than three points in the league, and we definitely prefer a win against relegation-battling Bielefeld to …

Boo! Nothing compares to that sinking feeling you get when you realize on match day three that your team are going to have ANOTHER "difficult" season, just like the last one. The same players as last year (and the year before that) seem to be committed to making the same mistakes again and again and again (individually and collectively), despite ha…

Begin the season! Hooray! Nothing can beat the adrenalin rush that comes with the start of a new season (no matter what went on the season before). Especially when your team begins the beguine with a win in the domestic cup. We discuss the hard-fought 1:0 at the Betzenberg, no mean feat when taking into account its infamous atmosphere, its braying …

“With all due respect, be gone! Sir.” Actually, in the meantime we have had a change of heart and we are quite glad the season is well and truly over. Before sending it on its way into the history books, we describe the various forms of embarrassment and shame brought about by the three last matches of the season, analyse whether or not team spirit…

The ups and downs of the three games against Frankfurt, Hoffenheim and Bielefeld in late April left us feeling emotionally exhausted and in need of a wee break. Are we actually quite glad the season is almost over, and are we looking forward to the summer break? Of course not! Our team's mystifying return to and loss of and return to form within ei…

Finally: the turn-around! Manuel and Alexis muse on how sheer luck and good passing football so suddenly und unexpectedly returned in the match against Freiburg. Then: an emotional debate about controversial refereeing decisions and the heroic, epic battle of 10 good men in Berlin. And of course your absolutely impartial experts on all things Borus…

Manuel and Alexis analyse Borussia Mönchengladbach's performances in the month of March, a true mensis horribilis. Does the win against Schalke 04 mean light at the end of the tunnel? Can Marco Rose go on? There has definitely been a shift in opinion regarding our future ex-manager succumbing to the Forces of Evil. In our Legendary Goals section, a…

1-2 v Mainz, 0-2 v City and 2-3 v Leipzig - Manuel and Alexis try to make sense of the downward spiral that set off (or accelerated) after Rose's announced departure in the Summer: attacking football is dead and the team is still conceding goals. In the centre of attention: the coach. Manuel also goes on a rant about tactical v individual coaching …

Well, it happened. Marco Rose decided to move to Borussia Dortmund after the season. Much rumors went around social media about whether to sack him right from the spot now, about reactions from the team aso until finally Max Eberl put his foot down on Wednesday in a remarkable press conference. Eberl is da boss! Hands down! https://www.youtube.com/…

A very bad mood is wavering through Moenchengladbach and its fanszene. Manuel and Alexis try to analyze what happened in the derby against Cologne and about what's lying ahead in Wolfsburg who play a strong season so far. In our sections of legendary goals we take a look back how Marco Reus and the whole team of Borussia dismantled Wolfsburg in pas…

At last! A victory against BVB! Manuel is joined by Alexis and they talk you through the match and give an outlook to the upcoming match against the surprisingly well performing team of Union Berlin. Credit: Intro/Outro-Musik von Nomoredolls, Electric Sheep, http://www.jamendo.com/de/track/275278/electric-sheep Topic-Jingle: Apple/Garageband…

Ok, 17 matches played. In Germany we call it Hinrunde ;-) Manuel and Alexis are back to talk you through all things Borussia Mönchengladbach Credit: Intro/Outro-Musik von Nomoredolls, Electric Sheep, http://www.jamendo.com/de/track/275278/electric-sheep Topic-Jingle: Apple/GaragebandManuel Breuer & Sascha Westphal

The shortest Bundesliga winter break ever, we guess. So, we're also back talking about Borussia with a look back to a difficult victory in Bielefeld and of course we talk you through the upcoming match against Bayern Munich. Credit: Intro/Outro-Musik von Nomoredolls, Electric Sheep, http://www.jamendo.com/de/track/275278/electric-sheep Topic-Jingle…