Episode 60 - We don't show what we are capable of

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Intro

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Justin: Hello everyone,

and welcome to RBL Talk.

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On today's show, we have some club news.

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We recap the 0 0 draw against FC Augsburg,

which I did a live stream during this

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. Game, thank you to all those people who

joined in the coverage and participated

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during the stream with your comments.

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I'll preview Matchday 23 in the

Bundesliga against FC Heidenheim

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and also in the RBL talk segment,

your listener input on the show.

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First up in club news, Bitshiabu

fine instead of starting 11.

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Because El Chadaille Bitshiabu missed

the departure on Friday, he was

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not in RB Leipzig's squad for the

Bundesliga match against FC Augsburg.

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A doubly expensive faux

pas for the Frenchman.

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On Saturday, El Chadaille Bitshiabu

was at least on time again.

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When the regeneration session for

the reserves was scheduled at the

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performance center on Cottaweg Under

normal circumstances the young defender

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would have been scheduled for a

relaxed recovery session as is usual

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for professionals called up to the

starting 11 the evening before According

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to kicker information Bitshiabu was

scheduled to start in the Lineup by

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coach Marco Rose and was supposed to

move into the center of defense for

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the red carded captain Willi Orban.

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But because Bitshiabu was literally

not part of the team in Augsburg, he

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was really put to the test on Saturday.

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Instead, Lukas Klostermann

moved into the starting 11.

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For Bitshiabu, it was an expensive

faux pas in two respects.

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In sporting terms, he missed the

opportunity to promote himself with his

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first start in the Bundesliga season

and to confirm the recent upward trend.

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In financial terms, the Frenchman,

who has a strongly performance

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related contract, not only missed

out on the appearance and points

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bonus, but he also has to pay a fine.

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a fine into the team's coffers,

which is set out in the club's

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internal catalogue of penalties.

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However, those in charge want to leave

it at that, as the defensive player

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who was brought in from Paris Saint

Germain in: 2013

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as decent and reliable in terms of

character, and has not yet attracted

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attention due to indiscipline.

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From tomorrow, he will be part of

the team again, Rose had already

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confirmed after the final whistle,

adding, I'm not going to rip his

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head off, he should learn from it.

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Castello Lukeba could be

RB Leipzig's next big sale.

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Sport Bild reports that RB Leipzig

defender Castello Lukeba could be their

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next big sale, especially if they fail

to qualify for the Champions League.

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The Frenchman is said to be planning a

transfer in the summer and wants to make

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use of current release clause in his

contract, which is said to be worth 90

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million euro and is active in the summer.

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Real Madrid, Liverpool, Chelsea and

Manchester United are the clubs that have

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been linked to Lukeba in recent months,

but where his next step is unknown.

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This season, Lukeba has struggled

to match his previous format

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Leipzig, mainly due to injuries.

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The 22 year old has only just come

back from a hamstring injury, which

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meant he missed 11 games, and is

still building up his match fitness.

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If the Lyon native is sold in the

summer, he will be the joint Leipzig's

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history, equaling the fee Leipzig

received for Joško Gvardiol when

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he joined Manchester City in 2023.

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RB climbs to 26th place

in the all time table.

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RB Leipzig has climbed to 26th place

in the all time table of the Bundesliga

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after they drew against FC Augsburg.

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With one point on Friday evening, Marco

Rose's team overtook regional league

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team KFC Uerdingen when also has 543

points thanks to better goal difference.

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The next team Within reach is 3rd

division club Arminia Bielefeld,

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661 points, RB could probably break

into the top 25 in the rankings in

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the middle of the 2026 27 season.

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TSG 1860 Munich, 884 points,

would only overtake RB at the end

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of the 2029 2030 season if they

averaged 65 points in 34 games.

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They do not score any more points.

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Hoffenheim 24th on 746 points

and Mainz are, 23rd, 795 points,

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both of which are still ahead of

Munich, are collecting points in

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the German top division themselves.

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It is therefore difficult to predict

when RBL will leave these teams behind.

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Record champions Bayern Munich

are at the top of the all time

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table, ahead of Borussia Dortmund,

Werder Bremen and VfB Stuttgart.

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Now let's recap the FC Augsburg game

with the good, the bad and the ugly.

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Before we get into a detailed

summary recap, we will have a look

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at player watch players for both

sides and even the best players.

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A quick overview of the

debut of Kosta Nadelkovic.

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Starting with the good, 14 total shots

is alright for some game of football.

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Retained the ball well

with 62 percent possession.

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Eight shots inside the box,

which is just over half, which

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is what you do want to do.

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You want to shoot as

close to goal as possible.

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Passing was accurate.

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462 of 531 total passes completed

at a success rate of 87%.

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As mentioned, we saw the debut of

Kosta Nandelkovic, which we will

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get into later on in the show.

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106 of 134 passes in the final

third, which is 79 percent accuracy.

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Now for the bad.

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We were offside twice.

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We received one booking, a yellow card.

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Only 5 of 22 crosses on target.

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That's just 22%.

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We really do need to start

working on our crosses.

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Gave away 12 free kicks.

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And we missed 3 big chances.

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And the ugly.

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There's a couple of things here.

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Ha!

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Only 4 total shots on target, out of 14.

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That's just 28.

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57 percent of shots on target.

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That's dismal.

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Too much passing on the defensive third?

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Not passing forward?

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229 of 462 passes in our own half.

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That's 49.

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56%.

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That's too high.

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Augsburg, on the other hand, made 99

out of 251 passes in their own half.

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That's only 39.

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44%.

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They were more attacking than us.

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That's just sad.

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We really need to work

on our attacking play.

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Ball retention is one thing.

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Doing something with the ball

is a completely different story.

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Three things we learned via Augsburg.

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Number one.

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RB Leipzig are a Finnish

club under Marco Rose.

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We're dropping too many points, and it

seems management are happy with this,

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and us fans are having to pay the price.

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Number two.

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Xavi Simons goes to ground way too easily.

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There was an instance where Xavi

went to the floor and fell over

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and whined like a little baby

that he should get a free kick.

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Well, you weren't even touched.

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Learn to keep your balance

instead of playing for free kicks.

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This in particular during the live stream

was really appalling and really annoying.

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Number three.

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We can play good enough

without Willi Orban.

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Attacking we were poor, but

defensively we did alright, without

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the leader and general in defence.

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Orban would have been desperately

missed against a top side.

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Thankfully, we played a mid table side

that we still bottled against again.

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Having a look at player watch players

for Augsburg, it was Alexis Claude.

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He completed the most dribbles

in the match with three.

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From his 43 touches as he played the full

90 minutes, three of those in the RBL

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box, he won 56% of his duels made at 25

of 28 passes with an accuracy of 89%, one

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of two shots on target, along with five

defensive actions and one in interception.

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For RBL, it was Xavi Simons.

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He played the full 90 minutes with

66 touches three in the Augsburg box.

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One successful dribble.

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He made 41 of 45 passes at

a completion rate of 91%.

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He created two chances with

five passes of the final.

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Third.

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Xavi was dispossessed three

times, made one clearance, and

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won six of 11 dues at 54.54%

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of the time.

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He was also fouled four times.

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Both of these players were close

to if not the best player on

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ground for their respective sides.

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And I think Alexis Claude edges out

Xavi by simply being as effective

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without having so much of the ball.

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Plus his ability to stay on

his feet and not play for free

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kicks was a bonus for Augsburg.

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The first half saw Leipzig assert

their dominance in possession, with

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Xavi pulling the strings in midfield.

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The visitors created several half

chances, with Christoph Baumgartner

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forcing a save from Finn Dahmen early on.

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Augsburg however remained disciplined

in their defensive shape, frustrating

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Leipzig's attempts to break them down.

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The hosts weren't without their

own opportunities, as Alexis

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Claude tested Péter Gulacsi with

a powerful drive from distance.

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As the half progressed, the match

developed into a tactical battle,

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with Augsburg compact defense holding

firm against Leipzig's probing attacks

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coming from few and far between.

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The second half saw an increase

in intensity from both sides.

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Leipzig continued to control

possession, but Augsburg grew in

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confidence and began to create more

opportunities on the counter attack.

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Dahman was called into action again,

making a smart save from Lukas

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Klostermann's close range effort.

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At the other end, Frank Onyeka squandered

a golden opportunity for Augsburg,

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firing wide when well positioned.

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As the match wore on, both managers

made tactical substitutions in

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an attempt to break the deadlock.

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Marco Rose introduced Luis Appenda for

Baumgardner, while Jess Thorup brought

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on Philipp Teitz for Samuel Essendé

to provide a fresh attacking impetus.

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The changes led an increasingly open game,

with both teams pushing for a winner.

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RBL came agonizingly close to

snatching all three points in injury

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time when Substitute and debutant

Kosta Nedeljkovic's header struck the

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crossbar in the second minute of four

minutes of injury time, which ended up

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being the best opportunity RBL would

have in trying to get the winner.

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A little bit more about that debut

from Kosta Nedeljkovic, who arrived

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on loan from Aston Villa last month.

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He came on during the 82nd

minute for Raidou Baku.

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He played 8 minutes in total,

not including injury time.

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Won one of one ground duels.

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Had 15 touches, created one big

chance, which was his header that

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hit the crossbar, of two total shots.

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Kosta also made 7 of 7 passes, and tried

to make 3 crosses, only one came off.

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For an under 10 minute cameo, that's

not bad, at all, especially for a debut.

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Manager Marco Rose and some of the players

spoke to the media after the match.

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They had this to say.

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Marco Rose.

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In the first half, we had good

solutions in the opening stages.

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What we lacked was depth and

solutions in front of goal.

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We addressed that.

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We missed Willi Orban.

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It was good between the 16s and the

defensive on both sides in the 16s.

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I do believe that this This article

was converted from English to

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German, so I believe it means sixes.

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Offensively, we didn't take cover

ourselves in glory on either side.

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We ran 116 kilometers.

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We were already there.

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We would like to have a win, but we would

have to play a bit better to do that.

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Even though I saw a few good things,

it's clear that there are fewer games.

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We need wins now too.

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Péter Gulácsi, I think

we had good control.

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We need more power up front.

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We weren't forceful enough.

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We found the spaces, but

then didn't really carry on.

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We need that ease back.

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The decisions weren't always right, so we

couldn't take advantage of the chances.

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Augsburg defended really well.

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That's part of it.

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We defended a lot of set pieces.

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The defense was solid.

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We've kept a clean sheet

in the last three games.

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Getting that stability

back was important for me.

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And finally, David Raum.

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I'm finding it a bit difficult.

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The clear aim is to get three points here.

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Of course, you can look at the

positive side and say that we're

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playing away to a clean sheet.

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But, when you have to do the thing

up front, it's a negative nil nil.

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We have to take

responsibility for ourselves.

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We have the quality, we have

excitement, the will is always there.

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Everyone has high

expectations of themselves.

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But you can see that we

sometimes want too much.

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We need clear processes towards the goal.

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We need to create more

chances for ourselves.

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Out of the three, I think David

Raum has the better option here.

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And he's got the nail right on the head.

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The best players for Augsburg

were Finn Darman, Frank

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Onyeka, Chris Lane, Mads Sima,

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cedric Ziziga and Alexis Claude.

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Best players for RPL were Lukas

Klostermann, who was the most

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accurate passer to play 45 minutes

or more with an accuracy of 97%.

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Klosty also completed the most

passes in the match with 64.

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Luciael Gertruda, who had the

most tackles in the match with 3.

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David Raum, who created the most

chances in the match with 4.

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and Xavi Simons and Péter Galacci.

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Now for a suspensions

and injury list update.

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We will go through the injured players

all through earliest to latest.

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Expecting the earliest returns first.

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Antonio Nusa with a knee injury.

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Estimated return date is late March.

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Osana Drago, hamstring

injury, ERD mid April.

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Xavier Schlager, knee injury, ERD,

late May, and Benny Hendricks, Achilles

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tendon, injury, ERD, end of season.

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Now let's preview the FC

Heidenheim game in the Bundesliga.

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FC Heidenheim will be without Niklas

Dortch in our upcoming fixture, as

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Frank Schmidt's side struggle to

stay in the Bundesliga this season,

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currently sitting in 16th position

in the relegation playoffs position,

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after 22 games winning 4, drawing

2 and losing 16, with a negative

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20 goal differential and 14 points.

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RBL, on the other hand, remarkably

stayed in the top 4, as teams around

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us also dropped points in matchday 22.

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RBL are sitting 4th position, 1 point

ahead of 5th placed FC Freiburg.

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We have won 10 games, drawn 7 and

lost 5, with a goal differential

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of plus 7 at 37 points.

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There have been nine games

between these two sides, with RBL

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having an advantage, winning 55.

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55 percent of the time, with five

wins, three draws, and Heidenheim

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winning just once, coming in the 2nd

Bundesliga division back on the 22nd

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of March of 2015, at their home ground.

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With the way RBL are

travelling at the moment.

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Heidenheim haven't had a better

chance to be able to beat RBL in

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their home ground in the Red Bull

Arena Than they do in this fixture

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Some interesting match facts leading

to this game are RBL have kept the most

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clean sheets in the competition, with 11.

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RBL have scored 4 goals

in their last 5 matches.

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And RBL haven't lost to FC Heidenheim

in their last 5 meetings, with 4

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wins in a draw being played out.

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Heidenheim have scored 4 goals in

their last 5 matches in the Bundesliga.

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And Heidenheim haven't kept

a clean sheet in 7 matches.

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For player watch for both sides, for

RBL, I'm picking Kosta Nadelkovic.

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I don't think he will start,

but I really liked what I saw

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in the eight minutes he played.

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If he can fit in quickly and perform

the way he did against Augsburg,

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we will have ourselves a very

versatile attacking full back.

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A great compliment to

David Raum on the left.

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For Heidenheim, Matthijs Honsak.

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The 28 year old Austrian international

has started eight Bundesliga games

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played 798 minutes and scored 3 goals

with 1 assist in the competition.

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Matthias can not only score and create

chances for Heidenheim, something they

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have been struggling for this season

domestically, if they can keep it tight

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at the back it would give Matthias

the best chance of giving Heidenheim

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a big chance on getting some points

against a highly favourable RBL outfit.

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An honourable mention for Leo Sainzer.

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Who has the most shots on target per

match for FC Heidenheim, averaging 1.

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4 shots on target per game.

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What I'd like to see in this

match, with a possible line up,

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is squad rotations and Kostner and

Delkovic needs to play more minutes.

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I'd love to see them get 20 minutes

or close to it, as it looks like

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we could be onto something here.

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I really don't think this back

three is going to be working.

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So I'm changing it back

to a 4, 2, 3, 1 formation.

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With the upcoming DFB Pokal quarterfinal

in mind, I've gone to rest a few

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players in the league and the rest

of players will either play a small

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cameo or be completely rested.

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So Martina van der Voort gets the

nod in goal, replacing Péter Galacci.

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From left to right, a back four of

David Raum, El Chad al Bitshiabu,

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Willi Orban, Lukas Klostermann at

right back, resting Rydell Baku.

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In the double six role, Nicholas

Seiwald and Arthur Vermeeren.

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Attacking midfield of three, of

Lewis Appenda on the left, who can

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push forward, as well as give us

good speed and options up front.

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He also needs to start and

score against Heidenheim for his

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confidence, and maybe after his 25th

birthday he might feel refreshed.

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Viggo Gerbil can start in the number

10 role, resting Xavi Simmonds,

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who will come on at some point.

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On the right, Christoph Baumgartner,

who will be substituted off for

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another new signing, TDM Gomis, at

some stage, with a swap of a pender

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to the right, and Gomis on the left,

in his more favorable position.

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Up front, Yousef Poulsen starts in front

of Benjamin Sesko, managing the Slovenians

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at minutes, who starts the quarterfinal

against Wolfsburg just a few days later.

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For predictions, This is hard.

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When we are so far off the pace, a

normal RBL team and game style should

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be seeing us win comfortably, but of

recent results, the question remains,

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which team will show up in the end?

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in front of the fans on Sunday afternoon.

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If it's the team we all know is

somewhere shows up, it's an easy 3

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0 win, as Heidenheim will struggle

to score and win in this game.

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But if the unpredictable team

of inconsistent and lacklustre

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performing comes to the fore,

this could be a boring 1 1 draw.

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So let's be optimistic and go with

the former instead of the latter.

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And now it's time for

the RBL Talk segment.

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show too, with the RBL Talk segment.

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You can even come on the

show as a special guest.

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with us on Spotify, social media, such

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show for free, in the show notes.

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First submission today is

from Ballum on X with username

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Ballum with four underscores.

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They said via DM, end of an error.

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No identity under Rose Ball.

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Ralph Hassenhutl, former manager

as we know, will fancy his chances

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in DFB Pokal match for Volkswagen.

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I like that your listeners are a

passionate bunch who all want Leipzig

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to go to next step and win Bundesliga.

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You do always remind everyone

still a young club and give time.

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Do you like and listen to

Bundesliga theme song anthem much?

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You can hear this on YouTube.

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: 00:23:25

Leipzig are in a situation middle of

February where they need Frankfurt

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and Stuttgart to lose matches

for them to finish in top four.

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Kloppo has been watching Paris FC in

the second tier in France because Red

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Bull own a small share in this team.

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Truly hope he is watching this.

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Augsburg, Loki are frustrating.

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They always know how to

pick up results to stay up.

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I'm not the biggest fan of FC Augsburg

as a football club in the Bundesliga.

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I definitely think fans

are allowed to be mad.

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They spent their valentine's day evening

watching this Let's not repeat this word

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it's kid friendly shows so it has the uh

the s word For poo, I guess you could say

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would probably be the nicest word to use

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Bundesliga highlights on YouTube

is only 59 seconds of this

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match uploaded on Friday night.

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It was like watching paint dry.

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Thank you for entertaining viewers

with your watch along live stream.

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Almost felt Leipzig

were waiting for a goal.

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No characters and leaders taking game

by taking risks was too safe in play.

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Clean sheet away from home is

a platform for next away match.

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Trying to uplift everyone's mood.

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Over the bar on YouTube a few weeks

back did a Leipzig match vlog, low key

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a little personalised for you Justin.

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Do you recommend this to new

listeners of the podcast who

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only started listening this year?

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Do Leipzig need a summer

transfer mini clear out?

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Would you take Eden Terzic, a

wildcard outsider in some ways?

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Him being out of work would

make it easier for Leipzig to

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hire a new trainer, head coach.

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Statistically, he won DFB

Pokal, first half season in BVB.

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Took them to second place in the

Bundesliga and in Champions League final.

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Borussia Dortmund, 1909,

have Klopp links as we know.

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Would you welcome Klopp's friend

Steven Gerrard as the next manager?

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Thoughts?

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Not enough experience in him yet.

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Not yet.

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Xavi Alonso would be nice.

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Think this would be almost

impossible to happen.

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But would you take Xavi?

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And not Xavi Simmonds?

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Xavi Hernandez?

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Well, commonly known as Xavi

1 La Liga with Barcelona.

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It is important Leipzig get

next manager appointment correct

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after the Jesse March experience.

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Wikipedia say between 2010 and

: 2013

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assistant coach in the youth academy

of Borussia Dortmund, reporting to

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first team manager Jürgen Klopp.

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Could a similar relationship between

two work now, for example, one to

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watch as Fabrizio Romano would say.

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Steven Gerrard and a head of Red

Bull football Jürgen have Liverpool

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connections, only sharing my thoughts.

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A lot to dissect there Bellum.

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So we'll go through it bit by bit.

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Firstly and foremost, I'm glad you

enjoyed the livestream watch along.

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I do agree that there is no identity under

Marco Rose when it comes to our football.

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I do occasionally listen to the Bundesliga

theme song anthem, but not all the time.

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Normally if I need a little bit of a

pick me up funny enough at the gym, or

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And just to get a little bit excited

for football sometimes, put it in the

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playlist tracks, to be listening for that.

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It's true, Augsburg do know

how to stay in the Bundesliga.

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There's a saying that if you

can beat Augsburg in the league

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table, you'll definitely stay up.

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It is a very disappointing fact that

at the moment that we are relying that

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Frankfurt and Stuttgart lose their

matches fast to finish in top four.

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We really should be taking our own

destiny, I guess you could say for

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lack of better wording, into account.

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Into our own hands instead of

which is a real possibility.

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We could drop as low as 10th come

season's end with only at this

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time of recording seven points

separating from fourth to 10th.

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I do know that Kloppo has been watching

all the other Red Bull teams as well, or

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where we have our investments in as that's

part of his role of head of global soccer.

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It was pretty disappointing for the fans

on Valentine's Day evening watching it.

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For myself it was

actually Saturday morning.

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Valentine's Day was the

day beforehand for me.

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But it was like watching

paint dry, as you said.

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It was

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almost like I had to start thinking

that I was going to be an entertainer

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and entertain people on the live

stream, due to the football being

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on display was pretty poor at best.

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So put it as nice as possible.

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It did seem like that we were

resting on our laurels a little bit

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and waiting for that first goal.

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And when it comes to the, the

vlog over there on the Over The

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Bar podcast and YouTube channel.

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Yeah, they did do one.

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And I don't know if it was just because

of my request or anything like that,

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as I said, yeah, that would be awesome

to, you know, to do because, you know,

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RB Leipzig gets given a lot of flack,

obviously because of, you know, the whole

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Red Bull stance and things like that.

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And it's good to see independent

podcasters doing something for everyone

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because the over the bar team, Mark and

Rory and Péter, they go to all these

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football grounds in Germany, and they

give a really good unbiased view on

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how the facilities is, what the games

are like, and everything like that.

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And, they've done really well in, yes,

it was a little bit tailored for me,

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and, I'm personally a little bit chuffed

about that, and, you know, I thanked them

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for the content that they provided, but

it's also something that an international

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supporter can now go and watch, and then

as they come into going to the Red Bull

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Arena for the very first time, they can

then get a little bit of an understanding

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of what to expect going into the stadium.

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I don't know if we need a little bit of

a summer mini clear out though, Balamb.

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So, we certainly need to get rid

of a few players, and maybe even

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invest a little bit more as well.

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: 00:29:53

Because if we get rid of some players,

we're going to absolutely need to reinvest

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in those, because the squad is already

pretty thin as it is at the moment.

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: 00:30:04

And then on to our managers.

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So you mentioned three there.

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You mentioned Eden Terzic, Stephen

Gerrard, and, uh, well, you said

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Xavi Alonso as well, but that's never

going to happen, so I'm just going

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to disregard that one, but, uh, Xavi

Hernandez as well, the ex president.

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FC Barcelona manager and also

La Masaya Academy product.

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I think the latter is probably the

best way that I would go personally,

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because I love that style of football.

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Yes, you can get the possession

based football, but you also

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have to be attacking with it.

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Don't just always be passing laterally

sidewards or going backwards.

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Just to retain the ball you need to

be attacking with it And if you're

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going to go sideways from side to side

you're doing it to try to open up the

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other side and in defense So you can go

forward and you can exploit any sort of

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Opportunities and options you have on the

wings as team shift from side to side.

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I think the players could learn a

few things, although it would be very

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odd to see another person outside the

Red Bull system come into RB Leipzig.

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: 00:31:24

I think it's something that the owners

and Kloppo need to possibly have a look at

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in something expanding, try to implement

the best parts of the football game

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: 00:31:37

style play of another player, sorry I

should say another manager like Kloppo.

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: 00:31:43

Xavi Hernandez and then implement

the Red Bull parts into it as well.

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The most likelihood of those I

would probably say would be Steven

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Gerrard, not Eden Tezic, who I

absolutely have no issue with.

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Eden Tezic, it was quite a good manager.

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I felt he was a little bit unrightfully

sacked at Dortmund, at Borussia Dortmund.

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: 00:32:08

Yes, they were going down, but

If you looked at how they've

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replaced him, they were far better

off just keeping Eden Terzic.

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: 00:32:18

Um, and a little bit of bias as well

when it comes to Eden Terzic as well.

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Um, I do believe that he's Bosnian

and one of my work colleagues who

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is Bosnian actually said, like,

he's a really good manager and knows

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: 00:32:32

a lot more than I do about him.

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So I really felt that He was a bit

unjust to be getting the sack there,

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at least with how they've replaced him.

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: 00:32:41

If they hadn't replaced him with someone

as good, if not better, then yeah.

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: 00:32:47

However, you know, Brisha Dortmund

are really in some problems right

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now, but I wouldn't mind having

Steven Gerrard coming there.

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: 00:32:59

I do think he's a little bit

under experienced, I guess you

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: 00:33:03

could say, but already managing.

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: 00:33:06

at the helm of

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: 00:33:07

one of the biggest clubs in

world football in Liverpool.

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: 00:33:09

You can't, not many, too many players or

managers can even say that I should say.

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: 00:33:14

And if you look at Vincent Kompany,

who's now doing an okay job over at

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: 00:33:19

Bayern Munich, he was only managing

Burnley and got them relegated.

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: 00:33:25

So if he can do that, Steven

Gerrard should be able to do

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: 00:33:30

perfectly fine at RB Leipzig.

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: 00:33:33

Over on Instagram, PIA, scroll

H-F-F-M-R says, again, far too

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: 00:33:42

little mate of the chances.

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: 00:33:44

We had a lot of ball possession

and didn't make anything out of it.

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: 00:33:48

Again, actually, it was

a game we had to win.

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: 00:33:52

Now Stuttgart can pass us by.

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: 00:33:56

I do think that we made too little

chances for the position that we had.

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: 00:34:03

When you have so much possession,

you have to do something with it.

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: 00:34:07

You can't just keep play keep away

football and do nothing with it.

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: 00:34:11

No one wants to see a team have

55 to 70 percent ball possession

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: 00:34:17

and then do nothing with it.

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: 00:34:19

That's just boring football.

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: 00:34:22

And I've noticed that of late under Marco

Rose, our football hasn't really been as

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: 00:34:28

direct in attacking as previous Red Bull

teams, including when Marco Rose first

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: 00:34:34

came into the club and took the helm.

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: 00:34:38

I'm almost starting to think

that his first couple of trophies

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: 00:34:41

were actually gifted to him.

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: 00:34:44

And what we're starting to see now is

the Marco Rose football philosophy.

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: 00:34:51

Now he still has plenty of

time to turn that around.

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: 00:34:54

But we can't really rely on Stuttgart

and other teams poor performances for

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: 00:35:00

us to stay up in the top four, to play.

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: 00:35:05

European football again,

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: 00:35:08

and I think you're completely right there.

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: 00:35:10

It was a game that we had

to win and we, we failed.

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: 00:35:17

rl9lewyfan on Instagram also says,

yes, it was boring performance.

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: 00:35:23

Yes, it was painful to watch,

but we deserved to win.

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: 00:35:27

The woodwork robbed Nodelkovich of a goal.

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: 00:35:30

The only good thing from this match

is Acosta and Nodelkovich's debut

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: 00:35:34

and the one point that we gained.

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: 00:35:38

Again, yep, it was

definitely a painful watch.

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: 00:35:41

And yeah, you could say that we

deserved to win late in the end there.

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: 00:35:46

And it was Nodelkovich who

gave us our best chance for me.

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: 00:35:53

Uh, the young fullback coming

on loan from Aston Villa.

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: 00:35:57

He really impressed looking forward to

seeing what he can do going forward into

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: 00:36:02

the club Although I think from for me

personally Leaving it till that late

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: 00:36:09

and that having as our best chance to

try to win the game against a team that

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: 00:36:15

is notoriously known as a Relegation

candidate or Towards the lower end

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: 00:36:23

of the Bundesliga table We should be

comfortably beating these teams and if

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: 00:36:28

we're not it's simply not good enough

so I think a draw would have been the

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: 00:36:34

best and fairest result and finally

Rob3r70 From RB fans discord Which

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: 00:36:45

you can join for free with the link in

the show notes says Rob3r70 Rose is so

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: 00:36:49

lucky so far in this season because with

this poor performance, especially in

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: 00:36:54

attack, we should be much more below.

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: 00:36:58

I couldn't agree with you

any more with that statement.

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: 00:37:03

I have no idea how we

are top four right now.

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: 00:37:09

And look, I don't mind the team

focusing more on our defensive.

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: 00:37:13

Attributes.

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: 00:37:14

It's something that I've enjoyed seeing,

but you can't focus on defense and

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: 00:37:21

being a defensive side and not worry

about your attack with the attacking

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: 00:37:28

powers that we have with Benjamin

Sesco, Louis Appenda, who both are

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: 00:37:34

technically down on form this season.

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: 00:37:36

The same for Chevy Simmons.

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: 00:37:38

And then you've got other

players that come around.

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: 00:37:40

It's not just those three.

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: 00:37:42

You do have Yusuf Powson that

can score a few goals, although

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: 00:37:45

they're few and far between.

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: 00:37:47

Christian Baumgardner

can also do the same.

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: 00:37:50

We've got Antonio Nusa, who's out

injured, can also do the same.

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: 00:37:54

We've got many options, but we fail to

utilize the players that we have and

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: 00:38:01

make these chances and score these goals.

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: 00:38:05

Where's the old RB game style with

flair, attacking pace, and just

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: 00:38:13

fearsome, striking fear into the

other team's defences when we get

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: 00:38:18

the ball and the counter attack?

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: 00:38:21

Where's that RB?

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: 00:38:23

As always, I'd like to thank the

contributors for their contributions

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: 00:38:26

to this episode in RBL Talk.

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: 00:38:28

All RBL Talk members, And thank

you for listening to this podcast.

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: 00:38:33

If you could take a moment to

rate us where you listen to this

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podcast, write a quick review,

tell a friend about the show.

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It really helps us find new

listeners and grow the show.

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: 00:38:43

So until next time,

I've been Justin Croser.

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Bye bye for now.

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: 00:38:54

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