but sop of the table is packed like sardines with no wiggle room at all in this league can't get any more competitive than that welcome to the show that bears the same name right here on p w match state is nearly eaten highlights plus expert analysis is on the menu here's what we've got cooking. the royal blues of shock at the chance to reign supreme in the standings becoming number one required getting 3 points on their road test hoffenheim. and is something rotten in the state of me store winger jay vincent shell was pitched against blubaugh for reporting late after the international break to severe or the right remedy. chris harrington joining me for sunday's shindig is right said we have ended chris cambridge welcome back to the show and thanks for having me chris all right and we have our very own wonderboy getaway tom you ready to get down absolutely ok

now before we get to you too let's hit in today's action it often hot. to lead or not to leave the standings that was the question shaka had to ask themselves prior to kicking off again hoffenheim aside coming off an impressive win over the defending champions shelters american coach david wagner has been making shocker great again this season could it be showcased time to shine and often ha let's find out. hoffenheim welcome shall kids of the south west looking for back to back wins off the last match they shot victory over by and it would have to be a nother upset with devin wagner's side needing just 3 points to go top off the match day 8 and shall quint close after just 3 minutes daniel caligiuri clipping the outside of the post with a sumptuous free kick close but not close enough. as

they did against by and it was hoffenheim who struck 1st though alexander newbill could only parry from the last baby on break a march to the rest one nil to the hosts above the croatians 1st goal of the season arriving in the 72nd minute. and they put the gang to bed in the 85th minute babeu racing clear of the shellcode offense. before applying the finishing touch to wrap things up. nightmare defending from shall go on cloud 9. to nail the final score david wagner's side holds it as the hoffenheim revival continues. not our day solved his own words via twitter said it best following their match with a table lead slip through their fingers in since i'm i'll start with you know seeing that performance against struggling hoffenheim are we getting ahead of ourselves considering shellac

a potential title contender well you know that's number one in the shock as a club had so it's always something you know it's always a question that we're going to be all skiing when we're talking about shaka think obviously with just 8 games played that's not even a core of the season of course we've you know getting slightly ahead of ourselves talking about the top 2 at the end what's being great for shock of the season is that since david wagner has come in as i was saying the other day each player has just found a new bit of energy they've really been trying to prove themselves now obviously this loss against hoffenheim is a bit of a setback but let's not forget hoffenheim beat by munich away from home last week so i think just like with a pinch of so and so he's match as it comes right now over to you now west of mckinney injured not on the pitch you know he bawled out during the international break statistically shot the lead in every category from goals did you think this encounter would have ended differently well i think you could've also me before this match who i thought was going to win a totally would have said but having said that i think the bundesliga the season

has been a bit like a slow bicycle race it's almost like the whole top group of clubs this really doesn't want to get ahead of the others is really old now of course you saw them lose. but it's worth remembering as tom just said that this is the same hoffenheim same the. last week as well so i'm not complaining i think it's really fantastic actually that none of these clubs are good and head of the others and i think if things continue like this we're in for a really exciting season right now sticking to this theme and how competitive it is right now out of all of the major domestic leagues in europe the bundesliga is the most competitive right now only 2 points separate places once a 9 after 8 match days look at the table check it out. down till. ever couzin every match day we can see a lot of changes so. why do we see it so tied up it's been years as above is there has been this competitive is this a fact of not having super teams this is yeah i think that's probably one way of

looking at it like ed said it's like every team you know is keeping themselves fairly close to the top without really putting their heads above the parapet and really claiming the top spot now you mention of course it's been years since the total has been since the table has been this closely contested at the top i think the last time it was this close off the 7 or 8 match days was 2011 and that was one of the years the bar munich didn't manage to win the tide so so yeah there were a lot of teams in it at the moment but again like i said it stays out of it for there's a long way to go in the scene. here because 2 of teams in the top have shelter in freiburg they don't have the international pitch to worry about do you think that's helping out their situation right now well i think that's probably part of it obviously if you're playing fewer games per month and you've got a slight advantage over the teams i could be more fatigued from playing in europe but so so with remember we just saw the table there the top 2 clubs are actually blood bath and wolfsburg and they all playing in europe so it's hard to tell just how much of a difference these you know this is actually making what i would say is this is

more of a case in team seems like freiburg and shall be glad but she doing better i think is actually more because a lot of the big teams haven't really got their acts together yet you know some of them start the season quite well at leipzig and a faded away and don't have to hit miss and blind certainly don't look like dominant buying that we've seen before and i think if these teams can start to click we might see a little bit more normality return to the to the champions league sports at least in the bundesliga i mean so if you guys had a had a call that right now who do you see competing to dethrone by or through the 8 match days we've seen right now who would you say well through the 8 much days i mean the table takes it straight based on how well everybody's been for performing i would really like to hold fire them into wealth so much they're not. when dortmund face strikers that's going to be a massive in a very telling clash and a few weeks off about the woman to play against by munich so in the next coming weeks i think we really see the talks who raced start to take shape a little bit more but so far you know there are a lot of contenders. you know foremost among them ok down to sit side it will

get back to you soon speaking about the top half and actually let's focus on the bottom half of the table let's take a look at the early match on sunday where cologne made light work of possible. seem on 0 punched want to lose ball palettes little loose ball to get cologne an early lead. after the break luis schwab hated it's a double the home side tally getting right past the bookkeepers fingertips and there is still time for a 3rd sebastian born now wrapped up the 3 points for the billy goats the 3 male triumph over part of born is their 1st home victory this season naturally possible and still looking for their 1st win of the sims. movie though and there is a school of thought that says when you have a 19 year old superstar worth $100.00 plus 1000000 euros you handle with care nobody told dortmund jayden sam show was suspended for the game against

a lot of bob because he was late returning from international duty now i'll start with you on this one do you think that's too harsh is management trying to send out a message or do you think he deserved the punishment well i think he probably did deserve the punishment you know it doesn't matter how young and brilliant and fantastic and valuable you all you have to abide by the club's rules and there's no reason to come out yes to why he would sunlight from the international break but what i would say is don't have probably taken a halt but probably fed law and now you know it's wrong to give preferential treatment to some players and not others and if he was late and he didn't have a proper excuse then he should be punished right you know it's hard to say i did interview james hansen before he scored his 1st point is that a goal very humble you know back then very quiet now obviously he's played himself on all of the major radars across europe. what about you do you think this sends a signal out to english clubs you think they sense there's blood in the water because there have been a superstar's sometimes butt heads as yet who is there that is true going back to

them but it's about a young of course they've been recent examples of this i think that comparison you know might be a bit too far at the moment because sanchez had one suspension he came back a little bit late from international duty and actually i think the club of 100 it really maturity they've been fairly discreet in the on screen too many questions about exactly what went on that riff refraining from criticizing sancerre in public which i think is very fair to the player as well and you know this is a school of thought was a gee you take care of your assets you make sure that your best players are happy. there's another counterpoint to that which is no player is bigger than the club and you know at 19 years old came out and said that sanchez still has a few things to learn. we're going to see him back in the scored for the champions league clash against into in milan on wednesday so yeah i think they've put the issue to bed quite successfully but we know he's been linked to manchester united

so what's your prediction when does he leave is there any possibility he won't last a season or do you think that he'll get closer to fulfilling his contract extension while be stunned if dolan sold him before the summer i think he probably will leave over the next few transfer windows i don't think he'd be going in general but it will be fascinating to see where he goes and also it's worth remembering the legacy that he'll have left behind for these other young players you know these fantastic players coming from the premier league go to the been his league making 90 self hasn't worked out for everyone like it is has jane said show that very few have tried and actually i think you know a proportion of the ones that have gone i mean there's a case in point look what you can do to your career if you give it a crack if you concur with yeah absolutely i mean it's been a conversation they've been having around sunshine ever since he really came into the bin this league and started making waves very bravely turned around to pep guardiola man city and said play me pep guardiola over the said you are conquering see that and so on so just done his own thing and left and turn himself into a superstar you know he was on international duty let's not forget just 19 he made

2 appearances for england in the past couple of days so yeah i mean it's been a real fight i mean really who knows who's in his ear you know during these breaks as well now moving to the other of the age spectrum byron munich thomas started on the bench again what would save his mind was the one of playing a 30 year old while they're rebuilding we've seen some some clashes in the past you know sometimes his wife has actually been in his defense you know. what are your thoughts you know on the miller situ. well i think a lot of people expect in miller to get really frustrated and leave at some point soon or or you know or for him to at least think there's no points thing upon anymore well i would say is you know he had a poor couple of seasons fair enough but this is a man is called 110 bonus league goals for by munich he's only 30 years old that imad sits right now especially because they want to bring these young talents back for you need some older wiser experience heads have been there done that one champions league and and leagues and i think i think as

a way back into the 1st suspect being thomas minus case he probably is betting that he's got more life in him the point of actually does he's a real talisman for the club is you know very close with rooney go hernias i think he thinks that he's going to outlast the patch great well there you have it that's 4th up for us thanks to our guests be sure to tune in again on match day not. kill that volume or that's hard and in the end it's for me you're not allowed to stay here and we will send you back. are you familiar with this. new smugglers we're alliance and. what's your story ready ready. i'm working i was a women especially in victims of violence. take part and send us your story you are

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