Benne posted:

The Champions League final turned me on to German football, is there any way for us filthy Americans to catch the Budesliga on TV/online?


Also, what team should I support without coming off like a plastic? (Bayern and Borussia disqualified)

Rycalawre posted:

Shouldn't have even got to extra time if not for Lewandowski day dreaming of sitting on Bayerns bench or whatever.

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Robert Lewandowski is set to put pen to paper on a four-year deal at Bayern Munich on January 2, Polish football magazine Pilka Nozna has claimed.

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Pilka Nozna said Lewandowski would sign the deal with treble-winners Bayern, making the end-of-season move a formality.

frankenfreak posted:

(Potential Comedy Option: Felix Magath )

Bundesliga.com posted:

Frankfurt - From the 2015/16 season, the Bundesliga will be available in all North and Latin American nations, as well as almost all of Asia, thanks to a deal between the DFL (German League Association) and 21st Century Fox.

The agreement means the Bundesliga will be available in markets as diverse as the USA, Brazil, Indonesia, Japan and Thailand. European countries Italy, the Netherlands and Belgium will also now have access to the German top flight on television.

"These agreements confirm that the Bundesliga has legitimately evolved
to become a top international sports media property," said chief executive of the DFL Christian Seifert. "21st Century Fox is a global-scale partner that provides German soccer opportunities for worldwide exposure and future growth. We welcome these agreements as an expression of faith in the Bundesliga’s continued development over the coming years.”

"Both on and off the pitch, the Bundesliga has grown to become one of the preeminent soccer leagues in the world," added James Murdoch, deputy chief operating officer of 21st Century Fox. "We look forward to partnering with the DFL over the next five years to leverage our unrivaled global portfolio of sports channels to bolster the Bundesliga brand in every corner of the globe."

The agreements reached for the Americas and Asia span a total of five seasons, beginning in 2015-16 and ending with the 2019-20 campaign. For the European nations, the two parties have agreed on a deal spanning the 2015-16 and the 2016-17 seasons.

LaneAveElite posted:

Why would you want NBC to win it, so they could play second fiddle to the PL? I for one am happy that I won't be searching for the Bayern-BVB game on Bravo while Sunderland-Stoke City is on NBC.

nippythefish posted:

I don't know where you got the idea that we were good enough friends (or friends at all, for that matter) for you to not only talk poo poo in this thread, but to talk poo poo via texting. It wasn't just "banter", and I said it because you've been trying to get me to take you to an 1.FCN game as recently as August. Calling me a flake is a loving joke when you consider our past. I've been intentionally avoiding you. 1.FCN means a shitload more to me than you do. Don't text me again.

nippythefish posted:

Reset Smith posted:

What is it going to take to get Jens Keller fired? No one seems to be particularly excited or impressed with his stewardship or his results and yet he just keeps limping on.

Pand posted:

lmao Schalke

Reset Smith posted:

And now Sebastian Rode is going to Bayern as well. Though I don't really see how the transfer makes sense from either his perspective or Bayern's. Who is he going to displace in the lineup? I don't see him getting sufficient playing time ahead of the likes of Schweinsteger, Lahm, Kroos, and Martinez.

Reset Smith posted:

How do you miss that Robert?

Dunban posted:

Dunban posted:

Gonna go ahead and put a fiver on Dortmund - Lautern being drawn later.

ephex posted:

ok so i made a thing