Summary: Phil and Anto are joined by German football historian and correspondent Uli Hesse to take a look at some of the major storylines facing the German national team and the Bundesliga where flaws are apparent both in the wake of a recent loss to France and the Bayern Munich where some of the same issues are apparent. Uli helps us break through the hysteria to separate what is fact from fiction and how the greater forces at work in German football will find some comfort in the fact that these uneasy moments do always seem to follow Germany and Bayern Munich. We also examine the arrival of Otto Rehhagel at Hertha Berlin and if this last ditch reach will save them from relegation, and if there is a bigger surprise package in all of football than what Lucien Favre has done at Borussia Mönchengladbach, less than a season removed from a relegation playoff scrap and now on the brink of Champions League football with several of its main players already sold on to bigger clubs or at least rumored to move on. We also gauge the probability of moves for Michael Ballack to Major League Soccer and Lukas Podolski to Arsenal at the end of the season and if these would be good acquisitions for the teams and leagues involved. We close on the matter of the evolving figures in control of the German Federation and the National Team who do appear to be headed on or targeted for moves to some of the biggest clubs in the sport and if this may signal a rather big change for German football in the wake of the European Championships this summer.
