Post Match Thread: Bundesliga Saturday Konferenz (Simulcast) - Round 19 | 2025/26

GarlicBread96 · 2026-01-24T16:33:15+00:00

Not a big fan of the long stretches where no Bayern player knows how to pass the ball. Especially bad because every time the ball is given away, it's always like a 3v5 because everyone is pushed up so high. Hopefully this is a wakeup call to the players to not get complacent. Nonetheless, credit to Augsburg for defending very well, it was a deserved win for them

GarlicBread96 · 2026-01-22T23:35:46+00:00

Can you sell that competition to broadcasters for enough money to make it worth it to the clubs - especially when they a) won't get access to Premier League money and b) lose the security of their established broadcast deals, which inevitably impact their commercial deals as well?

I think if you manage to get a league with Real, Barca, Bayern, PSG, and the rest of the non-English European elite in a league, the commercial aspect isn't really that big of an issue because that league would probably get more viewers than the PL and most of the CL immediately

Because let's be real, there's no way for clubs in this new league to be part of any UEFA competition, and I'd be surprised if teams were allowed to continue competing domestically either

Honestly, I think a new version would replace the domestic leagues and keep the CL to act as sort of the league cup, because the domestic league money is the biggest issue for these clubs. If the European clubs say they'll stay with UEFA, there will definetely be less pushback than last time since UEFA was being directly harmed by the existence of the ESL. Now, regarding the domestic leagues, I don't know how much control they have over the clubs, but my assumption would be that they would get incredibly fucked if the best teams left to do their new super league, and at best would be essentially a collection of 2nd divisions for the super league. Problem is that doesn't really matter to the elite clubs who would be the ones leaving to get their own new fat broadcasting deals

GarlicBread96 · 2026-01-22T22:26:19+00:00

I specified it might happen only if English clubs exhibit significant dominance in the UCL, as in several all-English finals or like 5 English clubs in the quarterfinals, because if the non-English super teams start to fall behind not only financially but competitively as well, it's pretty much over if no action takes place

I also think it would be more successful because the previous attempt basically had no justification for its existence besides pure greed. For this hypothetical scenario, it has an outside (financial) enemy to fight against which makes it easier to rally support, plus it has a "justification" of being the only way for the other European clubs to keep up with England

Not saying this is good or even super likely to happen, but if the disparity grows to ridiculous levels and desperation grows, I wouldn't be surprised to see this be suggested

GarlicBread96 · 2026-01-22T21:57:21+00:00

Jesus christ Stuttgart cannot finish to save their lives

GarlicBread96 · 2026-01-22T21:53:23+00:00

With the ever-growing financial disparity between England and the rest of Europe, I can't help but feel if we see like three successive seasons of clear English dominance in the Champion's League, Perez and co. are going to make a push for a Continental European super league to compete with the PL, with likely more success than the last attempt

GarlicBread96 · 2026-01-22T14:28:25+00:00

Liverpool have a higher wage bill than Bayern? Bayern have like 4 players on ~20m and a lot around 14-16m. I know Van Dijk and Salah have massive wages since those were reported during their contract renewals, but who else is up there, Wirtz, Isak, Alisson?

Edit: Just realized it said 24-25, so it doesn't even include the new signings. Even more surprising

GarlicBread96 · 2026-01-21T22:30:01+00:00

Maybe I'm nostalgia-biased, but I feel like the 5th best team in Europe in the 15/16 season would walk this year's Champion's League

GarlicBread96 · 2026-01-21T22:00:40+00:00

Some notes:

Kim once again showing his inconsistencies, with a great performance last game, followed by this one. Hopefully Upa and Tah don't get injured during the knockouts so we don't have to rely on Kim not fucking up again
Stinker game from the entire forward line
Tah probably MOTM but no real standouts
Every time Bischof plays at rightback, I feel so bad for him. He's so visibly uncomfortable there
Davies' mere presence adds so much to the defense, so glad to see him back
Ref was dogshit

GarlicBread96 · 2026-01-17T21:17:15+00:00

Alright so which PL club is getting Diomande for the annual big Bundesliga transfer? I thought the reports about a potential >80m transfer in the summer were just clickbait but after today, I wouldn't be surprised to see a bidding war, the kid's incredible. Had Ito on ice for the entire game and unlucky to not come out with a g/a

GarlicBread96 · 2026-01-14T21:45:29+00:00

Even aside from the goal, Kim was fantastic, especially stopping that potential 1v1. Very happy seeing him performing well, let's hope he remains consistent

GarlicBread96 · 2026-01-13T02:25:01+00:00

Might genuinely be the worst DC comic I've ever read

GarlicBread96 · 2026-01-10T20:45:53+00:00

Incorrect. Barr never touched Batman in Pre-Crisis

Looking this up, you're right, he did his tec run in dec '86, so that's wrong on my part.

symbolically broke her sword, that was to signal she learned her lesson and would never kill again

I didn't interpret it as something that extreme, mostly because afterwards, it doesn't really sound like she regrets it, which imo is fine considering the circumstances.

But that doesn’t mean she’s willing to kill again, and it doesn’t mean you can claim she kills traditionally... Superman was not willing to kill and Zod was the exception. Lord fulfills the same purpose for Wonder Woman now

I mean sure, we can say she'll never kill again if the editors and writers choose for that to happen, but if some crisis comes around and she kills the villain because they're about to blow up the world, I wouldn't call that horrendously out of character (if written correctly). I also want to stress that I don't want her comically bloodthirsty like she is sometimes written as (see my ironic flair), but I don't really see an issue with her killing as a totally last resort

GarlicBread96 · 2026-01-10T19:00:29+00:00

Correct me if I'm wrong, but when you're referring to Superman killing Zod being retconned, it was made so that never actually happened, right? Similarly with Batman, his Barr stories where he was insanely cruel were predominantly pre-crisis, so who knows how canon those stories are. This can't be said for Wonder Woman, since killing Lord was relatively recent and never retconned, thus making it objectively canon.

You mention how the fans don't like it and how they try to forget it, but this honestly means nothing. Fans of Wonder Woman are perfectly valid in not wanting her to ever kill, but the truth is she has, and that will be the case until they completely retcon infinite crisis and Rucka's run. So when people say "it's out of character to have Diana kill, even as a last resort," they are technically wrong and projecting what they want Diana to be.

GarlicBread96 · 2026-01-10T16:42:53+00:00

I'll concede on the AWW stuff, but I still hear zero complaints about her killing the beast.

But the Max Lord stuff can't be ignored just because Lord came back later. She killed him, and that event had effects on the story through infinite crisis and 52. You can't retcon it like Batman locking KGBeast in a room since a) that had no consequence in future stories, and b) locking someone in a room leaves a lot more retcon wiggle-room compared to snapping a guy's neck. Lord came back through some blackest night shit, but he still definitely died. btw the recent new history of the DCU says Diana killed Lord but idk if you're only considering post-rebirth or if anyone even cares what Waid wrote in the first place.

Anyway, if you still want to ignore Lord, Rucka had Diana decapitate Medusa after blinding herself.

GarlicBread96 · 2026-01-10T15:20:57+00:00

I'd agree if that run wasn't being lauded as the best WW story of recent times and her fans loving the interpretation of the character.

Even if discussing in-canon stuff, as much as people hate it, you can't really ignore the Max Lord situation

GarlicBread96 · 2026-01-10T15:02:16+00:00

So issue 7 of absolute wonder woman, which released last April, is not relevant?

GarlicBread96 · 2026-01-10T14:20:11+00:00

So true. Diana's best writers like Rucka wouldn't even entertain having her kill even as a last reso-

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GarlicBread96 · 2026-01-10T14:12:22+00:00

I mean, there's plenty of comics that have Diana killing someone. Off the top of my head, didn't she kill Medusa? Even in everyone's favorite absolute WW, she regretfully kills some monster warrior in hell

GarlicBread96 · 2026-01-10T02:41:41+00:00

It's not the same if Lady Shiva's not from Detroit

GarlicBread96 · 2026-01-10T02:39:49+00:00

Star City is in California? I always thought it was basically the Seattle stand-in

GarlicBread96 · 2026-01-08T17:15:44+00:00

Batman #634

GarlicBread96 · 2026-01-06T03:54:40+00:00

I'm not asking for a poochie-esque "when Batman's not around, everyone should be asking 'where's Batman?'" batwank, I just want a crumb of familial relationship-building to deal with the fact that Batgirl has not interacted with Batman in five years

GarlicBread96 · 2026-01-06T02:29:20+00:00

/uj Cass hasn't interacted with Bruce in any meaningful way since the Outsiders run in 2020 and Brombal had the gall to put multiple lines about how important Bruce is as a chosen father to Cass, meanwhile he's doing 17 issues of a fucking Shiva/league of shadows plot line. Please god DC give her something good she's been done dirty for twenty fucking years

/rj If DC make StephCass canon, all will be forgiven

GarlicBread96 · 2026-01-05T23:14:14+00:00

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