Michel Munger 
It’s a classic, in team sports, when players drag their feet in the hope that management will fire the coach. Die Roten may have done just that against Freiburg on Saturday and before.
Is the Bavarian “crisis” over? Time will tell, but FC Bayern’s 3:1 win over VfL Wolfsburg turned the Matchday 8 encounter into a display of composure that was lacking in previous weeks.
FC Bayern bosses heavily criticised the media in a press conference held on Friday. It was most likely a timely move to distract people from the team’s recent problems on the pitch.
An FC Bayern fan group called Paragraf Eins leads a campaign regarding the team’s kit colours to protest against recent designs. While well-intentioned, the campaign is misguided.
FC Bayern fans are divided about the immediate future of the club a few weeks after this season’s kickoff. I offer a case for being hopeful that the team led by Niko Kovač will do well.
FC Bayern chairman Karl-Heinz Rummenigge wants the German 50+1 ownership rule to disappear. Is that a good idea for FC Bayern and German football in general?
Reality sometimes defies fiction or logic, and the Cristiano Ronaldo transfer to Juventus shows us that overinflated player prices are there to stay. FC Bayern cannot sit on their hands anymore.
Joachim Löw had a lot going for him as Germany entered World Cup 2018 in Russia. Ultimately, the national team met its fate due to the Bundestrainer’s predictable mistakes.
Germany faces a formidable dragon in its attempt to defend the World Cup title in Russia. Do not let Toni Kroos’ wonder goal against Sweden fool you into thinking that the team’s problems have gone away.
The end of Bayern Central did not mean the end of writing for two of its members. Michel Munger and Juan Pablo González are launching Straight Red. The site will focus on commentary on the beautiful game from an FC Bayern and German national team perspective.