3 wins, 2 draws and 1 defeat for Bundesliga clubs in Europe this week. The good news is that five out of six have it all in their own hands to progress to the next round. The odd club out is of course Hertha B... no wait.

Bayern Munich 0-2 Bordeaux. Bayern wanted a football teacher and got a textbook case of how little possession stats tell you about the outcome of a football match.

• An English intern at German footie magazine 11Freunde talks about German and English football. (11Freunde)
• Uli Hesse-Lichtenberger writes about footballers who suffer/ed from depression. (ESPN Soccernet)
• Bayern have an "on" switch and they have a far more popular "off" switch as well.

One of these players just doesn't belong. Can you tell which player is not like the others?

From left to right: former Dortmund striker Márcio Amoroso, Wolfsburg striker Grafite, Bayern striker Luca Toni and Nuremberg striker/midfielder Marek Mintal.

The top of the league collectively dropped points, allowing Hoffenheim to close the gap but not much more. The bottom of the league collectively dropped points, allowing Hertha to keep dreaming about Bundesliga survival but not much more.

Rookie Coach of the Year. Also known as the Markus Babbel Trophy.

Nuremberg's goalkeeper Raphael Schäfer and Bremen's creative midfielder Marko Marin exchange a few words during their sides' 2-2 draw on Saturday.

(Alexander Hassenstein/Bongarts/Getty Images)

A few years ago Toni Kroos was hailed as the next big thing in German football. He won the best player award at the 2007 U17 World Cup, joined Bayern Munich and was promised the #10 jersey. Far from claiming the shirt he instead commuted between Bayern's bench and the reserves. Meanwhile other next big things popped up, won youth tournaments, first team starting spots and call ups to the German national team.

We keep it strictly binary this week.

0. The combined number of goals Bayern's strike duo Miroslav Klose and Luca Toni scored so far this season.

1. The number of goals former Bayern striker Lukas Podolski scored so far this season. Lukas Podolski joined Cologne in the summer, after Klose and Toni were continuously given the nod ahead of him.

Frankfurt's Marco Russ and Maik Franz celebrate after the match against Bochum (2-1).

(Vladimir Rys/Bongarts/Getty Images)

I pulled a Jupp Heynckes this week and thus the following links will have to make do for the moment.

• Louis van Gaal is not a god. He's a jazz singer. (YouTube)
• Football's winning formula revealed: give the ball to the other team and lose all your challenges. (Ballspiel)
• Mainz 05 are starting to build a global fanbase.

2 Blackouts. Stuttgart continued to show signs of life in their game against Sevilla and they continued to produce stupid defensive lapses, which continually cost them the games. Two such mistakes, coupled with the referee missing an offside position helped Sevilla to a comfortable 3-1 victory.

Mark van Bommel signed a one year extension on his Bayern Munich contract last season. He had asked for two years. Bayern answered by referring to a club policy of giving players over 30 only one year extensions. At that time Martin Jol came sniffing around and rumors emerged that Hamburg might be willing to give van Bommel that extra season.

• The merits and shortcomings of football's hire and fire practices. (Deutsche Welle)
• The merits and shortcomings of a controlled offense. (Guardian)
• The merits of Werder Bremen and the shortcomings of Bayer Leverkusen. (Some People are on the Pitch)
• The merits of having millers as ancestors.

A fairly easy one to solve I think.

Vintage, in this context, means 1970s and brilliant. Borussia Mönchengladbach were the league's most dominant club during that decade and won a then record five Bundesliga titles. Moreover they were also the ambassadors of style, with inspirational midfield and attacking talent in players like Jupp Heynckes, Günter Netzer (Ballon d'Or runner up 1972) or Allan SImonsen (Ballon d'Or 1977).