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Leverkusen sees Bremen as rivals, rivalries arent necessarily a two way street. That is why they tried to start shit though, to make it more heated and serious. When they did it with Koln they got chased around the city. Their Ultras are a bunch of useless cunts, they also caused problems in Portugal. Not by fighting with opposing fans, but by harassing locals and businesses.

Bayer Leverkusen is seen in Germany as a plastic club by a lot of fans, mostly because they have distanced themselves from their working class roots. They have a family friendly atmosphere and stadium. As a result a part of the ultra fanbase is trying to distance themselves from that clean image by being edgy and coming up with shocking statements.

They have a cult mascot, "der Zitronenmann", they use as a "spokesperson to" say controversial shit trying to get attention and stay relevant. They have provoked and picked fights with rivals as well, mainly Bremen and Koln.

It is nothing alike. Van Dijk has never ever been criticized for his lack of motivation or work ethic, nor has his character or behaviour ever been problematic. He is a leader and a serious professional, if anything he comes across as too serious at times.

Besides, the situation at the clubs is also totally different. Liverpool are stable and in the position the be consistently competing. Van Dijk is on top of his game and fits right into that plan, unlike Ozil and Auba who were past their peak and coasting.

Cocu hasn't been great or anything, but Vitesse is such a mess. As usual. No manager is going to fix their issues long term. I understand him hoing there since it was the club where he broke trough and is considered a legend, but it was poor career planning from his part. He needed a good stable club to establish his skills and make a name for himself as a decent manager.

Pretty light sentence after all the posturing and threats of games without fans or even point reductions. Ajax also had recently received a probationary sentence for throwing flairs, a more substantial sentence was not out of the question.

Some players need time to adjust and they deserve time and chances to find their footing, but it is also reasonable to criticise them if their performance is poor or if there is no progression in their game. Expectations are high and fans are frustrated, but most of the criticism has been quite fair so far. Shearer had a point, he wasn't just bashing him.

He always had this in his game to be fair, he just had better defensive players around him to cover for him. Tuchel keeps playing him as a solo #6, which has proven not to work. It is a stupid mistake, but why Tuchel keeps insisting on this us baffling, he is just as much to blame.

Yeah players seem to really value and appreciate it as well. Arsenal include it in their presentation vids, and players always look really happy about it. Cricket and rugby have been doing it for decades and players have spoken out about how proud they felt and how it was a real acknowledgement of what they had accomplished to get there.

Steijn should shut up and sit down, he got all the time and opportunity to turn it around. It wouldn't be surprising if one or two people did start to question him and dropped their support, that doesn't automatically make it backstabbing.

Modric giving fase statements and perjuring himself to save Mamic is such a massive stain on his reputation and career. Especially after he pocketed most of the transfer sum that was supposed to go to his club with Mamic as well. They were in dirty deals together and Modric rather protected his scummy friend than do the right thing. He will probably get away with a light slap on the wrist as well. Great player, rotten human being.

Yeah they blamed him for the results, but the fans and club management had crazy high expectations while constantly selling their best players. He got the most out of the team while playing entertaining and attacking football and they treated him like shit and sacked him for not performing miracles.

Saw him a few times for Antwerp, and had to look up his stats because i couldn't believe they were that bad. But he was far better than the numbers suggest, he basically ran their midfield, he was their key player. He played more deep though, progressing the ball from a CM position. Still just 24 as well, real bargain for Feijenoord.