I was quite happy with Urs Fischer's performance in the last few seasons they competed but this season the Union is completely destroyed and Urs Fischer cannot be used as a reference to bring the Union to good results this season.
Replacing Nenad Bjelica I still find it hard to see how Union will fare but regardless Nenad Bjelica will have to try more to get Union out of the relegation zone now because honestly this doesn't really suit Union who have always been in good situations in the Bundesliga. Hopefully what happened with Leverkusen and Xabi before can happen for Union and Nenad Bjelica this season.
The sad truth about Union Berlin is after that last season's blowout performance they thought that they could make it this season sadly they were just good last season Union Berlin started in the Bundesliga 2019-2020, and they ended in the standings in the 11th position, 2020-2021 the Union Berlin landed on the 7th position, in the 2021-2022 Union Berlin get it done again in the 5th position, and in 2022-2023 the Union Berlin got so high in the 4th position, for sure you are thinking that the Union Berlin might get it done in this season, but they are now the worst team there is in the Bundesliga but for sure maybe replacing Nenad Bjelica was not the right choice, and now they ended crashing down and for sure after 4 seasons in the Bundesliga they are now getting relegated back in the 2nd division,
The increase in their performance from season to season is very good but indeed for this season with the tight schedule they have as well as some lost balance makes the Union not as solid as before.
This season they actually deteriorated especially in defense which I think the change is very pronounced. In addition, their attacking line is also not doing well this season.
It might be a shock for them when they are usually only in one or two competitions but this season they are in the Champions League so they don't look too prepared for that. But precisely when they should prove themselves at this time they are even worse.