Quote from: Pandu Geddon on Today at 03:23:22 PM

Quote from: EL MOHA on Today at 02:56:27 PM

For a club coming into this season as the defending champions after such a spectacular season before this season with a record breaking invincible achievement I think this is definitely a poor season for them. I would have reiterated that it is not a bad season had they been departures after such good season but their wasn’t any player that was sold off so I actually thought for once in many decades that a Bundesliga club will put Bayern Munich off the tittle for two seasons in a row.

Personally I think Bayer Leverkusen should’ve used this period of Bayern Munich been unstable to cement a position as their Bundesliga biggest rival but it is looking like a one season wonder if they fail to win anything this season. The league seemed to be over yesterday not until Buendia’s injury time goal against struggling Heidenheim who many thought would have shipped in many goals against Leverkusen but the Xabi Alonso boys were themselves poor yesterday

In terms of play, Leverkusen has indeed experienced a decline. They no longer appear like last season where all their players can be in the opponent's defense area. Playing with high pressure on the opponent which we saw last season was very effective, but this season they are having difficulties. If Leverkusen's situation is below the top 4 of the Bundesliga standings, then I would say they are very bad. But this season they will not be like that. They did fail to defend the title they got, but they are still in second place. Leverkusen may have to fix everything next season.

Agreed. Being able to continue competing with Bayern Munich is not a bad thing for Leverkusen, under Alanso Leverkusen is still strong, it's just that there is a decline in play that is not the same as last season. This may be because they are playing in the Champions League this season so that it affects their performance in the Bundesliga because playing in the Champions League is very draining and tiring besides Leverkusen's mediocre squad.

So it's true as you said, Leverkusen needs to strengthen their squad for next season especially next season they will also play again in the Champions League, so Xabi must learn from this season how to deal with a tight schedule that is tiring but must still be consistent. Preparing a strong squad is something he must think about from now on, they must look for experienced players and prepare a reserve squad that is as good as the core players so that Xabi Alanso can rotate players, this will maintain the fitness of the players.