Quote from: CageMabok on July 17, 2025, 09:44:30 PM

Quote from: Mame89 on July 17, 2025, 05:34:43 PM

If Leverkusen fans do the same thing they did when Ten Hag was at Manchester United, I don't think Ten Hag will develop. Therefore, Leverkusen fans should give Ten Hag time to build a strong team, and certainly shouldn't expect him to compete with Bayern Munich for the Bundesliga title in his first season at Leverkusen. A top-three finish for Leverkusen was a good achievement for Ten Hag in his first season. Fans can expect more from Ten Hag to win the Bundesliga trophy in his second season.

That's just a fan's hope, but good results for Leverkusen are possible in his first season as long as Leverkusen has the best players capable of outperforming Bayern Munich's players. Because Munich has truly dominated the Bundesliga, there's a huge difference compared to the Premier League. When Ten Hag was managing Manchester United, he wasn't supported by better players, especially after Ronaldo's move to the Saudi Arabian League, which led to Manchester United's even worse season.

In the previous seasons, Leverkusen still performed very well and they always competed hard with Bayern Munich but this season I don't know why I feel that Leverkusen may not be able to compete as hard as in the previous seasons with Bayern Munich. The biggest reason behind this is the change of manager. Before that, Xabi Alonso was in charge of Leverkusen who is a very experienced and very tactical manager but after he left for Real Madrid, former Manchester United manager Ten Hag has taken over the reins of this team. I have not seen Ten Hag implement such a good strategy for Manchester United so when he manages a new team, naturally I have doubts about his strategy and I feel that he may make Leverkusen worse like Manchester United.