Bundesliga Fanatic

A few personal observations about Thomas Schaaf’s incredible time at Werder Bremen. I’ve been a fan of Werder Bremen ever since I saw them on the television for the first time in the beginning of the 90s. A great team marshalled by the master tactician Otto Rehhagel, a team consisting of greats like Rune Bratseth, [...]

Like German sports publication kicker wrote, it truly is the end of an institution.  Next to Alex Ferguson at Manchester United, no coach has been in charge at a club in the big leagues as long as Schaaf and after 14 years at the club, he and Bremen have decided on mutual consent. After a [...]

The 3:0 loss suffered by 1. FC Köln at the hands of FC Kaiserslautern last Friday has had more repercussions than just removing Köln from their place among the top three less than a week after achieving the position for the first time all season. As much as fans of the Effzeh would likely prefer [...]

The former Werder player Dieter Eilts was amongst the best footballers of his time, but is often forgotten among the other stars from the 90s. Dieter Eilts is an icon in Bremen these days. After 390 Bundesliga matches, two German championships, three DFB Pokal wins and one win in the European Cup-winners Cup Eilts decided to [...]

It is hard to believe that it was only eight-and-a-half years ago when Werder Bremen won a historic league and cup double, the first in their history. This was achieved under the tutelage of long-serving manager Thomas Schaaf, who is coming under increasing pressure after his beloved Werder’s lacklustre underachievement this season. With the vast [...]

Many fans and critics were skeptical of the new role bestowed onWerder Bremen’s Aaron Hunt at the start of the season. The 26-year-old was supposed to take more responsibility, being the longest-serving Werder player in the squad after a number experienced players left the club during the summer transfer window. Eight months later,  the former [...]

In the early to late 00‘s and recently up until this summer Werder Bremen was a hot bed for top Bundesliga talent. Miroslav Klose, Per Mertesacker, Mesut Özil, Claudio Pizarro, Marco Marin and to a lesser extent players like Naldo and Hugo Almeida led Bremen to varied amounts of success in the past decade. Winning [...]

This season Werder Bremen has been nothing but mid-table, rising no higher than 7th, but never really being in the relegation discussion as they haven’t dropped below 13th so far. Many clubs would be pleased with this, but Bremen won the league as recently as the 2003-2004 season and have finished 2nd for the Meisterschale to [...]

Werder Bremen’s Greek centre back was allowed to roam freely for most of the match, giving Hannover’s defenders a headache. Thomas Schaaf and Werder have caught a lot criticism by the press and the Werder faithful for the green and whites’ dire start into the Rückrunde. Two losses and a goal difference of 3:8 were [...]

The last couple of seasons under Thomas Schaaf have been a trying time both for the longest-serving coach in the league and the fans of the green and whites. Whilst the defense turned out to be as leaky as it ever was, Werder didn’t manage to live up to their reputation of scoring goals left, [...]