The James tantrum: James was fuming in the dressing room after the Ajax game. Among other things, he said: "We are not here in Frankfurt!" aimed at Niko Kovač. James was angry because he was benched and is said to be wanting to leave and that he will tell the coach.

Croatian instead of German: Niko Kovač speaks Croatian with his brother Robert, goalkeeping coach Toni Tapalović and Hasan Salihamidžić even when others are around. Many feel that it's disrespectful. Assistant coach Peter Hermann is not pleased.

Tactics: The players are missing a clear style of play like they had under Guardiola or Heynckes. Especially in attack, Kovač doesn't offer new things in his analysis. Instead, he seems to insist over and over again on where the centre-backs have to stand on the pitch.

Rotation: The players don't have a problem with the rotation itself, but wit how Kovač executes it. They are concerned over the fair distribution of game time. Many players performed well then were put on the bench the next game (James after Schalke or Süle after Leverkusen)

Training, today's training session only lasted 52 minutes, although it was a normal training day. Players expected a hard day of work and preparation and were surprised that the session was not intensive.

ovo s jezikom mi je malo čudno, jer moja iskustva s drugom generacijom gastića u Njemačkoj je da i međusobno pričaju na njemačkom. Što je i logično. Očito su pričali nešto što ostali nisu smjeli razumijeti

novinari...

meni to nekako smrdi da oni pričaju međusobno hrvatski, nekako ne vjerujem u to jer rijetko koji hrvat rođen u njemačkoj ili austriji priča hrvatski s ostalima koji su kao i oni....

meni je žena čak i rođena u hrv pa nikad ne priča hrv osim ako baš mora...niti joj je hrv materinji jezik,niti ga baš najbolje zna...(njene mlađe sestre da ne spominjem...)

krasan stimung [na ovom podforumu se smije valjda njemacki divaniti ;-)] na Stadionu Magdeburgu gdje se igra stari DDR derbi, jos boljo stimung nakon sto su se domaci priblizili na 1:2

bvb opet igra ludu utakmicu sa preokretom

za 3-2 gotze zabija u 84 minuti

ludo, ludo...4-3 na kraju!

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