The worst each league has to offer

Inspired in equal parts by a conversation on twitter, Dietmar Wischmayer and my sociology studies:

Each league has great fans, and it is the fooball fans that make that sport such an unforgettable experience. However, each league also has the fans that irritate the heck out of other fans. So, without further ado, here is my sociological break- down of the worst the Bundesliga and the Premier League has to offer.

The Bundesliga- Besserwisser: Since it is good form to start with your own league first, I give you the Bundesliga- Besserwisser. The direct translation of the beautiful German word "Besserwisser" is "better- knower", i.e. a know- it- all. In my opinion that describes the typical worst Bundesliga fan very well. He or she has an opinion on everything, even if it is not always supported by fact and can easily preach on the debts of La Liga clubs, matchfixing and empty stadia in Serie A, oligarchs and sheiks in the PL, etc and so on while at the same time going on about the great fans and fiscal sanitiy in the Bundesliga (even if this does not correspond with reality). This way, the Besserwisser does not try to talk up the Bundesliga but to put down the other leagues, thus making the Bundesliga the best league in Europe by default.

If I am honest with myself (and as a scholar of Platon I strife towards selfknowledge above else ;)), I find myself slipping into this Besserwisser mode from time to time. When Atletico Madrid won the Europaleague, I couldn't help snidely mentioning that they apparently have 150 Million Euro of outstanding tax not payed yet...

The PL- Fanboy: Next, there is the Premier League Fanboy. This species of fan can be identified that for him, the PL is everything and nothing exists apart from it. Other players and coaches are only discussed in terms of which PL team could use and sign them, even when there is NO indication that said player or coach has any interest coming to the PL. See Henry Winter commenting that Schweinsteiger would do well at Manchester United, or the way that Arsenal fans and the medie seem to be trying to offload Nikolas Bendtner on Dortmund, and want Kagawa in exchange (something that I find particularly galling as a Dortmund fan, we don't want or need the guy!). Aditionally, clubs that perform well against English clubs become the flavour of the month (Athletic Bilbao, Basel shortly before they were taken apart by Bayern Munich.