Mark van Bommel Is “Der grösste Stinkstiefel”

By: chris | March 20th, 2008

(As you can probably tell by the word “stink” in the title, Mark won’t be sending out any thank you cards for this distinction.)

The German media is fantastic for all sorts of player and fan polls to give us information we need….but don’t really need. Like today’s version of Bild, which polled a sampling of fans to let us know who the fans hate the most in the Bundesliga. The winner being named “Der grösste Stinkstiefel” which apparently tranlates to “The biggest stinking boot”. This year’s victor is none other than Mark Peter Gertuda Andreas van Bommel of Bayern Munich with a whopping 25.28% of the vote.

On a personal note, I’ve hated Mark van Bommel since the PSV days. Maybe it’s because he’s a whiny jackass who has a penchant for certain gestures, but I could never figure out the exact origin of my distaste. I just sort of disliked him greatly from the beginning. Now at least I have some justification, because other people apparently feel he’s a whiny jackarse as well.

The top five plays out like this:

1. Mark van Bommel (Bayern) 25.28%
2. Maik Franz (Karslruhrer) 13.66%
3. Olli Kahn (Soon to be nobody) 13.36%
4. David Jarolim (HSV) 11.86%
5. Diego (Werder Bremen) 10.97%

The question is how Franz is taking this? As he’s dubbed himself the most hated player in the Bundesliga, and he’s not even close. There goes his claim to fame.

And the rest of the top 10 can be seen here.

Category: Bundesliga, World Football

Tags: Bayern Munich, Bild, Bundesliga, Diego, Franz, HSV, Jarolim, Kahn, Karlsruhrer, Most Hated, Van Bommel, Werder Bremen, World Football

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• Chris |  March 20th, 2008 at 1:06 pm

  
  
  

  I would rank them as follows:
  1. Diego - He is such an ANNOYING, whiny little TWIT. But man can he ball.
  2. Franz
  3. Kahn - Can’t wait ’til he’s gone
  4. Luca Toni - Again with the mad skillz, but annoying just the same. King of the dives
  5. Van Bommel

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• Jan |  March 20th, 2008 at 1:15 pm

  
  
  

  There goes my blog post.:-)

  Give Maik Franz another year to take over Mark van Bommel. He’s a newcomer and he already beat a veteran like Olli Kahn in assholeness, which is an impressive achievement.

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• Angela |  March 20th, 2008 at 2:27 pm

  
  
  

  Well we all know how I feel about Mark, but that said.. the number one spot for me would totally go to Diego… he’s such an annoying jerk…

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• Luke |  March 20th, 2008 at 4:25 pm

  
  
  

  Well, you know how it goes with van Bommel, he’s an asshole, but he’s *our* asshole. I was kind of surprised Lala wasn’t in the top 5–but like his club, he’s dropped down closer to 10th Annoying little elf.

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• Juliet |  March 25th, 2008 at 5:04 pm

  
  
  

  Others may say MVB’s a stinky boot on the field, but he’s *our* stinky boot and we love him. Except when he’s playing for the Oranje.

  Chris, I sense a bias against a certain team…

  Diego is terrific; I’d never accuse him of being a stinky boot.

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