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Re: Schalke’s Keeper Worries Grow: Schober Injured

DoublePivot — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 09:04:04 -0000

I think it simply comes down to the fact that the Bundesliga is the middle ground between the tactical leagues of Spain and Italy and the speed and power of France and England.

This leads to more shots on goals. Significantly more. And there are less challenges. So that is why you can have more goals and better keepers.

Re: Schalke’s Keeper Worries Grow: Schober Injured

Mark — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 08:24:11 -0000

You flatter me, good sir.

But, granting that the Bundesliga does feature a plethora of potentially (and some already) great goalkeepers how do we reconcile that fact with the number of goals see each week? Is there just a vast talent gap between the best and the rest with no room for mediocrity?

Re: Schalke’s Keeper Worries Grow: Schober Injured

DoublePivot — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 00:23:59 -0000

Excellent article Mark. Proving once again why I am the #3 writer at our site, which consists of two writers.

I do wonder, though, if the big issue will be Fährmann's emergence as another in the plethora of great young keepers in the Bundesliga. I imagine that Neuer may well incur more pressure from the youngster than Schober. This might have been a more long term problem, but it seems it is just on the horizon now.