Comments on: What is and what should never be

By: Chris

Chris — Tue, 13 May 2008 18:18:24 +0000

What a mess. I’ve always regarded Schafer pretty highly, and this business will definitely not aid in Ulreich’s development.

By: Juliet

Juliet — Tue, 13 May 2008 16:11:50 +0000

Veh and club management should’ve put their foot down. This could’ve been handled a thousand different and better ways. It’s ridiculous that the fans can’t let go of one mistake made a year ago. Schafer is not a bad keeper and he’s not to blame him for all the goals against Stuttgart. I hope he can go to another good team.

By: Anna

Anna — Tue, 13 May 2008 15:49:31 +0000

“And switching from Ulreich back to Schäfer and then back to Ulreich again doesn’t really help either keeper.”
Definitely not. Should Schäfer really leave, he’ll have the chance to start again somewhere else. But I also wonder how Ulreich is supposed to handle a situation like that.
I really was a huge fan of Veh before we started this season but now I’m beginning to realise that just because a coach has brought a club to the championship, he’s not inerrable.

By: Anna

Anna — Tue, 13 May 2008 15:45:43 +0000

Ouch! Must have gotten something mixed up there. Thanks, I’ll change that in a second!

Well, the Bild are known for an occasionally rather free interpretation of facts, but I doubt they would simply invent a scene like that…

By: Jan

Jan — Tue, 13 May 2008 15:44:59 +0000

Time to blame Armin Veh and the way he handled the goalkeeper position. He put both Schäfer and Ulreich under enormous pressure. And switching from Ulreich back to Schäfer and then back to Ulreich again doesn’t really help either keeper.

By: diana

diana — Tue, 13 May 2008 15:43:32 +0000

Anna, I thought the final match is against Arminia Bielefeld, not Duisburg. I was just checking the Bundesliga’s official website (the English version) for news and saw the fixtures for the final match of the season.

‘According to the Bild, he already said goodbye to the stewards at the training ground’s parking space, “we won’t meet again.”’
If what Bild reported is true, like what you had said of Schäfer, definitely a tragedy.