In Praise of Schwarzer

You've got to love Jol. In an interview today he said,

“He’s one of the best goalkeepers I have ever seen. The second goal [at Southampton] was probably not his fault.”

Faint praise indeed.

http://www.london24.com/sport/fulham/fulham_boss_believes_veteran_is_one_of_the_best_he_has_worked_with_1_1590616

 

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Best thing about that article.

 

Love the picture!

One of the reasons Roy is held in such high regards at Fulham is the important transfers he made here. Schwarzer in my opinion was the best of a mixed bag, which includes Hangeland. MS has been a great servant for the club, when more fashionable clubs came calling, he decided to sign with us and that alone deserves commendation. It will be a sad day when he decides to hang up the gloves. We have truly been blessed in the PL with quality goalkeepers (VDS, Niemi, Schwarzer)

 

Quality agreed....we've also been blessed with a few duds.....tony Warner included.....

 

'Big Fat Jim' Stannard. Now 1st team goalkeeper coach at Southampton !

 

Cotagecravens,totally agree,in all my years watching Fulham
Tony Warner in my opinion was the worst we ever had.

 

I used to love watching Jim Stannard, though. 'He's fat, he's round, he's worth a million pounds...'

 

Should Schwarzer be Club Captain ? According to reports from Australia he has taken over the country's dressing room -

http://www.sportal.com.au/football-news-display/neill,-schwarzer-lay-down-law-203380

Or is he getting in some pratice for a future managerial role ?

 

I'm sure Schwarzer already has similar influence in the dressing room. Keepers can, of course, make good captains but I always prefer to have an outfield player. Of the current squad, Duff would be my choice.

 

I always had a soft spot for Kasey Keller.