Riether and Dejagah - Has Lawro Seen the Light?

The white circle surrounded Sascha Riether and the rest of the pitch darkened slightly. He had been chosen and the viewers were about to find out why.

However, it was not the voice of the Mysterons, or some almighty deity, that spoke next – it was the melancholy Lancashire whinnying of Mark Lawrenson. He had deemed Riether’s lung-busting run to set up Dimitar Berbatov for the decisive goal in Fulham’s win at White Hart Lane worthy of a white circle and a dotted line.

It was March and, you feel, quite possibly the first time many of the viewing public had paid any kind of attention to the German international full-back, who has been making such runs with regularity during his season-long loan at Craven Cottage, including the run and cross that led to Berbatov’s stunning volley against Stoke a few weeks earlier.

Later in the same move we were treated to the briefest of mentions for the link-up play and quick feet provided by Ashkan Dejagah, another Bundesliga export who has been key to the club’s transition play alongside the hustle and bustle of Damien Duff and the languid creativity of Bryan Ruiz.

Lawro and the Match of the Day 2 producers deserve some credit for managing to point out that Fulham’s team is not made up of Berbatov alone, which had been the sole narrative of previous analysis of the Cottagers this season. Yet, it seems remarkable that it has taken us until March to notice that Martin Jol’s side have been bolstered by two men with Bundesliga winners’ medals to their names and international caps to boot.


That's the introduction of a blog on our two emerging heroes

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Here is a link to the full article - well worth a read:

http://theinsideleft.com/riether-dejagah-fulham/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=riether-dejagah-fulham

 

Yes ... a good read. The story didn't say it, but credit to Jol for finding a couple gems for us.