Yann Sommer

[Il Drago]

What spending your prime years playing in the Rheinland does to a mf'er...

That and being too short for a GK. People always saw it as a massive weakness.

 

[wera]

Why are we interested in Donnaruma to replace him next season?

Maybe because you don't want another starting gk that is too old?

 

[Ethor]

I don't know if pissed off at him today or not. However, all goalkeepers suffer from that criticism from time to time.

 

[RickyMaravilla'sRightFoot]

My main worry for him now is that he relies so much on athleticism and reaction time to overcome his small stature—this will inevitably become a problem the further he ages. I think he’s been very good overall this season and will finish the season strong as well, but I’m not sure he has another season as starter for us in him.

 

[Kramerica Industries]

My main worry for him now is that he relies so much on athleticism and reaction time to overcome his small stature—this will inevitably become a problem the further he ages. I think he’s been very good overall this season and will finish the season strong as well, but I’m not sure he has another season as starter for us in him.

I could be wrong, but I can't imagine the plan was for him to be starter MD1-MD38 this season unless he performed so well that he wasn't removable. I have to think there was meant to be a real plan in there with Martínez somewhere. Nobody on this forum rates Sommer higher than I do, I watched him for years at Gladbach and I'm very fond of him and knew he was underrated because of where he spent his prime years playing, but I always viewed Sommer at this stage of his career as being essentially a bridge GK at best between Onana and hopefully a long-term GK afterwards. If he's still our first choice next season, without much question in it either, something's gone horribly wrong.

 

[wera]

I do wonder if we are really going for Donnarumma...also why, aren't his wages too high for us? I do agree, I do not want to play Sommer until he becomes too bad to be a starter. But I would keep him as our bench option.

Also, the Martinez question is he going to play any games or was he bought just for laughs?

 

[RotterdamNerazzurri]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1892561863843479849

FFS. Big blow imo. No Napoli, No quarter finals for Sommer….

 

[BasedGodPunk]

Meh Sommer is a good goalie but he really only faces 2-3 shots a game that require stopping and he pretty regularly lets in a goal here and there that should be saved. I’m not worried about this from a shot stopping POV. More worried about the chemistry building out from the back with a new GK.

 

[NimAraya]

Tough luck for him. Now let's see if that 15m has any use for us or not.

 

[armendsh]

To tell you the truth i dont panic at all..its not hes like handa or j.cesar
Hes just an average keeper
Our defence is our strength

 

[Besnik]

To label Sommer as average is an insult. Just because he didn't have a career of elite goalkeepers, doesn't undervalue his real ability. We are so blessed with him, although I do believe our defence makes things easy for any gk.

Hopefully his absence won't have a major impact in our results in the near future though.

 

[ElDuccio]

You have all strange oppinions. Sommer mades at least 1 or 2 big saves, almost every game. And to think that we have Martinez in the goal against Napoli.. good luck. We already have a Martinez upfront that is not scoring, now we have 2 of this great Martinez

 

[Kramerica Industries]

To label Sommer as average is an insult. Just because he didn't have a career of elite goalkeepers, doesn't undervalue his real ability. We are so blessed with him, although I do believe our defence makes things easy for any gk.

Hopefully his absence won't have a major impact in our results in the near future though.

Even then, Sommer had a wonderful career in the Bundesliga and with Switzerland, he just didn't get the most attention because of the teams he played for. I promise I'm not trying to be biased here when I say that, @Il Drago surely can vouch for his quality while in the Bundesliga.

 

[vex]

Sommer mades at least 1 or 2 big saves, almost every game.

That's simply not true. When we are playing our defense correctly, sommer barely has to intervene at all in terms of having some big saves. He is your meat and potato type of goalkeeper, really good, but nothing special in a sense that we could potentially fall apart without him. Our secret for a good defense is the way we collectively defend, even sommer admitted that on several occasions when people asked him about the clean sheets.

The only worry we should have is if martinez can't even do basic stuff right, which would obviously be a massive negative surprise, given that he has certain experience already.

 

[ElDuccio]

That's simply not true. When we are playing our defense correctly, sommer barely has to intervene at all in terms of having some big saves. He is your meat and potato type of goalkeeper, really good, but nothing special in a sense that we could potentially fall apart without him. Our secret for a good defense is the way we collectively defend, even sommer admitted that on several occasions when people asked him about the clean sheets.

The only worry we should have is if martinez can't even do basic stuff right, which would obviously be a massive negative surprise, given that he has certain experience already.

Then what about the save on coincecao last week? He does that often tbh., when we are conceding he's always there. I feel protected, can't say the same with this Martinez guy that never played and already showed to be not ready in the friendlies.

 

[wera]

Sommer will be missed, but this is a good opportunity for Martinez to show his worth against hard opponents (Napoli, Atalanta, UCL).

It's time for Inzaghi to show some trust.

 

[Suraj]

i think martinez will be fine, the napoli one is the main one. hope the occasion doesn't get to him

 

[NimAraya]

It's time for Inzaghi to show some trust.

Does he have any other choice?

 

[LTcheat2win]

With juve was the best for us
in general for me is only legit
not a keeper id like to start next year, but second gk is ok

 

[Il Drago]

Even then, Sommer had a wonderful career in the Bundesliga and with Switzerland, he just didn't get the most attention because of the teams he played for. I promise I'm not trying to be biased here when I say that, @Il Drago surely can vouch for his quality while in the Bundesliga.

I will just quote two old posts of mine.

That winless record of Bayern against Gladbach was due to Sommer. Disrespect the guy gets is unbelievable. He's not an Ochoa who just had few good games with Mexico. He was one of the best Bundesliga GKs for years, only second to Neuer.

That and being too short for a GK. People always saw it as a massive weakness.