But why would you bring in a 35-year old to replace a 37-year old or a 38-year old, even if it’s for the short-term? Edwin van der Sar is, at the very least, as good a goalkeeper (if not better) than Hahnemann, and Foster will be Manchester United’s starting keeper next season if he’s healthy. Sir Alex Ferguson would turn to Kuszczak this year if something goes wrong with van der Sar as he did last season.

In Arsenal’s case, Lehmann’s doing his best to give the goalkeeping job away. Do you really think Arsene Wenger, who loves playing the young kids and has no problem doing it, would bring in a 35-year old who, once again, is no better than the keeper he has now? There are more quality young keepers who Wenger could turn to to replace Lehmann.

“Top flight” experience is less important for a goalie than for a regular field player because stopping shots is the same no matter where you go, but the pace of the game and style of play is difficult to adjust to for a field player.

as far as fff, it is what it is, i must say the production value has greatly improved. it was horrific last year,

Sure, Hahnemann is 35 but I’m not envisioning him as a longterm replacement for van der Sar or Lehmann.

Lehmann will be 38 in November and van der Sar will be 37 in October.

With goalkeepers, remember that many of them go on to play until they’re 41 with little affect on their performance, so Hahnemann may still have another 6 years in top flight football.

Peter Schmeichel was 37 when he joined Aston Villa and 39 when he joined Manchester City.

Andi, I didn’t say that Steven and Nick don’t know anything. I just said their show was boring this week and the choice of topics was poor.

Cheers,
The Gaffer