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We can all agree that Swansea City just barely escaped from making one of the biggest mistakes in the club’s history when they decided to extend goal keeper Gerhard Tremmel contract and let him stay on for another two and a half years. Even the player himself admits that he is in fact well pleased that he has been offered the chance to be part of the club for a couple more years and that he didn’t let the opportunity go waste. We, the Swansea fans couldn’t agree more. It wasn’t all ‘rainbows and ponies’ to begin with. There was that initial period of lack of action and image scarcity. Tremmel joined the club around the same time that Swansea City was promoted to the Premier League. The imminent pressure was an inevitable part of his transfer. But the real choker was the secondary position bestowed on Tremmel as Michel Vorm was the club’s star goal keeper. It was well after quarter of a year that he was able to make his debut in a competitive FA Cup match and help the club to a 2-4 victory. He had barely four appearances to his credit when Vorm suffered an injury and had to take time off to recuperate. One goal keeper’s loss was another one’s gain. Since October of 2012, Tremmel took on the full responsibility of the lead goal keeper did the role justice. His impressive performances not only helped move the club up in the top ten position of the premier league, but alos helped move Gerhard Tremmel profile up that invisible ‘power’ ladder. And even though Vorm came back and replaced him in the match against Manchester United on 23 December 2012, Tremmel had already become too big a household name to actually be relegated. So now Swansea City had to deal with two goalkeepers. But naturally preference went to Vrom, the first choice goalie. In football there is no fate worse than that of the second goal keeper. The endless wait for a chance to play is excruciating enough, without having to be the guy who jumps up and down when the first choice goal keeper is injured. Tremmel, being the good sport that he is, brushes aside the rumors of discontentment and expresses that he has never felt like a meager back up. May be it is true after all. Ever since his glorious second campaign, the line between the first choice and backup goalie has been blurred and somewhat overlapped.
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