If your basis of how strong a league is purely on the 3-4 teams at top (15-20% of the league) and their cup-performance in CL rather than the whole 18 or 20, that make up the 100% of it and all the other factors that need to be taken into consideration, then, that's a fundamental error and nothing further can be said really to fix that view.
Bundesliga as a whole though, without doubt, with everything considered from strength of top, mid-table, relegation battlers to attendances which are highest all around Europe, to their coaches/managers/ tactical discipline, youth development (which NOW many are starting to see) to stadiums/pitches/ marketing, organization, stability of the financial system and clubs, sponsors, the WHOLE f'n deal, EVERYTHING considered is truly one of THE very best leagues in the world and also on an upward spiral and ever improving. The word Average and Bundesliga simply don't belong in the same sentence. Because if Bundesliga is average (median) then 95% of other leagues in the world apart from perhaps 3 others must be pure CRAP then (which in reality they're not, many of those are average) since the rest are not on par with the German's top division. Calling a club like Schalke 'average' is of course quite amusing in its own way as well but not as unforgivable.
EDIT: But anyway, I also always wanted to see Raul stay and FINISH his career with Real Madrid :/ Not thrilled about this at all. Felix Magath and Raul are both geniuses though and know what they're doing.
