Current Player Thread Ruben Roosken

[Northstandboy]

 

[Golden Dr Otto]

So no real reason then

Kind of think Mr w is not great not terrible, we’ve got a few peaches but also way too many duds to be acceptable too. Middle of the road vibes for me. Think the main thing is if we sign 35 players over 2 years we need a few more of them to be starters.,

 

[Marked Ox]

There certainly has been some odd signings, Prelec is another one, he hasn’t set the world alight, doesn’t strike me as a player who will ‘bust a fit’ for the cause.

You mean Nik Prelec that played through whilst managing a hernia until it got too much and had to have surgery, that Prelec?!

 

[werthersoriginal]

Kind of think Mr w is not great not terrible, we’ve got a few peaches but also way too many duds to be acceptable too. Middle of the road vibes for me. Think the main thing is if we sign 35 players over 2 years we need a few more of them to be starters.,

'We've got Longy and Browny, doesn't matter if the new lads take a while to get going'.

 

[Mojofilter]

You mean Nik Prelec that played through whilst managing a hernia until it got too much and had to have surgery, that Prelec?!

don't you go bringing reasonable context into things!! It'll drastically impact my baseless tantrums

 

[Jaboysmith]

He’s got a chance to show everyone why he is here today, let’s hope he can fill the pretty big hole Currie leaves.

 

[Golden Dr Otto]

Not going to judge a player on 45 minutes as an overall player and what he may contribute.

But thought it was a misjudgment so early on to get so tight to the scorer.

 

[Royalstandard74]

Not going to slag him off, I will just say, he’s no Jack Currie.

 

[greatunclekip]

I’m not sure he’s an upgrade on Greg Leigh?

 

[EastStandKieran]

I remember Konak had 45 mins and was awful now he's a main player for us so I won't write Roosken off yet

 

[Orkney Islands Yellow]

He was rusty, why isn't there anyway of getting fringe players game time like the old reserve team days?

 

[Berliner]

Like Emakhu it's not a case of black and white, good or bad. He shows flashes of good things but just seems like a foreign body in the team at the moment. The rhythm, pace and understanding increased measurably when Spencer was on (who also didn't tear up trees today).

 

[Byrne Baby Byrne]

Spencer is a work in progress but deserved to start today

 

[LowerSouth]

Spencer is a work in progress but deserved to start today

I think he might have gone up a notch this week .

 

[BrockBuster]

Pretty bad misjudgement for the goal but thought he improved. Always going to be tough coming back in after so few minutes.

What made me less hopeful is when I said how he went to a Huddersfield supporting mate (back in from the cold, at fault for the goal and hooked at HT) his response was "sounds like Rooskens".

 

[Paul Cannell]

Did alright after his horrible error.

 

[Burglar Bill]

Grew into that. We can't moan at every single player that makes a mistake. He recovered from a shaky start and made acouple of brilliant interceptions later on

 

[Symp59]

A great prospect for the future

 

[MJB]

A shaky first ten minutes but the idiots at the back of the East Stand giving him pelters really need to button it. Let’s back the team until the end of the season rather than getting on their backs.

 

[werthersoriginal]

Grew into that. We can't moan at every single player that makes a mistake. He recovered from a shaky start and made acouple of brilliant interceptions later on

I thought he was pretty terrible until near half time but he did make one great run and cross that was a lot more incisive than you’d normally see from Currie. So that’s presumably what attracted us to him.

 

[Coffin Dodger]

Only just realised he's 26, I thought he was just a kid so not one for the future.

 

[Browny]

To be honest I thought he had a really tough job in knowing the best way to play a winger who literally almost never moved outside of 2 foot from the touchline. His dilemna was whether to drift out and create a hole that Gerdhart could exploit which always meant the chap picked up the ball with lots of space. Not sure he will see anyone so tight to the touchline again. Interestingly I thought the 10 tucked in a bit 2nd half. He grew into it and not sure we should writing him off just yet

 

[dickwalton1964]

Greg Leigh is an upgrade in every single way on Roosken. Leigh is a powerhouse footballer, Roosken looked so weak - physically and technically. I know Brown can throw a ball but take that looped up, powder puff, throw from Roosken that had to be retaken. Brown took it and there was gasping from the crowd such was the difference in launch and velocity.

 

[outsidethebox]

Strikes me he's more of a wingback for when we play three at the back. The guy he was up against was very good and could well be a target for prem clubs if Hull don't go up. That said, he found Spencer's more physical style of defending a lot more difficult to get past.

 

[Carpy]

Greg Leigh is an upgrade in every single way on Roosken. Leigh is a powerhouse footballer, Roosken looked so weak - physically and technically. I know Brown can throw a ball but take that looped up, powder puff, throw from Roosken that had to be retaken. Brown took it and there was gasping from the crowd such was the difference in launch and velocity.

Worst possible take having seen Roosken for less than 90 minutes of fooball.

 

[windmill]

To be honest I thought he had a really tough job in knowing the best way to play a winger who literally almost never moved outside of 2 foot from the touchline. His dilemna was whether to drift out and create a hole that Gerdhart could exploit which always meant the chap picked up the ball with lots of space. Not sure he will see anyone so tight to the touchline again. Interestingly I thought the 10 tucked in a bit 2nd half. He grew into it and not sure we should writing him off just yet

The 10 was class. Controlled every long ball played to him. If he could have been kept out wide down to the goal line it would have helped. He cut in every time and found a team mate. Thank god he was subbed.

 

[foghorn]

Any news on Ruben's injury? Sounded quite nasty from what I read after the match.

 

[Jaboysmith]

Any news on Ruben's injury? Sounded quite nasty from what I read after the match.

Months not weeks according to Ramsey

 

[Newbury yellow mk 2]

Could there be a way that we don't register him due to the injury,allowing us to bring someone in,to make it up to the 23 players?

 

[mooro]

Could there be a way that we don't register him due to the injury,allowing us to bring someone in,to make it up to the 23 players?

He'll still count as one of our 23 players in terms of the 'topping up ' rule, but if he is out until Christmas then we could not register him in our named 22(?) squad list for the first half of the season, in case we clear the embargo and can register free agents before then

 

[Scotchegg]

He'll still count as one of our 23 players in terms of the 'topping up ' rule, but if he is out until Christmas then we could not register him in our named 22(?) squad list for the first half of the season, in case we clear the embargo and can register free agents before then

The "playing" squad is 22 plus keepers and anyone under 21 on 1st January 2026.

The "registered" squad is 23 permissible players.

Any injuries now can not be replaced within the "registered" 23, but would be in the "playing" squad and could return at any time when fit to do so.

Players sold or (I believe) contracts terminated, before the end of the transfer window could be replaced (within specific criteria), and they would all be eligible to be included in the "playing" squad.

I think that makes sense!