Current Player Thread Ruben Roosken

[Northstandboy]

 

[Emilio]

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

Yes, this is my interpretation of the rules. And as you say, if we think it is unlikely he will be available before January, on the chance the embargo gets lifted prior to that, not registering him would allow us to fill his place with a free agent outside of the transfer window. It would, however, put us in the predicament where we end up having a perfectly fit player at the club (Roosken or his replacement) who misses out on our squad cap come January due to too many players at the club (as we had with Gregg Leigh last season).

EDIT - Actually, I don't know if that's correct. But the Gregg Leigh similarity still stands.

 

[HillBilly]

I don't see anything in the Embargo rules to suggest an injured player wouldn't be included. It's a totally different situation to us registering him in our squad list (where we might already be short of 22 outfield players unless Ferdinan returns after the ASEAN Championship). If Kent had been registered before his injury, then he would have been included. Isn't that why it was stressed that he wasn't formerly registered?

This is the worst time of the year for injuries (along with the middle of winter). Hopefully a couple of months means a couple of months, which is October, and a handful of games. Any longer and I'd expect to be hearing more about 'lengthy spells' or 'significant chunks', rather than 'not as bad as we'd feared'.

There were assumptions Romeny wouldn't be registered this time last year. November was mentioned. But he was turning out for Indonesia on the 8th of October.

What Roosken needs now is the support of the club, the fans and, most of all, his closest friend.

I'm sure the club won't leave him out in the cold, the fans will back him all the way and Brian... are you there mate?