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Cocker Posted September 21, 2007 Posted September 21, 2007 Good News WOW that is good news. Get in. We dont want to risk him though meaning he may be out longer
USRoverME Posted September 21, 2007 Posted September 21, 2007 Interesting, as soccernet had an article that appeared to quote hughes saying up to a month, that could be old news, I'm sure.... Worrisome though, seeing as the injury is in the same surgically repaired hammy. That's not a good thing.
Alan75 Posted September 22, 2007 Posted September 22, 2007 Interesting, as soccernet had an article that appeared to quote hughes saying up to a month, that could be old news, I'm sure.... Worrisome though, seeing as the injury is in the same surgically repaired hammy. That's not a good thing. Check the Soccernet Rovers correspondents comments re Nelsen. One certain change should be the return of Chris Samba in place of the injured Ryan Nelsen, whose hamstring injury isn’t a bad as first thought and could be back in time for the return leg against Larissa
philipl Posted September 29, 2007 Posted September 29, 2007 Absolute MUST READ article from NZ about the admiral and all things Rovers. Yes, sure modern Premiership players are lazy....
USABlue Posted September 29, 2007 Posted September 29, 2007 Absolute MUST READ article from NZ about the admiral and all things Rovers. Yes, sure modern Premiership players are lazy.... Great read philip, thanks for sharing.
fozzer Posted September 29, 2007 Posted September 29, 2007 Great read philip, thanks for sharing. Nelsen is an absolute legend - What a nice fella!!
philipl Posted October 1, 2007 Posted October 1, 2007 Nelsen called up into the NZ team to play this month If you look at the squad list you can see why an unfit Nelsen has been drafted.
Ronin Posted October 1, 2007 Posted October 1, 2007 Absolute MUST READ article from NZ about the admiral and all things Rovers. Nice behinds the scenes article.
Ricky Posted October 1, 2007 Posted October 1, 2007 Brilliant artcile and really shows how much work goes on behind the scenes Looks like Hughes has really bought in a lot of new techniques and monitering.
Oakland Posted October 1, 2007 Posted October 1, 2007 Absolute MUST READ article from NZ about the admiral and all things Rovers. Yes, sure modern Premiership players are lazy.... Very very nice article, made me all warm and funny inside
American Rover12 Posted October 1, 2007 Posted October 1, 2007 Absolute MUST READ article from NZ about the admiral and all things Rovers. Yes, sure modern Premiership players are lazy.... Class act, through and through
Presty On Tour Posted October 2, 2007 Posted October 2, 2007 Absolute MUST READ article from NZ about the admiral and all things Rovers. Yes, sure modern Premiership players are lazy.... made my morning that read, thanks philipl.
Dunnfc Posted October 2, 2007 Posted October 2, 2007 Ive just done the maths and Nelsen earns more than £50,000 a week, surely this isnt right?
Fife Rover Posted October 2, 2007 Posted October 2, 2007 Ive just done the maths and Nelsen earns more than £50,000 a week, surely this isnt right? Gee whiz!! I'll happily make a comeback for that kind of dosh. Will probably only last for one week, but Hey! Who cares?
Dunnfc Posted October 2, 2007 Posted October 2, 2007 8 million NZ dollers is roughly 3mill in english money then devide by 52 gives you something like 55 grand.
Ronin Posted October 2, 2007 Posted October 2, 2007 1 GBP = 2.68448 NZD According to xe.com currency converting website. Works out to around £57,309 a week if you want to work out the math (yes I am bored at work )
Hypo-Luxa Posted October 2, 2007 Posted October 2, 2007 After reading that article it makes me even more proud of what Uncle Jack did for the club. He didn't just "Buy a Championship", he set this club up for loooong after he left this earth, not only financially, but facility-wise as well. Oh and that Nelsen, he's a top bloke, inn'he?
b12_simon Posted October 2, 2007 Posted October 2, 2007 Ive just done the maths and Nelsen earns more than £50,000 a week, surely this isnt right? And worth every penny!
Eddie Posted October 2, 2007 Posted October 2, 2007 Ive just done the maths and Nelsen earns more than £50,000 a week, surely this isnt right? We discussed this when news about the new contact first broke and I just can't believe it. I don't know whether there has been some confusion over how much he earns over the course of his contract, NZ dollars, US dollars or whatever, but we surely can't be paying him that much.
awhom111 Posted October 2, 2007 Posted October 2, 2007 Nelsen is just one of the coolest stories ever especially as an American who fully understands how far away he was from professional football when he was 20 years old. It makes me wonder if there aren't many other players who get cast off or never found because they're too old to be molded by the "professional" coaches and nobody will give them a chance.
Perth_Rover Posted October 3, 2007 Posted October 3, 2007 The money he earns would not include his sponsorship money, so that would lower his weekly wage from the club a bit.
joey_big_nose Posted October 3, 2007 Posted October 3, 2007 We discussed this when news about the new contact first broke and I just can't believe it. I don't know whether there has been some confusion over how much he earns over the course of his contract, NZ dollars, US dollars or whatever, but we surely can't be paying him that much. I think we could easily be paying him that much. We offered Bellamy 60k and I imagine Hughes looked at the squad last season and thought that Nelsen was as crucial to the team as the Welshman. Plenty of teams with lots of money to spend on wages like Spurs, West Ham, Villa and, of couse, Pompey would be delighted to take Nelsen off our hands and pay him that sort of wage. Hughes would have wanted to set Nelsen up at Blakcburn and remove any possibility that he would look to leave. Nelsen is arguably - alongside Samba, Cruz, Friedal and Bentley - our best player. He is also our captain. I think that sort of pay packet, if ludicrous in a general context, is quite understandable in the world of football and Blackburn Rovers.
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