[Archived] Andre Ooijer Signs !

[herbergeehh]

Typical messageboard rubbish..

[pleasure]

talking to a neighbour this morning, whose daughter lives in new zealand. press over there saying admirals injury far worse than rovers letting on, and word is he may not even play again!!! so question would be do we need another centre half in january to partner oojier?

most on this messageboard mustve become more liberal. i'dve been hung,drawn and quartered for a comment like that!

ooijer is looking far more accomplished, but still makes a few mis- judgements. i'm impressed by his composure and technical ability, on the ball. when he comes out of defence with the ball, i wish he'd lay the ball off, just after the halfway line. impressive, but also a worry.

[AxesFirstTouch]

Its not really a worry because he's probably played in Midfield before, remember the Dutch way of total football, Id be more worried if he passed to Mokoena!

[Tyrone Shoelaces]

Re. Nelsen, I read his own account of the injury and subsequent operation in the programme, sounded a very, very serious problem, I'd be amazed if he kicks a ball for us again this season, and we can't count on him reaching the standards he set in the long term either, I've just got my fingers crossed for him.

[yellowsubmarine]

it seems that it could be for good

It will be devastating if Nelsen is really out of the game for good.

God bless Nelsen

[fozzer]

It will be devastating if Nelsen is really out of the game for good.

God bless Nelsen

I hope we have good insurance because we could get money back if its a footy related injury!!

I wish ryan all the best !!

[USABlue]

most on this messageboard mustve become more liberal. i'dve been hung,drawn and quartered for a comment like that!

ooijer is looking far more accomplished, but still makes a few mis- judgements. i'm impressed by his composure and technical ability, on the ball. when he comes out of defence with the ball, i wish he'd lay the ball off, just after the halfway line. impressive, but also a worry.

But that came from a lady in New Zealand, you are our pleasure. They don't make ###### up in New Zealand you know

Yeah Ooyah looking better and better, I don't see many on here holding there hands up, you know who you are the ones that had him as useless when he'd played only a few games.

[ihateburnley]

It will be devastating if Nelsen is really out of the game for good.

God bless Nelsen

You make it sound like he's died!

Yes it would be a major blow for the Rovers, but on a personal note I would be very surprised if he hadn't earnt an absolute fortune already, never mind the hefty insurance payout he would presumably get. Unless or course, his injury was a genetic one - but that's very unlikely............surely................?

[USABlue]

You make it sound like he's died!

Yes it would be a major blow for the Rovers, but on a personal note I would be very surprised if he hadn't earnt an absolute fortune already, never mind the hefty insurance payout he would presumably get. Unless or course, his injury was a genetic one - but that's very unlikely............surely................?

And that is relative how? Absolute fortune? he played bloody MLS until two seasons ago. Do some people just look for stuff to have a dig about. I really hope it is not too serious, just about became my favourite player. Not seen a Defender of that quality for a long time at Ewood.

Edited November 25, 2006 by USABlue

[Tyrone Shoelaces]

I'll hold my hand up U.S.A. Blue, I slated him after that Chelsea performance, he looked all at sea and I said so. When we were looking for a centre half, I thought we would go for A) a fast, hard tackling , covering type of No5, a tall player, totally dominating in the air who would win every cross, or C) the sort of player who is cultured on the ball and can distribute without playing us into trouble.

Given the fact that Mike England retired a long time ago there aren't players out there who can do all three roles. So we got Ooijer who doesn't really fit any of those criterions , after watching him several times he has definately improved and he played very well on Thursday especially considering how badly Zurab played alongside him.

However he hasn't made us look any more secure dealing with crosses, he has a tendency to ball watch ( Rooney goal for England a prime example) and although he wins headers he sometimes miss directs them into dangerous areas. He reads the game fairly well but he's not the fastest thing on two legs and at 30 odd he's not going to get any faster. Maybe his biggest strength is his calmness in possession and his passing from defence into midfield.

Let's hope he continues to find his feet and come to terms with the Premier League.

Don't know where the face came from ?

[Fife Rover]

Did you type B?

[yellowsubmarine]

You make it sound like he's died!

Yes it would be a major blow for the Rovers, but on a personal note I would be very surprised if he hadn't earnt an absolute fortune already, never mind the hefty insurance payout he would presumably get. Unless or course, his injury was a genetic one - but that's very unlikely............surely................?

Opps, im sorry. I meant God bless his injury and hope he can recover and play footy in a Rovers shirt again.

Anyway Oojier is starting to impress, he's calm and composed when he's on the ball but one thing he need to work on is to stop conceding penalties.. we already conceded 5 or 6 penalties and it's not even X'mas yet.

[Tyrone Shoelaces]

Fife Rover , yes I did type B and at first a B was what I got, can you explain ?

[Lathund]

Anyway Oojier is starting to impress, he's calm and composed when he's on the ball but one thing he need to work on is to stop conceding penalties.. we already conceded 5 or 6 penalties and it's not even X'mas yet.

Yeah but you should remember that some (i.e the second against Sheffield United and the one against Villa) were ridiculously harsh, and that you can't always blame the player for conceding it. Although that being said, conceding three penalties is a bit worrying for a player.

[herbergeehh]

Fife Rover , yes I did type B and at first a B was what I got, can you explain ?

B + ) =

You see?

[American]

Un-check Enable Smilies then it looks like

[herbergeehh]

Ooijer is fastly becoming this seasons' Nelsen - I really think he's that good. If only he had pace..

[Fife Rover]

Fife Rover , yes I did type B and at first a B was what I got, can you explain ?

Sorry; I can't explain HOW it happened, you would need to ask one of the computer guru's on here for that. It's just that I noticed you had probably used a for your second bullet point, and that funny little icon that you got has a software code of . The rest as they say is magic!

EDIT: Oh dear; can you believe it? It has just happened to me as well!!! What is going on? I typed a capital b in a closing bracket, and each time I did it, the darned thing produced a

Edited November 27, 2006 by Fife Rover

[Fife Rover]

Yeah but you should remember that some (i.e the second against Sheffield United and the one against Villa) were ridiculously harsh, and that you can't always blame the player for conceding it. Although that being said, conceding three penalties is a bit worrying for a player.

Did anyone else see the Mancs v Chelski match today? And did you notice the Mancs penalty claim where a Utd player slammed the ball hard into one of the Chelski defenders in the area hitting him high up on the chest/shoulder area and 75000 mancs screamed for a pen as one. The ref did not give it; presumably and quite correctly because it was ball to man and doubtful as to whether it hit his shoulder anyway.

The point being that this incident was PRECISELY the same as the incident involving Ooijer in the Villa game; except that on that occasion the ref saw it as a penalty. Inconsistency? or something else? what do you think?

[Presty On Tour]

Did anyone else see the Mancs v Chelski match today? And did you notice the Mancs penalty claim where a Utd player slammed the ball hard into one of the Chelski defenders in the area hitting him high up on the chest/shoulder area and 75000 mancs screamed for a pen as one. The ref did not give it; presumably and quite correctly because it was ball to man and doubtful as to whether it hit his shoulder anyway.

The point being that this incident was PRECISELY the same as the incident involving Ooijer in the Villa game; except that on that occasion the ref saw it as a penalty. Inconsistency? or something else? what do you think?

was that when ronaldo pinged it at ashley cole from about 5 yards?

[LeChuck]

The point being that this incident was PRECISELY the same as the incident involving Ooijer in the Villa game; except that on that occasion the ref saw it as a penalty. Inconsistency? or something else? what do you think?

Oh no, it's something else for sure.

There's no doubt whatsoever that the FA and the media have combined to prevent us from being successful. Only a fool would think that there aren't new instructions given to referees designed to hold back Rovers. In fact, it's entirely obvious that Howard Webb recalled the Ooijer penalty before making the decision in Sunday's game and based his decision completely around that...just to upset us that little bit more. It's disgusting, really.

Edited November 27, 2006 by LeChuck

[roversmum]

Absolutely no doubt. LC .

We can take it. We are the Mighty Rovers

[Fife Rover]

was that when ronaldo pinged it at ashley cole from about 5 yards?

Sorry, I can't remember who the two players involved were. You may well be right. Anyway, who it was is not the point; exactly the same as the Ooijer incident with opposite interpretation of the ref IS the point!

[Neil Weaver]

This is fast becoming the 'was it a pen?' thread. In an idle moment yesterday I was looking back at the pen decisions that have gone against us this season.....

Todd v Portsmouth (a) : definitely not, fair tackle and red rescinded after the game

Ooijer v Chelsea (h) : OK

Khiz v Sheff Utd (a) : very questionable

Neill v Sheff Utd (a) : definitely not, chest not hand

Ooijer v Wigan (h) : OK

Ooijer v Aston V (a) : definitely not, ball to hand from a couple of yards

Tugay v Spurs (h) : OK

* categories at the risk of incurring Le Chuck's wrath

Are we being hard done by? I'd say so.

[Fife Rover]

Oh no, it's something else for sure.

There's no doubt whatsoever that the FA and the media have combined to prevent us from being successful. Only a fool would think that there aren't new instructions given to referees designed to hold back Rovers. In fact, it's entirely obvious that Howard Webb recalled the Ooijer penalty before making the decision in Sunday's game and based his decision completely around that...just to upset us that little bit more. It's disgusting, really.

Got out of bed on the wrong side today Chukie? Or has daddy confiscated your favorite toy?