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Robin Roefs 🇳🇱 compendium


ChrisAshley said:
Reading through the NEC forum and what a lovely fanbase a few seem to be planning to come and watch us v Newcastle, I doubt they'll get tickets mind!










But they all seem to think they've got a great deal out of this which is slightly alarming, I mean none of them saying he's poor but think they're surprised after just one season he goes for that much


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NEC sound like a great bunch of lads 👍
Always look out for them, Heracles and Excelsior
 
nijmegenaar said:
Hello all, I've seen all of Roefs' senior team games as I have a season ticket at NEC. Made an account here as I wanted to see what y'all thought of him and will probably be following the club if he actually gets some time on the pitch.

So some context:

Roefs was always very highly rated in the academy at our club. Joined senior team training camps from age 16 for example. Last summer, we sold Jasper Cillessen (ex Barca, Valencia, Dutch national team and also from our youth academy) so that Roefs would get enough playtime.

Seen a lot of questions here on his passing and that his stats on this aren't great. This, in my opinion, is down mostly to our playstyle last year. We started out by playing from the back quite a bit, but then some of our best build up players got injured or lost form, so most of the season he was just told to hoof it long to strikers that generally weren't great at receiving those types of passes. I think with the right players around him at the back, he's above average on the ball. He's confident with both legs and generally has a decent to good pass. Also not shy

His main weakness last year was that we conceded 2 or 3 goals from direct free kicks where Roefs didn't look well-positioned. This was all in the first half of the season though and he seems to have learned from that.

Aside from that fact that he's obviously pretty good at saving shots, the thing that we always really liked in the stadium was how much he comes off his line to grab a cross. He does that way better than the far more experienced Cillessen.

I really look forward to seeing him in the PL, hopefully he becomes the first choice GK.
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Nice one marra (mate). He's going to be our number 1 so will get plenty of game time.
 
ChrisAshley said:
Reading through the NEC forum and what a lovely fanbase a few seem to be planning to come and watch us v Newcastle, I doubt they'll get tickets mind!










But they all seem to think they've got a great deal out of this which is slightly alarming, I mean none of them saying he's poor but think they're surprised after just one season he goes for that much


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The Dutch - a great bunch of lads.
 
I'm remembering that save Patto made at Wembley 9 or so weeks ago
You'll all have seen it,
He signed an improved contract a couple of weeks ago. Said he wanted to stay,
Much as I'd wish him well it might be better for all concerned if he moves on. It wouldn't feel right watching him sitting on the sub's bench. He's still young, he needs games to improve.
 
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HerdnMulhall said:
I'm remembering that save Patto made at Wembley 9 or so weeks ago
You'll all have seen it,
He signed an improved contract a couple of weeks ago. Said he wanted to stay,
Much as I'd wish him well it might be better for all concerned if he moves on. It wouldn't feel right watching him sitting on the sub's bench. He's still young, he needs games to improve.
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Did he?
 
nijmegenaar said:
Hello all, I've seen all of Roefs' senior team games as I have a season ticket at NEC. Made an account here as I wanted to see what y'all thought of him and will probably be following the club if he actually gets some time on the pitch.

So some context:

Roefs was always very highly rated in the academy at our club. Joined senior team training camps from age 16 for example. Last summer, we sold Jasper Cillessen (ex Barca, Valencia, Dutch national team and also from our youth academy) so that Roefs would get enough playtime.

Seen a lot of questions here on his passing and that his stats on this aren't great. This, in my opinion, is down mostly to our playstyle last year. We started out by playing from the back quite a bit, but then some of our best build up players got injured or lost form, so most of the season he was just told to hoof it long to strikers that generally weren't great at receiving those types of passes. I think with the right players around him at the back, he's above average on the ball. He's confident with both legs and generally has a decent to good pass. Also not shy

His main weakness last year was that we conceded 2 or 3 goals from direct free kicks where Roefs didn't look well-positioned. This was all in the first half of the season though and he seems to have learned from that.

Aside from that fact that he's obviously pretty good at saving shots, the thing that we always really liked in the stadium was how much he comes off his line to grab a cross. He does that way better than the far more experienced Cillessen.

I really look forward to seeing him in the PL, hopefully he becomes the first choice GK.
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Top man, @nijmegenaar. We all really appreciate this. I have a good pal, Ed, from Eindhoven whose a big PSV fan (sorry!) and he rates Roefs highly.

I shall certainly be looking out for NEC next season. Heel veel succes!
 
ChrisAshley said:
Reading through the NEC forum and what a lovely fanbase a few seem to be planning to come and watch us v Newcastle, I doubt they'll get tickets mind!










But they all seem to think they've got a great deal out of this which is slightly alarming, I mean none of them saying he's poor but think they're surprised after just one season he goes for that much


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Tbf it's basically giving them more than their annual revenue in one sale. It's a much bigger fee for them than us.
 
HerdnMulhall said:
I'm remembering that save Patto made at Wembley 9 or so weeks ago
You'll all have seen it,
He signed an improved contract a couple of weeks ago. Said he wanted to stay,
Much as I'd wish him well it might be better for all concerned if he moves on. It wouldn't feel right watching him sitting on the sub's bench. He's still young, he needs games to improve.
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Did he?
 
martinsmithsonofpele said:
Nothing was reported officially was it?
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Mate, I live in Spain. I surf for SAFC stuff all the time. I get feeds all the time. A few I trust as not just speculative click-bait I do have a clear memory of seeing that and paying close attention. I can't remember the source though.
Was quoted as saying he'd had offers but had turned them down because this was the club he wanted.
I am ageing but I'm not at the stage yet (hopefully) where I dream things up and next day believe them to be reality.
Hope not anyway.
Happened to my Great-Auntie Ethel. Got confused later on. Thought Dixon of Dock Green had dirt on her.
 
HerdnMulhall said:
I'm remembering that save Patto made at Wembley 9 or so weeks ago
You'll all have seen it,
He signed an improved contract a couple of weeks ago. Said he wanted to stay,
Much as I'd wish him well it might be better for all concerned if he moves on. It wouldn't feel right watching him sitting on the sub's bench. He's still young, he needs games to improve.
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And we need two quality goalkeepers
 
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