Ryan Nelsen (Unattached FC Coach)

Not playing knee injury.

http://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/opinion/4651215/Nelsen-should-have-beenSportsman-of-Year

"All Whites captain and Blackburn Rovers captain Ryan Nelsen has told Newstalk ZB he wishes he was back in his home town of Christchurch.
[...]
Nelsen will wear a black armband in Blackburn's Premier League match against Aston Villa this weekend."'

What a cool bastard.

Red card for Nelsen in a 4-1 loss to aston villa

bit weird, why bring someone down while on a yellow and down 4-1 in the 92nd minute?

That tackle was heaps rubbish. Some refs might have gone straight red anyway.

Cause he's a bad ass, that's why

Meanwhile All Whites coach Ricki Herbert says he's still waiting on word from English premier league club Blackburn Rovers about Ryan Nelsen's availability although he says he'll enforcing FIFA regulations that say Nelsen must be released for national duty.

Full 90 in a 0-0 draw vs arsenal

And played brilliantly- him and Samba are a formidable pair in the centre of defense.

Got into ESPN's team of the week.

this man

Nelsen got injured and subbed off in the 35th minute

http://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/football/4891341/Ryan-Nelsen-to-miss-rest-of-Blackburn-season

Knee, "clearing debris", painful.  Had something similar a few years ago, felt like daggers everytime I bent down.

looking at the fixtures the game against west ham could decide if Blackburn survive... what happens if they drop?

bet they wish they kept sam

Great to see that they have survived and we will have at least one Kiwi in the top grade next season

http://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/opinion/5070717/Time-to-prepare-for-life-without-Ryan-Nelsen

I can't stand the thought of life without ryan. Really hope he stays a big part of NZ Football after his playing days are done

when i first saw this headline I was scared he was going to help out the Brisbane Roar!

http://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/football/5102352/Ryan-Nelsen-roars-into-new-business-venture

15th most trusted kiwi

Will be interesting to see if he gets the Blackburn captaincy back if Samba goes to Arsenal. Surely he will.

Phil Jones Won`t

Real? Why ever not?

Anyone else see him on Premier League World last night? His recovery is ahead of schedule and he's amping to get back into pre-season apparently. 

http://www.tribalfootball.com/articles/nelsen-emerton-s-blackburn-set-india-tour-1741771

http://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/football/5297016/Ryan-Nelsen-to-mentor-Kiwi-teen-at-Rovers

http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,11661_7059430,00.html

Couldn't open that link mate, for whatever reason. What's the gist of the article?

Doesnt really say anything lol. Fans need to be calm during transfer seasonhttp://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,11661_7059430,00.htmlthreatD2011-07-25 15:48:10

Not even in the bench today after playing last week: is he injured or suspended?

Scott Dann signed for Blackburn from Birmingham...if Ryan is surplus to requirements maybe a move to the Phoenix.....I wish

Doubt he'll be sold. Samba gets injured a lot and there isn't really anyone else apart from Givet if Samba, Nelsen, Dann are injured or suspended.

Morten Gamst Pedersen (hamstring), David Dunn (calf) and Ryan Nelsen (knee) all face fitness tests.

Ryan still not fit enough to even make the bench in yesterday's game. Big Pete 652011-09-19 02:40:21

Still injured and not in the bench in today's game

http://www.goal.com/en-gb/news/2896/premier-league/2011/10/05/2697694/ryan-nelsen-tells-disgruntled-blackburn-fans-we-feel-the

http://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/league/5873848/Nelsen-steps-in-to-inspire-Kiwis-against-Australia

Ryan's such a legend. unfortunately didn't prevent the kiwis from losing.

Blackburn will reportedly join the race to sign Manchester City's Nedum Onuoha in the January transfer window.

Rovers chief Steve Kean is reportedly looking to further bolster his defence in the New Year as the likes of Ryan Nelsen and summer signing, Scott Dann, have been struggling with injury problems in the opening three months of the campaign. And, it seems the Scot has set his sights on Onuoha as a potential target from City.

Blackburn Rovers manager Steve Kean admits the team has missed captain Ryan Nelsen so far this season.

The New Zealand skipper has appeared just once in defence for Rovers this term because of a knee injury and Kean feels his absence has attributed to the poor form of the Lancashire outfit who sit second bottom after 11 matches.

"We want to assemble a squad that can get in the top 10, and I don't think that we are far away from that at all," he said.

"It's difficult when you miss a lot of your senior players because we are so young, so we have missed Ryan Nelsen and his leadership qualities on the pitch."

abris2011-11-19 18:36:57