Alex 'The second best' Rufer

imanixsupporter wrote:
There has been an awful lot of smoke about him going to Newcastle for a long time, hard to imagine there is no underlying fire. But I'll be much happier if he is indeed off to Europe instead

MetalLegNZ wrote:
Someone posted elsewhere that they heard through a good sauce he was off to Norway.

I can't see him going to Newcastle personally.

theprof wrote:

 MetalLegNZ wrote:
Someone posted elsewhere that they heard through a good sauce he was off to Norway.

I can't see him going to Newcastle personally.

the only reason he goes to the jets is to play in Asia, would be a tempting opportunity but purely for the travel and experience, it's unlikely to help is AW's chances, just too many midfielders ahead of him.

imanixsupporter wrote:
The rumours of Rufer to the Jets started a long time before Jets were confirmed or even likely to be in the ACL elite. Not sure if an experience in the second tier Asian club comp was really a big factor in him going there, it would be more likely that at the time he had had enough of the Nix and the leadership leaving an ineffective coach in charge for far too long. 

imanixsupporter wrote:
I also think that the lack of open discussion about Rufer's future by journalists and broadcasters tells you that they probably already know he is gone. For comparison, Piney directly asked both Eze & Armiento about their futures as they have been two of our best off contract players, but hasn't done the same to Rufer.

The Sky panel has on a couple occassions gently broached the question about his future to him, but it seemed like they were fishing for goodbye statements from Alex more than anything else. 

Edit: turns out the above was not a very good reading of the situation. Piney and Burgess talked about Rufer's future at length on their pod today and they seem to have no idea about Rufer's future

MetalLegNZ wrote:
Someone posted elsewhere that they heard through a good sauce he was off to Norway.

I can't see him going to Newcastle personally.

Procrastinixing wrote:
It's also bad on facebook.  They don't know that he was second in the Alex Tobin award standings and how critical he is to us.  What is the old saying, don't know what you got till it's gone.

austin111 wrote:
Rumours are that Bayliss is going to sign with AFC. I  imagine that could happen in which case Rufer to the Jets has some logic. IMO they needed an old head amongst the kids to work there way through the finals series.
If Rufer leaves it will be a major blow to the Nix. I too dont get the Rufer hate. A lot of people just dont understand midfield play. Its a bit like Retre. Hes played 100s of AL games and people think he does nothing. Greenie wouldnt have kept selecting him if he was a dud.
Rufer is really highly rated by the Aussie pundits. Many think hes one of the best midfielders in the AL.

 

martinb wrote:

 austin111 wrote:
Rumours are that Bayliss is going to sign with AFC. I  imagine that could happen in which case Rufer to the Jets has some logic. IMO they needed an old head amongst the kids to work there way through the finals series.
If Rufer leaves it will be a major blow to the Nix. I too dont get the Rufer hate. A lot of people just dont understand midfield play. Its a bit like Retre. Hes played 100s of AL games and people think he does nothing. Greenie wouldnt have kept selecting him if he was a dud.
Rufer is really highly rated by the Aussie pundits. Many think hes one of the best midfielders in the AL.

 

I’m glad I’m not on any platform where Rufer cops hate. 

He’s held us together such as he could.

martinb wrote:

 austin111 wrote:
Rumours are that Bayliss is going to sign with AFC. I  imagine that could happen in which case Rufer to the Jets has some logic. IMO they needed an old head amongst the kids to work there way through the finals series.
If Rufer leaves it will be a major blow to the Nix. I too dont get the Rufer hate. A lot of people just dont understand midfield play. Its a bit like Retre. Hes played 100s of AL games and people think he does nothing. Greenie wouldnt have kept selecting him if he was a dud.
Rufer is really highly rated by the Aussie pundits. Many think hes one of the best midfielders in the AL.

 

I’m glad I’m not on any platform where Rufer cops hate. 

He’s held us together such as he could.

observerfromuh wrote:

 martinb wrote:

 austin111 wrote:
Rumours are that Bayliss is going to sign with AFC. I  imagine that could happen in which case Rufer to the Jets has some logic. IMO they needed an old head amongst the kids to work there way through the finals series.
If Rufer leaves it will be a major blow to the Nix. I too dont get the Rufer hate. A lot of people just dont understand midfield play. Its a bit like Retre. Hes played 100s of AL games and people think he does nothing. Greenie wouldnt have kept selecting him if he was a dud.
Rufer is really highly rated by the Aussie pundits. Many think hes one of the best midfielders in the AL.

 

I’m glad I’m not on any platform where Rufer cops hate. 

He’s held us together such as he could.

He'll only cop way more hate if he ends up at AFC.

No hate if he ends up at the Jets, he's 29 so an Europe adventure maybe too late so may want an Asian adventure (CL).

ballane wrote:

 martinb wrote:

 austin111 wrote:
Rumours are that Bayliss is going to sign with AFC. I  imagine that could happen in which case Rufer to the Jets has some logic. IMO they needed an old head amongst the kids to work there way through the finals series.
If Rufer leaves it will be a major blow to the Nix. I too dont get the Rufer hate. A lot of people just dont understand midfield play. Its a bit like Retre. Hes played 100s of AL games and people think he does nothing. Greenie wouldnt have kept selecting him if he was a dud.
Rufer is really highly rated by the Aussie pundits. Many think hes one of the best midfielders in the AL.

 

I’m glad I’m not on any platform where Rufer cops hate. 

He’s held us together such as he could.

Rufer has copped hate from many right from the start and continues to do so. There are very few of us who can honestly say the supported him along the way to where he is know. For ages there was only a couple of us who spoke up in his defence and we got plenty of flak for doing so.