Talk:Arjen Robben

message: Reina's tackle on Ediur (Can't spell his last name) was not violent. He in-fact made contact with the ball. It may have warranted for a yellow at the most but no a red card. Number 8 00:19, 8 February 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: That's debatable. It was a tackle from behind, which have been outlawed, and he took Eidur's legs in a scissors action. Reina was in trouble for that regardless. SteveO 01:54, 19 February 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Untitled 

message: Well, sort of:
:According to Wikipedia, Arjen Robben is an accomplished scuba diver, a model-submarine enthusiast and the owner of a pet parrot named Greg Louganis - diving-related trivia that would be much more amusing if we hadn't just added them to his profile ourselves in a bid to pad out this paragraph.  And while this information will probably have been edited out by some anti-Fiver Chelsea-supporting conspiracy theorist by the time you get around to checking it and adding more of your own, one thing that isn't going to disappear as quickly is the stench of hypocrisy currently emanating from Stamford Bridge. 
(Disclaimer: I do not, nor have I ever, supported Chelsea, except when they play Man United. — sjorford++ 14:20, 6 July 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I suppose The Guardian were unlucky to get information from this page when it was vandalised. Though it's hard to understand how the heck this article got such heavy vandalism on 6 July last year (what the hell?), fortunately an admin decided on semiprotection at the end of that day. Anyway,I'm active now and I'm taking care of this article, whoever wants to harm the page, I'LL MAKE THEM PAY. (DAMN YOU, VANDALS) S. Miyano 16:04, 23 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  This article referenced by The Guardian 

message: Is it right that an encyclopedia, as wikipedia is, should have speculation from newspapers sources such as the Daily Mail and the Sun? Robben's supposed move to Real Madrid hasn't happened yet, so I don't think its really worthy of getting in the article. Any objections in getting it deleted? --alexdeangelis86 23:57, 20 July 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: None from me, Wikipedia is not the place for media speculation. In any case, the current paragraph completely contradicts itself, suggesting that he is both on his way to Madrid and staying at Chelsea. SteveO 14:56, 21 July 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Speculation

message: I've heard a few different pronunciations of his name.  Can an authority on this subject add either a phonetic equivalent or the IPA equivalent to the lead paragraph?  Thanks.  VincentValentine29 (talk) 21:45, 9 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Pronunciation

message: He is famous for being selfish on the pitch. Google search with term "robben selfish" will answer all 83.100.155.229 (talk) 08:49, 14 April 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Things like this would probably need to be included in "playing style" and need more than one reliable source Spiderone (talk) 16:11, 12 August 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Selfish

message: Shouldn't this picture be changed, since Robben now plays for Real Madrid?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 193.188.105.227 (talk) 16:37, 17 June 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: No, the picture is meant to show the person in question in general so it dosent need to be changed everytime a soccer/football player changes club --> Halmstad, Talk:Halmstad 18:41, 17 June 2008 (UTC)

text: Ok but what is the point of an outdated picture when there are thousands others? Anyway he looks very different now, and it is logical to keep this page up to date, including recent pictures not ones taken 5 years ago.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 193.188.105.227 (talk) 20:54, 17 June 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: The reason is that we only use free images, not copyrighted ones with all rights reserved. It's hard to find Creative Commons images for players most of the time. JACOPLANE • 2008-06-25 12:52
Not only selfish but famous for falling over.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.171.254.98 (talk) 10:18, 29 October 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: New Picture

message: stop the bayern-munich-shit. he is no player of bayern munich (yet). if he is feel free to update.
reference: http://www.fcbayern.t-home.de/de/aktuell/news/2009/20539.php Teh luke (talk) 19:25, 27 August 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Now he is player of Bayern Munich http://www.fcbayern.t-home.de/en/news/news/2009/20559.php --Yoda1893 (talk) 11:20, 28 August 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  bayern 

message: Arjen Robben played the whole 120 minutes of Holland's (or the 'Netherland's' if you're pretentious or Brian Glanville or both) 1-0 World Cup Final defeat to Spain. He missed a glorious chance just after the hour mark when one-one-one with Iker Casillas. Just as Robben was about to shoot, the light from the floodlights reflected onto his bald head, then bounced onto the ball, and then bounced back into his eyes thereby blinding him momentarily, which in turn caused him to hit the ball against Casillas's trailing leg.
This is just plain ridiculous.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by BinzerFulgrim (talk • contribs) 22:37, 11 July 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Vandalism at Fifa 2010 worldcup 

message: Since when he plays for Aston Villa? NEVER!  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.86.246.158 (talk) 12:39, 1 October 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: This was a vandal edit and has been corrected. --Jaellee (talk) 12:49, 1 October 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Aston villa? 

message: I can not edit the article, but the word "substititue" doesn't exist. --Lord Bumbury (talk) 08:16, 21 May 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Typo 

message: This article needs update. He is making headlines all around today for scoring the winning goal to help Bayern Munich becoming the champion of Europe!  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 222.254.22.46 (talk) 21:11, 25 May 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Some updates 

message: Style of play
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The majority if his goals follow this pattern.
Replace: if -> of
JuergenWeigert (talk) 22:19, 25 May 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Edit request on 25 May 2013 

message: As so often on Wikipedia, it's an endless summary of incidents and statistics that lets the reader clueless about context. The reader has to plow through endless facts before the essence of this player slowly emerges.
In Robben's case. This means that when soccer lovers talk about Robben, it means that he is an extraordinary player who never really won it big. It took years and years of endless, painful losses against Spain, Chelsea and so forth before he finally won something that matches the level he plays on. I think Wikipedia shouldn't be afraid to quote analysis more often. Robben's 2-1 goal in the Champions League Final was one of personal triumph, final vindication and a life fulfillment. Both this goal as well as his painful losses are quickly glanced over in this article. Even though Robben himself said that the 'toe of Cassillas' was something that has haunted him for years. --Looskuh (talk) 10:53, 3 June 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: Unfortunately, the source you provided could not be found. Also, that discussion would probably be best suited for the body of the article rather than the lede. Walter Görlitz (talk) 14:31, 3 June 2013 (UTC)

text: There is a difference between improving a text, and simply removing any alterations. If you have wanted to be helpful, one simple phrase in Google would have found an English version of the exact same video, instead of just throwing it away. But alas, I've now added a source of Robben himself basically stating my addition. Saying this 'discussion' is something for the body and not for the lede, is glancing over the fact that even Mr Robben himself has thusfar DEFINED his career in this way. That makes it perfectly suitable for the start of explaining who he is. Looskuh (talk) 18:13, 2 July 2013 (UTC)
thread_title: I think this article misses the essence of Robben

message: It's not normal to list club results in the medals table. Shall we keep it? Walter Görlitz (talk) 11:50, 12 August 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: I'm not a WP:FOOTY member, but my opinion is that if country results are listed, we can certainly list the club ones as well. Even if both were not listed previously, this is still useful information to me. However, I don't think the club runner-up results need listing. starship.paint ~ regal 12:04, 12 August 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: Well I leave it up to you to decide whether to keep it or not. The only thing I'd like to say is that Schweinsteiger's Wiki-page brought me to the idea of adding those club-medals (including cup runner-ups). Many Wikis of German footballers have club-medals included in their medals table. See: Franz Beckenbauer, Gerd Müller, Thomas Müller, Miroslav Klose, Philipp Lahm, Manuel Neuer, Toni Kroos, Mats Hummels, Jérôme Boateng etc. etc.J187B (talk) 13:02, 12 August 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Recent addition of medals 

message: I just would like to point out something. According to many sources, including the one that Wikipedia uses, Arjen Robben ran at 37 km/h against Spain in the last FIFA WC , but I'm pretty sure that these claims were dismissed t.
By looking at  FIFA  team Tracking statistics report :
http://resources.fifa.com/mm/document/tournament/competition/02/37/03/94/eng_03_0613_esp-ned_ned_teamstatistics.pdf
He reached a top speed of 31.03 km/h during this particular match,  not 37 as reported.
Now here is news report from last World Cup which seems to confirm that :http://www.goal.com/en/news/3790/world-cup-2014/2014/06/28/4921571/robben-i-knew-i-wasnt-as-fast-as-usain-bolt.
 
FIFA actually tracked various players stats during last World Cup 
http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/statistics/players/distance.html
Then sort the player by top speed by clicking on "Top speed" in the right.
You 'll see that the fastest players was a Costa Rican named Junior Diaz and on his Wikipedia intro, you can read that :"At a top speed of 33.8 kph, he was deemed by FIFA as the fastest player of the 2014 FIFA World Cup."
And in Robben wikipedia's intro : "Robben's top running speed with the ball was clocked at 37 km/h (23 mph), making him the fastest footballer recorded during a World Cup event."
This seems to be confusing because Robben top running speed,  from the link used in his bio was during the 2014 WC (notwithstanding the fact that when he ran down Sergio Ramos, he didn't have the ball on his feet).
According to FIFA, Robben top speed during last World Cup was 32.2 km/h, a speed that he reached against Brazil.
Another point is that you'll see that there is very little difference between the fastest (33.8 km/h) and the 10th fastest (32.9 km/h), which looks credible. Robben, is undoubtedly fast, but  alleged 37 km/h makes him totally out of range.
All the outlets that claims this are secondary sources. I am just pointing this out because this article is being reviewed for the "Good article section"
JustMy2cents (talk) 11:27, 25 October 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Robben alleged 37 km/h 

message: The total games played and goals scored data is outdated.
Check "careers" on this http://int.soccerway.com/players/arjen-robben/32/
Games Played (Goals Scored) for Bayern Munich.
239(94)
Also for the Dutch NT..
Chinmayzen (talk) 03:51, 14 February 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: Not done The statistics on Soccerway match exactly the ones in the article. It is not clear what exactly you want to have updated. --Jaellee (talk) 09:30, 14 February 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Semi-protected edit request on 14 February 2015 

message: spelling mistakes 
M.Saim Naveed (talk) 04:25, 10 July 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format. Cannolis (talk) 05:07, 10 July 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Semi-protected edit request on 10 July 2015 

message: change date of birth from 1984 to 1986 and age from 31 to 29
M.Saim Naveed (talk) 04:31, 10 July 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. per already cited source http://www.fifa.com/worldfootball/statisticsandrecords/players/player=184616/, was born in 1984. Do you have a better source than FIFA? Cannolis (talk) 05:11, 10 July 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Semi-protected edit request on 10 July 2015 

message: In the section Arjen_Robben#Club_statistics, please change "Eindhoven" to "PSV" or "PSV Eindhoven". PSV is part of the club's name (e.g. their website is http://www.psv.nl/), whereas just "Eindhoven" generally refers to FC Eindhoven, a separate club. 82.139.84.113 (talk) 12:08, 28 July 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Semi-protected edit request on 28 July 2015 

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