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2014-15 Performances

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6.0 Season Average Rating
Appearances
26
Clean sheets
8
Goals
1
Assists
0
Yellow cards
6
Refuses to learn not to play risky balls in his own half, again and again he gives opponents the chance to break on us high up the pitch
 
Thought he did well defensively to be fair, its his passing when players don't show for him thats the real worry. Needs to learn when to go back to De Gea or get rid instead of trying to thread the ball through the eye of a needle in his own half.
 
Ekeke said:
Refuses to learn not to play risky balls in his own half, again and again he gives opponents the chance to break on us high up the pitch
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He needs to be more composed on the ball and look for better options for distribution. It's like he has been to the Rio's hoof it high boot camp during the Summer.

Also some lapses in concentration which is not good.
 
Seems to have two modes. Calm as you like, got everything under control, could be smoking a pipe and drinking a glass of cognac kind of defender. And hyperactive, OCD kid who looks down at the ball screaming 'What the feck is this and what do I do with it?!

He's a strange one. I like him. I think.
 
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Complete mixed bag from him today but good to see him finishing the game strongly.
 
Thought he defended well at times. Especially when he was 1 on 1 against the tricky Southampton attackers.
 
He's doing okay, for me. Very ropey first half, but you could say that about 8 or 9 of our players. I'm sure he wasn't expecting to see a new face (or two) next to him every game either. It's hard to blame anyone in the defence right now with the constant rotation and mid-game tactical shifts. I firmly believe that we will be fine once we get some continuity at the back, but I'm also fearing it will just never happen with this group of defenders.
 
thepolice123 said:
Thought he defended well at times. Especially when he was 1 on 1 against the tricky Southampton attackers.
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He did. He's very good at pinching the ball from an attacker as its played into them and he won the ball a lot

Unfortunately thats when he'll pass it back to the closest opponent.
 
He's left footed and stays fit more often than not. That's all he's bringing to the table.
 
He scares the life out of me. Said it in the match thread but he seems so stupid.
 
Everyone were horrible on the ball today. The team was clearly frazzled, Rojo included. We were losing possession stupidly all over the pitch today from brainless passes to crazy attempts of dribbling. He had his second worst performance for us tonight. He really needs to work on his heading and overall timing. I won't draw any quick conclusions from this game either as it was a collective brain fart from management to player performances.
 
At times he looks really good and then at times he looks terrible. Not sure what to make of him yet, his passing in the 2nd half was terrible though, did not see the first half. To me at the moment, he is looking like a decent squad player, subject to change.
 
Most of our players were nervy tonight. Rojo's performance was no better or worse.
 
Acole9 said:
Defensively he was ok but his passing must improve.
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He is a better passer than he showed tonight based on his earlier performances. No one was finding their man tonight, probably because we were really thin from midfield and up.
 
He needs to remember he's playing as a centre-back, and not left-back. Cut out the risks by playing simple.
 
JohnnyLaw said:
He is a better passer than he showed tonight based on his earlier performances. No one was finding their man tonight, probably because we were really thin from midfield and up.
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Its not just tonight that he plays suicide balls midway in his own half
 
He definitely overrates his own ability on the ball.
 
He's an interesting player. Either he looks good or bad. There doesn't seem to be much middle ground.
 
He usually picks out a pass better than our other defenders, his issue is that he more or less always looks to play a ground pass forward no matter what. Needs to see when it's not on or doesn't have the time and just get rid. RVP and Fellaini can bring down a ball well after all.
 
Doesn't have the footballing intelligence to be a ball playing defender for a top side.
 
He played good vs Stoke and bad today and all of a sudden he's stupid, dont have a footballing inteligence, terrible passer, terrible defender ( some say one thing the other 2nd thing ).. Ah football fans..
 
Mali_Zeus said:
He played good vs Stoke and bad today and all of a sudden he's stupid, dont have a footballing inteligence, terrible passer, terrible defender ( some say one thing the other 2nd thing ).. Ah football fans..
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You mean not everyone has the same opinion? Bloody football fans.
 
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