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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
Walrus said:
I don't understand how you can interpret what I said as knee jerk. Rojo is not a world class defender; he is young and has potential.

This means he is roughly in the same bracket as our current lads who are also not world class defenders, but are young and have potential.
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Not sure where I said he was. You've just described every young player at a top football club, which is a broad brush statement. Not all young players are created equally otherwise they would have all cost 27m. Isn't that what we paid for a young player with potential?
 
Wilson Litchmore said:
Not sure where I said he was. You've just described every young player at a top football club, which is a broad brush statement. Not all young players are created equally otherwise they would have all cost 27m. Isn't that what we paid for a young player with potential?
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Yes that is what we paid for. My argument is, and always has been, that we already have an abundance of young defenders with potential and on this occasion should have gone with experience.
 
Walrus said:
Yes that is what we paid for. My argument is, and always has been, that we already have an abundance of young defenders with potential and on this occasion should have gone with experience.
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Experience of what? Just cause your older doesn't equate to better experiences. These so called young lads have played for the best team in the world, teams come to beat us every week, played in full stadiums, they have PL medals, played in big CL games and been to the World Cup. Were you going to match that experience based on who's available?

Your comments are too board brush and like I said these May be young but they have more relevant experience than most players out there....
 
Really keen to see how he gets on at CB at the weekend, this is where we could really do with him excelling given our current crop of CBs are prone to rolling over to have their tummy tickled when the going gets tough.

Unfortunately he'll be next to the cowering Smalling at the time. Can't wait for Jones to get back.
 
Apart from the last 2 games, have only seen Rojo at the world cup. Based on that, he came across as a hard man who will play with cojones and can be dirty. Also, quick, strong and good in the air. As an Argentine defender probably has learnt the dark arts of defending. Once he settles, that persona might show through.
We need to see how he is at left centre back with Shaw outside him.
 
Wilson Litchmore said:
Experience of what? Just cause your older doesn't equate to better experiences. These so called young lads have played for the best team in the world, teams come to beat us every week, played in full stadiums, they have PL medals, played in big CL games and been to the World Cup. Were you going to match that experience based on who's available?

Your comments are too board brush and like I said these May be young but they have more relevant experience than most players out there....
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As much as I think we have overdone it in this area in the past - an older player with PL experience and leadership. Vermaelen would have ticked the boxes, personally I would also have been happy to give Vlaar or Medel a shot.
 
Man Utd 2:1 West Ham
Not really been tested yet defensively, but looks composed on the ball.
I like the firmness of his passing. Nice and zippy; no unconvincing, bobble passes.

He's light-footed (unlike most of the others we have) while still solid which is also great for a centre back. Can turn well.
 
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at least he doesnt look like a complete oak with the ball at his feet.
 
Not much to do today but seems both him and Mcnair messed up one or two offside traps. Can't really blame them because its a makeshift partnership. Other than that he seems quite solid and no nonsense.
 
Looked quite good at centre back, nothing special but playing well enough. Glad to see the communication with him and McNair. I'm sure Paddy's nervous so its good that Rojo is giving him signals and stuff.
 
Looked commanding today and over compensated covering for Mcnair the other side first half too.
 
DevilRed said:
Not much to do today but seems both him and Mcnair messed up one or two offside traps. Can't really blame them because its a makeshift partnership. Other than that he seems quite solid and no nonsense.
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It's unfair to throw two CBs and expect a good performance. Hopefully Rojo forms a good partnership with one of Jones/Smalling/Evans/McNair/Thorpe.
 
He shat himself every time in possession when we needed cool heads. He was just hacking the ball anywhere and not even playing a percentage long ball into the channels.
 
Rojo was weighed, measured and not found wanting today. Reckon the likes of Evans and Jones might have panicked in that situation but he showed bottle today, especially as he was playing alongside kids (on pretty much all sides).
 
Sixpence said:
He shat himself every time in possession when we needed cool heads. He was just hacking the ball anywhere and not even playing a percentage long ball into the channels.
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He was fine when he had anybody free to pass too and has decent passing percentages as well.

Panicked a couple of times when nothing was on in possession but for me Blind was panicking all over more.
 
He did alright, if Smalling or Jones can stays fit for a while Rojo and one of those two can become a solid partnership for the future
 
#07 said:
Rojo was weighed, measured and not found wanting today. Reckon the likes of Evans and Jones might have panicked in that situation but he showed bottle today, especially as he was playing alongside kids (on pretty much all sides).
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Jones played with Kids on both sides in a 3 too and lead them for a couple of games tbf.
 
I think it was a positive performance by Rojo. He isn´t a world beater yet but like i said he gives it all for the team. It isn´t easy to have defensive stability in an unbalanced team with most of the main defenders out injured. I think him and McNair (very interesting player) did very well. You could see him communicating all the time with McNair trying to lead the line. Was very good aerially and trying to impose himself physically. The tendency is to get better if he´s given a run of games as CB with a stable partnership.
 
Thought he handled the aerial assault very well and was tidy in his clearances. Baptism of fire for him today at centreback and he came through shining.

Now if we can get a settled back four with Rojo and Jones then im sure we will be able to keep some clean sheets.
 
He was good defensively covering the back as well as clearing aerial attacks. His distribution was poor though at times, but it was difficult with 10 men and players being nervous. Solid overall.
 
Very good performance, had to watch out for his partner in central defense and it was for the first time he's played with Shaw as well. It's quite clear that he's a CB and not a true LB.
 
Played well, looked solid, and appears to be one of the only defenders at the club who can actually head the ball. Also ended up completing more passes than any other player on the pitch. Million times better than his disaster of a performance last week.
 
I think the strength to his game is when the ball is on the ground. Doesn't seem to get done one on one, and he always managed to prod the ball away from attackers running at him. Handled West Ham's physicality well too. The whole back four did really. Being down to 10 men invited a lot of pressure, but I don't think we put much of a foot wrong defensively, other than De Gea flapping about.
 
I thought he did a great job of leading that back line today. Playing with teenage debutants on both sides and a young, out of form keeper behind him!
 
Infra-red said:
Played well, looked solid, and appears to be one of the only defenders at the club who can actually head the ball. Also ended up completing more passes than any other player on the pitch. Million times better than his disaster of a performance last week.
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Well he´s playing at his prefered CB position, so he would obviously improve. I wonder where are those media pundit experts that were claiming he´s better as LB. I think most of the british journalists never saw him play besides at the World Cup.
 
Sly said:
Well he´s playing at his prefered CB position, so he would obviously improve. I wonder where are those media pundit experts that were claiming he´s better as LB. I think most of the british journalists never saw him play besides at the World Cup.
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That is almost certainly true.
 
justboy68 said:
I thought he did a great job of leading that back line today. Playing with teenage debutants on both sides and a young, out of form keeper behind him!
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Please explain bolded? Made 1 error in judgment, does that mean he's not inform.

As for Rojo, he's a better central defender than left back, played very well today, held up well with Cole trying to batter him at every given chance.
 
Looks better at CB with Shaw at LB, that needs to happen full time now.

His distribution wasn't great but he was at least solid, which is all we need from our defenders right now.
 
Red_toad said:
Please explain bolded? Made 1 error in judgment, does that mean he's not inform.

As for Rojo, he's a better central defender than left back, played very well today, held up well with Cole trying to batter him at every given chance.
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What's to explain? De Gea is out of form. It happens. I'm hardly basing it on just one error of judgement, nor is it a controversial opinion.
 
Thought he played really well today. Some of his short passing is dodgy as feck though. Seems to pass to teammates when they don't want it.
 
justboy68 said:
What's to explain? De Gea is out of form. It happens. I'm hardly basing it on just one error of judgement, nor is it a controversial opinion.
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Out of form how exactly. I'm asking you to explain as I just don't see it. Give me a clue, don't just say someone is out of form, then expect people to agree, give me some instances, not just because you say he is & don't have to explain!
 
Red_toad said:
Out of form how exactly. I'm asking you to explain as I just don't see it. Give me a clue, don't just say someone is out of form, then expect people to agree, give me some instances, not just because you say he is & don't have to explain!
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I'm not explaining it here because this is the Rojo thread and should stay on topic. De Gea's thread is very active at the moment with many people discussing his drop in form so that would be the place for it. I gave a couple of posts in there from after the Leicester game if you want to take issue. Some overly harsh criticism too in my opinion.
 
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