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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
Whoever we buy also becomes Injury prone in our defence.

Shaw and Rojo both out twice already this season and they were barely injured at their previous clubs.


Cue us to sell one of our CB's and him to become a Injury free beast somewhere.
 
FromTheBench said:
Whoever we buy also becomes Injury prone in our defence.

Shaw and Rojo both out twice already this season and they were barely injured at their previous clubs.


Cue us to sell one of our CB's and him to become a Injury free beast somewhere.
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This is as good as certain.
 
Sam said:
Any news on what his injury might be?
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Nah. However - by definition - he won't return until one of Jones or Evans get injured. So, I guess he'll be out for the next 3 games and then him and Smalling will replace the injured Jones and Evans.
 
Raoul said:
He will develop into a fantastic defender over time imo.
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He reminds me of Davide Luiz with his defending without the same level of skill set. Let's hope he'll be coached to be a lot better than we've witnessed so far at United.
 
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Sultan said:
He reminds me of Davide Luis with his defending without the same level of skill set. Let's hope he'll be coached to be a lot better than we've witnessed so far at United.
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Luckily he doesn't seem half as crazy as Luiz. Against Southampton he was slight erratic when trying to play it out, and he's had one or two games where the defending side just wasn't brilliant but for the most part I think he's done well for us in the circumstances (three different positions in an injury hit back 3/4).
 
Sultan said:
He reminds me of Davide Luiz with his defending without the same level of skill set. Let's hope he'll be coached to be a lot better than we've witnessed so far at United.
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I think that's unfair.

David Luis was an outright liability who charged out of defence and was clueless positionally.

Rojo's had a mixed bag, but hasn't looked like a complete liability. My biggest criticism is that he needs to attack the ball in the air more. Letting it bounce is criminal in this league. I think this can be overcome with coaching.
 
Ixion said:
That sounds promising. I feel that Van Gaal in the past month or so has become very cautious regarding injuries, understandable really.
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Yep, I read Rooney was passed fit to play Stoke but van Gaal felt it best to go on the side of caution. Hopefully it's the same with Rojo and he'll be available next week.
 
Sultan said:
He reminds me of Davide Luiz with his defending without the same level of skill set. Let's hope he'll be coached to be a lot better than we've witnessed so far at United.
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I see him as a vaguely similar Argie version of Phil Jones. Also, a hit reckless in the Luiz mold, but definitely a talent who will continue to develop over time.
 
He's David Luiz without the flair going forwards, without the great goals, long passes or freekick ability

Like Luiz he wants to be aggressive and win the ball the first chance he gets. He's good at this and intercepts the ball often from attacking players waiting for the ball to feet.

However thats his one mode, hunt for the ball. And if he doesn't get there in time or the opposition is wanting him to dive in front and try and steal it, we're going to have problems. We also do have problems with his inconsistant distribution

I've got no doubt that if Luiz was our player and Rojo was at PSG, posters would be upset that our good CB David Luiz is being compared with Rojo. It just happens to be the other way around, and he happens to be the worse player
 
Mentioned the David Luiz comments before:

Revan said:
He looks like a bad version of David Luiz (or like a left footer Phil Jones) and has looked so in every match he has played at LCB. No idea if that is just temporary (new league, team, language etc) or that is his style of 'defending'.

Break the bank for Laporte and we will have fixed half of central defense for 10 years. He's arguably the best young CB on the world and would instantly be our best CB. Still think that it was a bit dump for us to not sign Benatia on the summer, which would have fixed the other half of central defense.

Hoping that Rojo completely changes my opinion, but in these matches for us (and for Argentina in WC and Copa America when he played as a left back) I have seen nothing to suggest that he may become e very good central defender.

Again no idea why we didn't sign Garay who would have been cheaper and is easily better than Rojo.
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Again, I hope that we haven't seen the best of him and he was actually a lot better since I made that comment (a month before) but still not that good.

Saying that, only Smalling (on occasions) has been good for us this season, while Rojo is currently our second best CB.
 
I dont agree with Luiz comparisons one bit. Sure he had some mistakes and his positioning and passing should be better but in some games he really defended well. I guess he's not some well known football name so people criticize him too harshly sometimes.
Also he doesnt have just one mode as Ekeke has said...
 
Yep, despite his flaws I feel more secure with him at the back than with our other defenders.
 
What is his injury problem? The only semi serious injury he had at Sporting was the same shoulder injury he had at United. He wasn't injury prone at all.
 
Sly said:
What is his injury problem? The only semi serious injury he had at Sporting was the same shoulder injury he had at United. He wasn't injury prone at all.
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If our record with injuries is anything to go by, his leg has probably fallen off.
 
Sly said:
What is his injury problem? The only semi serious injury he had at Sporting was the same shoulder injury he had at United. He wasn't injury prone at all.
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A very common injury: Unitedtitis
 
:lol: Ok i get the picture mates. Perhaps it's just precaution, plenty of games coming up.
 
Sly said:
What is his injury problem? The only semi serious injury he had at Sporting was the same shoulder injury he had at United. He wasn't injury prone at all.
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Van Gaal provides Marcos Rojo injury update
Louis van Gaal confirmed Manchester United defender Marcos Rojo would not feature in Saturday’s Barclays Premier League encounter with Aston Villa due to a thigh injury.
The Argentinian picked up the injury in training before last weekend’s 3-0 win over Liverpool and did not recover in time for the trip to Villa Park.
While speaking to reporters at the Aon Training Complex on Friday, van Gaal was asked to provide an update on Rojo and Rafael. "Rafael is not injured," the boss explained. "He was already fit last week, but I have to select and I have to compare.
"When I have more players fit, I have to select. You will have to wait and see, of course. I have to compare. Rafael? I can take him in the 18. Rojo? No. We have five injuries and one [Marouane Fellaini] is ill, so they are not coming up. Rojo has a rectus femoris [thigh] injury."
 
JohnnyLaw said:
Van Gaal provides Marcos Rojo injury update
Louis van Gaal confirmed Manchester United defender Marcos Rojo would not feature in Saturday’s Barclays Premier League encounter with Aston Villa due to a thigh injury.
The Argentinian picked up the injury in training before last weekend’s 3-0 win over Liverpool and did not recover in time for the trip to Villa Park.
While speaking to reporters at the Aon Training Complex on Friday, van Gaal was asked to provide an update on Rojo and Rafael. "Rafael is not injured," the boss explained. "He was already fit last week, but I have to select and I have to compare.
"When I have more players fit, I have to select. You will have to wait and see, of course. I have to compare. Rafael? I can take him in the 18. Rojo? No. We have five injuries and one [Marouane Fellaini] is ill, so they are not coming up. Rojo has a rectus femoris [thigh] injury."
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Thanks mate
 
No wonder our players are getting injured, look what they're up to in their spare time.

 
Literally thought it would be impossible to get injured while bowling until I saw this clown.
 
WR10 said:
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That isn't Rojo. Good try though
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:lol: I know it's not, but there's no doubt Rojo gave it a go as well. He probably took ADM with him and said try this, that's why his pelvis is not attached right to his leg :lol:
 
Rojo and Pablo Escobar

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“Only those who stood by me during difficult times and starve alongside me will eat at my table.”

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...rug-lord-Pablo-Escobar-online-one-quotes.html
 
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