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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
Classical Mechanic said:
Phil Jones had a better game IMO. Made a daft pass early on but that was his only mistake. Rojo made a terrible error with Carrick and gave away a very stupid freekick.
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Jones made more than one daft pass.

Not much distance between him and Rojo in the pecking order for 2nd choice behind Smalling, IMHO...
 
He's not very convincing is he? Ideally we shouldn't have both Jones and Rojo playing together.
 
Liked his fighting spirit against Zamora in particular and I do think he has a lot of qualities. Doesn't leave me entirely convinced in terms of decision making and you can see why he's been used as a full-back at times where his lapses are less likely to be decisive.
 
Thought he was very good, would have been my MOTM if it wasnt for that feck up with Carrick.
 
GloryHunter07 said:
Still worries me a bit that he will loose his head. That thing with Carrick
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Could just be down to Communication issues due to him not speaking English, or to not being assertive enough yet as he's the new kid, let's hope so at least. Maybe you could ask that Carrick should take charge more in those kind of situations aswell as the senior player.
 
For a player coming back after weeks of being out, I thought he was decent. QPR were constantly putting high balls into Zamora, and I can't imagine he's the easiest to mark - he's a strong lad. I felt Rojo give as much as he got.
 
JohnnyLaw said:
Could just be down to Communication issues due to him not speaking English, or to not being assertive enough yet as he's the new kid, let's hope so at least. Maybe you could ask that Carrick should take charge more in those kind of situations aswell as the senior player.
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Yeah im fairly certain there is a language barrier at the moment. That said, he strikes me as a bit of a loose cannon.
 
akash02 said:
He's not very convincing is he? Ideally we shouldn't have both Jones and Rojo playing together.
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I thought he looked pretty convincing against a player in Zamora who essentially tries to bully every CB he plays against. Rojo seemed to be the one dishing out the bullying this afternoon. Good performance.
 
akash02 said:
He's not very convincing is he? Ideally we shouldn't have both Jones and Rojo playing together.
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I certainly agree on the latter point. I think Rojo could be a capable defender with someone calm and assured along side him though.
 
Scares the shit out of me. With him it feels like something stupid is just around the corner.

Neither a good defender nor very good with the ball at his feet.
 
Don't think he's good enough as a part of a 2, as is no one else of our CBs (Smalling aside).
 
Thought he was good. Possibly even Man of the Match as there weren't too many standout candidates.
 
KiD MoYeS said:
Really? Didn't think he was shaky at all. Handled Zamora perfectly.
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I should have worded it better, he made a few unforced errors today which is understandable given his game time lately, but overall he played very well.
 
Getsme said:
I should have worded it better, he made a few unforced errors today which is understandable given his game time lately, but overall he played very well.
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Yeah, when he and Carrick both failed to collect the ball, nearly cost us a goal.
 
I think Rojo might be another player to get labelled or have a stereotype like Rafa being rash and De Gea being bad at crosses. Rojo was brilliant today, very solid. Won nearly everything against Zamora who's a very good target man to be fair. He did some good covering for Blind a few times , stepped in well. The mess with Carrick was his only big mistake, which was a communication error not a bad decision. He's a lot safer than our other defenders for me, and the best on the ball (Jones is good too). When/If we ever get a solid back 4/3, and he gets his English up to scratch - he'll do very well for us.
 
Excellent defending, mediocre passing and one massive error. A classic Rojo game.

From a 24 year old CB, that's not bad. If he can cut out the one surreal mistake he finds a way to make, he could really give us 5-7 years of excellent CB play, and 24 isn't too old to shed that from his game.
 
Brilliant defending, he bullied Zamora and there's not many out there who can do that.
 
He's still adapting. Looked better than both Jones and Evans today. Made some mistakes, kept trying to make overlapping runs when he really should have been in position. But he's fearless. It's hard not to love that about a player.
 
Really hope he keeps the same attitude. Now he's a bit crazy, but in an amusing way. I can't help but like him a lot, he really is fearless, got a bit of that smart Argentinian dirtiness in his game. As long as he doesn't go primadonnna like Sergio Ramos he's a brilliant player to have in our squad.

He also did one of his famous Rabona's today. Although not in open play, he used it to pass a ball back to the right wing where a throw-in was given. Couldn't help himself.

Posted it before, but this is still easily one of my favourite moments of the World Cup

 
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Best defender we've got.. And that's saying something.

Always feel there's an error waiting.
 
Voted him my MoTM. I have been a critic of him (and still am) and he had one or two errors but was pretty good otherwise. Still think he should be paired with Smalling. Smalling's composure alongside him would be a good help.
 
He looked good this game. Hopefully he keeps progressing would love him to cement that LCB spot leaving us to bring in a quality partner for him.
 
For me, he was the most solid player among our defenders. He held the line well, but I really didn't like the way he got mixed up with Carrick and allowed that odd-man rush.
 
So whose fault was the Carrick thing? Rojo was the one facing forward but Carrick should have been more assertive as the CM and vice-Captain in taking his ball.
 
I thought he was very good. Looked in control of whatever he had to deal with. Just a good solid game.
 
He seems to polarize opinion on here - either (i) too rash, prone to lapse of concentration and ultimately not good enough, or (ii) is a tough bastard who is a bit of an all rounder and settling well into the team.

I'd probably go with the latter, he has that fire in his belly, temperament to battle away against the top strikers. His got a lot of the physical attributes pace, strength, decent height and aerial ability to deal with both the quick forwards and strong ones. The worry is that he is prone to the odd lapse of concentration but Rio Ferdinand at a similar age was having problems with that. Rojo is still only 24 and it can be drummed out of him with plenty more games and experience.

Most of the current players in the squad lack of bit of tenacity and grit and Rojo brings some of that.
 
I like him to be fair, him following his striker to the bloody half-line reminds me of what Vidić always did and neither Jones nor Smalling do as often, of course it was a bit problematic in the second half as you want your CDM to cover for the CB while he's on the hunt and we didn't do that but that's there to master really.

He's aggressive, can play the ball, I'd say he should always be a starter for us whether 5 or 4 at the back. Still think him and Smalling are our best CB partnership at the moment in 4 at the back.
 
Insanity said:
Scares the shit out of me. With him it feels like something stupid is just around the corner.

Neither a good defender nor very good with the ball at his feet.
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What is this. He's already a good defender. A bit rash at times but still. Doesn't get bullied, good in the air and good tackling. Also his positioning is quite ok. And he is probably the best defender on the ball we have. Wtf is this about.
 
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