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You can say same thing for Sergio Ramos, Terry, Kompany (not comparing their quality). There is no stopping managers pick them and entrust them as core of their successful team.As great as he's been, still not 100% sure about him long term. Feel there's an error or a red card in there at any moment.
That said, it's been a superb season for him so far. Back in August he was nowhere near the 1st team in most people's minds.
You can say same thing for Sergio Ramos, Terry, Kompany (not comparing their quality). There is no stopping managers pick them and entrust them as core of their successful team.
It's fecking weird that for some reasons our fans in later 00 forward seem to against tough players/ tacklers.
Problem is young players back in the late 90s (Rio & Vidic, Terry...) were brought up knowing how to play aggressive, then trained to keep a cool head. Young players now mostly try to emulate Rio ball playing and cool head without proper defending ability or know when to turn up the heat and intimidate attacker. You know, someone like Pepe who first made his name as nutjob in world football, then had a long run of proper CB with a clean record in both season Madrid won the CL, and Portugal EURO triumph.Yeah ok. Vidic played on the edge as well. But they all are/were clearly at a higher level than Rojo. Don't mind a player who lives on the edge if they're world class.
And to be honest, the game has changed completely since the 90's mate. You can't really tackle these days. I love the way Jose has made us tougher but the way the game is going you need cool heads as well.
With Jones, for him playing as many games (compare to last few seasons) as he already had this season, it's magic.It is kind of crazy that Rojo has been our best CB this season, with Jones being near as good as him. Would have put both of them as our worst CBs (out of all five we have) just a couple of months ago.
Jose has done some witchery with them.
watch the space when Smalling comes back and will be paired with Bailly, that's gonna be massiveIt is kind of crazy that Rojo has been our best CB this season, with Jones being near as good as him. Would have put both of them as our worst CBs (out of all five we have) just a couple of months ago.
Jose has done some witchery with them.
agreed he shouldn't start there but we had no options on the bench although I think he in this form could play decent, he has that bite in him, the aggression which he lacked under LVG who was giving him strict instructions, Rojo can be also quite creative, he played some nice crisp passes down the line to Rashers and usually plays with his head up, and has a good whipping cross in him...He did well as LB mainly due to the Left foot. But I think it was helped when Rashford came on and because he didnt have to defend as much. I dont think it would work in a 11 on 11 as weve seen earlier in the season. Dont think hes comfy there.
Hes better as a CB but good to see another game from him and another clean sheet.
He actually leaned into him and put him off focus and posture to properly direct his header. Best case scenario you always want the defender to go up toe to toe with the attacker but sometime it's not possible for a number of reasons within the flow of the game and you just have to affect the attacker in any way, which Rojo did successfully. I've been a huge critic of his but he had a clean game on Monday and has been very good the last few months.He nearly gifted them a goal by not even challenging Antonio for that cross that skimmed his head. Seemed more interested in holding him than putting any pressure on him. One of the best players in the air in the league, you can't not challenge him for a cross. Fortunately he mistimed his jump.
Shows how far he has come for us to be worried about his injury. Hope it's just a knock and he can play against Liverpool
what a turnaround, probably ends up with clean sheet for our boys probably with a dominant performance:-) time for Chris to step up and get back to his best.I hope he gets back soon. I don't fancy Smalling and Jones facing Liverpool together.
what a turnaround, probably ends up with clean sheet for our boys probably with a dominant performance:-) time for Chris to step up and get back to his best.
