He is by far our best defender (which might not mean much), but I am much more confident with him than the others including Smalling who is decent, but very overrated here.
16
Season Average Rating
- Appearances
- 26
- Clean sheets
- 8
- Goals
- 1
- Assists
- 0
- Yellow cards
- 6
His positioning isn't poor.
Get a proper partner for him in defence. Enough of this smalling,jones nonsense.
Awful then. Take your pick.
That play he made just before half-time against two Arsenal players was absolutely magnificent.. Once he learns the language and gets more familiar with the forwards in the Premier League, he's gonna be a hell of a player.
He's not going to be the world's best defender but he's got guts and determination and that in itself is a joy to watch in a season full of indifference. Watching him send Santi Cazorla up in the air last night was sadly one of the highlights of the season for me. Terrible tackle but occasionally great to see.
Indeed. I wonder if he'll be in the side if we buy new defenders. Rojo + one calm leader type would work, I think.
That tackle was classic Rojo. When i saw it on the highlights i had flashbacks of the times he did it on our stadium. I was petrified everytime i saw him do his typical two footed lunges.
Tbf i really miss him. Our defence is shambles currently. He was the boss here and from what i´ve seen in United games he is the least of your defensive worries. I mean Smalling and Valência were abysmal yesterday.
It's good. He's seldom found all over the pitch in the way you find Jones. Positionally, the rest of our centre halves are quite solid. They tend to lack elsewhere, noticeably heading, decision making and conviction, the latter of which can stem from a lack of confidence.
Rojo defends well most weeks. When he steps up for an interception he usually gets it right. He has the odd rash moment but that's a part of his game he's clearly trying to keep in check.
Yeah, I enjoyed the challenge, I'll be honest. Shame it didn't put the lad off the pitch, as harsh as that sounds.
I'd rather he takes the ball with that much power instead of the player but maybe that's just me.
Think he's still adjusting to the pace of the league, I keep forgetting he is also just 24 so there is still an air of rashness in him.
He's by far our best CB and best left back. And he's not that great. Which tells you everything you need to know about our defense.
Yeah, he's been good for a while now. Looks like a decent bit of business.
My biggest concern with him positionally is on balls over the top, he seems to struggle to read the flight.
Man Utd 3:1 Aston Villa
When Phil Jones is the calmer head in a CB pairing it's a little troubling. Nice on the ball as usual and a good athlete but that rash streak makes me antsy.
I think he was pretty good today.
Very assured in posession too.
Very assured in posession too.
Another really solid performance from him. His passing was superb again today. Lot's of nice cross-field balls.
I thought he was excellent today, apart from that cheap foul given away to Weimann
Jones was getting caught up the pitch way too much and Rojo bailed him out numerous times. Don't let that one tackle late on get in the way of that.
He lost Benteke on the corner for the goal and gave Villa their second best chance with that stupid free kick. People seem to see what they want to see.
Very solid game from him, there was a moment I liked where Villa lumped up the ball and it was two Villa strikers charging against Rojo. Rojo just sweeped away the ball from Benteke (?) with ease.
He also made a fantastic last ditch tackle against agbonlahor when he was 2v1
With benteke alongside. Jones had gone walk about and left him stranded. If he mistimed that it was a red. So yeah people can see what they want to see.
Phil Jones isn't allowed to make a misplaced pass without getting slated. If he had done what Rojo had today the Phil Jones thread would be at the top of the page.
He was excellent I thought.
I must the one of the few that isn't convinced by the Jones Smalling partnership, so I don't mind Smalling coming back and replacing Jones for next week
I must the one of the few that isn't convinced by the Jones Smalling partnership, so I don't mind Smalling coming back and replacing Jones for next week
Was rubbish on the ball today I thought... Not assured in his passing at all.
Thought he was quite decent today, obviously a bit rusty in terms of his touch and movement but it'll come with match sharpness. He will be a quality player for us in the longer term IMO. Acclimatizing to the frantic pace and odd angles of the Premier League can be daunting for an import, especially from a considerably weaker Primeira Liga.
Plus he didn't have a good off-season to recuperate from the World Cup strain, played in a few matches for Sporting, had to face the buyout and visa shenanigans, has gotten injured a couple of times, and never consistently played in a settled backline. Not the ideal circumstances for a new addition unaccustomed to language in an area of the pitch where more than any other position, communication and trust is paramount. Given more time, he'll be alright.
Plus he didn't have a good off-season to recuperate from the World Cup strain, played in a few matches for Sporting, had to face the buyout and visa shenanigans, has gotten injured a couple of times, and never consistently played in a settled backline. Not the ideal circumstances for a new addition unaccustomed to language in an area of the pitch where more than any other position, communication and trust is paramount. Given more time, he'll be alright.
Great shot, it was a bullet.
Can't defend for toffee. Terrible defender.
Can't defend for toffee. Terrible defender.
Seems to be very hit and miss on the Caf!
One day in an important match, we're gonna need a goal and will be in dire need of some inspiration, and he's gonna shoot and it's gonna fly into the top corner.
One day.
One day.
I generally prefer Rojo as the one next to Smalling, but today Rojo and Jones were much for muchness. Both fairly good, but with the occasional mistake.
He can't defend.
Genuinely bemused as why after every Phil Jones game, his thread gets bumped about him being rash while Rojo seems to get away with his moments of utter buffoonery.
Genuinely bemused as why after every Phil Jones game, his thread gets bumped about him being rash while Rojo seems to get away with his moments of utter buffoonery.
Well as "fideo" means "noodle" in Spanish, he has just decided that it must be "fide" in English instead of "noodle"https://instagram.com/p/1D6_SuRS1o/
it was a back pass. spanish dave was the one that needed to stop it. he is a rash defender , he and phil need to get sorted.
It was two mistakes. Firstly Rojo lost his man who got a shot at goal and then De Gea. The power of the shot is irrelevant to Rojo's mistake.
no it's not. it rolled under him, not into a corner like a well placed pass. . not hit clean at all. dave got caught flat footed. and TBH phil was marking no one at all.
Thought opinions would be a bit more positive as we didn't really miss Smalling today with both Jones and Rojo putting on decent performances. Considering how weak we've looked in Defense over the season it's nice to see our cbs all performing well.
He wasn't flawless today but he wasn't bad. The collective needs to take responsibility for the situations quoted. No one went over to cover the space behind Rojo when he moved over to the left which lead to the challenge on Weimann, and the corner shouldn't have made it to Benteke. That's my opinion anyway.
He wasn't flawless today but he wasn't bad. The collective needs to take responsibility for the situations quoted. No one went over to cover the space behind Rojo when he moved over to the left which lead to the challenge on Weimann, and the corner shouldn't have made it to Benteke. That's my opinion anyway.
Thought he was fine today. Don't think he was helped by Jones at times, not that Jones did poorly but I don't think the understanding was quite was it has been. In saying that, it was good enough and they got the job done.
I thought he was fine. I actually thought Jones was alright too. Maybe I need to re-watch and re-assess how they did though.
He was fine again!
Btw what would happen to him if we get Hummels? Would he lose his starting place (assuming Blind would be available as LB)?
Btw what would happen to him if we get Hummels? Would he lose his starting place (assuming Blind would be available as LB)?