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What a load of shite
It was £16m + Nani on loan for free (£5m worth of wages). And then £100bn per week in wages.
What is the tweet in the first post then?
What a load of rubbish. I want my 5 mins back!
You must be watching a different CB than I am. Rojo has been excellent since he arrived all things considered and I think he'll be our best CB by a distance in the next few years.
His last two games of note were yesterday and arsenal (correct me if I'm wrong). Yesterday, he lost Benteke for his goal but was generally OK. In the other game, he should've have given away a penalty for pulling back Welbeck and also made a borderline red card tackle coming through the back of a player.
Dont remember those.
Maybe she can tell me how the feck I pronounce his name this week...
You actually read it?
I read the title and closed the link.Cant see anything from that Arsenal replay.
@ 3.30 for the penalty incident. It doesn't show the replay where you can see Rojo has hold of his collar. It's his positional mistakes in the first place and could easily have given away a penalty. He also got a yellow card, where he absolutely scythed down Santi from behind on the edge of their area. Can't find the video but anyone who remembers will call it a very rash tackle. Sort of an orange card.
@ 2.05. Here's Rojo getting away with a stone wall penalty and red card vs City. Very similar mistake of losing his man with the ball over the top.
Made this mistake against Chelsea too, which Smalling bailed him out with.
These are the ones which stick in my mind, and that I'm thinking of
The ball should have never arrived at Benteke but I agree he should be closer. Vs Arsenal it was never a penalty on Welbeck who went down far too easy and it's never a red on Santi.
I did indeedYou actually read it?
I kept reading in the hope there might be something slightly interesting anywhere in that piece, but I should have known better ...The Welbeck one we'd be livid if wasn't given for us. Very similar to the Rooney one yesterday. But he did struggle against Welbeck running in behind him, a couple of times he lost him on the spin, and it was purely luck there.
Rojo is incredibly aggressive for a CB and I have yet to ever see him be pushed about by anyone. His passing accuracy is excellent and he's very capable of bringing the ball forward into midfield as we saw yesterday with his attempt on goal. You call him rash but to be honest all the of the best ball playing CB's in the world get called that from time to time, Ramos/Pique/Koscielny etc all have plenty of red cards to their name and have given away plenty of penalties, it's the nature of the role. If you want a front foot defender it's part of the deal, I'd rather have him than an 18 yard box CB like Terry/Cahill who can only ever make blocks and clearances. Aggression is a great quality in a CB and his qualities are exactly what we need to build on and become an elite team in europe again.
Very well put, and i agree
Exactly. People talking about his rashness make it seem like he's Ginter or David Luiz. He's been more composed than many make him out to be, but of course, we cannot deny that he still has some aggression in his game. Just look at the foul he conceded against Weimann that led to the Okore header in the second half. He still has his moments where he pushes up at a ball holder and loses them somewhat easily, but in general, he's been a much more composed defender than he ever was. van Gaal has definitely helped Rojo read the game better and make up for his physical limitations (he's still weak in the air and struggles against big, strong players).
Well said. I will also add on that aggression in itself is a very risky, and often dangerous, quality in a central defender. However, if a central defender can control that aggression, that defender can be very tough to play against. Very few defenders have reached that level nowadays, though, and it will be difficult for Rojo to reach that level. However, I'm sure that, under van Gaal, he can at least come close enough to that level that the likes of Boateng, Thiago Silva, and Hummels (before he got worse) as he's shown some good defensive nous during his Sporting days.
Sure it wasn't for a Jones niggle?
He didn't seem to be carrying a knock and LvG said he'd made a mistake trying to get all his players minutes as it left us short when Carrick had to go off.
Do they dislike each other?
They've had beef in the past.
Yeah a bit pointless for me as well. I can see why Fellaini and Mata were taken off - to let the crowd show their appreciation but we could have done with that extra sub!
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Great stuff.
I love these guys. In terms of characters, we've got an immense group together at the moment.
Video analysis only.
The fitness instructor? Rooney's movement helped Rojo's performance.
What a joy to watch. Full credit to LvG, coaches, captain Wayne as well as each and every player for making us a fantastic and truly United team. One of the few things that no money can buy. Awesome!
