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Now that you mentioned it, it came back
Crikey, that's tragic. I find it bizarre that he's never spoken about by barely anyone. No managers, coaches, other players, pundits. Just a forgotten player.
It's mental isn't it?
Forgot he still played for us to be honest. He's comfortably our last choice as a defender and the last time I heard his name was when we nearly convinced Everton to pay £30m for him on deadline day.
Indeed. If he was available more often in the early years he might have been okay to keep around as a squad player then, but since Mourinho came in and now Ole he was/is completely off the pace in terms of ability. Surely he didn't sign a new contract since he signed for you lot!? If he didn't then it will run out this year.
Signed a new contract in March last year, which runs until the Summer of 2021. He's made 5 appearances in the almost year since he signed that contract by the way.
I think it's fairly common knowledge that our managers now have little to no input into length of contracts, wages etc....as with most clubs
Hmmm not sure about that.
Surely Mourinho had the final word on that? Woodward won't just come up with an idea to extend a squad player's contract for no reason (and nor would anyone else, given the structure of the club, you'd assume). Not to mention that Mourinho would rather have experienced backup players even for just the occasional game (see Darmian) than rely on a smaller squad and unproven youngsters.
I personally have never seen him in this class mode.
He had a great run with Smalling a year or 2 back. Many people were saying he complimented Smalling best, but then he got injured / red carded and fell out of the team.
He is not terrible but he is far far away from being a top cb, he would be just fine at a medium table team, but there’s no way any top team will sign him after he leaves us.
Not sure how bad you mean, but he is bad. You can definitely play for Argentina and not be good enough for a PL team. He isn't good enough even as a backup because of his injuries, so there is that. Romero is a terrific second goalkeeper for us and he plays for them. I think a few players are ahead of Rojo in the national team and they are way worse than what you probably perceive Rojo to be, so if anything he is overrated.
Maximiliano Meza disagrees.
I would hope every CB can head and tackle! That’s a minimum requirement, along with having 2 legs.
He had that one period of being excellent but otherwise has been an absolute husk of a player - it's a weird one because he's decent for Argentina and has been occasionally decent for us, we also have played him out of position quite a bit. Can't imagine him sticking around after this summer though, can imagine him going somewhere like Seville or Valencia on the cheap.
Definitely not the final word, some input i’m sure but final word is with Ed
I’ve always thought that Rojo, when fit, is one of our best two CBs
We have a temp manager yet still gave Jones a new contract...
Yeah I might have underrated/overrated Woody's negotiating dealings (depending on how you look at it
).I agree in parts to both. Firstly he never looked as comfortable at left back as he did at CB. But due to the series of years where we struggled at left back was shunted there.
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It’s a shame that confidence was woefully misplaced.
Like most of his passes!....I'm here all week, try the fish.
He was seemingly only signed due to LVGs obsession with having a left footed CB.
