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Antonio Rudiger

Jangz said:
wow he is a beast.. i know we lost a few games  but since he has been back the defense looks so much better ... proper CB and a leader.. That tackle on DA 10 minutes in the game or how he went jumping in to defend Kovacic in the tussle with Delle... he is a lad I want to be picked every day ... he is a pure quality... 
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He has that physical and aggressive quality you want in a centre back. He seems to turn up on the big games too. 

I think he is far and away our best defender. Question is about finding the right ones to partner him.

 
Brilliant yesterday! I thought Zouma was our best defender on the day, but Rudiger's leadership qualities are great. 

 
I thought he handled everything very professionally, agree with what he said on social media, good on him.

 
Absolutely astonishing the comments by Mourinho.. he needs to realise people don’t buy into his concocted versions of the truth anymore.. not his players not the media and not even the fans..

He needs to realise it’s not 2006 and people appreciate honesty and authenticity..  he has failed to evolve with time.. and I am glad he got schooled by SFL..

 
Jangz said:
wow he is a beast.. i know we lost a few games  but since he has been back the defense looks so much better ... proper CB and a leader.. That tackle on DA 10 minutes in the game or how he went jumping in to defend Kovacic in the tussle with Delle... he is a lad I want to be picked every day ... he is a pure quality... 
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Reminded me of David Luiz today. And that's bad.

Don't think he's the answer to our defensive woes.

 
Sindre said:
Reminded me of David Luiz today. And that's bad.

Don't think he's the answer to our defensive woes.
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Have to agree.

He's one of these players who became "better" whilst he was out injured.

"We need Rudiger back", "we're really missing Rudiger"........etc. He IS probably our best CB but the reality is he is a good but not great CB and we could do with signing one world class one. 

 
Poor and absent minded today, aimless diagonals and no threat at set pieces. Zouma was unlucky to be subbed.

 
Frank still has no idea what his best centre back partnership is because all 4 of our CB can play well one week and the next week look terrible.

 
Davey Baby said:
Our CBs are so poor with the ball.
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It is a strange concept where we play a system with ball playing centre backs, we work the ball to create opportunities for our full backs to get forward and stick crosses in. 

The problem is our centre backs cant pass, and our full backs cant cross! 

 
Hated seeing him have a pop at Kepa. Instead of letting the ball run through to Kepa, he chests it down and lumps it out of play, needlessly putting us under pressure. He turns and blames the goalkeeper. What a joke. JT never did that in 20 years at Chelsea. All he did was encourage his teammates, and he was far superior than Rudiger can ever hope to be.

If Rudiger is our best defender we've got problems in my opinion. Back in the day when we had world class CBS, this guy would never have got a game.

 
JT had a keeper that let him know to leave it or not. I'm not sure Toni does.

BTW using John Terry as a benchmark will leave you forever disappointed in our defenders.  

 
Davey Baby said:
Hated seeing him have a pop at Kepa. Instead of letting the ball run through to Kepa, he chests it down and lumps it out of play, needlessly putting us under pressure. He turns and blames the goalkeeper. What a joke. JT never did that in 20 years at Chelsea. All he did was encourage his teammates, and he was far superior than Rudiger can ever hope to be.

If Rudiger is our best defender we've got problems in my opinion. Back in the day when we had world class CBS, this guy would never have got a game.
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Depends. If Kepa was screaming at him and he choose not to leave it then yeah, bad on him.

I believe Kepa was not communicating well enough and had a pop at Rudiger first and rudiger fired back.

After the league cup final last year I cannot trust Kepa to do the right things under pressure.

On Rudiger in general he is a leader, but not good enough to start. A good squad player. Nothing more.

 
Since we’re questioning him, when did the consensus form that Rudiger is a top CB anyway? Was it just coz he was absent and the others are so poor? I don’t remember him getting much praise last season. I mean - he’s not great with the ball or in the tackle, is he? May have issues with his temperament too. Am genuinely curious to hear the defence now.

 
axman2526 said:
I believe Kepa was not communicating well enough and had a pop at Rudiger first and rudiger fired back.
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Yeah, Kepa probably said something to him, like, "You should have let it run through to me, what are you doing?", quite rightly too.

Rudiger's reaction is pathetic IMO, and not what you want when you're trying to see the game out.

 
Davey Baby said:
Yeah, Kepa probably said something to him, like, "You should have let it run through to me, what are you doing?", quite rightly too.

Rudiger's reaction is pathetic IMO, and not what you want when you're trying to see the game out.
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Guess we will not know what was said. 

 
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