coco
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coco
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He was lucky we won regardless of his later heroics. The game is called football, you would think some basic passing skills, like looking before you pass, would be drummed into him by now.
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Yeah. He did recover well to be fair but it was typical Rudiger tonight. He did have a few iffy moments and that own goal was comical.
Thankfully Christensen was on top of his game tonight, otherwise it could have been one of "those" games.
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We should all vote for that one as our goal of the season LOL. If only our strikers had such composure ... Kovacic would have put it high or wide for sure !
He hasn’t made a mistake in quite some time but that was comical tonight. Zouma should probably come in for him. He has a mistake in him aswell but he’s not as bad as rudiger in my opinion. Goals from set plays have also dried up since Zouma has been dropped.
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The problem is he has made. It is not just about tonight. Against Leicester the goal was his fault. Also in other games he looked like the weak link in our defense.
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To be fair to Rudiger, we've been spoilt with some of the best defenders in modern times, so comparitively speaking he is always at a loss. Looking at Zouma and Christensen they don't inspire me with confidence either. It's a shame Tomori has gone on loan.
Let's hope we don't make the same mistake with him and Ampadu as we did with Ake.
Let's hope we don't make the same mistake with him and Ampadu as we did with Ake.
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He’s had some good final ditch tackles tonight, but the goal and how unreliable he is at times makes me wonder if he should be in the starting eleven. You just don’t know when he’s going to go full Luiz in a game. But, as I said before, I don’t rate highly any of our CBs and I think we should upgrade if we want to challenge.
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I think he is doing okay. Under TT he has been ever present and other than a howler (all players have one in them, although you would hope him and Mendy you would hope have a heart to heart, I remember Terry telling Cech “just take me out if you need to” they need that type of relationship) we have kept 3 clean sheets. Our defence including Rudiger are doing ok. Be interesting how they do against Utd and Liverpool coming up
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Not his biggest fan, but he has been playing well, so even though it was an awful error, I would maybe grant him a pass, considering it didnt cost us points in the end.
Going forward, I think a left footed centre back on that side would make playing out alot easier, if we are to stick with a back 3. Just a pity all of the ones we have coming through are right footed, although Ampadu and Guehi have done well as left sided in a back 3 this season but Sheffield United dont play out under pressure that much often, and its obviously a big step up for Guehi.
Going forward, I think a left footed centre back on that side would make playing out alot easier, if we are to stick with a back 3. Just a pity all of the ones we have coming through are right footed, although Ampadu and Guehi have done well as left sided in a back 3 this season but Sheffield United dont play out under pressure that much often, and its obviously a big step up for Guehi.
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I’m very surprised with how everyone is looking at him after tonight, saying he’s had a decent performance. Personally I think he’s been absolutely shocking and put us under pressure too many times. With him you just don’t know if he’ll lose control of ball or give it to the opposition striker and send him through clean.
He’s a liability and need to get the f*ck out of here ASAP. Roma must have been laughing when we went after him, jeez.
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He was good when we signed him from Roma though. He was pretty decent for us in his first two seasons.
There were bad moments from him that went under the radar because they weren't punished, I remember him passing to a player standing still out wide but because he wasn't looking, he passed it in front of him as though he was running on to it. The result was a throw in deep in our half when we were hanging on for the win.
Even though I can't recall every thing he did wrong but my impression was that he didn't have the best of games to have so much praise heaped onto him.
My problem with him in general is that he takes a leadership role but doesn't have a good defensive brain which is a bad combo.
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Yeah he was decent, although Moses also looked decent under Conte.
Conte is such a good manager and managed to make average players look better than they actually are.
He even made David Luiz look like a world beater as the sweeper.