Marcos Rojo, CB, Sporting Lisbon.

[spurs9]

A concern I have about Rojo is his discipline. Last season he got 8 yellow cards and 2 red cards in the league (24 games) and a further 3 yelows & 1 red in 4 games in other comps.

He also got given 10 yellows and 2 reds in 24 games in the league the year before.

 

[Yid]

Any player who does a rabonna clearance in his own box (across his own goal no less) is not a player for me

Couldn't disagree more

It's "rabona" with one "n", but yes, the cheeky rabona was nifty peachy keen.

 

[Yid]

A concern I have about Rojo is his discipline. Last season he got 8 yellow cards and 2 red cards in the league (24 games) and a further 3 yelows & 1 red in 4 games in other comps.
He also got given 10 yellows and 2 reds in 24 games in the league the year before.

I agree with you there, but if anyone can impose some focus and discipline on the kid, it's Pochie.

Especially with the added bonus of being countrymen, etc.

 

[DaSpurs]

I agree with you there, but if anyone can impose some focus and discipline on the kid, it's Pochie.

Especially with the added bonus of being countrymen, etc.

 

[Yid]

You got me there. lol

 

[RichieS]

A concern I have about Rojo is his discipline. Last season he got 8 yellow cards and 2 red cards in the league (24 games) and a further 3 yelows & 1 red in 4 games in other comps.

He also got given 10 yellows and 2 reds in 24 games in the league the year before.

Fits the Argentinian defender stereotype well then...

 

[Ghost Hardware]

He's looking pretty good at LB today, hope we are still interested, be good to have a CD who is happy and capable of playing LB.

 

[nedley]

Been really impressed with him during this WC. The fact he can play CB too should make him appealing.

Personally think they'll be bigger fish after him.

 

[Dazza86]

Really impressed with this guy in the Arg - Swi game so far. Looks great defensively and Argentina's biggest threat down the left as well.

 

[Air Jordan 3]

Rojo has looked very good today but I will reserve judgement until I see him get tested by a good team later in tournament. I would hope any decent left back would play well against Iran, Bosnia, Nigeria and the Swiss.

 

[razzmaster]

A lazy comparison but he reminds me of Heinze. Looks solid, decent going forward and a touch of nastiness which we lack. Would love to have him and Davies as our left back options next season

 

[Strikeb4ck]

Rojo was up against Xhaka yesterday, a player that would make any LB in the tournament look like a world beater. Would have been better to see him up against Shaqiri or Mehmedi (Shaqiri skinned him a couple times).

 

[Ledleys Knee]

He's looking pretty good at LB today, hope we are still interested, be good to have a CD who is happy and capable of playing LB.

He's a LB who can do a job at CB.

The thread title is a bit misleading.

 

[Spurs 1961]

A concern I have about Rojo is his discipline. Last season he got 8 yellow cards and 2 red cards in the league (24 games) and a further 3 yelows & 1 red in 4 games in other comps.

He also got given 10 yellows and 2 reds in 24 games in the league the year before.

Didn't Medel come over to the EPL with a bad record? He seems to have settled down pretty well so maybe change is possible

 

[spurs9]

Didn't Medel come over to the EPL with a bad record? He seems to have settled down pretty well so maybe change is possible

Good point.

 

[Ossie85]

Rojo was up against Xhaka yesterday, a player that would make any LB in the tournament look like a world beater. Would have been better to see him up against Shaqiri or Mehmedi (Shaqiri skinned him a couple times).

You are wrong. Rojo was against Shaqiri who played RW. Xhaka played thru the middle and Mehmedi as a LW

 

[Strikeb4ck]

You are wrong. Rojo was against Shaqiri who played RW. Xhaka played thru the middle and Mehmedi as a LW

Xhaka played on the right. It was a change first made in the second half of the Ecuador game, where Shaqiri initially started on the right (like in all the pre-tourney friendlies). Xhaka was hopeless this whole tournament for us, he just couldn't do a single thing right. Once Shaqiri moved there the team looked much more potent in attack.

Admittedly Shaqiri had a bit of a free role behind Drmic, which is why he was in the center/right/left throughout the game, why he came up against all of Zabaleta/Mascherano/Rojo. Xhaka was definitely assigned to the right though (and had another horrific performance).

 

[King of Otters]

A lazy comparison but he reminds me of Heinze. Looks solid, decent going forward and a touch of nastiness which we lack. Would love to have him and Davies as our left back options next season

From what I've seen he's not half as good a defender as Heinze was but is much more accomplished technically. Regardless, I'd be more than happy to see him at Spurs.

 

[Tom Pops]

Xhaka played on the right. It was a change first made in the second half of the Ecuador game, where Shaqiri initially started on the right (like in all the pre-tourney friendlies). Xhaka was hopeless this whole tournament for us, he just couldn't do a single thing right. Once Shaqiri moved there the team looked much more potent in attack.

Admittedly Shaqiri had a bit of a free role behind Drmic, which is why he was in the center/right/left throughout the game, why he came up against all of Zabaleta/Mascherano/Rojo. Xhaka was definitely assigned to the right though (and had another horrific performance).

A bit off topic I know, but how well do you think Hitzfeld has done with the team and are you better off now than before he was managing you? Just interested because I saw he had retired.

 

[Ossie85]

Xhaka played on the right. It was a change first made in the second half of the Ecuador game, where Shaqiri initially started on the right (like in all the pre-tourney friendlies). Xhaka was hopeless this whole tournament for us, he just couldn't do a single thing right. Once Shaqiri moved there the team looked much more potent in attack.

Admittedly Shaqiri had a bit of a free role behind Drmic, which is why he was in the center/right/left throughout the game, why he came up against all of Zabaleta/Mascherano/Rojo. Xhaka was definitely assigned to the right though (and had another horrific performance).

It didn't look like that. Although to be fair the swiss hardly attacked, and I can't remember Xhaka in a single play