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I like Rodon, hard as nails.
Loved that we brought him on, the beautiful game
We haven't conceded qith him yet
We haven't conceded qith him yet
Another genius performance with one header away.
This boy goes from strength to strength !
This boy goes from strength to strength !
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He's played 4 games for Spurs, and has never had the sinking feeling of watching a goal go in past him. What a charmed life.
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We need to see what this guy has to offer. Our shitty set piece defending cannot continue.
2021 Rodon time.
I hope he starts a few shortly. We're not conceding too many chances but mostly because we plug the gaps between two limited CB's (who have both done well enough in that system, to be fair). Rodon has a bit of class about him, but definitely needs plenty of PL minutes to improve.
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Toby is very good in 1v1 situations and scrambles in the box, and he doesn't do retarded shit like Sanchez or Dier, which is why we need him. but his set piece defending is horrific, he's towered over by at least 2 opposition players every time, and he can't really even jump.
Dier seems more expendable, but the thing is he's quite good at dealing with aerial threats and big CFs, and just replacing him with Rodon doesn't fix the fact that Toby's aerial weakness is still there.
So, who should he replace? Hard to say.
Maybe a back 3, and dump Bergwijn's auxiliary RB role, and use a CB to back up aurier. Or a midfielder like Sabitzer or Bissouma can actually be a decent option in set pieces, as I think Sissoko active harms our set piece defending.
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My worry is that if gets a chance to play, makes a mistake (which will probably happen as he hasn't had much playing time) and then everyone, including Jose, goes into meltdown and he ends up loaned up to a League 1 club.
Why would he have been a desperation buy?
He's 23 and was by all accounts one of the very best CBs in the Championship.
People bang on about us signing top talent from the Champo and when we do it's called desparation?
Weird.
You can just see it can't you. We stuffed him with the Europ eligibility as it was a perfect forum for him to force his way in. I worry for him. Had he been faultless against Chelsea Jose would have been patting himself on the back, as soon as they hit a bump suddenly you see his lack of real commitment to the player. Tanganga,injuries aside deserves more too.
I think we'll register him to our Europa League squad ahead of Sanchez - so probably Wolfsberger.
Then again there are rumours we are after a new centre back.
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I'd genuinely like to see him up against Leeds in place of Dier, he's presumably played against them and is familar with them from the championship seasons.
Leeds are not much of aerial threat, and their forwards aren't big brutes, but quick/agile. Rodon must surely be a bit more agile than Dier, while retaining a lot of the aerial prowess to head back the long balls coming his way.
He is no match for Deir in the air,its the weakest part of his game...
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Is it? I've not seen him play, but I was led to believe that it was his strongest trait.