As someone who follows Milan closely and have watched Rodriguez a fair few times in germany, I really can't understand why we weren't in for him. Left back is the weakest position on the pitch for us, Shaw can't attack and is never fit, blind can do a job but even he can't cross anymore, Darmian can't attack and Rojo, well the less said about Rojo at lb the better.
Rodriguez cost Milan about £15m and is so refreshing to see a left back not only wanting to attack but one who actually can attack and put in a brilliant cross.
I really think we have missed a trick with him, we need a new left back desperately and there aren't that many knocking about, I like Danny Rose but he'd cost a fortune, Bertrand is decent Willems looked promising a few years ago but is dross now.
On another note Perisic played brilliantly again last night, such a shame that's dead in the water.
Ricardo Rodríguez
posted on 27/8/17
He's got 2 assists and 0 goals in 3 years of football at United. Now assists and goals aren't the first thing you look for in a fullback and I have complimented him defensively. However when you play for a top team, you're going to come against a lot of teams that sit in deep and frustrate you and that's when you need quality at fullback to open the door.
He may have gone on some lung busting runs but nothing ever came from them.
posted on 27/8/17
Indeed- although I would agree in a defensive sense he's decent. It's just in attack he's awful, and I don't see anything there that will allow him to improve.
posted on 27/8/17
If you combined Shaw's pace and positioning, Darmian's tenacity and Blind's ball work......you'd have a very good left back.
All three offer something but none of them are good enough really. Blind is by far the best footballer, Darmian the better defender and Shaw the pacey one.
posted on 27/8/17
Think Shaw gets a hard time on here. He has had 3 managers since the broke into the scene, 2 very pragmatic managers at that, broken his leg and he does have confidence issues.
I think he has shown enough to be given another chance. Let's face it, he can't be worse than Valencia in the final third. I've actually seen him look up before crossing.
posted on 27/8/17
Shaw's gonna struggle to get back to the level of fitness we'll need for him to have any effect, in my opinion. He struggled with stamina issues when he hadn't broken his leg.
posted on 27/8/17
comment by Eric_the_king (SE85) (U21241)
posted 9 minutes ago
If you combined Shaw's pace and positioning, Darmian's tenacity and Blind's ball work......you'd have a very good left back.
All three offer something but none of them are good enough really. Blind is by far the best footballer, Darmian the better defender and Shaw the pacey one.
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Very true. How's our genetics department getting on at creating this?
posted on 27/8/17
comment by manusince52 (U9692)
posted 1 hour, 11 minutes ago
People write a off Shaw as quickly as they did Jones. Before his broken leg he was one of our best players.
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Jones was crap for years. He's exceptionally fortunate to be at the club.
posted on 28/8/17
http://www.ja606.co.uk/articles/viewArticle/369881
its funny i posted this article in june and op was dismissive of how good rodriguez was
in ops word "He's really not that great, what's got him this hype is his set pieces, without them he wouldnt even be known"
now imagine my surprise hearing op say we shoulda signed him
posted on 28/8/17
posted on 28/8/17