Antonio Rudiger

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Nice assist for Ginter. 

[Tomo 21,751]

On 07/10/2020 at 3:16 AM, Vesper said:

we all know I am hardcore on ageing players (Thiago being an exception, a VERY rare one), BUT that is once they are over 30yo (mainly 3 things, loss of pace, injuries coming far too often, and also a huge drop in value)

BUT

it is laughable that some on twitter are saying Rudiger is an old player and in total decline (beginning of March the bloke was still 26!)

rofmaoooooo

I think people are worried because players who heavily rely on athletic qualities are susceptible to major declines after big injuries even in their prime years.

We ourselves have seen it with Essien and Torres at a similar age Rudi is now.

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34 minutes ago, Tomo said:

I think people are worried because players who heavily rely on athletic qualities are susceptible to major declines after big injuries even in their prime years.

We ourselves have seen it with Essien and Torres at a similar age Rudi is now.

of course, but Rudiger has had nothing remotely close to that level of repetitive and severe injury pattern that Essien had

and those dotards on Twitter were not even using injuries as a point of focus

[lucio 5,418]

Jackass

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5 hours ago, lucio said:

Jackass

Have to say i'm still baffled why Low keep starting him. 

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5 hours ago, lucio said:

Jackass

If you believed our in-house expert, Rudiger is world class. 

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12 minutes ago, Puliiszola said:

If you believed our in-house expert, Rudiger is world class. 

Never a world class, but he was our most reliable CB under Conte.

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51 minutes ago, Blues Forever said:

Never a world class, but he was our most reliable CB under Conte.

True, but a different manager and very different tactics with a low block, good defensive cover with Kante-matic ahead of the CBs. 

Problem is when people said things like Zouma should be sold ahead of Rudiger, despsite Rudi being an absolute disaster last season and zouma being our best CB. 

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5th choice CB. Good call from Frank - form over reputation

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8 hours ago, lucio said:

Jackass

Why is he a jackass, what happened here? Own goal?

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37 minutes ago, manpe said:

Why is he a jackass, what happened here? Own goal?

Reaction a bit ott. Rudi failed to clear a very soft lob on the goalline bc of poor timing in the jump 

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1 hour ago, manpe said:

Why is he a jackass, what happened here? Own goal?

https://weaintgotnohistory.sbnation.com/2020/10/14/21515478/werner-havertz-goals-assists-not-enough-to-overcome-rudigers-epic-bad-day-for-germany

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True, but a different manager and very different tactics with a low block, good defensive cover with Kante-matic ahead of the CBs. 
Problem is when people said things like Zouma should be sold ahead of Rudiger, despsite Rudi being an absolute disaster last season and zouma being our best CB. 

I always said from the beginning that he does not have the abilities to become world class because he lacks natural defending abilities. His all round game is based on athleticism. He started playing as a CB when he was 16 or 17 years old. Prior to that he was a striker. So he clearly never developt those natural defending insticts that is required for positioning and defensive football IQ. I never understood why Chelsea fans claimed he was WC. In Germany, he makes one mistake after another and that is not only since 2020. He is a very clumsy defender.
In a back 4, he is more or less useless. In a back three, he might have a future.

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https://theathletic.com/news/chelsea-transfer-antonio-rudiger-germany/LZwqxmLRk4Oh

How close did he come to leaving Chelsea?
The 27-year-old is yet to feature for Chelsea this season and acknowledged that he had opportunities to leave Stamford Bridge this transfer window.

“Naturally, I looked at a couple of options in the two weeks before the end of the transfer window,” he said.

“There was a possibility of a loan deal, in order for me to get more game time. Due to many different reasons and the shortage of time, nothing materialised in the end.”

Did Chelsea really want to move him on?
Rudiger has been a peripheral figure for Chelsea this season and The Athletic understands that Tottenham Hotspur, AC Milan, Inter Milan, Roma and Barcelona all expressed some form of interest in the defender during the transfer window.

But Rudiger claims Chelsea were not determined to push him out of the club.

“The club didn’t tell me that it was absolutely necessary for me to find a new club and that they definitely didn’t have me in their plans for the next few months,” he said.

“I also turned down one or two options myself. I wasn’t prepared to pack it all in simply because I had been left out a few times. I enjoy living in London and like being at Chelsea.”

What does Rudiger’s future hold?
Rudiger is hopeful that Chelsea’s cramped calendar will afford him a chance to come back into the fold.

But he also hinted at his need to move on if he keeps being frozen out.

“It is what it is now. I will accept it for the time being and try to show myself in every training session. We are in many different competitions, it’s two games per week all the way from now.

“Sometimes in football, things can change very quickly. That’s why I will continue to give my best every day and try to convince the manager.”

Chelsea return to Premier League action with a home match against Southampton on Saturday evening.

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36 minutes ago, Jason said:

https://theathletic.com/news/chelsea-transfer-antonio-rudiger-germany/LZwqxmLRk4Oh

How close did he come to leaving Chelsea?
The 27-year-old is yet to feature for Chelsea this season and acknowledged that he had opportunities to leave Stamford Bridge this transfer window.

“Naturally, I looked at a couple of options in the two weeks before the end of the transfer window,” he said.

“There was a possibility of a loan deal, in order for me to get more game time. Due to many different reasons and the shortage of time, nothing materialised in the end.”

Did Chelsea really want to move him on?
Rudiger has been a peripheral figure for Chelsea this season and The Athletic understands that Tottenham Hotspur, AC Milan, Inter Milan, Roma and Barcelona all expressed some form of interest in the defender during the transfer window.

But Rudiger claims Chelsea were not determined to push him out of the club.

“The club didn’t tell me that it was absolutely necessary for me to find a new club and that they definitely didn’t have me in their plans for the next few months,” he said.

“I also turned down one or two options myself. I wasn’t prepared to pack it all in simply because I had been left out a few times. I enjoy living in London and like being at Chelsea.”

What does Rudiger’s future hold?
Rudiger is hopeful that Chelsea’s cramped calendar will afford him a chance to come back into the fold.

But he also hinted at his need to move on if he keeps being frozen out.

“It is what it is now. I will accept it for the time being and try to show myself in every training session. We are in many different competitions, it’s two games per week all the way from now.

“Sometimes in football, things can change very quickly. That’s why I will continue to give my best every day and try to convince the manager.”

Chelsea return to Premier League action with a home match against Southampton on Saturday evening.

Commendable attitude. I never doubted his professionalism and he is a popular guy. He can help the squad just not on the pitchcos without any injuries he is hopefully not gonna play.

Additionally to being the 5th CB he can also play RB. Maybe if one of Azpi/RJ is injured and the other has to cover for another position he can be shoehorned in that RB spot. He has the athleticism for it and i have seen him hit decent crosses before.not a good dribbler tho