On holiday, a couple of weeks ago, I shared a few beers with a Huddersfiield fan so I asked him for his opinion on Jack Rudoni. He gave a long and glowing report but was so shit faced, he had totally forgotten that he'd been sold to us
I said at the start of the season that I didn’t see much in Rudoni. I’m happy to be wrong though. He’s come a long way so far under Lampard and is a key player
As the Clash sang, Rudi can't fail. Really surprised this is not his anthem.
Scored a deflected goal not attributed to him (although it may have gone wide) and the non-assist where it nicked off Simms before Asante put it in.
Earlier in the season, he was not on it for 90 minutes. Think Lamps has spotted that it is better to get 60-70 top minutes and sub him off.
Needs advice on his hats.
The Sheff Utd team minus Hamer and with COH is still really weak. They were battered 3-0 by Hull and should have lost to Luton, but instead nicked an undeserved win. Hamer is so important to that team. Without him, anyone can take them down.
Rudoni is better. If you go to WhoScored website you can compare any two players. In 25 metrics, Rudoni is ahead in 17, and Coh is ahead in 3. Key differences
Rudoni has more goals and assists.
Rudoni makes a lot more passes and crosses.
CoH has better pass completion (81.9 to 80.4), but Rudoni makes more key passes per game (1.8 to 1.0)
They both average 1.2 tackles a game, but Rudoni is comfortably ahead for interceptions, blocks and clearances.
Rudoni wins headers 3 times more often than CoH.
It won’t surprise you to hear that CoH gets fouled more often, it might surprise you that the stats say Rudoni hasn’t been caught offside yet this season.
It’s a lot closer if you compare him to Hamer, but he still wins 12-10. Right now I’m racking my brains for another championship attacking midfielder that I could compare him to.