17 hours ago, Brutos said:

Remember when a few wrote him off last season, he's our best defender with all the right attributes to become a legend at the club

From what I've seen, he seems to be a strong character in the dressing room. Captain material.

This is the player who surprises me the most from the day he came. He's getting better and better. I love his personalty. Just the right ammount of arrogance, toughness and positive spirit.

 

22 minutes ago, mojo said:

This is the player who surprises me the most from the day he came. He's getting better and better. I love his personalty. Just the right ammount of arrogance, toughness and positive spirit.

 

true but I still like Ake more - don't know why - maybe because Ake came through our youth system & he reminds me of Ruud Guillit

love to watch him on the motd

8 hours ago, robdog said:

true but I still like Ake more - don't know why - maybe because Ake came through our youth system & he reminds me of Ruud Guillit

I think your right, it's because he came through our youth, hes found his level at Bournemouth. Rudiger is at a higher level not just on ability but his character as well I believe. Many of our youth players who we all wanted to make it here eventually found their level, at teams like palace, Watford etc

Absolute monster again today. Bargain of a signing when you see how much players like Laporte went for.

32 minutes ago, RIP Mourinho said:

Absolute monster again today. Bargain of a signing when you see how much players like Laporte went for.

That shoulder barge at the end was stupid though, could have really cost us over something so stupid, needs to clam down. 

39 minutes ago, Slojo said:

That shoulder barge at the end was stupid though, could have really cost us over something so stupid, needs to clam down. 

agreed

On 28/08/2018 at 22:52, robdog said:

true but I still like Ake more - don't know why - maybe because Ake came through our youth system & he reminds me of Ruud Guillit

I think that every time I look at him I wonder if there is a dirty little secret somewhere 

His name is "Rüdiger" not "Rudiger", and yes it does make a difference. (thread title)

No, it really doesn't.

1 hour ago, yorkleyblue said:

No, it really doesn't.

In German it does 

On 01/09/2018 at 19:36, Slojo said:

That shoulder barge at the end was stupid though, could have really cost us over something so stupid, needs to clam down. 

True, but I can't help loving that aggressive side of his. It's certainly going to cost us at some point, but damn it's nice to have someone back in the team with that much fire in them.

2 minutes ago, Valerie said:

In German it does 

but does it though?  Does the name with the umlaut mean Rudiger but without an umlaut mean donkey-shagger?

3 minutes ago, yorkleyblue said:

but does it though?  Does the name with the umlaut mean Rudiger but without an umlaut mean donkey-shagger?

Kev, once again you manage to surprise me, I didn't know you were fluent in German!

Kovačić gets his č and his ć, it's only fair that Rüdiger gets his ü 

On 01/09/2018 at 18:03, RIP Mourinho said:

Absolute monster again today. Bargain of a signing when you see how much players like Laporte went for.

@Kentonio positive comment :)

On 03/09/2018 at 12:56, yorkleyblue said:

but does it though?  Does the name with the umlaut mean Rudiger but without an umlaut mean donkey-shagger?

 no. I didn't meant it very serious, no problem with Rudiger.

It is just that Rüdiger is a very old german name, not really in common use for today.

I just find it captivating in a way, hard to describe. Anyway lets get back to his qualities in football.

Naughty this from Big Tony last night. He’s got a bit of a malicious streak to him at times.

 

33 minutes ago, ForeverCarefree said:

Naughty this from Big Tony last night. He’s got a bit of a malicious streak to him at times.

 

He deserved it for that wild slide in.

Not intentional at all

48 minutes ago, ForeverCarefree said:

Naughty this from Big Tony last night. He’s got a bit of a malicious streak to him at times.

 

Hey when Der Panzer is coming through, one best get out of the way or risk getting ran over like Pavard

 

Rudi has apologized. But ouch..

Germans have a thing for kicking the French 

He's just a beast Toni

Naughty this from Big Tony last night. He’s got a bit of a malicious streak to him at times.
 

He goes in hard. That’s what we need in the team. He doesn’t seem the type of person to intentionally hurt someone but he’s straight in there if one of his teammates needs defending. Love it.