OB1
Well-Known Member
Perhaps it's not their fault, but when we go to Newcastle with a stretched side and don't feel able to play either player then that tells you they have flopped.
I would play Rodri. City are wide open when teams counter-attack us. Stick Rodri in there, and give him a run. Rodri in for Gundog. Foden in for Silva. We bought Rodri to replace Fernandinho but somehow now think Gundog is better in that deep role? He's never been any good as a defensive-minded player. #
We're hard-hit by injury but I don't understand the choices Pep is making. They seem to leave us with a pne-paced pedestrian midfield which is vulnerable to counter-attack and too slow in possession.
There's no evidence Pep has ditched Rodri for Gundog. He made a change today based I would think on an opposition that he expected to sit deep and giving Rodri, who is coming back from injury, a rest ahead of the trip to Burnley. I'm sure Rodri was penciled in to start at Turf Moor even before Gundo got himself a suspension.