16 | Rodri - 2021/22 Performances

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samarasra said:
It's a finely tuned engine, little changes have a knock on effect on overall performance.
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Yes, but giving the ball straight to the opposition uncontested, failing to control basic 15 yard passes, letting balls bounce before dealing with them are individual errors that shouldn't be happening regardless.

Rodri, zinchenko, Dias and Ederson all had shakier than usual games, which they're allowed, it's only become more than a passing comment because they were all in the same game. We're fortunate it's happened against the shitest team in the league, chalk it down as not the best performance and move on. I don't expect it to be an issue for any of them going forward.
 
Ok I’ve got a song for Rodri. I can’t create my own posts as I don’t have privileges. Anyway so it’s to the tune Call on me by Eric Prydz.

Basically it goes

Roooddriiiiiiiii Rodri Roooodddrrrriii Rodri

here’s the video purely for educational purposes.



feel fee to repost this on the main forum if anyone thinks it’s a decent idea. Which it probably isn’t. I’ll get me coat
 
A good article about Rodri on Sky Sports website today. Warning: not suitable reading for Rodri sceptics still hiding in the woodwork.
 
Fode N The Hole said:
He was playing at centre back in that game.
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Was he? Pretty sure this was the game that Pellegrini tried Fernando and Milner in the middle together and then never did it again. There's a clip of three Barca players doing a little triangle round Fernando while he just spins in a circle.

EDIT: Ah, of course. Kompany went off injured, Clichy was sent off, so Pellegrini sent on Fernandinho and Sagna and moved Fernando into defence for the last bit of the game.
 
youngbob said:
Was he? Pretty sure this was the game that Pellegrini tried Fernando and Milner in the middle together and then never did it again. There's a clip of three Barca players doing a little triangle round Fernando while he just spins in a circle.

EDIT: Ah, of course. Kompany went off injured, Clichy was sent off, so Pellegrini sent on Fernandinho and Sagna and moved Fernando into defence for the last bit of the game.
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Lol. I didn't read the date. I thought they were comparing Rodri to Fernando's most recent appearance for Sevilla against Barcelona.

Jules Kounde pushed out to Right back, Karim Rekik played at Left back.

Fernando has always been a limited player, he is a marking specialist. Had a decent career before and since leaving us though, problem is some expected him to be more than just a marking specialist.
 
Fode N The Hole said:
Lol. I didn't read the date. I thought they were comparing Rodri to Fernando's most recent appearance for Sevilla against Barcelona.

Jules Kounde pushed out to Right back, Karim Rekik played at Left back.

Fernando has always been a limited player, he is a marking specialist. Had a decent career before and since leaving us though, problem is some expected him to be more than just a marking specialist.
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I think most people in football want a player to be more than a “marking specialist” to be fair.

Easily the worst defensive mid we’ve had in the Mansour era.
 
HelloCity said:
I think most people in football want a player to be more than a “marking specialist” to be fair.

Easily the worst defensive mid we’ve had in the Mansour era.
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Javi Garcia=Fernando. Only thing that could swing it for Javiare his performances filling in at centre back.

But you have forgotten Jack Rodwell.

Marking specialist refers to a particular type of defensive midfielder, very commonly produced in Brazil. Gilberto Silva and Felipe Melo being two notable examples. Neither being the most technically proficient or a master playmaker but there to break up play and keep it simple.

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Good result today—and quite an entertaining spectacle despite us being so boring to watch—but it was a fairly good illustration of how much defensive solidity Rodri provides to the team now. And not just with his excellent positional sense, aerial dominance, and smart fouling, but with his ability to maintain possession and find an open man when he wins the ball.

It takes so much pressure off our defenders and Eddie and often stops counters before they start. It also helps our forwards stay higher up the pitch (rather than racing back to make up numbers or press the ball in midfield) so our attacks begin from much stronger positions (moving across half the pitch rather than nearly the whole length of it).

Some on here will say the goals were down to poor individual decision making (or bad luck) from our defenders, and there is some truth there. But watch back the Leicester goals and you’ll see each probably could have been stopped earlier in the sequence of play with better play in midfield (either directly stoping moves or indirectly restricting the options for passing, allowing us to regain our defensive shape instead of desperately running back toward our goal).

For me, he and Bernardo are our most important players right now, especially with our current system. Lose one of them and we are far more open than we would like. Lose both of them and games become far more difficult than we like.
 
Notable absentee today, we look a lot more vulnerable without his presence. He has beern imperious this season and without a doubt one of our most important players
 
Say a prayer he's actually just picked up a knock and it's not Pep with a bit of gamesmanship not wanting to disclose that he does indeed have COVID along with Stones.
 
what we miss is not his defensive game but his metronome passing by which we control the midfield and we suffocate the opposition by passing and positional play. too many times today zinc or cancelo had to come inside to support ferna in his passing, so that left space on the wide areas
 
Agueroooo9320 said:
what we miss is not his defensive game but his metronome passing by which we control the midfield and we suffocate the opposition by passing and positional play. too many times today zinc or cancelo had to come inside to support ferna in his passing, so that left space on the wide areas
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Nice analysis - spot on, IMO.
 
oldius said:
Nice analysis - spot on, IMO.
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ya I have noticed the biggest difference between the two is their passing. Ferna always takes 3 touches to pass. what this does is allow the opposition to set their defense and then our players get frustrated and the move away from their intended position to receive the ball. this leaves the space for them to exploit when the turnover occurs. remember how pep said stay in the position and the ball comes to you. this is the entire basis of our play and what Rodri gives us
 
Today highlighted how important he has become to the team , we totally lost control of the game for 15/20 minutes Dinho was overrun and both full backs were absent without leave , a lesson learned , if its a big/important game then Rodri has to start , irreplaceable
 
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