"especially as he's been played more as a sort of 8 for Porto and is adept further forward"Knew he was going to be brilliant for us. What a temperament, especially as he's been played more as a sort of 8 for Porto and is adept further forward. The fact that he clearly ignores instinct in favohr of the plan is fantastic. Can see immediately that he takes Pep's instructions and follows them through on the pitch. Him and Godri together will be insane - when 1 pushes up, the other will sweep & dictate. Perfect.
True - add in the fact he also effectively contributed to his transfer fee to make the move. Absolute legend"especially as he's been played more as a sort of 8 for Porto and is adept further forward"
Shades of Fernandinho before we bought him.
What an insanely good transfer that was for us though, and such an underrated player by the rest of the league and media.
ACL recovery has improved a lot over the years. Rodri will be fine.Everyone keeps going on about Rodri I’m old enough to remember lake, Gascoigne, etc he may never be the same player again after a serious knee injury I hope I’m wrong but we have to keep it in the back of our minds Nico may be the number 1
Er play them bothQuestion is how do we fit him in when Rodders returns>
I agree . Tbh I thought gazza is one of the most gifted players I’ve ever seen and both him and lake were never the sane again .Everyone keeps going on about Rodri I’m old enough to remember lake, Gascoigne, etc he may never be the same player again after a serious knee injury I hope I’m wrong but we have to keep it in the back of our minds Nico may be the number 1
It works still help if Nico keeps playing well, so that Rodri doesn't have to play every single game as soon as he returns.ACL recovery has improved a lot over the years. Rodri will be fine.
Play both in the tough games and CL, play one against the weaker or mid table games, ensure they both and especially Rodri get a break a quarter or so of the games.Er play them both
Newcastle did make it a lot easier than it should have been but I always think the simple things are far better than the 'risky' things. It looked so simple yesterday. Will Omar ever score a more simple hat trick; could our midfield ever have a simpler 90mins, and our defence reverted to the tried, tested and trusted simple things.Was always looking for the ball and did nothing flash but just simple passing and was an outlet all the time .
I hear what you’re saying but don’t think either will want to miss half of the games, or their share ofPlay both in the tough games and CL, play one against the weaker or mid table games, ensure they both and especially Rodri get a break a quarter or so of the games.