I don't think Rodri's performances really change, its the team around him. If KDB and Gundogan play like they did yesterday then Rodri is still doing his job. If KDB and Gundogan arent then you get situations like the spuds game where we are all over the shop because Rodri is expected to be 3 players at the same time.It’s a collective. Rodri can’t be magnificent when we win and it not be partly his fault when we lose.
You might be correct but we are a quarter of the way through this season and we sit 5th in the table. We have only won 50% of our games and thanks to some very kind fixture scheduling yesterday was the 1st time we have won back-to-back prem games this season. It’s a whole two weeks since the Spurs shit-show. I just think it’s a little premature to be lauding Rodri as the 2nd coming because he has turned it on against Burnley (who he was great against last season with our shit defence) and Fulham. I hope/pray that he has turned a corner but games against this level of opposition will not give us the answer.
Giving credit where it's due falls far short of lauding anyone as the 2nd coming.You might be correct but we are a quarter of the way through this season and we sit 5th in the table. We have only won 50% of our games and thanks to some very kind fixture scheduling yesterday was the 1st time we have won back-to-back prem games this season. It’s a whole two weeks since the Spurs shit-show. I just think it’s a little premature to be lauding Rodri as the 2nd coming because he has turned it on against Burnley (who he was great against last season with our shit defence) and Fulham. I hope/pray that he has turned a corner but games against this level of opposition will not give us the answer.
"Why can't I give over the top criticism?! It's a forum I should be entitled to say these things!. Anyway stop praising people we shouldn't do that on here"Giving credit where it's due falls far short of lauding anyone as the 2nd coming.
Apparently I am a member of the "thought police" to quote a poster who has made a 180 turn on Rodri in recent weeks."Why can't I give over the top criticism?! It's a forum I should be entitled to say these things!. Anyway stop praising people we shouldn't do that on here"
And so on.
You come across as somebody who will be delighted if your point is proven rather than him doing as well as he is.it's Burnley and Fulham, christ. If he can keep up with the likes of Fernandes and Rashford when they counter and win the ball back next week then you can start to talk, till then, Plodri.
No, I'm not just going to say it's fixed because he had 2 decent games against teams you'd expect him to be dominant and comfortable against. It's hardly a marker, when push comes to shove and he's been asked to cover ground and go out of his comfort zone for the needs of the team he's struggled the past season and a half, let's see if he can turn in a dominant, incisive, imperious display against the Rags and follow it up week after week from now on, that would be a fair measure. Same way the hype about Mahrez scoring a hat-trick in one of 2 games against cannon fodder at home has been blown out of all proportion, starting scoring key goals every week and prove you're a consistent top-level player and not a flat-track bully.You come across as somebody who will be delighted if your point is proven rather than him doing as well as he is.
Your insults are tiresome, nevertheless, a victory is what's needed.No, I'm not just going to say it's fixed because he had 2 decent games against teams you'd expect him to be dominant and comfortable against. It's hardly a marker, when push comes to shove and he's been asked to cover ground and go out of his comfort zone for the needs of the team he's struggled the past season and a half, let's see if he can turn in a dominant, incisive, imperious display against the Rags and follow it up week after week from now on, that would be a fair measure. Same way the hype about Mahrez scoring a hat-trick in one of 2 games against cannon fodder at home has been blown out of all proportion, starting scoring key goals every week and prove you're a consistent top-level player and not a flat-track bully.
If we go to next week, he doesn't give the ball away, he sets the attack away constantly with incisive, forward passes, we keep a clean sheet and he helps snuff out the Rags counter-attacks and keeps Fernandes out of the game then I'll come on here and congratulate him for stepping up to the level he needs to be at in this side for it to work, and encourage him to keep it up. If not, he'll be Plodri again because he'll have been at his usual level.