#16 | Rodri - 2020/21 Performances

[Tevez City]

Another 60 Million down the drain.

 

[samarasra]

He helped create utd best chances today......one giving it away and then fouling pogba.....second one in the penalty incident that was then overtunred its him missing the challenge in midfield that is the root cause of it.
And because he affects the balance of our midfield as against anyone half decent he cant be trusted to play on his own without Gundogan or Ferna next to him.......
He is an average player in this league and is exposed if Pep plays the way he did in our best seasons.......He is not the future and as another poster put it....we will struggle to win things with him in the team/squad

You missed a misplaced pass in to touch. Then again you missed all the excellent work he did, or ignored it. Turn off the sound and watch the game without preconceived negative thoughts. What a waste of 93 minutes,noting faults to prove your point.

 

[samarasra]

slows us down all the time, never releases the ball quickly, certainly not going forward

Stale cliches, constantly recyled, for likes, false, false and false. Re-watch today's or Wednesday's games for proof bearing in mind another stale cliche "there are none so blind as those that will not see".

 

[samarasra]

That was actually one of his “better” games this season but the static performance as a whole highlighted just how little he offers the side in possession.

Nobody does those little strides forward he takes as if he’s looking for a forward pass enticing the opposition out onto him then immediately chops it back to somebody directly behind him before trotting back to be the last man as well as him.

Pair Fernandinho with Gundogan/Bernardo and we might see a few forward passes in a game.

His job is to regain and retain possession and let the creative players do their job, cover for them when they go forward, help the defence with clearing headers and long passes out of our box when under pressure all of which he did today. He also passed the ball in all directions, matched £ 100 million Pogba stride for stride when Utd. tried to break down the middle, had a couple of unsuccessful attempts on goal, played a few good through balls through the red defence freeing Raheem & Cancelo to attack the box, on the right side of midfield took a pass on his chest and played a first time volley out to the feet of our player with space wide left, not an easy skill, but one you didn't see or appreciate. You say " highlighted just how little he offers the side in possession" without expanding on what you saw to highlight that for you or balance you post by referring to anything that highlights what he does offer the team. You highlight "little strides" he makes as a put down, but don't note that he doesn't panic under pressure, but chooses passes carefully rather than surrender possession, important skill for a CM. Regarding trotting around, a guy who "trotted" 46.9 km in 362 minutes in 5 CL games with 92% pass accuracy, Look at his stats for this season, just under 10k per game in a team that spends a lot of time camped in front of a defensive wall, 92% pass completion and look at all those possession stats, possession regained 96 ,recoveries in 11 PL games. If you consider Rodri immobile and suggest 35 year old Ferna and Gundo ( not exacylt Boult doubles) as a more mobile pairing alternative you are too late we will be lucky if we see any passes.

 

[marc_mcfc90]

His job is to regain and retain possession and let the creative players do their job, cover for them when they go forward, help the defence with clearing headers and long passes out of our box when under pressure all of which he did today. He also passed the ball in all directions, matched £ 100 million Pogba stride for stride when Utd. tried to break down the middle, had a couple of unsuccessful attempts on goal, played a few good through balls through the red defence freeing Raheem & Cancelo to attack the box, on the right side of midfield took a pass on his chest and played a first time volley out to the feet of our player with space wide left, not an easy skill, but one you didn't see or appreciate. You say " highlighted just how little he offers the side in possession" without expanding on what you saw to highlight that for you or balance you post by referring to anything that highlights what he does offer the team. You highlight "little strides" he makes as a put down, but don't note that he doesn't panic under pressure, but chooses passes carefully rather than surrender possession, important skill for a CM. Regarding trotting around, a guy who "trotted" 46.9 km in 362 minutes in 5 CL games with 92% pass accuracy, Look at his stats for this season, just under 10k per game in a team that spends a lot of time camped in front of a defensive wall, 92% pass completion and look at all those possession stats, possession regained 96 ,recoveries in 11 PL games. If you consider Rodri immobile and suggest 35 year old Ferna and Gundo ( not exacylt Boult doubles) as a more mobile pairing alternative you are too late we will be lucky if we see any passes.

no, bollocks, he offers nothing to this team

 

[Tb1981]

Either play him as the sole defensive midfielder or bin him
If he needs a double pivot to protect him then he is the wrong man for the role
We are playing one less creative player to get him in the team
And it’s not like accommodating him seems to have any positive effect anyway

 

[simon23]

You missed a misplaced pass in to touch. Then again you missed all the excellent work he did, or ignored it. Turn off the sound and watch the game without preconceived negative thoughts. What a waste of 93 minutes,noting faults to prove your point.

I dont note points to prove a point - they are just there. Rodri slows our game down and the fact that Pep is playing someone alongside him (Ferna or Gundogan) means that Pep thinks he cant do it on his own - I just happen to agree with Pep - he cant. He isnt mobile enough. He retains the ball well when he has it and completes lots of passes and reads the game well but he also makes mistakes quite regulalry - that misplaced pass (no pressure on him) isnt the first time he has done that.
He is a good player but not what we need if we are going to play more attacking football..having to play a second more defensive midffielder next to him reduces our creativity

 

[Longballutd]

Either play him as the sole defensive midfielder or bin him
If he needs a double pivot to protect him then he is the wrong man for the role
We are playing one less creative player to get him in the team
And it’s not like accommodating him seems to have any positive effect anyway

Bin him is the only solution he’s not nearly good enough. I don’t even think he’s a good squad player. We won’t win anything if Pep perseveres with him game after game.

 

[doobyedoobye]

Either play him as the sole defensive midfielder or bin him
If he needs a double pivot to protect him then he is the wrong man for the role
We are playing one less creative player to get him in the team
And it’s not like accommodating him seems to have any positive effect anyway

Totally agree. Need a box to box next to him not another recycler..

 

[simon23]

Totally agree. Need a box to box next to him not another recycler..

kdb next to him with either bernardo or Foden in front of those two?