16 | Rodri - 2021/22 Performances

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Again he steps up with another great, vital goal

What a player, he has grown so much in this team and is vital to us.
 
and this as well.
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Him or KdB for POTS for me. Most consistent performers.

Others like Bernardo/Cancelo had runs of great form, but not quite as consistent.
 
FantasyIreland said:
A very good player who has already contributed superbly to our success.However he is not without his weaknesses and faults,namely speed,agility and recovery......and,unfortunately,i believe those are permanently restrictive in terms of his further development.
It speaks volumes that he wasnt picked/trusted in the biggest game of my 48 years and that Pep also still favours a 36yr old as the legs and cement in our side.

He is a cracking squad player,but he wasn't bought for that reason.We needed a first choice rock in the middle of the park,and unfortunately he doesn't quite live up to that billing.

Its still a problem position for us.
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Phil Mitchell Foden said:
Biggest amount of pretentious waffle I've ever read, arrogant too.

People don't rate Rodri for good reason, and it's not because they're simpletons that don't understand what they're watching. For a side like us, Rodri's got the cosiest job. He plays for the most dominant possession side in the league, the vast majority of the time his job is just to keep the ball ticking over and maintain the tempo out the back.

He's not got the array of killer passes that Fernandinho has, can't spray a diagonal like Fernandinho can, but he can keep the ball ticking over and moves it decently enough.

Out of possession though his job is to sit in front of the back four and press the man at the right moments, follow runners, intercept passes, win his one v ones, cover ground, get challenges in and come away with the ball.

And he's not very good at it.

Positionally he's not the best, he'll often come out and press with little to no intensity, and get strolled around leaving his man running through at the exposed back four. In a foot race shoulder to shoulder he loses every time. He's not great in the challenge. Physically he gets outmuscled a lot, especially shoulder to shoulder. He's very leggy and doesn't cover ground well.

You don't see this all that frequently when we're spamming dross like Norwich though, but even then there are occasional glimpses.

But it's when we play an evenly matched side that these flaws are really exposed. Chelsea, United, Liverpool etc etc.

Rodri isn't Baresi. He's not Claude Makele, he's not Busquets.

He's struggling to be undisputed number one in his position at the club, and his only other rival for that role is a 36 year old Fernandinho.

There's a reason for that, and you don't need to be a "football nerd" to understand why.

We haven't adequately replaced Fernandinho, and it should be a priority position for us to fill, just as much as a striker for me, if not more so. I will be absolutely amazed if we don't make it such soon.

I don't think it's unfair to speculate Pep has lost trust in Rodri. I think it's clear he has over the past 6 months. This year is absolutely huge for Rodri, make or break IMO. We will be looking for another 6 soon, just a question of if he's a guaranteed started or not.
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lol
 
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