So drop Kevin? Gundogan?Rodri needs Bernardo as Rcm and Foden on the lm to flourish. Pep stop fucking about with the engine room. You found the solution but have now decided to over complicate and self inflict unnecessary damage to a winning formula.
The midfield is exposed if the right combination is not selected. Some games we will get away with it but other times it leaves the team badly exposed and our defence is left with far too many runners to track.So drop Kevin? Gundogan?
I'm never a fan of blaming other players when a player plays poorly.
Godri, my favorite player, had a shitty game. He should own it. Has nothing to do with the presence or absence of Bernado in midfield. By the way, Gundo who played in Midfield with him was City's best player. And Kevin was in the top 3.
Rodri had no one but himself to blame for being sloppy for parts of the game. I'm sure he'll be back to his Godri best soonest.
We need a fern replacement it really is that simple.we are lacking a player who can cover the ground similsr to a young fern.
I didn't think this was true so I looked back through all of our league games this season to see who started at CDM, RCM, and LM. I was right.Rodri needs Bernardo as Rcm and Foden on the lm to flourish. Pep stop fucking about with the engine room. You found the solution but have now decided to over complicate and self inflict unnecessary damage to a winning formula.
How can it be a 100% win ratio when, according to your data, we lost 0-2 to Palace at home with those 3?I didn't think this was true so I looked back through all of our league games this season to see who started at CDM, RCM, and LM. I was right.
Spurs 0-1 (a): Fernandinho, Gundogan, Sterling
Norwich 5-0 (h): Rodri, Bernardo, Grealish
Arsenal 5-0 (h): Rodri, Bernardo, Grealish
Leicester 1-0 (a): Rodri, Bernardo, Grealish
Southampton 0-0 (h): Fernandinho, Bernardo, Grealish
Chelsea 1-0 (a): Rodri, Bernardo, Grealish
Liverpool 2-2 (a): Rodri, Bernardo, Foden
Burnley 2-0 (h): Rodri, Bernardo, Sterling
Brighton 4-1 (a): Rodri, Bernardo, Grealish
Crystal Palace 0-2 (h): Rodri, Bernardo, Grealish
Man United 0-2 (a): Rodri, Bernardo, Foden
Everton 3-0 (h): Rodri, Bernardo, Foden
West Ham 2-1 (h): Rodri, Bernardo, Sterling
Aston Villa 2-1 (a): Rodri, Fernandinho, Sterling
Watford 3-1 (a): Rodri, Bernardo, Foden
Wolves 1-0 (h): Rodri, Bernardo, Grealish
Leeds 7-0 (h): Rodri, Bernardo, Grealish
Newcastle 4-0 (a): Rodri, Bernardo, Sterling
Leicester 6-3 (h): Fernandinho, Gundogan, Sterling
Brentford 1-0 (a): Fernandinho, Bernardo, Grealish
Arsenal 2-1 (a): Rodri, Bernardo, Sterling
Chelsea 1-0 (h): Rodri, Bernardo, Grealish
Southampton 1-1 (a): Rodri, Bernardo, Foden
Brentford 2-0 (h): Rodri, Bernardo, Sterling
Norwich 4-0 (a): Fernandinho, Bernardo, Sterling
Tottenham 2-3 (h): Rodri, Gundogan, Sterling
The Rodri, Bernardo, Foden combination has been picked just 5 times this season. 3 wins, 2 draws. Win rate of 60% from 5 games. However, the Rodri, Bernardo, Grealish combination has been picked more than any other (10 times). 10 wins, 1 goal conceded. 100% win rate.
People still won't hear it that Grealish is essential to our team but you've got proof right there that even Rodri is benefiting from his presence in the team.
Corrected. Eyes in backwards.How can it be a 100% win ratio when, according to your data, we lost 0-2 to Palace at home with those 3?
I make it 8 wins and one defeat
Forget about "blame". It is a team game and the strength of a team is that the right combination of individuals is more balanced and strong, change the individuals and you stengthen or weaken the unit. Of course the performance of each player has an impact, positive or negative , on the performances of other players in the team, it's not a matter of "blame", it's the reality of team sport.So drop Kevin? Gundogan?
I'm never a fan of blaming other players when a player plays poorly.
Godri, my favorite player, had a shitty game. He should own it. Has nothing to do with the presence or absence of Bernado in midfield. By the way, Gundo who played in Midfield with him was City's best player. And Kevin was in the top 3.
Rodri had no one but himself to blame for being sloppy for parts of the game. I'm sure he'll be back to his Godri best soonest.
Granted, all players affect each other. But I see very little Bernado would have done, that Gundogan wasn't doing. Sure! Making Bernado less effective by sticking him at striker sucked. But both Gundogan and Kevin played extremely well in midfield. Rodri simply didn't.Forget about "blame". It is a team game and the strength of a team is that the right combination of individuals is more balanced and strong, change the individuals and you stengthen or weaken the unit. Of course the performance of each player has an impact, positive or negative , on the performances of other players in the team, it's not a matter of "blame", it's the reality of team sport.
A lot to agree with there. I think having 70% to 90% possession suggesrs we played better than Spurs and Loris & the posts and crossbar weighed heavily on our failure to score more. As you say a weird game.Granted, all players affect each other. But I see very little Bernado would have done, that Gundogan wasn't doing. Sure! Making Bernado less effective by sticking him at striker sucked. But both Gundogan and Kevin played extremely well in midfield. Rodri simply didn't.
He made mistakes, that had nothing to do with who was around him. Our loss was a function of poor chance creation and abysmal defending in moments.
There was a point at the beginning of the 2nd half when we had 90% possession. They couldn't breathe. But we created little out of it.
And they scored easily on their few opportunities. I struggle to see how Bernado would have changed anything by replacing Gundo or Kev in midfield.
It was simply a wierd game. Like we have every year. We lost to Norwich or some shit team like that last year. This things happen.
I know you know in a Rodri happy clapper. I think he is unbelievably special. I just don't think he played well.
Key player lol, he is bobbinsNot signing Fabinho in 2017 or 2018 was naive - not only would have been a seamless replacement for Fernandinho but also stopped him becoming a key player for our biggest direct domestic rival.
He was largely excellent and in the running for our MOTM but moments of madness like that can cost titles. It was braindead and he and we were very lucky to get away with it. It looked a pen to me in real-time, I was amazed it wasn’t given on the field. How VAR then failed to give it is beyond me.I know it'll likely get buried, but I thought barring that one moment of insanity he was our best player that second half.
Because it was an offside decision just before that. So handball was irrelevant. But the person who register the game kept replying the handball incident.He was largely excellent and in the running for our MOTM but moments of madness like that can cost titles. It’s was braindead and he and we were very lucky to get away with it. It looked a pen to me in real-time, I was amazed it wasn’t given on the field. How VAR then failed to give it is beyond me.
So the original through-ball that led to the save by Eddie was offside, because as you say they never replayed that?Because it was an offside decision just before that. So handball was irrelevant. But the person who register the game kept replying the handball incident.