16 | Rodri - 2021/22 Performances

[mccity]

Really. So how do you explain his performance in the win at PSG last season which was a very tight game. And our superb performance at Chelsea away?

Never happened. Or it did, and it was just the bare minimum against dross sides. Maybe he fluked a good performance?

It's amazing how we can win titles and cups when Pep insists on consistently picking crap players.

I always why some posters think so little of Pep, after all this time.

 

[Phil Mitchell Foden]

Never happened. Or it did, and it was just the bare minimum against dross sides. Maybe he fluked a good performance?

I always why some posters think so little of Pep, after all this time.

Interesting spin. The fact that Pep has taken this side as far as he has with someone like Rodri in a key role at the spine of the side shows just how good a manager he is.

Rodri will still flop when the pressures applied in the tighter fixtures though, as proven time and time again. Pep's a patient man but the writing's on the wall.

When the purse strings are freed up and we're not focused on a number 9 you can guarantee a 6 will be our priority position to strengthen.

 

[mccity]

Interesting spin. The fact that Pep has taken this side as far as he has with someone like Rodri in a key role at the spine of the side shows just how good a manager he is.

Rodri will still flop when the pressures applied in the tighter fixtures though, as proven time and time again. Pep's a patient man but the writing's on the wall.

When the purse strings are freed up and we're not focused on a number 9 you can guarantee a 6 will be our priority position to strengthen.

@Dax777 remember these posts in the Gundogan thread back in the day?

 

[L4EV]

Sad to say as a Leeds fan but I reckon Kalvin Phillips ultimately ends up here.

 

[Manchester_lalala]

If people think he’s a decent player than that’s fair enough, but no one can deny that we can do better than him.

 

[Manchester_lalala]

Sad to say as a Leeds fan but I reckon Kalvin Phillips ultimately ends up here.

We’d only be a few players short of an England first eleven if we did.

 

[bluesmith]

Good player, good good player. Not top notch.

 

[samarasra]

I answered your question, it was a dumb hypothetical. Pep works with what he has and has prioritised a striker because we're crying out for one.

The holding role is absolutely pivotal to the football his sides play. He's had Xavi/Busquets in there at Barca, and Alonso/Lahm in there at Bayern. At City he's had Fernandinho, and Rodri doing the bare minimum against the league's dross.

He's an enormous weak link and I'll be absolutely astounded if we don't sign a 6 next summer, possibly even in January.

Utter rubbish. Maybe if Rodri had played in the 2 major games we lost last season, "hypothetically", City might have added FA Cup and CL to the 2 trophies we won. What is really "dumb" is not having the capacity to see what positive attributes he has contributed to our success.

 

[samarasra]

I see he still has a few fooled on here. Just for clarity Pep dropped him around march last season. Nothing has happened since to suggest he has progressed. Annoyingly negative ( like some posters). Looks like we're stuck with him again.

For clarity and basic honesty, please send link to Pep's statement saying he "dropped" Rodri. For comparative purposes list the other 20+ squad members Pep "dropped" last season.

 

[super_city_si]

Ok. Do you really think Pep Guardiola would say that? This is the guy that played Fernandinho at LB because in 2017 because of how bad he thought our options were back then, but now he persists with Rodri despite him being a failure? We have two excellent DM options in Gundogan and Fernandinho who have both PROVEN they can be successful there long term. If Rodri was as awful as you suggest you'd think Pep would give them a few more cracks at the whip.

I think you can't answer my question in a genuine way. I think deep down you know there's a reason why Pep keeps picking him, and it's to do with things Rodri does well and how he brings things to the team.

Let me guess, before anyone pulls you up on it you're going to tell me that the 20+ match win streak last season was in spite of Rodri?

lol.. the rodri experiment failed with us winning the league and a cup last season. thats a heck of a failure.