16 | Rodri - 2022/23 Performances

[ChicagoBlue]

Horrendous performance... how many times did he get caught on the ball? Forgot how to defend too.

Let’s not go crazy!

Got caught once, but if others are NOT CREATING THE PASSING LANE, then where is he supposed to pass.

He clearly wasn’t MOTM, but “horrendous”??
No chance.

 

[OrigamiNinja]

If there’s one person in this team that deserves some slack it’s Rodri. How many others in world football play in a midfield 1 and do it so effectively most weeks? Gundo and KDB are great players but they offer fuck all help to a CDM.

 

[Shaffer92]

Gundo and KDB are great players but they offer fuck all help to a CDM.

Yep.

 

[FromPollockToSilva]

If there’s one person in this team that deserves some slack it’s Rodri. How many others in world football play in a midfield 1 and do it so effectively most weeks? Gundo and KDB are great players but they offer fuck all help to a CDM.

Because they’re playing up front, basically. It’s a 2-3-5 and they’re closer to Haaland than to Rodri, Walker and Cancelo most of the time

Gündy’s main instruction today seemed to be to run in behind while Villa’s defenders were marking Haaland. He’s not really getting on the ball in the middle of the park

 

[LongsightM13]

If there’s one person in this team that deserves some slack it’s Rodri. How many others in world football play in a midfield 1 and do it so effectively most weeks? Gundo and KDB are great players but they offer fuck all help to a CDM.

Bizarre not to move Bernie into midfield at half time

 

[FromPollockToSilva]

Bizarre not to move Bernie into midfield at half time

Not really. We created a good amount of chances second half and the goal came from Bernardo and De Bruyne interchanging on the right

 

[super_city_si]

I thought he had a very good firdt half but villa had two men occupying his space with the intention of disrupting our build up. Pushing cancelo and/or walker in there too just congested it further. He Made a bad mistake that we got away with. But on the whole our formation was a gift to villa. Difficult for him today.

 

[Bluewars]

If there’s one person in this team that deserves some slack it’s Rodri. How many others in world football play in a midfield 1 and do it so effectively most weeks? Gundo and KDB are great players but they offer fuck all help to a CDM.

Rodri has been absolute class this season. Pep is tweaking the system it will take 10+ games for it to finally click.

Agreed Gundogan and KDB 'offer fuck all help' Rodri is either alone in the middle of the park or playing alongside a one-dimensional RB doing a very bad Lahm impression.

In away games it doesn't take much for the home crowd to inject their players with confidence, a loose ball here and a misplaced pass and suddenly the whole stadium are on their feet, suddenly we're overrun in midfield and momentum has swung. Exactly what happened vs Newcastle and Villa, it's for Pep to find a solution, I don't think we're playing bad, I prefer KDB as a traditional #8 hes recently morphed into a right sided #10 but with Haaland up top does he need to play so high? Bernardo has been good on the wing recently but away games and big games at the Etihad should be playing in midfield.

 

[applejuice]

Rewatch the game and found out Rodri was very good. Surprised no one noticed :)

 

[DATOIA]

Routine appreciation post for RODRI <3

This guy is phenomenal...