16 | Rodri - 2023/24

[OB1]

Assuming he stays for most of his career he'll be top 3 minimum.
His peak is up there with Silva, De Bruyne and Aguero.

Interesting discussion but too soon to judge.

 

[OB1]

Had an off day yesterday but still the best player in the world. We still never look like losing with him out on the pitch.

In terms of consistency, he has probably been the best in the world over the period from the start of last season. Kev though did give us a reminder yesterday that he is still in that conversation.

 

[Gaylord du Bois]

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Is there a longer unbeaten run in top flight football?

It's gone on longer than the miners strike, now.

 

[Gaylord du Bois]

I genuinely start to wonder where this guy ranks in the top 10 city players of all time.

We'll never know. Considering we've only seen a small percentage of those in contention. Probably best to go with our Premier League all time of which he undoubtedly makes. Dare I say Gaz Baz on roads ?
Would've loved to have seen him and Yaya line up together.

 

[Pablo ZZZ Peroni]

This is a fantastic article, Highly, highly recommended if you have the patience for a very long but data driven piece.
He is morphing into a combi number 6 and number 8 with devastating impact. Some of his numbers are insane.
Simply, he is a fucking freak and, as far as I'm concerned, easily the best midfielder (and probably player) in world football.

Rodri: Much, Much More Than a Defensive Midfielder | Opta Analyst

When Rodri arrived at Manchester City, he was a number six. He is now far more than that, making key contributions at both ends of the pitch

theanalyst.com

He was the player of the year on here last season. That is, player of the year for a treble winning team and one of the best 3 all-time teams or so in world football. And then there is this season and he is got better still including his number 1 spot in the opta global ranking and the 65 game unbeaten run. Think he might just make it into our all-time PL 11 :)

 

[footballmanager]

in a fair world he would have won the balon d'or last season, forget messi and haaland, he was the man

 

[r.soleofsalford]

I genuinely start to wonder where this guy ranks in the top 10 city players of all time.

1st on the team sheet. Rodri is the best midfielder in the world he has everything but electric pace. what a player.

 

[jimharri]

1st on the team sheet. Rodri is the best midfielder in the world he has everything but electric pace. what a player.

And in his position, pace in the legs is not absolutely vital. Pace between the ears is. Which he has in spades.

 

[Tricky_Trev]

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Is there a longer unbeaten run in top flight football?

Think he’s still around 10 games behind the record (Sol Campbell). I’m sure a recent commentary mentioned he was 12 off Campbell, and I’m just guessing that another 2 games have passed since then, but I don’t actually know.

 

[alexmcity]

Think he’s still around 10 games behind the record (Sol Campbell). I’m sure a recent commentary mentioned he was 12 off Campbell, and I’m just guessing that another 2 games have passed since then, but I don’t actually know.

Think Campbell's record is 58 league games. That is, Rodri shouldn't lose a league game before October or mid September to break the record.

The unbeaten record in all compets is more impressive as it includes CL and FA Cup semis and finals.