16 | Rodri - 2023/24

[eversince 76]

He has to deal with a few terriers on his back lately.

 

[Jonas.shaffer]

It was much better in the second half, but it was a performance to forget on the whole.

 

[Crooked_rain]

Definitely uncharacteristically poor in the first half tonight, just like on Saturday. Improved in the second half in both games.

I'd give him a rest in the Luton game..

 

[Crooked_rain]

A really bizarre performance, i dont think its fair to say tiredness is the issue when he was poor from minute 1 the same as against Palace.

It is incredible that even when he puts in a stinker of a half he can turn it around within the game, most players cant do that. Has he broken any more unbeaten records tonight or is there something on the horizon?

It could still be tiredness but he's improving throughout both games through sheer determination.

Rest him vs Luton. We know how important he is but surely we can put together a starting 11 sans Rodri and still beat Luton on our own patch.

 

[Dialog]

A really bizarre performance, i dont think its fair to say tiredness is the issue when he was poor from minute 1 the same as against Palace.

It is incredible that even when he puts in a stinker of a half he can turn it around within the game, most players cant do that. Has he broken any more unbeaten records tonight or is there something on the horizon?

Its fatigue, it just doesn't disappear overnight or in a couple of days. It lingers. It can be both mentally and physically. I blame this on Management. They knew Phillips wasn't good enough to stay or cover for Rodri, but they still kept him for the first half of the season and they never made an effort to sign a DM. Rodri was flogged already from last season and we even saw it in the first half of this season. We were too arrogant not to bring cover for Rodri, knowing very well we play a lot of games. Every position has players that can easily slot in, except the DM. Once Rodders is out, you can see the drop in quality of our player. Why the **** did we not prioritize the most important position of our play style?

 

[Chak19]

Hopefully gets a nice rest at the weekend and he'll dominate them at the Etihad.

 

[WestGorton]

Very tired. Should be our Skipper like Tony Book.

 

[Phil1]

Love him. He was poor tonight.

 

[Jonas.shaffer]

He was poor tonight, not just for his standard but for anyone's.

 

[Skrastins]

What are the chances he had the same illness/poisoning as Kevin ? in pre-match interview he didn't look like that