16 | Rodri - 2023/24

[Zin 'messiah' Zimmer]

We all get a great deal wrong with reactionary predictions, do it myself all the time; however, I remember his first season against Chelsea (he came on and was wank), turning to our kid and stating ‘you can see he is studying positioning, not quite polished but you could see the intelligence’, how he scoffed (:

This is a nurtured rough diamond that only reinforces the genius of Pep; remember when Dinho would never be replaced? He’s actually more dominant than he ever was and I don’t think he’s peaked; we are taking about a bonafide great that surpasses any seen in that position during the modern era…

 

[Blueroses]

Collosal. Hes so much more than just a 6, but sacrifices himself for the team just as fernandinho did.

Kovacic in there allows him much more freedom to get involved and when he's going forward hes reminiscent of Yaya without the pace.

He is everywhere. Freedoms to roam given to him post kDB injury and Gundo void left. Out player of season followed by Foden and Alvarez.

 

[Blueroses]

Rodri across too 5 league in progression is insane.

 

[Plain Speaking]

We are going to have to come up with a plan to cover for Rodri's absence due to suspensions. He's on 8 yellow cards, 10 and he misses 2 games, 15 and he misses 3 games! It was a joke he received a yellow for his first foul against Newcastle last match!

 

[Blue_Lightsaber]

We are going to have to come up with a plan to cover for Rodri's absence due to suspensions. He's on 8 yellow cards, 10 and he misses 2 games, 15 and he misses 3 games! It was a joke he received a yellow for his first foul against Newcastle last match!

Or in his next 12 games, he can only take 1 yellow!

 

[TrentGrisham]

Poor game by his standards.

 

[super_city_si]

Just reading a great article on the BBC about Pep and how Cruyff plucked him from the reserves because he could understand exactly what Cruyff wanted.

History repeating itself with Pep and Rodri.

 

[bluealf]

Or in his next 12 games, he can only take 1 yellow!

Unlikely with pigmol in charge and LFC top

 

[Deleted member 81382]

Imperious as ever.

Our title hopes rest on keeping him fit.

 

[ninjamonkey]

Posted a while back about the yellow card conundrum and it being likely he misses 2 games whilst we're playing at least one of the top 4 or united, then questioned whether the club might want to have him pick up a few deliberate yellows and take the suspension on the chin before those games.

well tonight was really one of the games he would have to have picked up a yellow if they were planning on doing the tactical suspension route. We're at last chance saloon now, if he picks up a booking in all of the next 3 games, He will miss brentford at home and bournemouth away before being available for the derby, which if he's going to miss any games, and that seems almost certain at this point, you'd take those.

However if he picks up his third yellow card in our next 4 games he misses united, Next 5 he misses united and liverpool ( this is the nightmare scenario and i suspect if that was on the line he wouldnt play in both thr game before the derby and probably the derby) game 6, he misses liverpool. Game 7 he misses arsenal, game 8 he misses arsenal and villa (another nightmare scenario) game 9, Villa.

If he makes it 10 more lesgue games before hitting 3 more yellows, there's a more acceptable 2 game run of palace and Luton that he could miss, then the rest of the games up to the deadline of the 32nd game he would miss spurs.

So other than not getting 3 yellows in 12 games, Hes currently got 7 in 20 so the odds are against that, there's 2 opportunities for him to not miss a game against united, liverpool, arsenal, villa or spurs.

If he picks himself up a really needless yellow towards the end of the brentford game we will know if the club are risking this or not.

Personally, I'd have him take it, we simply can't go to anfield without Rodri.