Many of us got it wrong on Rodri but you can only say what you see at the time. I also thought he was too slow and indecisive. He looked out of his depth getting caught out too many times and because his confidence was low he played it safe too much. I never thought he'd be anywhere near as good a holding midfielder as Fernandinho's but he's since proved himself to be just as good and just as important, even though he's a different types of player. I still preferred Fern though, probably because he is one of my top 5 City players.
I've read the first 40 odd pages in the 20/21 seson Rodri thread and noticed I hadn't yet jabbed him with my pitchfork but I gave him some stick several times, mostly constructive criticism. But after reading "he looks like he's running in treacle" I called him 'treacle toes' a couple of times just to get his fan boys agitated, and it worked; )
Joking apart, Rodri has proved all his doubters wrong and proved himself to be world class and arguably the best DM in world football. Not really arguably because hi his IMO, but the way he's transformed his former self is truly remarkable.