Is it though? This is a very normal part of coming back from a big injury, picking up small niggles etc. is to be expected.
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16 | Rodri 2025/26
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Is it though? This is a very normal part of coming back from a big injury, picking up small niggles etc. is to be expected.
spacecadet
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The words "not fully fit" leads me to think Pep is playing games with our awful media? Further down the story it states
City open their Premier League campaign at Wolves on 16 August and then play Tottenham and Brighton before the September internationals.
"Hopefully in these games, he can play some minutes, but what is important is that he doesn't have pain because we don't want Rodri coming back injured. We will try desperately to avoid that,"
City open their Premier League campaign at Wolves on 16 August and then play Tottenham and Brighton before the September internationals.
"Hopefully in these games, he can play some minutes, but what is important is that he doesn't have pain because we don't want Rodri coming back injured. We will try desperately to avoid that,"
Bluesince1979
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People throwing uneducated accusations about why pep played him in America and its peps fault.
Ridiculous.
As if the club dont employ a huge medical department, to analyse injuries, to do tests, to have meetings, to come to conclusions along with the coaching staff and DOF to come to decisions about when a player is ready to play/not play some minutes.
Hes just not quite ready, not quite 100%. Just how it is.
Ridiculous.
As if the club dont employ a huge medical department, to analyse injuries, to do tests, to have meetings, to come to conclusions along with the coaching staff and DOF to come to decisions about when a player is ready to play/not play some minutes.
Hes just not quite ready, not quite 100%. Just how it is.
jimharri
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Three weeks; a "small niggle"? Okay.Is it though? This is a very normal part of coming back from a big injury, picking up small niggles etc. is to be expected.
uwerosler28
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To assess his fitness in a less intense environment, if anything your plan of his first minutes since injury being thrown into the intensity of the Premier league with no prior games is more likely to cause further injuries.I said at the tail end of last season, when there were rumours of his impending return, that I wouldn't play him before the start of the upcoming season. Why we played him in America during the summer, when the priority had to be the premier league, beats me.
jimharri
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Well; it turns out that it couldn't have been more likely, seeing as he picked up this injury after playing in what, 2 or 3 games (I don't think he played every game at the CWC).To assess his fitness in a less intense environment, if anything your plan of his first minutes since injury being thrown into the intensity of the Premier league with no prior games is more likely to cause further injuries.
uwerosler28
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I take it you don't understand basic risk outcomes analysis, just because something has happened doesn't make it more likely than the alternative to actually happen if the Same decision was made again. We have just been unlucky enough to encounter the 1 in 1000 chance of him getting injured in the cwc, rather than the 1 in 10 likelihood of him getting injured if he had no warm up games and his first minutes were in the prem.Well; it turns out that it couldn't have been more likely, seeing as he picked up this injury after playing in what, 2 or 3 games (I don't think he played every game at the CWC).
jimharri
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Fine; we're just going to have to disagree on it.I take it you don't understand basic risk outcomes analysis, just because something has happened doesn't make it more likely than the alternative to actually happen if the Same decision was made again. We have just been unlucky enough to encounter the 1 in 1000 chance of him getting injured in the cwc, rather than the 1 in 10 likelihood of him getting injured if he had no warm up games and his first minutes were in the prem.
Kippax Street 1880
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4 Games in 13 days. Says it all. Everything but playing Nico G
Him coming out for the second half of that Juve game was one of the maddest things Peps ever done. He was blowing out his arse from 30 minutes onwards.
WesthoughtonJohn
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Plenty of us said it - but as we frequently say jimharri we're not in charge, and you've gotta assume the medical team(s) involved said he was good to go.I said at the tail end of last season, when there were rumours of his impending return, that I wouldn't play him before the start of the upcoming season. Why we played him in America during the summer, when the priority had to be the premier league, beats me.
Let's be honest we could have waited and he still ends up with niggles first couple of PL games. I never thought it'd be a straightforward recovery anyway to be honest
Doubt that very muchUnfortunately Pep will play him twice a week until he breaks again
That's how he managed the injury crisis last season
The Fat el Hombre
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Disappointing if true but we spent 60 million quid on a defensive midfielder 8 months ago so you'd expect we'd be able to handle this...
decmancity
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He isn't getting match fit sat on the bench is he, when are we supposed to play him?Him coming out for the second half of that Juve game was one of the maddest things Peps ever done. He was blowing out his arse from 30 minutes onwards.
Jesus ChristI asked the question a few days ago after the rumoured £100m bid from Real Madrid whether we should consider it.
As great as he is he’s no good to us if he isn’t playing.
The Fat el Hombre
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He'd not been sat on the bench though - he'd just done 45 minutesHe isn't getting match fit sat on the bench is he, when are we supposed to play him?
Pep has previous for flogging players straight back from injury. I remember years back when de Bruyne came back and Pep started him in a Carabao cup game and he got injured after 80 minutes or so (Link). People said 'well he isn't gonna get fit sat on the bench is he', but it isn't a case of all or nothing it's about easing them back in. Basic stuff surely?
abu13
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Just really lucky that we have a back up available in Kalvin Phillips.
I take it you don't understand basic risk outcomes analysis, just because something has happened doesn't make it more likely than the alternative to actually happen if the Same decision was made again. We have just been unlucky enough to encounter the 1 in 1000 chance of him getting injured in the cwc, rather than the 1 in 10 likelihood of him getting injured if he had no warm up games and his first minutes were in the prem.
He's had a serious injury and the odds are in favour of him having more and more injuries. It doesn't mean when fit he won't be awesome, just that our recruitment has become worse with every passing season.