He did that part of the game better when he had a long spell in that position last season. Maybe needs a game or 2 to drop the nonchalance in those situations.3 Villa counterattacks today came from him getting to the first Villa player with the ball and Ilkay pulling out of the tackle, one of them lead to Fernandinho's yellow card, on tuesday it lead to the penalty.
I like him, I think he does everything else in the role well, but until he starts making those tackles where he either wins the ball back or takes the player down, we will give up too many chances with him there.
and still he gets pelters,what the fuck is up with bluemoon,he was excellent today,but people pick out things,looking for him to fuck up,they all made mistakes today, gindo was motm
Fair point but our defence has looked equally as exposed with Rodri in that position. We may just need to accept that there probably isn't anyone in world football as good at that role as Fernandinho besides Kanté.He did, but it's the ones he misses. It's not a part of the game where 7/10 is good enough because the 3 he doesn't do could easily end up in us conceding.
Fair point but our defence has looked equally as exposed with Rodri in that position. We may just need to accept that there probably isn't anyone in world football as good at that role as Fernandinho besides Kanté.
Our defence looked exposed primarely because they exposed themselves by individual mistakes and wayward passes.Fair point but our defence has looked equally as exposed with Rodri in that position. We may just need to accept that there probably isn't anyone in world football as good at that role as Fernandinho besides Kanté.
I think he'll be fine, every player has needed time to adjust under Pep. Once Laporte is back and we have a settled defence that should help too.I agree but that worries me. Surely when you have the best CDM in world football for your style of play, you try to replicate his attributes when looking to replace him? Rodri has started well but he is a completely different player to Fern.
Some have pinned their colours to the mast sadly.and still he gets pelters,what the fuck is up with bluemoon,he was excellent today,but people pick out things,looking for him to fuck up,they all made mistakes today, gindo was motm
I honestly don't see a problem if people want to analyze a players game. I don't think we should be so upset about that, it seems like what a forum should be about.Some have pinned their colours to the mast sadly.
Same 3 Dihno doesn't get but no one complains? Okay!He did, but it's the ones he misses. It's not a part of the game where 7/10 is good enough because the 3 he doesn't do could easily end up in us conceding.
Fair enough. But like you said, the standard adjusts with the player.I honestly don't see a problem if people want to analyze a players game. I don't think we should be so upset about that, it seems like what a forum should be about.
BUT... we need to be consistent and have the same standards, perhaps Gundogan wasn't perfect in his interceptions (I think he still did well), but everything else he did was really good, and I would say Rodri also hasn't been as good as Dinho at interceptions (almost nobody is) so the standard is probably unfair to begin with. He has other qualities that are better.
Man of the matxch Performance, still folks have a 'but'. Had Dihno had the game Gundo had today, it would have been testament to his DM supremacy.
But with Gundogan, it's just a "he did ok today, but" performance.
Oh well :)
Edited for @Dax777.Excellent today but made some good tackles and was my MOTM.