It's Quiet thread 14 - 'do one' edition

[argyle]

Not at all, in my view. There are very few players in world football who do not need complementary players around them.

Possibly.

Fernandinho didn't, however.

It's why the drop off in quality between him and the others is so stark.

 

[Blue Elvis]

A bad sign if a player needs others around him to make him seem better.

Yaya was better when Ferny did all the spade work !
We need a twin pivot of Rodri and a DM with an engine and we will get the best out of both for the benefit of the forwards & defence.
CTID

 

[mancity2012_eamo]

I’ll tell you how quiet it’s gone in the transfer forum.
Ive actually started posting in the Brexit thread again.

 

[birchwoodgingerste]

I agree the team needs an energetic defensive midfielder.

Gundo and Rodri are a weak link in the squad.

However Nakamba is playing against Burton Albion. Let's wait for sterner opposition before praising him.

Rodri is class he might lack pace but his quality isnt in doubt.

 

[oldius]

Possibly.

Fernandinho didn't, however.

It's why the drop off in quality between him and the others is so stark.

He has been a phenomenal player and an absolute legend. It is too early to judge Rodri - it takes most players a season to adapt and he has an entirely different skill set to Fern in the same way as KDB has to DS. Fern was also a pretty unique player and a direct replacement is nigh on impossible, just as it was for Yaya but we were just as successful without him.

 

[itisrising]

Not at all, in my view. There are very few players in world football who do not need complementary players around them.

But we're literally asking for players to *cover* another player's weaknesses. It's not the same as just having complimentary players, it's a fundamental weakness in the centre of the team

 

[itisrising]

Rodri is class he might lack pace but his quality isnt in doubt.

No one doubts his quality, it's to do with the central question: do his qualities fit what we need as a team?

 

[oldius]

But we're literally asking for players to *cover* another player's weaknesses. It's not the same as just having complimentary players, it's a fundamental weakness in the centre of the team

Very, very few players are 'complete'. We can view it as a weakness or, as I recall Gerard Houllier saying, a blend of strengths. If we play DS, Gundo and Rodri in a midfield 3, it is pretty clear that we have a weakness to a counter-attacking pace based team. Each player has massive quality but they do not complement each other. Play Rodri, BS and KDB and the difference is vast.

 

[ctwrd]

i think rodri will be class with some energy around him

Playing someone alongside Rodri is a waste.
One of our best features has been having “two number tens”

 

[Dobsy]

Playing someone alongside Rodri is a waste.
One of our best features has been having “two number tens”

Precisely. What needs to happen for me is that Gundo and Aguero need to not be in the front 5 so that the press is of sufficient intensity to not leave him exposed.