No we keep Fern to help the new DM settle for a season. Hopefully use Rodri as a make way. I think Rodri is a fantastic footballer and he genuinely seems a decent person but during the big games against top midfielders he is more than likely the weak link in the team.
I won’t complain if he is still playing for city next season but his limitations will still exist. If for example we play United, Spurs, chavs, pool with Rodri in midfield without a Foden/Bernardo/Grealish we will be overrun and chasing the game. I added jack because he is exactly the combative player needed to compliment Rodri. Surround him with pace and grit or replace.
I was trying to point out that he does have some very good qualities but the essential core attributes needed to succeed fern do not exist.I understand why people should justify why they don't take to a certain City player.
For me, you have sugar-coated it to the extent because we all know Pep and a lot of Blues consider him a top player.
I don't consider him any better than Javi Garcia or Fernando in many aspects, which is criminal for the money we paid.
Perhaps it was because I was simply under the misapprehension he was Fern's long-term replacement?
He's not fit enough to wipe his arse at 36, never mind a peak Fern.
But who is, that's the real problem?
Sometimes I look at Rodders and think there is something great waiting to burst from its box, certainly when I saw him maul Burnley away the season before last.
That night, even De Jong said it was one of the most complete showings from a defensive midfielder he had seen.
Sadly, it was against Burnley, and we haven't seen much like it since.
To be fair mate time had obviously made you forget how bad fernando and Garcia actually were.I understand why people should justify why they don't take to a certain City player.
For me, you have sugar-coated it to the extent because we all know Pep and a lot of Blues consider him a top player.
I don't consider him any better than Javi Garcia or Fernando in many aspects, which is criminal for the money we paid.
Perhaps it was because I was simply under the misapprehension he was Fern's long-term replacement?
He's not fit enough to wipe his arse at 36, never mind a peak Fern.
But who is, that's the real problem?
Sometimes I look at Rodders and think there is something great waiting to burst from its box, certainly when I saw him maul Burnley away the season before last.
That night, even De Jong said it was one of the most complete showings from a defensive midfielder he had seen.
Sadly, it was against Burnley, and we haven't seen much like it since.
Rodri is miles better than those two.To be fair mate time had obviously made you forget how bad fernando and Garcia actually were.
Rodri may not be ferna, but those two were truly awful players!
To be fair mate time had obviously made you forget how bad fernando and Garcia actually were.
Rodri may not be ferna, but those two were truly awful players!
Why? If fern isn't trusted by Pep (the criminal offence for which Rodri must be sold immediately) why keep him? Offer him a coaching role.
You cant have it both ways and say 1 player not being trusted (despite playing more mins than anyone except Ederson) means he needs to be sold, and then also say it doesn't matter that the other player can't be trusted in a CL final.
The guy Pep coached at Bayern would solve our problems, hehe
None of the players mentioned had to deal with the pace of the English league over 38 games.Its another one of those situations when you have to wonder what made Guardiola buy a defensive midfielder with no qualities whatsoever and then play him 100 times in 2 seasons (winning 4 trophies)
Particular defensive midfield, the position Pep played himself, and the position he has made the cornerstone of his sides, promoting a novice Busquets because he could see the qualities he had and moving Lahm into midfield because he could see the qualities he had and that he'd suit the role.
And yet apparently it all completely deserted him and he now plays someone with none of the required skills to be a defensive midfielder.