Rodri was amazing today imo..
Fine, walked the mutts in bare feet this morning as I couldn't find clean socks that didn't match (OCD), no complaints, reckon i could pass a ball 30 yards.How's everyone's feet this morning?
Not having fans in the ground is making the cheating worse. The divers would be called out by a crowd.It’s actually encouraged by the system. There was opportunity for VAR to (rightly) overturn the ref’s decision. There is also an opportunity for the authorities to review the laughable footage today and charge Salah with bringing the game into disrepute.
Will it happen? Will it fcuk. He and others will be at again it next week. Because it pays.
Moreover, cheating is aided and abetted by fcukwit pundits. “ He felt contact”, “he was entitled to go down”, “I’ve seen them given” and so on.
To set an example, studios are packed with the likes of drug cheats and thugs - perfectly fine if some fcuker deems them entertaining.
Time we clamped down on some of these tits.
I, personally, have been critical of Rodri as over the last season and a little of this he's been unsure in his play and even ponderous.
However (and I don't know if it's a coincidence), with a change of system and Ferna not besides him, he's developed his own identity in that midfield and is very much a General now.
Whilst he's certainly no prime Fernandinho, I'm beginning to warm to this new 2.0 Rodri, immensely!
I hope his purple patch stays permanently.
He has also now reached 25 goals for us in all comps at the age of 20. He doesnt want to play for anyone else so has the potential to rack up a serious goal tally for us. His goals to minutes ratio is probably the level of a lot of strikers.Really good post, agree with everything. Just listened to Football Weekly and there were a fair few journos having to eat their words about Foden (some very seriously wanted to ship him out on loan to get kicked about in the Championship, what a bunch of jokers). The most impressive thing about Foden's development last night, but this season, is that it's like he's still serving his apprenticeship. He's still being asked to go play and different roles, in different positions, in different types of games because Pep would prefer to sacrafice short term gains for longer term development of Foden. We have a lot to thank Pep for, A LOT, but if Foden keeps working hard and grows up a bit off the field we could still be benefitting from that in 10 or 15 years time.
Are we kidnapping people now?Give people taking duties to Phil the Foden. He clearly knows where the back of the net is
A few seasons ago when they did us 4-3, Eddy made a couple of similar errors, but it was all down to their brilliant forwards putting us under pressure. This time it’s all about could have been a draw and cold feet. Okay, the latter may be tongue in cheek but it was mentioned by Tyler on commentary, their manager after the game and on motd. Funny shit.Will we be hearing the excuses made for losing yesterday RE their goalkeeper gifting us two goals for why they lost? Least it freshens up their previous excuses for Mane assaulting Ederson.
I won’t be able to work all day now ,you’ve shatter my dreamsHate to shatter your dreams but after the goal Phil ran back towards the half way line to celebrate. Given that Eddie was probably 10 yards outside the box anyway he probably ran 30 yards hence why he was there. Great to see though and one day I hope he does run full length of the pitch to join in
Rodri isplaying very much like Busquets. He appears to be playing deeper than before which is giving him more space to use his qualities. Gundo is the player teams are trying to press but he is too skillful for them to dispossess and start counter attacks against us.I, personally, have been critical of Rodri as over the last season and a little of this he's been unsure in his play and even ponderous.
However (and I don't know if it's a coincidence), with a change of system and Ferna not besides him, he's developed his own identity in that midfield and is very much a General now.
Whilst he's certainly no prime Fernandinho, I'm beginning to warm to this new 2.0 Rodri, immensely!
I hope his purple patch stays permanently.