For whatever reason it feels as though he has to get a combination of De Bruyne, Bernardo, Gundogan and Kovacic either into the starting line up or bring them on into later in the game.
This has cost us big time this season unfortunately.
Tbh, I honestly don't see what choice he has. Bernardo aside, the rest are either injury prone, old or a squad player at best. However, they're still the best options we have outside of Foden, & therein lies our problem.
I really don't think we'd fare any better playing Rico*, O'Reilly, McAtee, or Nunes, such is the poor quality of the supporting cast. Rico for me is the only midfield option, but he's a kid who needs nurturing, & not to be blamed for City's squad planning failures.
Nico Gonzalez might help, but again he's young, just moved to a new country & lasted 21 minutes into his debut. Moose was brilliant on his debut, but his subsequent two outings have been average. Again, I attach zero blame to him, as he's walked into a shitshow of our own making.
We've tried to wring one last tune out of our legends, but the strings suddenly snapped & the rest of the instrument fell apart. That's why I'm not surprised our season has fallen apart without Rodders. The signs were already there the season we lost him for three games & lost all of them.
We failed to heed the warnings & we're now paying the cost. We need a rebuild & time to bed in the new players. However, with the weight of expectation on City, where will we get that time from?
It'll be like trying to change your boots whilst playing. Nah, at some point you'll have to stop & sort your boots out before you get back into the game. It's just a question of how long this will take us.
