Rodri - 2019/20 Performances

[Gabriel]

First-half, cross-field ball from right to left, over the head of the gasping right-back and straight onto Sterling's foot.

 

[alexmcity]

Most completed passes (82 out of 82!), most tackles and most...dribbles. That's crazy.

 

[lightning Rodri]

It would be a surprise if he doesn't play a few games at CB before Laporte returned. Who knows, he may even be our long term CB partner to Laporte.
He may be a bit slower than our other CBs. But he had great positioning and would be even better with entire play happening in front of him. Height, tenacity, passing, ability to run with ball. Everything ticks.

 

[I'm With Stupid]

It would be a surprise if he doesn't play a few games at CB before Laporte returned. Who knows, he may even be our long term CB partner to Laporte.
He may be a bit slower than our other CBs. But he had great positioning and would be even better with entire play happening in front of him. Height, tenacity, passing, ability to run with ball. Everything ticks.

To be honest, our defenders only really tend to be troubled by aerial threats from set pieces, at which point it doesn't matter as much what position everyone officially plays in. He can easily play the role of our main aerial cover in set pieces and play in midfield the rest of the time.

 

[daztrueblue91]

It would be a surprise if he doesn't play a few games at CB before Laporte returned. Who knows, he may even be our long term CB partner to Laporte.
He may be a bit slower than our other CBs. But he had great positioning and would be even better with entire play happening in front of him. Height, tenacity, passing, ability to run with ball. Everything ticks.

We spent the past 2 seasons trying to sign a DM to eventually replace Dinho and finally got our man.

There is no chance he will be a long-term CB.

 

[bluealf]

He has already proven to be a quality signing and will keep us ticking like Fernie for the next 10 years.

 

[lightning Rodri]

We spent the past 2 seasons trying to sign a DM to eventually replace Dinho and finally got our man.

There is no chance he will be a long-term CB.

Sure it's a very long shot, but I guess it depends, for example if we end up with a situation where it easier to get a competent DM than a CB, say Douglas Luis does exceedingly well at Villa and we exercise the buy back.

 

[lightning Rodri]

To be honest, our defenders only really tend to be troubled by aerial threats from set pieces, at which point it doesn't matter as much what position everyone officially plays in. He can easily play the role of our main aerial cover in set pieces and play in midfield the rest of the time.

I didn't mean only in the aerial ability perspective. Overall his ability to carry the ball and passing would add another dimension to our play. Laporte does it regularly from LCB.

 

[idahoblues]

Just watching a recorded Shaktar game, the guy will become YaYa status

 

[Gigant]

Monster