Rodri - 2019/20 Performances

[Bpughh]

I’m not overly keen to be honest, however, it is early doors.

Looks a good player, don’t get me wrong, been MOTM level in a couple of games. But we’ve had Yaya Touré and Fernandinho playing here in the past and those two are on another level entirely to Rodri.

He’s slow, his first touch isn’t great, he’s daudled on the ball many times in many games, his forward passing isn’t incisive or he doesn’t even pass forward when it’s on, he gets in a rut of not working hard to find space to be passed to in at times in games (even in games he’s actually played really well in).

I am being extremely critical here, I know, but I’m comparing him to two club legends and two of the best midfielders in the world of the last decade so the comparison is there and I just feel we’ve signed a player who’s not going to keep that level of quality going in our team in this position and it’ll have to be somewhere else in the team we have that quality to keep us being as good as we’ve been this decade.

He just looks a good, steady player. But nothing special.

He's also 23 and playing in a new league and country. You saw those two while only in their prime and of course are judging them off more than a month or two. The yaya comparison to me is silly. I am on the other side of the spectrum with this, think he will be one of the most dominant d-mids of the next decade. Not slow, excellent first touch, lacks a tad bit of awareness due to new system new teammates, forward passing might be a bit reserved intentionally and as he finds his role (coming into a side with kdb and david silva is probably a bit humbling)... I see nothing but natural ability. Think he will become a key player very much like Fernandinho.

 

[sir baconface]

I love the way players swing between being Corinthian demi-gods and dithering slugs in the space of a week.

 

[kaz7]

Rodri: “A player has to go through stages. In all the teams I’ve been going through I felt it was the place I had to be. Now at City, I have a totally different role. I have never had such an important role in such a key position in that team as the midfielder...”

”It is different from everything I’ve found. For me, it is a personal and professional challenge.” [@elpais_deportes via @Sport_Witness]

*cough @Psychedelic Casual give him a chance

 

[kaz7]

Rodri on learning from Guardiola: “He instilled in me the desire to learn, to understand the game he was proposing and fully immerse myself in the dynamics of a team that has been winning.” I am the player who can least afford to lose his position...”

”I have to occupy a quite large radius of action. It is about knowing how to position oneself, choosing the moments well, because if you choose them badly, they (opponents) go past you and face the central defenders...”“It is an apprenticeship that cost me a little in the first weeks, and that is logical coming from another league and another team.”

Rodri on tactical fouls: “It’s a role that’s not so usual for me, knowing how to stop the game, the tactical foul, knowing when I have to squeeze or stay. ...the feeling is that with City, I end games feeling dead.”

 

[mosssideblue]

Rodri on learning from Guardiola: “He instilled in me the desire to learn, to understand the game he was proposing and fully immerse myself in the dynamics of a team that has been winning.” I am the player who can least afford to lose his position...”

”I have to occupy a quite large radius of action. It is about knowing how to position oneself, choosing the moments well, because if you choose them badly, they (opponents) go past you and face the central defenders...”“It is an apprenticeship that cost me a little in the first weeks, and that is logical coming from another league and another team.”

Rodri on tactical fouls: “It’s a role that’s not so usual for me, knowing how to stop the game, the tactical foul, knowing when I have to squeeze or stay. ...the feeling is that with City, I end games feeling dead.”

Just needs time as all newbies do

 

[sir baconface]

Rodri on learning from Guardiola: “He instilled in me the desire to learn, to understand the game he was proposing and fully immerse myself in the dynamics of a team that has been winning.” I am the player who can least afford to lose his position...”

”I have to occupy a quite large radius of action. It is about knowing how to position oneself, choosing the moments well, because if you choose them badly, they (opponents) go past you and face the central defenders...”“It is an apprenticeship that cost me a little in the first weeks, and that is logical coming from another league and another team.”

Rodri on tactical fouls: “It’s a role that’s not so usual for me, knowing how to stop the game, the tactical foul, knowing when I have to squeeze or stay. ...the feeling is that with City, I end games feeling dead.”

Sounds a bright guy, but humble. i can really see him being a major force for us for years to come.

 

[razman]

good video , where he does state how is still learning and uses the dreaded term " Tactical Foul "

 

[kaz7]

Sounds a bright guy, but humble. i can really see him being a major force for us for years to come.

I find it funny the word oneself is coming out of a footballers mouth lol

 

[sir baconface]

I find it funny the word oneself is coming out of a footballers mouth lol

I presume it’s a translation from Spanish and might not be exactly the same as if we hear it in English.

 

[kaz7]

Rodri on his €70m transfer fee: "The market is a bit crazy now. I don't know what the value of players is. I am young, I have a lot of things to learn: I am only 23. The only thing I can say is that I will give everything to my team..."

"I am always a guy that wants to improve all the time and I think I have a long career [ahead of me]. The good thing is that I have a lot to learn and I am in a great place, with a great coach and great parents to become a player."

Rodri on the difference between England and Spain: "...I realised that you don't have a second to think. The way the referees [officiate] is a bit different, too. It's always a question of learning, playing, seeing. The first few games I would play with my body...""...falling [if an opponent clashed with me], but the referee doesn't [give it]. So you don't do it again. That's important. You learn. In terms of quality, they're the best two leagues in the world and I need to adapt."

Rodri on physicality in England: "It's not so much physical as the rhythm, the pace. The play is more physical in that sense; it's more box-to-box, you never stop and play the game, it's always run. It's a new type of football and you have to adapt."

Rodri on the surprising start to the season: "I think people have to be aware that there is a lot happening: we have had a lot of players out. We play every three days in three competitions and we are playing with more or less the same players. What's done is done..."

"We have to realise that we are doing things wrong and we have to fix it. We have to be calm: it's the start of the season, we have recognised that we have had our problems and we improve. Also, in football there are many things you can't control..."

Rodri on moving to City being 'easy': "It wasn't easy. I was really, really happy in Atletico. I was here, with my family, at the team that's in my heart, playing well. But I thought it was right to take this challenge. I am really happy I took that decision." [via @ESPNFC]