Rodri Injury Updates | City say ligament injury (pg117)

[balotelli's back pocket]

It's worth pointing out 2 things for a sense of perspective.

Firstly, we've won 5 PL titles without Rodi.

Secondly, we're not a one man team.

We've won 4 PL titles without Rodri, and we had Fernandinho for 3 of them - and a prime Yaya Toure for the other.

 

[balotelli's back pocket]

The season isn't over, but the title is definitely Arsenal's to lose IMO.

Frankly, if they don't capitalise on this and win it now, I'm not sure they ever will.

 

[blueparrot]

Just having a look at our Premier League record without him since 21-22:

0-0 vs Southampton
6-3 vs Leicester
1-0 vs Brentford
6-3 vs Manchester United
1-2 vs Wolves
0-1 vs Arsenal
0-1 vs Aston Villa
5-1 vs Luton
2-0 vs Chelsea
4-1 vs Ipswich
3-1 vs West Ham

P11 W7 D1 L3

Over a full season that's P38 W24 D4 L10 (76 points)

The's no point looking at past seasons though we won't change how we set up and play for the odd game. For a whole season we will, and in the 4 games we have won without him we already have.Though Lewis' emergence has helped us with that.

 

[supercity88]

Pep says City will see how we do before deciding whether or not to buy in January.

We have to work on the basis he's out for the season and will then need another season getting back to match fitness and sharpness. No guarantee he won't have further issues. Better to try and sign someone in January to give them a head start.

 

[Impeccable One]

Fuck!!! I really had genuine hope that we were gonna find out it wasn't that bad

Look on the bright side, he hasn’t lost a leg !

AND, he’ll be fresh for the Club World Cup

 

[youngbob]

Not enough

Those three defeats in 23/24 were down to other factors beyond Rodri just not being there - a big issue was carrying on like Rodri was there when he wasn't. Villa especially. It's on Pep and the other lads to make sure we find a new system so that Rodri isn't missed as much this season. It's going to be a tough one but we're up for it.

 

[chaddblue]

The season isn't over, but the title is definitely Arsenal's to lose IMO.

Frankly, if they don't capitalise on this and win it now, I'm not sure they ever will.

And if they do win it... it can be dismissed as the Rodri title

Similar to how the dippers was the covid title

;-)

 

[youngbob]

The's no point looking at past seasons though we won't change how we set up and play for the odd game. For a whole season we will, and in the 4 games we have won without him we already have.Though Lewis' emergence has helped us with that.

Agreed. Think we'll be seeing a lot of 4-2-3-1 and 3-2-4-1 this season.

 

[John Wayne]

We have to work on the basis he's out for the season and will then need another season getting back to match fitness and sharpness. No guarantee he won't have further issues. Better to try and sign someone in January to give them a head start.

I'm inclined to agree. He'll be 29 and coming back from a serious injury. We have to have an eye on the future because reintegrating Rodri will take time and we'll never likely see him play the same number of games in a season ever again. The biggest issue is of course trying to buy top talent mid-season. I believe that it can be done, but will come at a premium.

 

[manimanc]

Time for other players to step up now.

We got the squad and most importantly we got Pep, any other manager in this situation fucks up.

Pep will relish this challenge.