It was semi-serious. Pep will find a way that none of us will have thought of.Made me laugh anyway
Needed to in the summer but failed to get in what was needed, Rodri helper, creative midfielder due to Kev getting on, a 2nd striker to replace Alverez as only Haaland in our squad as a natural finisher. Pep worked miracles last season with the squad to win the PL, but just cant see it this seasonNeed to go into the market in January.
Would love him to get game time there. Stones was magnificent there in the treble season but obviously has injury/availability problems. Gvardiol could be excellent in that position.Come Easter, we’ll be all saying that we never saw Gvardiol as the world’s best number 6.
its not confirmed. Espn reporting an unquoted source and Pol Ballus reporting ‘lengthy lay off’ conflicts with what the report was earlier
No we're not. We still have a great squad and we've shown over and over that we can still win without our big players. He's a massive loss but don't underestimate Pep or our squadWe're fucked if that news is right.
All the best Rodders
Thought Arsenal fans were better than the Liverpool lot.A certain fan base outing themselves as absolute cunts as well, literally celebrating another person getting hurt, grim.
this season has nothing to do with current nominations.Do we have to carry on pretending that a perfect "Rodri back-up" even exists? There's literally no player in world football who would happily sit out all the games Rodri plays and then bring his absolute best on the rare occasions he'd get to start. You could point at literally any player in the squad (except Ederson) and say "We should have signed a proper back-up" if they were to ever get injured long-term.
We have Kovacic, Gundogan, Lewis, Stones, and even O'Reilly and Gvardiol, who can fill in here. Of the many things Pep has mastered over the years with City, it's doing a heck of a lot with a small squad when big injuries arise. Mendy, De Bruyne, Laporte, now Rodri. We've seen in the early weeks of 24/25 that we can win well without Rodri and the January window isn't far away. You imagine we'll be looking at the likes of Kimmich or Bruno G then.
Gutted for Rodri personally because this means Vinicius Jr. will probably take the Balon d'Or, and at 28 he's no spring chicken anymore which means he probably won't be the same when he comes back. But we'll be alright. We've already made history, at worst this season we'll be finishing in the top four and going for all the cups. And we still have a squad that's more capable of winning this league, even without Rodri - it won't be comfortable but it'll be fun.
isnt he a rabid anti city arsenal fan boy when ive heard him on podcasts?Ornstein usually fairly reliable though. That's the one that worried me.
Thought Arsenal fans were better than the Liverpool lot.
AbsofuckinglutelyNo we're not. We still have a great squad and we've shown over and over that we can still win without our big players. He's a massive loss but don't underestimate Pep or our squad
isnt he a rabid anti city arsenal fan boy when ive heard him on podcasts?
ornstein is really just rereporting Pol Ballus’ story.
Certainly makes the return fixture even more red hot than it would have been. Our players will be after blood and will give them the bullying they were so easily done with in past seasons.Gutted for Rodders.
We'll find a solution but it's going to be a tough season and we need to prioritise the PL and CL.
Absolute vile celebrations from Arsenal fans. Fucking vermin.