Rodri Injury Updates | TNT & ESPN reporting ACL | Still nothing official

[city saint]

i like us proving everybody wrong in the face of adversity

 

[vanchi]

And? It didn't work once so it's not worth trying again? I seem to recall early on in the treble winning season everyone complaining about rodri and gundo starting together in midfield. By the end of the season everyone was raving about it.

stop putting words in my keyboard dude…

 

[Big Dave Watson]

Is one of the Argentinians we have out on loan a DM?

 

[Carlos- the- jackal]

It's a sickener, going to be tough mentally on the players, manager and fans.

Think Pep and the players will use it as more motivation, squad is full of mentally fierce competitors, these lads are winners.

 

[Kippax Street 1880]

Come Easter, we’ll be all saying that we never saw Gvardiol as the world’s best number 6.

Who's playing left back then

 

[Carlos- the- jackal]

Season over.

Who's playing left back then

Ake or Rico

 

[youngbob]

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 (edited...) 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.

 

[Alan Harper's Tash]

Who's playing left back then

Delph is a free agent.

 

[ONTHERUNWITHTHAKSIN]

Gutted for the lad if true

For me and many the best midfielder in the world

But we have to do what we have to with the players we have and Pep is the best at tweaking the way we play to accommodate this

 

[Moss Side's Finest]

I guarantee Arteta will be celebrating this privately. The little snake he is, cuddling up to Pep and then giving the orders to do 'whatever it takes' to get something at his old paymasters.