Manchester City, once unbeatable under Pep Guardiola, has recently been facing a major slump. But what’s really behind their struggles? It all points to one key missing piece: Rodri. In this video, we break down how Rodri’s absence has disrupted City’s entire system and why the team has been struggling without him.
Rodri’s importance: The engine of Pep’s tactics and the glue that held everything together. Without him, City has struggled in crucial games.
The Lone 6 Role: We’ll explore why Rodri’s position is irreplaceable in Pep’s system and why his absence has caused chaos.
Potential replacements: We dive into four possible players who could step in and save City’s campaign:
Joshua Kimmich: A perfect fit with experience under Pep.
Martín Zubimendi: A seamless transition from Rodri with impressive vision and composure.
Tijani Reijnders: A raw talent with potential to be molded by Pep.
Manuel Locatelli: A steady, underrated option for controlling the game.
Join us as we analyze Manchester City’s current decline and how Rodri’s absence has exposed cracks in their system, with possible solutions for Pep Guardiola’s squad. Will Kimmich or Zubimendi be the perfect replacements? Watch till the end to find out!
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30 Comments
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This is the Manchester City i grew up watching. Well done.lol
Oh…so it's all Rodri's fault? 🤔Wow!! Talk about a team and its fans taking accountability.
What if I tell you Rodri is not actually the problem? He was injured last season as well. Pep let go of players he didn't replace or not with like for like players. Players like Marez, Parmer, Cancelo ,Zinchenko and more. City's defense had been affected more by this decision.
Manchester CT don't have real fans they are all fake fans
Bloody Arsenal , who targeted Rodri and injured him by Partey , who shoved Rodri ,without being anywhere near the ball, but karma will prevail, when Partey gets seriously injured, himself.
Hate it when teams rely on 1 player to carry the whole team, then it's not a team anymore. All 11 players and subs have to be just as good
U can’t be relying on one player everytime
Rodri isn't vital he's a nessessity to the team
You cant win every match simple
Rodri,,we almost to term this guy to be the legend of Manchester city like kdb
Rodri is most obviously a BIG miss….but people are overlooking something that is staring them in the face John Stones is a player that makes center back look EASY…..look at the Manchester derby, going into extra time a center back received the ball wide on the right next to the touchline – now what would a City team in form do A/ smash it as hard as possible into 'row Z'?
B/keep possession (thereby using up time) and then IF closed down pass back to the goalie and drop back to make an angle in case the goalie gets closed down (and so on n so on!)
C/ Do whatever that was in the game against Utd,something that I can't remember the last time I saw a Pep team do this…..the CB knowing they are 1-0 up with barely mins to go and NO Utd forward harrying an tackling to win back the ball,so NO pressure if it had been John Stones he would drop a shoulder then step into the midfield area himself…that's the confidence they are lacking and was second nature to City, zPep can't legislate for what Citys CB did….you could see through the TV he was thinking we've been losing we are 1,0 up
so I don't want to take any of those three options…..I'll pass back to my goalie so at least I won't be blamed,that's why he turned blindly from 5 or 19 yards inside his half and though he knew that ball was not the way City plays which is how he goes to pass to the goalie – so he can wipe his hands of any blame but as his not used to playing it back that far he fails to put enough strength into the back pass it was a case of trying to not get dispossessed whilst being caught in 3 minds…..then panick sets in and makes a crisis out of a drama and City are scared to play their pass n move….as they have no confidence that they used too imo!
With Rodri, he’s Guardiola.
Without him, he’s Fraudiola!
So when Rodri’s back, opponents will get someone to press him hard and test his match fitness and make him lose possession.
Still think got rob 🥴
PEP is now for 8 years in the UK, still speaks English like an Expat just arriving recently – spent billions of dirty money on players from the SAUDI'S … TIME2SAY BYE
It's not Rodri, It's Pep, you can't tell me one player is making them lose
Zubimendi is 100% the best option out of all of them to Replace Rodri
i mean its also that they dont have a good cdm backup for rodri
let them opt 4 kimmich loan 4 six months
let them opt 4 kimmich loan 4 six months
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Rodri is the best central midfielder in the world, but Spain are managing without him. Why can't City?
Paying the price for letting cole palmer go
I will keep arguing with anyone. The Balon D'or revealed totally Pep's secret. Now all teams are attacking Rodri's position as Pep hasn't got a replacement for him 😢
Everything said perfect! Please do a video about how haaland can be utilised better at city (more counterattacks, throughballs)
😂😂 thats not the reason at all doh 😂😂😂 the reason is cause city refused to use youngsters in the 1st 11 regularly and the stupid mindset that without rodri city cant win. 😂😂 pep brain wash the club to think stupidly.
If indeed Pep depends on one player out of 11, That's a massive point of failure and sign of poor strategy
If you have watched pep career . You should know that peps career depends on the cdm
rodri is like salah to liverpool