Pedro Rodríguez

[El P. 1,354]

1 minute ago, Magic Lamps said:

me 2. I thought we had come off the better when we lost out on Douglas Costa but managed to snatch Pedro a proven winner but I couldn't have been more wrong. It is shocking how much time he needs to adapt. You can see he always has good ideas but either his touch lets him down, he lacks accuracy or simply the physical attributes like pace to be a winger. Seems to be a top guy though, very professinal, always smiling so I really hope he makes it. 

 

 

That missed chance today was just too much for me. He is known for being dangerous striker, but this... Work rate is there, link up too, but it's not enough.

He is just what Willian was when he just got here. And about adapting... He is 28. We can't wait until his 30 to adapt.

[Henrique 9,133]

Pedro never looked really great playing for Barcelona. I always saw him as a very limited player who was lucky to play for a brilliant side. Playing for Chelsea I realized he is even more limited than I thought.The amount of mistakes he does is just unbelievable, and when he take the ball and start to run, he usually looks like a desperate man.

[The Skipper 20,609]

He's clearly still trying to adapt to the league but I can't say I'm surprised with his performances in general. He's a good squad player, that's all he'll ever be here. Said that from the start. Signing Pedro was never the real solution, but he's a decent bridge at the very least, for maybe one of our youth players or maybe to allow us to bide some time and get a proper quality player in the AM strata.

[Tomo 21,751]

6 hours ago, The Skipper said:

He's clearly still trying to adapt to the league but I can't say I'm surprised with his performances in general. He's a good squad player, that's all he'll ever be here. Said that from the start. Signing Pedro was never the real solution, but he's a decent bridge at the very least, for maybe one of our youth players or maybe to allow us to bide some time and get a proper quality player in the AM strata.

Pedro is the kind of player that will fit in well with a successful system, when we start hitting a positive run again thats when we will see the best of him, he would have been brlliant for us last season.

I would imagine he would leave if he was relegated to squad player for an extended period, if he left his boyhood club for that reason I can't see him sticking around here for long if he's a bench player.

[CurlyHairLikeLuiz 1,625]

Pedro is a good squad player; it is what it is.

[Muzchap 8,966]

Poor first touch, aimless running - he's just an overpriced Shaun Wright Philips IMHO

Hopefully, I will be proven wrong and he just needs games 

[bellion 170]

Pedro was a panic buy after poor results and with the transfer dateline date looming, the Board reacted. 

Unfortunately, panic buys are mostly unworthy purchases and Pedro is no exception.

 

[CHOULO19 24,332]

9 hours ago, Muzchap said:

Poor first touch, aimless running - he's just an overpriced Shaun Wright Philips IMHO

Hopefully, I will be proven wrong and he just needs games 

 Harsh. 

[lucio 5,418]

13 hours ago, Muzchap said:

Poor first touch, aimless running - he's just an overpriced Shaun Wright Philips IMHO

Hopefully, I will be proven wrong and he just needs games 

you would not guess he is from Barcelona, really bad technique in everything

[Jase 43,479]

Some have mentioned this before - ask Pedro to play like an actual winger and you will get a very average player. Play to his strengths and you will get a very good player (not saying he's world class or we should build the team around him). He clearly has his strengths. Just need to find a way to exploit it better - executing one-two moves (remember his goal at West Brom?), making use of his off the ball runs (remember that clear cut chance he got against Scunthorpe when Fabregas spotted his run?), creating chances in the box (he's already shown he can finish).

[Stats 7,142]

1 hour ago, Jason said:

Some have mentioned this before - ask Pedro to play like an actual winger and you will get a very average player. Play to his strengths and you will get a very good player (not saying he's world class or we should build the team around him). He clearly has his strengths. Just need to find a way to exploit it better - executing one-two moves (remember his goal at West Brom?), making use of his off the ball runs (remember that clear cut chance he got against Scunthorpe when Fabregas spotted his run?), creating chances in the box (he's already shown he can finish).

Remember Walsall too?

[Sir Mikel OBE 4,920]

He's been awful. 

[Fernando 6,585]

And that's why the sub was good for him
I would have loved someone different then Kennedy because the game is tight....but if we are to bring younger players into the team then this is good.

[MrExcalibur100 7,124]

A very good player in a terrible system. He's getting crowded out running into dead ends and is getting very little support from Azplicueta and Costa. It's very difficult to play that left flank for Chelsea and Willian doesn't even swap anymore, so we rarely get to see what he can do on the right. 

I'm not worried about Pedro. He'll be fine under our real coach next season. Presuming the club doesn't go and fuck it up again. 

[Jase 43,479]

1 hour ago, MrExcalibur100 said:

A very good player in a terrible system. He's getting crowded out running into dead ends and is getting very little support from Azplicueta and Costa. It's very difficult to play that left flank for Chelsea and Willian doesn't even swap anymore, so we rarely get to see what he can do on the right. 

I'm not worried about Pedro. He'll be fine under our real coach next season. Presuming the club doesn't go and fuck it up again. 

Agree. It's almost as if we're trying to turn every wide player we sign into another Willian. It's painful to watch Pedro (or others) playing like a winger when he isn't one. That said, someone should have a word with him about keeping things simple more next time. Think sometimes he tries to overdo it a little bit with the whole dribbling and taking on players.