Quote Originally Posted by The Dunster View Post
Merrick might be getting frustrated having not had to deal with a salary cap or player budgets at is previous appointments.

RodrÃ*guez also missed 4 games with a Malleolar injury this year and had 68 days off in 2015 due to injury. Merrick might rightly see him as a risk.

If you look at his value as a player pre 2015 injury and post the injury Rodriguez is certainly a player in decline - even at a relatively young age.

Then you look at how small he is and he's going to struggle in a physical league unless he can compensate with agility / speed - which he appears to have lost. since 2015.
Sounds more and more like a Denni, Ribiero type player, doesn't he. Not saying he can't adapy, and not saying they didn't, but he sounds in the mould of these players.