Joe123451978
Player Valuation: £750k
If the RS are 4-0 up against us I fully condone one of our players breaking one of their players legs. Not arsed
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Nah, that was a sh*thouse move. No respect for that.
paulbefc
Player Valuation: £60m
Horrendous footballer and a complete buffoon.
orly
Please check with me for Blammo criteria
My head fell clean off when he kissed the badge.
Saint Domingo
Player Valuation: £90m
these are the sort of comedy moments that people forget from the Martinez era. We were a complete shambles.
But he didn’t break his leg and Origi was out for about a week.
We were only 2-0 down at the time and it was about 3 seconds into the second half.
UptheTofees
Player Valuation: £20m
I'd rather James gets a yellow for taking his jersey off after scoring the 4th goal of a 4-0 whooping
Very similar to Mick Lyons, frightened of nothing and loadsa bottle. We have nothing on our books at present
better than Funes.
But 72 points lad
Gilbert..
Player Valuation: £50m
It is but i dont mind the odd one as down the years they've had no shame doing it. Gerrard stamp on naysmith. McMahon trying to snap ebbrells leg in two. Lets not even go there with souness.
Fck em.
Yeah it was a completely embarassing thing to do considering we had shown zero fight in the actual match. Think they had about 30 odd shots too that night so we were lucky it was only 4.
Zezti
Player Valuation: £70m
We can copy paste the Times, right? Doing it anyway
www.thetimes.co.uk
James Rodríguez
Through four games, Everton have been one of the best attacking teams in the league: no club has scored more than their 12 goals. This reflects a significant improvement in their underlying play — in 20 games under Carlo Ancelotti last season, they averaged 1.45 xG; so far this season, they have created 8.7 xG worth of chances at an average of 2.18 xG per game, third behind Tottenham and Liverpool.
James Rodríguez has been a huge part of this improvement. He hasn’t created a huge volume of chances, but it’s the quality of the opportunities he has laid on which stands out: his expected assists per 90 figure of 0.38 xA is the highest of any player with more than 300 minutes this season. He has also chipped in with a very handy 0.36 xG per game, meaning his overall contribution to Everton’s attacking play so far is worth about three-quarters of a goal per game.
Rodríguez scored twice and registered one assist in his last league appearance for Everton against Brighton
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One thing that has been notable about Rodríguez has been the security of his passing. When you look at players who are their team’s primary playmaker — the likes of Kevin de Bruyne, Bruno Fernandes and Trent Alexander-Arnold — they tend to lose possession a lot. This isn’t necessarily a bad thing (as I’ve argued in the past, having players who are prepared to embrace risk in attempting ambitious passes is important), but it’s noticeable that Rodríguez has been much more secure in possession. He has misplaced an average of 7.07 passes per game this season, compared with 14.8 for Fernandes, 13.3 for Alexander-Arnold and 12 for De Bruyne.
One reason that Rodríguez’s statistics seem to reflect a less high-risk brand of passing may be to do with Everton’s style. As I mentioned in my piece on the tactical identities of the Premier League teams, Ancelotti’s Everton last season were one of the few teams to play more passes in their own half than in the attacking half. With a remodelled midfield consisting of Allan and Abdoulaye Doucouré as well as Rodríguez, it will be interesting to see whether Everton continue to play like that, but so far at least, they have doubled down on that build-from-the-back style. Through four games, Everton lead the league in the percentage of passes they play in their own half (59.4 per cent).
Rodríguez has adapted to this style, at times taking up surprisingly deep positions for a player hitherto regarded as a bit of a luxury No 10. Whereas Fernandes, De Bruyne and Jack Grealish have all played less than 22 per cent of their passes behind halfway, Rodríguez has played 40.4 per cent of his passes in his own half: a figure more comparable with a player like Arsenal’s Dani Ceballos. That suggests that so far, the Colombian is not just acting as a pure chance-creating machine, but is also playing a significant role in progressing the ball upfield.
Which summer signings have hit the ground running and who is struggling?
With four rounds played, the Premier League table has a perhaps surprising look — and some of the league’s summer signings have hit the ground running, while ot
www.thetimes.co.uk
James Rodríguez
Through four games, Everton have been one of the best attacking teams in the league: no club has scored more than their 12 goals. This reflects a significant improvement in their underlying play — in 20 games under Carlo Ancelotti last season, they averaged 1.45 xG; so far this season, they have created 8.7 xG worth of chances at an average of 2.18 xG per game, third behind Tottenham and Liverpool.
James Rodríguez has been a huge part of this improvement. He hasn’t created a huge volume of chances, but it’s the quality of the opportunities he has laid on which stands out: his expected assists per 90 figure of 0.38 xA is the highest of any player with more than 300 minutes this season. He has also chipped in with a very handy 0.36 xG per game, meaning his overall contribution to Everton’s attacking play so far is worth about three-quarters of a goal per game.
Rodríguez scored twice and registered one assist in his last league appearance for Everton against Brighton
EPA
One thing that has been notable about Rodríguez has been the security of his passing. When you look at players who are their team’s primary playmaker — the likes of Kevin de Bruyne, Bruno Fernandes and Trent Alexander-Arnold — they tend to lose possession a lot. This isn’t necessarily a bad thing (as I’ve argued in the past, having players who are prepared to embrace risk in attempting ambitious passes is important), but it’s noticeable that Rodríguez has been much more secure in possession. He has misplaced an average of 7.07 passes per game this season, compared with 14.8 for Fernandes, 13.3 for Alexander-Arnold and 12 for De Bruyne.
One reason that Rodríguez’s statistics seem to reflect a less high-risk brand of passing may be to do with Everton’s style. As I mentioned in my piece on the tactical identities of the Premier League teams, Ancelotti’s Everton last season were one of the few teams to play more passes in their own half than in the attacking half. With a remodelled midfield consisting of Allan and Abdoulaye Doucouré as well as Rodríguez, it will be interesting to see whether Everton continue to play like that, but so far at least, they have doubled down on that build-from-the-back style. Through four games, Everton lead the league in the percentage of passes they play in their own half (59.4 per cent).
Rodríguez has adapted to this style, at times taking up surprisingly deep positions for a player hitherto regarded as a bit of a luxury No 10. Whereas Fernandes, De Bruyne and Jack Grealish have all played less than 22 per cent of their passes behind halfway, Rodríguez has played 40.4 per cent of his passes in his own half: a figure more comparable with a player like Arsenal’s Dani Ceballos. That suggests that so far, the Colombian is not just acting as a pure chance-creating machine, but is also playing a significant role in progressing the ball upfield.
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