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2020/21 James Rodriguez

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Allan haring around in midfield when he is the number 6 is a much bigger problem than anything James is doing.

When Richarlison was fit what we were doing was essentially leaving James free. He would occasionally go up and press or track back but ultimately he had no great responsibility. We would defend 4-4-2 when James didn't get in and have Doucoure slide into that right sided position. It hasn't worked because no one is Richarlison and we don't have that same level of security on the left now. Also contributing is Allan constantly stepping out and leaving an unfilled gap and the other CM whether it be Gomes or Sigurdsson being a wide open door to the goal. So while maybe we could be asking James to do more it really could also just be fixed by having everyone else do their job.

For me James job is to make goals happen. Get on him for that. But there are 8 guys in this team currently who have way more responsibility for stopping the goals are at our end and until they're all doing their jobs at an acceptable level I'm going to leave the criticism there.
Can't agree with you more;)
 


I'd really give him a free role. Playing off the right makes us weaker down that flank when we don't have the ball because he is not the type to track back all day.
 

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