2020/21 James Rodriguez

[Axlswhk]

Give him a free role, let him roam near the edge of the box, make sure 3 forward players anticipate and make runs whenever James has the ball.

I’m not sure what we’re doing in training but the above scenario must be repeatedly drill into the team and enforce into our attacking DNA. 15 games into the season and we are still so poor at anticipation. Our attacking players are still playing back to goal expecting ball to feet and over reliance on percentage crossing.

 

[DOMNOLAN]

Give him a free role, let him roam near the edge of the box, make sure 3 forward players anticipate and make runs whenever James has the ball.

I’m not sure what we’re doing in training but the above scenario must be repeatedly drill into the team and enforce into our attacking DNA. 15 games into the season and we are still so poor at anticipation. Our attacking players are still playing back to goal expecting ball to feet and over reliance on percentage crossing.

Drill it into them, as soon as James gets the ball, sprint for the box, he will find you.

 

[Exeter_Gently]

The slowest player I have ever seen at Goodison, if he is to play, stick him up top with DCL, & never track back !!

Has anyone seen him play at Goodison?

 

[Zezti]

Just think that sublime pass near the end, in a former life he would have had someone like Ronaldo running onto it to bury it..................today he had Iceland

Its depressing isn't it. Can have all the quality pulling the strings but relying crap like Gylfi and Tosun to put it in the net.

 

[marcus]

Undoubted talent this lad but we are having to carry him & it's costing us...

We are not strong enough to afford this luxury, the plus does not outweigh the negative throughout the season as his lack of fitness is costing us & exposes a big weakness in our team, take that as well as the injury problems he will most definately accumulate then the negatives will be in abundance...

I know this will not be a popular opinion but I feel it has to be said...

 

[Brendan Janus]

Has anyone seen him play at Goodison?

Yeh me on tv I think !!

 

[banno]

Oozing class, plays thru balls, switches it wide at ease.....just no one on his level to take advantage of what he brings to us.

 

[Drico]

Undoubted talent this lad but we are having to carry him & it's costing us...

We are not strong enough to afford this luxury, the plus does not outweigh the negative throughout the season as his lack of fitness is costing us & exposes a big weakness in our team, take that as well as the injury problems he will most definately accumulate then the negatives will be in abundance...

I know this will not be a popular opinion but I feel it has to be said...

So you ship out the rubbish and build your team around the brilliant.

Otherwise, we might as well accept that we're a more fashionable Burnley.

 

[Zezti]

Undoubted talent this lad but we are having to carry him & it's costing us...

We are not strong enough to afford this luxury, the plus does not outweigh the negative throughout the season as his lack of fitness is costing us & exposes a big weakness in our team, take that as well as the injury problems he will most definately accumulate then the negatives will be in abundance...

I know this will not be a popular opinion but I feel it has to be said...

Its not a popular opinion because it is wrong. He isn't costing the team anything. The goal we conceded was from a bad 3 yard pass from Allan to Doucoure. Meanwhile James made enough to chances to more than win the game but no-one seems capable of converting them.
He is the last of our problems and without him we would be in a much worse position.

Irks me when fans blame our most talented player for not winning a game single handedly.

 

[Exeter_Gently]

Its not a popular opinion because it is wrong. He isn't costing the team anything. The goal we conceded was from a bad 3 yard pass from Allan to Doucoure. Meanwhile James made enough to chances to more than win the game but no-one seems capable of converting them.
He is the last of our problems and without him we would be in a much worse position.

Irks me when fans blame our most talented player for not winning a game single handedly.

These people long for a return to the days of Gibson and Hitzelsperger in the midfield.

 

[marcus]

So you ship out the rubbish and build your team around the brilliant.

Otherwise, we might as well accept that we're a more fashionable Burnley.

Its not a popular opinion because it is wrong. He isn't costing the team anything. The goal we conceded was from a bad 3 yard pass from Allan to Doucoure. Meanwhile James made enough to chances to more than win the game but no-one seems capable of converting them.
He is the last of our problems and without him we would be in a much worse position.

Irks me when fans blame our most talented player for not winning a game single handedly.

Just saying what I have seen, James has not been playing well & is struggling to keep up with the intensity of the premiership....

He is a luxury player who can not work for the team is slow & injury prone...

Hope I am proved wrong with this but the writing is on the wall, whether you believe it or not...

 

[UptheTofees]

Just saying what I have seen, James has not been playing well & is struggling to keep up with the intensity of the premiership....

He is a luxury player who can not work for the team is slow & injury prone...

Hope I am proved wrong with this but the writing is on the wall, whether you believe it or not...

What are you talking about?

Barring 2 games that he shouldn't have played because he was hurt, he is consistently creating goal opportunities. When Digne is here, we tend to convert his chances, but he is the last of our problems.

In a club full of average players, he is one of the few shining lights and some people want him out because he is costing the team.

 

[ToffeeTim]

My only criticism of James is he could get himself into the box a little more often. Thats not entirely his role but he's too good a finisher to hang back.

 

[Wat Tyler]

That pass at the end to Sigurdsson was beautiful

 

[Zezti]

Just saying what I have seen, James has not been playing well & is struggling to keep up with the intensity of the premiership....

He is a luxury player who can not work for the team is slow & injury prone...

Hope I am proved wrong with this but the writing is on the wall, whether you believe it or not...

You NEED players who can win a match if you ever want to get out of mid-table obscurity. James is one of those players. He isn't struggling and he has been playing fine. As I said, he makes enough chances to win a game but we aren't coverting them like we were earlier in the season.
"Writing is on the wall" is nonsense.