2020/21 James Rodriguez

[Cels]

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He's finished.

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[Whiteandblue]

Our youngsters have been inexplicably omitted earlier and now James is out for a long time...
Does the team need to inform if they are down with Covid?

 

[Yarrgh]

It's all a bit sus when the manager is saying 3 games ago that he's almost ready and "back for the next game", up to even the United game where Carlo then moved on to "if he doesn't make the United game then he's ready for Sheffield United". Now all of a sudden it's shifted once more to "he's not available for the next few games". Very, very weird.

But there's about a week difference in between those games. In a normal season he might have made it with a view that he could take it easy before the next game.

 

[marsh]

Once fans aren't allowed he will be back fit, he must not want to see any of us that's the only explanation

 

[Rob17896]

I think people are looking more at the games he's missed mate, he will have missed 6 games (including Sheff utd and Man City) but those other 4 games have all been played in a short space of time.

He will be great in Spring when it is not as chilly.

 

[2xpetes]

Darren Anderson.

 

[Bigduke1234]

What’s all this now? Pray to god he’s back soon, we’re lightweight without him.

 

[Bullens Rd]

Has been out at long as van Dijk so far given he wasn't able to perform since then even while playing. Let's hope it's not a bad injury, but it's puzzling how the injury keeps getting longer and longer.

 

[coollino]

We've won a good amount of games without him now, just chill out.

 

[ChesterBlue]

We've won a good amount of games without him now, just chill out.

Not a long term injury either, sounds to me more like they’re taking their time and not rushing him back which makes sense

 

[Drico]

Thinking back to the 80s, when we played matches as regularly on inferior pitches with smaller squads, we lost great players every so often and still succeeded in spite of everything. Adrian Heath, Paul Bracewell, and Neville Southall were all out for extended periods. We coped - to say the least. Until we can get back to that level of squad strength, we'll always be using injuries as an excuse for our miserable squad-building efforts. A squad set up to crash the top six simply shrugs off the loss of players like Digne and Allan. Sure, they will be missed, but we've got to have enough about us to slot an adequate replacement in. To be fair to James, it's nigh on impossible to replace a player of his ability, but we've coped rather well overall in the last few games. I suspect Sheffield United, like the League Cup game, might be a bridge too far though as the squad just isn't up to dealing with the loss of our four best players. Even the 80s side would have found that a struggle. Back into the market we must go...

 

[TheBigIguana]

Has been out at long as van Dijk so far given he wasn't able to perform since then even while playing. Let's hope it's not a bad injury, but it's puzzling how the injury keeps getting longer and longer.

Did I imagine the game against Burnley when he was really good?

It's a different injury and it hasn't been that long.

 

[navidson]

At least we had James Rodriguez playing for us for a bit

 

[Goat]

Did I imagine the game against Burnley when he was really good?

It's a different injury and it hasn't been that long.

Nar lad.

Richy has thrown in the towel and Hamez has gone back to South America to sign for Boca.

 

[ossie_21]

Our youngsters have been inexplicably omitted earlier and now James is out for a long time...
Does the team need to inform if they are down with Covid?

Not sure, but Man City have confirmed Kyle Walker & Gabriel Jesus have tested positive and will miss our game