2020/21 James Rodriguez

[Northeastblue]

Wasn’t a freak though was it. Given we had just lost to Newcastle, West Ham and Leeds in a not disimilar fashion

Just ?

 

[nsno-chris]

Bit of a small club mentality that. If he's not playing well then people can call him out. The idea we have to clap along because of his reputation is a bit mad.

Yes, let’s hope we replace him with Michail Antonio in the summer, because he runs round a bit

UTFT

 

[BigBlueConk]

Give him a free role.

We still need another quality DM to sit behind him alongside Allen and Dacoure and things might get better.

 

[mahermi1]

Wasn’t a freak though was it. Given we had just lost to Newcastle, West Ham and Leeds in a not disimilar fashion

True but still think fatigue had a lot to do with that performance, look around the league and freak results are happening everywhere, especially if your the home team.

 

[dannyboy]

Yes, let’s hope we replace him with Michail Antonio in the summer, because he runs round a bit

UTFT

Let's just hope we carry on getting better. If we want to get anywhere near competing year in year out we can't be eternally grateful for the likes of James Rodriguez playing for us. No other team towards the top of the league would have that attitude.

 

[Sheedy's right knee.]

Put that shovel down you massive balloon. Football's obviously not the game for you.

Just saying he has been disappointing for me, his fitness & lack of pace deters his great skill to a degree that is detrimental to the team.

He has scored 5 goals & 7assists but overall the bad has outweighed the good in an on/off stop/start season where he has failed to impress on many occasions.

Trouble for me is I don't see him getting any fitter, it looks like he is on his last legs & almost finished as a player in today's high press & high intestity play.

He's had a couple of poor games by his standards and still managed to score 2 goals against united and Leicester which are 2 of the best goals we have scored this season. We should be building a team around this type of quality not trying to tear it down. We still have 17 games to play in the league are in the quarter finals of the cup. We are capable of matching anyone on our day. James has been a big part of the resurgence. Lets not be sticking the knife in. We are better than this.

 

[BigBlueConk]

Not easy to be at your best every week with shiote players around you.
He could be the next Paul Bracewell.

 

[Cameron Manning]

A creative player can only be good if the rest of the team are functioning as well, open your eyes too, we defended deep from the very kick off. Who is he supposed to pass to when the team was overran ? He has good days, where he is unplayable and ordinary days were he is still head and shoulders above any player we have. Or would you rather watch 11 robots covered in sweat, it is up to us to play him to his strengths, yes he did track back and throw a couple of tackles in, but you know what, I'd rather have him playing the other end, where he is world class. Jesus you would have probably despised Duncan McKenzie.

My eyes are open wide every game I, he‘s had some good days which I’ve appreciated, ordinary days when he’s still head and shoulders over any player we have, my eyes have never seen that, he tracked back, like a sixty year old, and the couple of tackles he threw in, he slid into them but never won the ball, he started badly against Fulham with poor passes,struggled with the pace of the game and walked off the pitch after throwing his hand in, surely you saw that.

No I never despised Duncan McKenzie, it never bothered me when he went, he was an entertainer, Imused to go to The Empire to watch them, saw the game versus Stoke City which every one mentions, he dribbled the ball across the pitch beating three or four men, some of them twice and at the end of the dribble he finished the same distance from the goal as when he started, very amusing, as I said an entertainer. When James plays well I’ll give him the credit he deserves, when he plays poorly he’ll get the stick he deserve, which he did got after the Fulham game, along with the rest of the team.

 

[Mathieubleucoyb]

If I were James I would probably want to leave too after that embarrassing defeat to garbage team Fullham. Lookman probably had a real good sleep after that win .... Wtf

 

[nsno-chris]

Let's just hope we carry on getting better. If we want to get anywhere near competing year in year out we can't be eternally grateful for the likes of James Rodriguez playing for us. No other team towards the top of the league would have that attitude.

What attitude is that exactly??

 

[Cameron Manning]

imagine a world where Everton fans are calling out James Rodriguez

An all new low for our fan base

“ An all new low for our fan base “ Why? For telling the truth as we see it? I think what you’re asking for is for fans who don’t think he is playing well to say nothing and just read the fans who praise him, it would be some website that, I like grandoldteam because it is an open and honest website, the way it should be. If we all agreed with each other there wouldn’t be much point in that surely.

 

[mahermi1]

My eyes are open wide every game I, he‘s had some good days which I’ve appreciated, ordinary days when he’s still head and shoulders over any player we have, my eyes have never seen that, he tracked back, like a sixty year old, and the couple of tackles he threw in, he slid into them but never won the ball, he started badly against Fulham with poor passes,struggled with the pace of the game and walked off the pitch after throwing his hand in, surely you saw that.

No I never despised Duncan McKenzie, it never bothered me when he went, he was an entertainer, Imused to go to The Empire to watch them, saw the game versus Stoke City which every one mentions, he dribbled the ball across the pitch beating three or four men, some of them twice and at the end of the dribble he finished the same distance from the goal as when he started, very amusing, as I said an entertainer. When James plays well I’ll give him the credit he deserves, when he plays poorly he’ll get the stick he deserve, which he did got after the Fulham game, along with the rest of the team.

Your mind is already made up, so for what it's worth, he did track back and on at least one sliding tackle, he actually won the ball, so you couldn't have been watching that well. His game is not really suited to tracking back, though he does do it, but not at pace as you say. The trouble was the whole team were pinned back and fatigued due to the Spurs match, that was obvious. Throughout a team certain players are there to defend, certain players are box to box, he is our creator in chief, that's his main job, it's what he's good at and I won't apologize if he entertains me, but if he doesn't entertain you, as you said you can always go to the Empire.

 

[nsno-chris]

“ An all new low for our fan base “ Why? For telling the truth as we see it? I think what you’re asking for is for fans who don’t think he is playing well to say nothing and just read the fans who praise him, it would be some website that, I like grandoldteam because it is an open and honest website, the way it should be. If we all agreed with each other there wouldn’t be much point in that surely.

why you say; you have one the most talented footballers in the world and people moan because he gets booted out of games and doesn’t track back.

Marvellous support I say, let’s look forward to the summer and we can pray for 11 Denis Stracqualursi’s

 

[ToffeeTim]

What attitude is that exactly??

We definitely have an attitude issue in our squad that top teams don't. The effort levels against Newcastle and Fulham just dont happen at top clubs. Certainly not twice anyway.

The fact we saw a repeat shows there are people within the club who are happy to tolerate woeful performances with a lack of effort. Let Ancelotti show them the door.

 

[Cameron Manning]

Your mind is already made up, so for what it's worth, he did track back and on at least one sliding tackle, he actually won the ball, so you couldn't have been watching that well. His game is not really suited to tracking back, though he does do it, but not at pace as you say. The trouble was the whole team were pinned back and fatigued due to the Spurs match, that was obvious. Throughout a team certain players are there to defend, certain players are box to box, he is our creator in chief, that's his main job, it's what he's good at and I won't apologize if he entertains me, but if he doesn't entertain you, as you said you can always go to the Empire.

He would have been good at The Empire on Sunday, he’s called the Magician, he did his disappearing act against Fulham brilliantly, By the way what do you do when he doesn’t entertain you?