2020/21 James Rodriguez

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How is this a thing? :celebrate:
 

bicycleheader said:
I’ve stayed out of this thread for a while because I couldn’t handle the whinging and negativity in this one AND Carlos

he is our best player, please enjoy any minutes he gets while he is here
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He`s a player whose fitness needs to be " managed " and that`s what the whingers don`t seem to be able to grasp.

He was never going to play every game and I`m pretty sure that when we`ve got all of our first team fit and available, like that little run at the start of the season, Siggurdson would only ever be his deputy on the bench.

When was the last time we had a player of this class at the club ?

Yet he was getting called out and written off by some - over the hill, doesn`t put a shift in etc.

When he`s got players like Siggurdson alongside him, he`s having to do things that aren`t a natural part of his game and as such his natural game suffers.

If we can see this, do people honestly think that one of the greatest managers in club football can`t see this.

With Allan coming back and a midfield with proper shape and balance, we`ll see the best of him again and Siggurdson back on the bench.
 

bicycleheader said:
I’ve stayed out of this thread for a while because I couldn’t handle the whinging and negativity in this one AND Carlos

he is our best player, please enjoy any minutes he gets while he is here
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He has an excellent brain on him. He has a great shot, he has a great worldy pass and reads the game well knowing what players are making runs and knowing what blade of grass to pinpoint the pass to. What we can expect is quality in abundance but very little quality in tracking back. Ask yourself what you would rather have....Quality or work rate. James does have work rate but it is not great. Would people rather not play him because he doesn't run around as much as others? Quality players need the work rate around them to be able to thrive. We have already seen enough of him this season to know we are blessed to have him. Doucoure, Allan and Davies are his work horses. All the front players have to make a yard of space for him and then all the quality comes out. If no one covers for him and if no one makes a yard of space for him then James will be ineffective but not through his own fault.
 
COYBL25 said:
He`s a player whose fitness needs to be " managed " and that`s what the whingers don`t seem to be able to grasp.

He was never going to play every game and I`m pretty sure that when we`ve got all of our first team fit and available, like that little run at the start of the season, Siggurdson would only ever be his deputy on the bench.

When was the last time we had a player of this class at the club ?

Yet he was getting called out and written off by some - over the hill, doesn`t put a shift in etc.

When he`s got players like Siggurdson alongside him, he`s having to do things that aren`t a natural part of his game and as such his natural game suffers.

If we can see this, do people honestly think that one of the greatest managers in club football can`t see this.

With Allan coming back and a midfield with proper shape and balance, we`ll see the best of him again and Siggurdson back on the bench.
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