2021/22 James Rodriguez

[ForeverBlue92]

If James had all those attributes you have just listed, as well as his undeniable skill, he would indeed be in the first team every week.......at Manchester City.

100% mate which is why our fans have to knock off this idea that we are so fortunate to have him at the club - realistically we are his level.

James isn't doing us any favours picking up his 140k or so a week wages end of the day mate.

 

[Harryflashman]

100% mate which is why our fans have to knock off this idea that we are sp fortunate to have him at the club.

James isn't doing us any favours picking up his £467k or so a week wages end of the day mate.

Fixed it for you

I presume that’s how much it’ll be estimated as by the end of the weekend , it seems to double almost daily .

 

[Death]

Gushing over him but if his name was Ja... oh wait never mind.

 

[Spadge Vernacular]

Not really.

He might be double vaccinated (we don't know) but there's plenty of countries on the UK's green list, and it's not like he wouldn't have ready access to PCR tests is it...

But it could also easily be that we have struck a deal to weaken our squad. We'll have to wait and see.

Covid vaccines are not mandatory for players but even if they were they could still catch Covid and pass it on. You would hope that the club understands this. The government seem to have a handle on this thus they are no longer offering exemptions to players travelling to red list countries for tournaments.

That said, the money James is on he probably has a private jet take him to training each day. These zillionaires live in a different world to us mere mortals.

 

[LouReedwalkonthewildside]

Valid criticism such as team selection / tactics etc is perfectly fine but we all know that a minority will use any attempt to stir things up to suit their anti Benitez agenda.

And I loved you back then and still do now Lou regardless of your Team James Membership lol

No matter who the manager is though there is always a minority who will kick - up a fuss because they didn't want said manager and will hover over their keyboards just waiting for the right time to have a pop. It happened when we had one of the best managers in the world (no not Benitez!) in Ancelotti and it will happen under Benitez. It's nice to see though that you haven't gone full loon mate lol and agree that structured criticism isn't off the table.

 

[LouReedwalkonthewildside]

Facts like he says we are a small club

Now he's our manager mate we all supposedly 'misinterpreted' what he said according to his acolytes.

 

[roy vernon]

100% mate which is why our fans have to knock off this idea that we are so fortunate to have him at the club - realistically we are his level.

James isn't doing us any favours picking up his 140k or so a week wages end of the day mate.

James is flawed, if he wasn't he would not have come here in the first place regardless of who our manager was. The thing is though, he is a flawed diamond and has more natural ability and a better vision or, if you like, football brain than any of our other players.

As we are apparently paying him 300k per week it is incumbent on Benitez to find a way to get something back for our money until either January or the summer. If he is used properly and sparingly he will win us games.

Or, of course, our manager can cut off his nose to spite his face and ostracise James. I just hope it is not too late.

 

[Tin-Tin]

Bit of a random one if he's on holliday. Never went to Copa Ametica so had his required holiday. Hasnt been training with the team due to isolation and now that he's out of isolation and free to train, he's on a flight somewhere?

Think he may be off.

 

[Marius57]

Bit of a random one if he's on holliday. Never went to Copa Ametica so had his required holiday. Hasnt been training with the team due to isolation and now that he's out of isolation and free to train, he's on a flight somewhere?

Think he may be off.

He has been training with the team for last few weeks. Been in the background of pictures out of focus. As if they are trying to hide the fact he is there.

 

[Baines' left foot]

Lad he’s on six hundred and thirty six thousand five hundred and forty one pounds and ninety eight pence a week lol lol lol

Creased over here me mate lol

 

[Papa Shango]

My only issue is that we've started well, what if we start James ahead of Iwobi for example who has been very good and it changes the team dynamic.

Do you shoehorn him in to a balances squad or do you leave him on the bench.

Iwobi didn't start the last game so that wouldn't be an issue.

 

[T LEAFE]

I hope he is investing his hard earned money wisely. Yields are so low at the mo.
Maybe cryptos or even an Everton NFT

 

[coollino]

Absolute legend

 

[Drico]

Why doesn’t he just stop posting for a while??
It’s as if the plank enjoys winding people up with pictures of him and his legs on his private jet
Just get his head down and work?

I have no issue with whatever James gets up to of a weekend - that's his own business. Thing is, he's making it everyone else's by posting this kind of stuff on social media. One of the big issues some people now have with the game is how divorced the players are from the fans. That's inevitable given the money in the game today, but posting mysterious "look at me" photos from a private jet on social media simply reinforces that divide and shows us all what a circus top level football now is. Essentially, this is Brand James promoting Brand James. That's fine, it is what it is, but football is based on at least the illusion of tribalism, of identifying with your players, and on the pretence that they have at least the shirt in common with the fans. Here we have a hired gun jetting off to his next big top. Or something.

I think James is a beautiful footballer - and he's got lovely legs - but this is just exhibitionism and voyeurism at this stage. He's probably just taking the jet to Tesco.

 

[BlueToff]

Covid vaccines are not mandatory for players but even if they were they could still catch Covid and pass it on. You would hope that the club understands this. The government seem to have a handle on this thus they are no longer offering exemptions to players travelling to red list countries for tournaments.

That said, the money James is on he probably has a private jet take him to training each day. These zillionaires live in a different world to us mere mortals.

Yeah I really don't know mate but I'd assume clubs would be okay depending on where it was. Could genuinely be that he's offski though