Confirmed Signing James Rodriguez

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blueblueday said:
Let's make some bullet points:

  1. He's 29 and the last 3 years has been poor in terms of performance and injury record.
  2. He's in the last year of his contract and will have a poor sell-on value yet they are asking upwards of 30,000,000!
  3. He hasn't played for months and has never experienced the physical requirements of our league.
  4. He's Carlo's friend. He trusts him. Has leadership qualities and experience playing at the very top.
  5. He once was great.
This has Everton written all over it.
Sign him up Marcel.....
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But I keep reading he had a great World Cup ...in 2014
 

ajo18 said:
Where does he fit in to Carlo's 4-4-2? Does he fit? If not, what formation will we adapt to? Not putting a dampener on the signing, he's a world class player that will improve us immensely, just wondering what position he'll play
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Why do you think he’s married to the 4-4-2 formation?
 
ForeverBlue92 said:
Yet since said world cup he has better goals and assists record than Firmino who's supposedly werld class.

Funny that.
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Come on that’s per minutes played , firmino has improved as he got older , James peaked at a World Cup and has been up and down since then . I’m not against it but it’s deffo a risk and we’ve had a hatful of signings backfiring on us
 

Joeharper07 said:
Come on that’s per minutes played , firmino has improved as he got older , James peaked at a World Cup and has been up and down since then . I’m not against it but it’s deffo a risk and we’ve had a hatful of signings backfiring on us
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I couldn't give a toss what the RS think mate which is largely where I feel the reservations come from listening to them mouth off on social media - they've won the league, europe, dominated the world these past 2 years yet are obsessed with everything we do - we literally are their world and anything be it the new stadium or signing players they are all over social media making lies and doomsday predictions which some of our fans listen to and start flapping.

The only question that needs answering is he an improvement on what we have? If the answer is yes then he is worthwhile signing.

Obviously his recent injury record is a concern but being honest if he was fit every single week he would be going from Real to Barca/Bayern/City/Juventus not Everton.
 
ajo18 said:
Where does he fit in to Carlo's 4-4-2? Does he fit? If not, what formation will we adapt to? Not putting a dampener on the signing, he's a world class player that will improve us immensely, just wondering what position he'll play
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Right mid, where Carlo played him for Madrid
 
Joeharper07 said:
Come on that’s per minutes played , firmino has improved as he got older , James peaked at a World Cup and has been up and down since then . I’m not against it but it’s deffo a risk and we’ve had a hatful of signings backfiring on us
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How did you come to the conclusion he peaked at the world cup, apart from injuries have you seen his scoring and assist record since.
 


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