2020/21 James Rodriguez

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That's some Everton fans for you mate, Sigurdsson has 2 decent games and for some reason he becomes irreplaceable, even if the player he would have to stand aside for was James.

Glyfi has proved he's quality mate and James will have to bide his time




























Only joking lol













But fair play Gylfi you've done well past couple of games and it sbene good that James hasn't needed to be rushed back.
 
Part of the problem in football is understanding that winning a game doesn't mean doing the same thing will always win you the game. While we have indeed won the last two games 100% of our big chances to score have not come from open play. We have James who has been one of the best open play chance creators in the league this year, and he needs to go back in to fix this problem when he is healthy. At some point we are going to need to have the element in our play.
 
Part of the problem in football is understanding that winning a game doesn't mean doing the same thing will always win you the game. While we have indeed won the last two games 100% of our big chances to score have not come from open play. We have James who has been one of the best open play chance creators in the league this year, and he needs to go back in to fix this problem when he is healthy. At some point we are going to need to have the element in our play.
Not to mention he also vastly improves our set pieces
 

Glyfi has proved he's quality mate and James will have to bide his time




























Only joking lol













But fair play Gylfi you've done well past couple of games and it sbene good that James hasn't needed to be rushed back.

Yeah no getting away from it macca, Siggurdsson has been decent the last couple of games, his set pieces are still crap though, apart from the one good corner he put in tonight when Holgate scored. :)
 
Yeah no getting away from it macca, Siggurdsson has been decent the last couple of games, his set pieces are still crap though, apart from the one good corner he put in tonight when Holgate scored. :)

The weird thing was Lou they were same crap balls as against Chelsea but we looked more aggressive tonight. Though a couple of balls were peaches so fair play.
 
I personaly wouldnt change a winning side. Ancelloti could easly tell james he's going to ease him back in from the bench. And everyone in the last two games has earned the right to start the next game.
Sends out a bad message if you come in, do well, and then lose your place.

Yeah, fair point. I think over time though, that would be a nice transition - I’m still not convinced that Gylfi offers anything close to enough when he plays.
 
Great to see two wins against good teams without him to show we aren´t reliant. Going forward it´ll be interesting to see if Ancelotti puts him from the start in these kind of games where we have less of the ball.
 
Anyone notice we've just won two games without our mighty Hamez? Is he just going to walk back in to the team and kick out Iwobi who has finally started to show some quality? Or move Hamez in to the middle?
 

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James should be starting any game he is fit, no question.

until we have an actual quality squad where he can be rested to be replaced by somebody who is at least 50% the player he is we have to use him when fit. He is first name on the team sheet every time and then work out the full team and tactics from there

Sigurdsson puts a bit of effort in for 2 games and plays ok and people want him to keep his place over an actual footballer. Mind bogglingly silly
 
Isn't it great that there is now a debate as to whether a former world Cup star should walk back into our team? A great endorsement as to where EFC are at the moment!
 
Isn't it great that there is now a debate as to whether a former world Cup star should walk back into our team? A great endorsement as to where EFC are at the moment!
No it's not great because it is a completely insane debate.

I'd get it if we had gone out and smashed two teams off the park but our attacking play was pretty meh in both games. We scored once from a penalty, once from a corner and once from open play. And even then the open play one was a goalkeeping error. As was the PK. So to suggest we should leave out our best creator on the evidence of these two games is insane.
 

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