2021/22 James Rodriguez
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I didn’t suggest he was the messiah, you are moving the goalposts again, you specifically referred to James as a cart horse, now you are suggesting he is a good player. If somebody is a cart horse they can not be considered a good player, that is oxymoronic. Honestly you change like the wind.
Charles Hawtrey
Player Valuation: £40m
Koeman did it to Niasse, but he really was crap and I think is out of work now, Benitez just happens to have ostracized our best rated player from last season and a recognised world star. Only Everton could balls this up so badly!
Regardless of whether you rate James or not, Benitez obstinacy is scary and he is setting himself up really badly if results start to turn worse.
Regardless of whether you rate James or not, Benitez obstinacy is scary and he is setting himself up really badly if results start to turn worse.
ForeverBlue92
Player Valuation: £80m
Talented player and great player are two totally different things.
By all accounts Iwobi is talented yet you dont see it often on the pitch hence he isn't a great player.
James is extremely talented - but his awful injury record, slow/immobile physical attributes and lack of any defensive qualities makes him a cart horse in English football.
Doesn't mean he's a bad player or cant pull off moments of magic as he can but he isn't a great player in English football he just isn't. The fact he could end up in some arabian league in the middle of timbuktu is evidence of this.
toffeeblue9
Player Valuation: £35m
Nah, you just need to do the trick with the Escape key
FWIW, I went through his other articles on James - this appears to be the first time he's quoted any sort of figure on his wages
Not that particularly means anything, but he doesn't appear to have changed his tune on specific numbers
Cart horse is descriptive of neither a talented player or a great player or even a decent player. Cart horse is a derogatory term used to describe a player with little or no skill who just charges about the pitch. It’s ok I’m sure we will be seeing lots of cart horses out there soon enough.
ForeverBlue92
Player Valuation: £80m
Semantics cart horse is also a term for a slow plodder - James and Gomes both suit the term perfectly regardless of them being good on the ball.
Kev The Rat
Player Valuation: £70m
the agenda knows no bounds... James is now a cart horse.
ForeverBlue92
Player Valuation: £80m
I’m sure you are aware that is not correct and to refer to James as a plodder is nearly as ridiculous as referring to him as a cart horse. Would it be fair to say that either, when you referred to James as a cart horse, or, when you said that you were sensible enough to know he is a good player, one or other of the statements was not altogether an accurate description of your true opinion?
he might not be world class due to chronic injury issues but he's certainly no cart horse.Name me all the world class players playing in the Qatari league?
I'll wait
Honestly, some of the reaction here and on twitter to James is bananas.
Spadge Vernacular
Player Valuation: £60m
Spot on here mate. All Everton fans want the best for Everton, the best players on the pitch, the best subs on the bench. Group 1's however are dead against this. These hideous abominations want to see the mighty blues team and bench weakened as it perversely masks their own inadequacies. No blue would want to see the Everton team and bench weakened, what say you on this mate? ?
ForeverBlue92
Player Valuation: £80m
Semantics.
Utd fans called Lukaku a cart horse as he had put weight on and was bulky/slow.
Didn't have anything to do with his quality.
FrenchDarrenBent
Player Valuation: £15m
Let's call him a show pony. He is good looking...Name me all the world class players playing in the Qatari league?
I'll wait
Spadge Vernacular
Player Valuation: £60m
Spot on mate. The fact that the manager is refusing to play him and is pushing him out of the door speaks ? volumes to me too.
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