2021/22 James Rodriguez

[blulouie]

Et voilà
FB92 ends the discussion.

Well not really is it.

Samuel E'too was a Great player but soft arse Bobby Brown Shoes chose not to play him even when he was fit.

Ring's a bell that.

 

[blulouie]

The critical approach evident in this analysis cannot be argued with. Well done.

Everton’s best performers in the 2020/21 season – what the stats say

Everton are pushing for European football in the last part of the season; but who have been their best performers this year in the league?

merseysportlive.co.uk

Pretty damning for the Anti James brigade that.
They would'nt know a propper footballer if they fell over one.

 

[Diogenes the Cynic]

I note there was some articles yesterday quoting Angelotti about the future of football. Angelotti is quoted as saying he has seen the direction of travel of football firsthand in England, and requires invent pace and power. Players have to be powerful that’s what he’s telling his Real Madrid squad.

From the coaching mind that brought you "Go out and play."

He brings you, "Be powerful."

What a manager.

 

[brieverton]

Surely we can and should use him in a targeted way. Put him up front with support for the latter third of games.

DCL, Rondon, and Richarlison are all big units, especially the first two. James adds something much different.

We all agree we have limited options. He gets support in a 4-4-2 and gives defenders something else they would have to think about just as something different to the physicality / pace / aerial ability.

I don't like him on the right or in midfield, not in this league. But he can still play a role where his weaknesses would not expose the team as a whole so much.

 

[Sheedy's right knee.]

There seems to be a rhetoric surrounding James that suggests he'd be most useful for us against teams that sit deep and allow us possession. I'm of the exact opposite opinion i believe he's most effective in the games against so called bigger sides where the offensive makeup of the opponent means he has more space to operate. Against the deep lying defensive sides he may have more of the ball but he'll have less time and less space to operate in, meaning he ends up dropping deep to get on the ball and ends up to deep and ineffective. His better performances for us last season were against offensive teams, Liverpool, Spurs, Brighton, Man Utd, Leicester etc

I agree with this.

 

[Caolam]

While I think he is a great player and I love to see a pass hit over distance accurately I don’t see a place for him in our starting lineup. Our defence isn’t brilliant and prone to make mistakes, we need to keep teams away from our back line as much as possible, that involves everyone working hard for 90 minutes, Hamez doesn’t do that. When he plays he introduces a weakness into the team that sides can exploit.
There will be opportunities for him to come on and switch things up, he may be an asset against teams who are going to sit back and not come out to pressurise us where his accuracy of pass will open them up. Currently we are winning matches because the players are putting the effort in, we all witnessed the half hearted performances of last year, do we want to introduce a player into the starting lineup who isn’t putting in a shift and who may infect the rest of the team.
I would have him on the bench and use him when things aren’t working in games to provide something different.

 

[davek]

He's finished here. FINISHED.

 

[blulouie]

He's finished here. FINISHED.

Hope he sits there playing FIFA and Twitching for the remainder of his contract if Benitez wont play him.

 

[Simon Buttle]

He's finished here. FINISHED.

That maybe Dave but if so then Benitez must have some pretty special PED's or some hidden tactics ready to unleash on the rest of the league if he can ignore a player like that

 

[bluelife]

He's been spotted driving in from Formby just now. Must be getting on the coach with the lads... on the way to the Isle of Wight festival

 

[Lapeno77]

At various times he's quoted as earning £250kpw, the latest article has him on £90kpw so little wonder he doesn't know who our next opponent is, budgeting must be a nightmare.

Honestly, this time last year he was a bargain. 12 months later he's on a quarter of a million a week.
At this rate his wages are mysteriously increasing , we'll have to give him the whole club by January

 

[jonnyboy316]

Do we know yet if he is in the squad for today?

 

[davek]

Hope he sits there playing FIFA and Twitching for the remainder of his contract if Benitez wont play him.

I do too.

 

[davek]

That maybe Dave but if so then Benitez must have some pretty special PED's or some hidden tactics ready to unleash on the rest of the league if he can ignore a player like that

Yeah, "a player like that".

*looks at table from last season*

 

[COYBL25]

He's finished here. FINISHED.

Bit like you after that vaulting @MikelsGoat gave you the other day