James Rodríguez

[Unionjack 7,531]

5 minutes ago, tzinc said:

this guy is so overrated - he is the opposite of what Chelsea's new style of play is 

Real Madrid made a mistake with him they based it all on 1 great World Cup - Tournaments are a terrible judge of a player's quality - he has been a huge bust in Madrid 

he simply is not worth that money not even half the money  - wait for Greizmann or someone like that - or someone who fits the system better 

the MF already has 1 extra guy Matic Kante and Cesc 

 

Hes not that over rated.

Over rated is someone like RLC who we hyped toi the hilt and paid him £60 k a week to do fuck all and we cant sell him or loan him out unless we keep paying his wages!! And IF we did sell him we woul look like right twats for selling supposedly the blue eyed academy boy and saviour of our future.

Whereas James is good and has proved himself even if hes been leapfrogged by others.

I reckon he would work out.

But iIF we do go buying some tip top RW it would mean we woyldn't be looking at a 3-5-2 anyt time soon.

[Fernando 6,453]

1 hour ago, dkim2 said:

What makes you thinking that way?

Since his Siena days in Seire B, he always preferred dynamic, pacey, strong midfielders who are grinding and fighter,

These list of players are known to be Conte's "men" Do you see common traits they share?

Naiggolan Giaccherini Sturaro Vidal Marchisio Moses Kante Sanchez...

They all are physically strong, work their socks off on defense, and are warriors.

These are the DNA Conte adopted every single team he managed:

Always press opposition. Even in attacking third.
Always work on defensive aspect of game. 
Fowards, Midfielders and defenders all need to work as a single unit to defend and attack together.

Total opposite of James don't you think? Slow, lazy on defense, physically weak, primadonna rather than a warrior. Players like James & Mata & Ozil are great players themselves but they hinder their teams taking next step to be the strongest powerhouse in Europe. It is not a coincidence Real won 2 CL without James & Ozil.

 

Yeah but he had Pogba. Pogba was not a work horse like those you mentioned. Heck even he was complaining that he was not used to like Pirlo to do that work for United.

Conte did had one player like that,which was more free role.

45 minutes ago, the wes said:

Payet is going to be 30 soon what about signing Hakan Çalhanoğlu he's 22 and he's an Creative player who can change a game with perfect assist or beautiful free kick

At this moment a ready made player would be good. Plus I think Payet can be good for at least 3 years.

3 years is a lot in this world of futbol. I'll take that.

[DRESCFC 13]

James is now at a British consulate in Colombia trying to obtain a UK Visa...

[the wes 7,212]

3 minutes ago, DRESCFC said:

James is now at a British consulate in Colombia trying to obtain a UK Visa...

He must be looking a move to the PL 

[Unionjack 7,531]

7 minutes ago, the wes said:

He must be looking a move to the PL 

He can stay at mine in bright sunny Brixton till I;m back  :

[dkim2 73]

21 minutes ago, Fernando said:

Yeah but he had Pogba. Pogba was not a work horse like those you mentioned. Heck even he was complaining that he was not used to like Pirlo to do that work for United.

Conte did had one player like that,which was more free role.

At this moment a ready made player would be good. Plus I think Payet can be good for at least 3 years.

3 years is a lot in this world of futbol. I'll take that.

No mate. Pogba is such a physically strong beast. When he wants to hold onto ball, no one can nick ball out from him. He is so strong with great body balance for man his size plus have silky smooth touch so he can get out of pressure like magic. Plus he can bomb forward with his drrible which James are not capable of doing it. James is total opposite of that. He cannot get out of high pressure from top teams. Slower than big dude Pogba and lacking great body balance,  People think of deploying him on RW but he is just slightly faster than Cahill and Alonso there's a reason why Lucas freaking Vasquez starting ahead of him at RW position for Real Madrid. Vasquez is much inferior player than Willian and Pedro. Admit he is big name, get that he has one of the best kick ability in the world and argurably top 10 no.10 in the world but boy is he so limited, one dimensional for 75m player.

[nono 791]

Hopefully City are signing him and not us. Anyways, if it does happen I'm sure Conte will be able to get way more out of him than Zidane.

[BoyBlue96 990]

I simply do not believe Conte himself wants him. This has Emenalo written all over it.

But still not agree on the fact that call him overrated. You know who's overrated? Pogba? No Pogba is world class. Mourinho simply isn't the right manager for him. No, who's overrated? Our own Ruben Loftus-Cheek. That is someone who's overrated and overhyped by our own fans and he should thank us for that new deal he got.

[kellzfresh 7,229]

 

[Blue-in-me-Veins 4,067]

My body is ready. 

[MefiX19 1,092]

3 minutes ago, BoyBlue96 said:

I simply do not believe Conte himself wants him. This has Emenalo written all over it.

But still not agree on the fact that call him overrated. You know who's overrated? Pogba? No Pogba is world class. Mourinho simply isn't the right manager for him. No, who's overrated? Our own Ruben Loftus-Cheek. That is someone who's overrated and overhyped by our own fans and he should thank us for that new deal he got.

I'm pretty sure Emenalo is not even involved in our transfers, it's Marina who is main boss when it comes to transfers

 

[BoyBlue96 990]

I'm pretty sure Emenalo is not even involved in our transfers, it's Marina who is main boss when it comes to transfers
 

So Emenalo is Marina's bitch...good.

[laeth 527]

Madrid fan's really rate him.

http://www.managingmadrid.com/2016/12/19/14005150/james-rodriguez-transfer-rumours-chelsea-united-psg

In our 3-4-3 we don't rely on our three attackers running up and down the pitch quite so much, so I could defintely see him working on the right of our 3-4-3. Especially with Moses and Azpi behind him. 

 

[Zinedine Iniesco 172]

To those disparaging James arguably unfairly, this one's for you.

James has largely been a "flop" in Madrid because Perez, as Football savy as he is... decided to purchase him without any truly justifiable grounds. Since BBC always plays in Madrid come hell or high water, James can't play in his best positions. There are some reasons that arguably come down to his attitude and work ethic, but that wasn't always a problem.

When Bale got injured in late 2014 and Ancelotti played a 4222 with James and Isco on the sides, James was imperial. I remember his pressing and tracking back was very energetic, committed, and intelligent in movement, and the way he found passing lanes and looked and moved to become a passing option to his team mates was incredible, along with his passing itself. He was playing as a right midfielder of sorts. 

During his first year, especially the first half, James was impeccable in the sense that he was playing at the top of his abilities. 

Now, he has no real dribbling abilities (but he can handle the ball very well and has good agility), his right foot is non existant (and thus his left foot is extra prodigious to compensate) and can't beat players per say (he's not slow), but other than that he's very capable and can play RAM, CAM, LAM all very well. With Ancelotti he even played in a 433 as a LM competently.

I suggest you look up his 14/15 matches against Atletico, Barcelona, Liverpool, Villareal, Granada for example to get a grip of how good he was everywhere. 

[the wes 7,212]

There's some quality crossing of the ball in this video Costa would have a field day with them crosses . His crossing reminded me of Beckham crosses to Brazilian Ronaldo for Real Madrid 

[KevinAshburner 1,270]

why some of you feel the fucking need to argue and complain about who Chelsea is looking to sign in transfer windows, you don't decide what or who Chelsea sign.

if you don't like who Chelsea signs then stop supporting my club.

we can't do shit, we don't make the decisions who Chelsea sign.

 

 

[MefiX19 1,092]

25 minutes ago, BoyBlue96 said:

 

So Emenalo is Marina's bitch...good.

 

Still don't understand why people hate Emenalo that much? Is it because he called Mou "Individual" or what?

[Leif 6,006]

4 minutes ago, MefiX19 said:

Still don't understand why people hate Emenalo that much? Is it because he called Mou "Individual" or what?

It's because he truly has had too much say and power in regards to our transfer dealings in the past despite having no prior history showing he's capable. During this time, before our new lady negotiator moved in, we made some of the most bizarre deals we've made under Roman. That, compounded by the fact he simply is Roman's right-hand man (nobody can debate this unless they're new to supporting the club and unaware of the circumstances involved with bringing him into the fold), has meant he's been dragged into the firing line when everyone else is blaming the coaches, blaming the players, blaming the owner, but never blaming the man who acts as the middle-man between Coach & Owner. We for sure made some good signings with him involved, but we've made equally stupid ones and squandered great market opportunities. All coaches we've had, have claimed rightly so, that they are not a 'manager' here, and that is because he, Mr. Em, had been the one picking transfers and feeding Roman false-hopes which in turn have lead to us wasting loads of money and time. 

He's not here to do nothing, he obviously does something, and the main gripe is, what on earth role-wise do we have to offer him, that he'd be good at? What IS he doing? He's either wasting space/doing nothing, or he IS doing something, which puts fear into some of us, considering he's only ever coached a woman's team.