James Rodríguez

[Georgy 439]

Please let this be true. James is world class under Conte he could strive.

[King11Didier 916]

Where do you, guys, think he can be most useful in 3-4-3 or 3-5-2 formation, also in what position is he used in Colombian national team?

[The Skipper 20,593]

9 hours ago, Chelsea Legend 11 said:

What's changed? A few months ago you were all over this.

I still wouldn't mind him. Just think the former are better players/higher ceiling. 

[The Skipper 20,593]

12 hours ago, the wes said:

I rather sign Federico Bernardeschi than James 

Why? How is he better than James? 

[BlueLyon 9,359]

If we change the formation to fit him, just maybe. We do need more creativity, and there are not many quality attacking players. Arsenal wont sell Alexis to us, Griezmann is staying, Isco wont move after such great season.

But not for that price, 70m, never.

[Jase 43,479]

14 hours ago, Supermonkey92 said:

Two lazy wingers that won't track back. We'll have a back 5 and 2 cm will still get overrun. Against the small teams though would be tasty. 

I second Bernadeschi 

Will people ever make up their mind over Hazard's defensive work? When he was asked to track back under Mourinho, people were going mad about how he's an attacking player and he shouldn't need to do a defender's job. Now when he's tasked to do less on defending and more on attacking, people accuse him of being lazy.

[Jase 43,479]

2 hours ago, BlueLyon said:

If we change the formation to fit him, just maybe. We do need more creativity, and there are not many quality attacking players. Arsenal wont sell Alexis to us, Griezmann is staying, Isco wont move after such great season.

But not for that price, 70m, never.

Maybe James isn't worth 70m but considering the state of the transfer market these days and the money that's flying around, you gotta pay big money to get the big players, players that will add quality to the team. This reluctance of splashing the cash on such players is one of the main reasons why we have ended up buying duds for cheap and with a flawed squad in recent years.

[mashimaru161 77]

12 minutes ago, Jason said:

Maybe James isn't worth 70m but considering the state of the transfer market these days and the money that's flying around, you gotta pay big money to get the big players, players that will add quality to the team. This reluctance of splashing the cash on such players is one of the main reasons why we have ended up buying duds for cheap and with a flawed squad in recent years.

What if james is simply not on conte wish list?

[the wes 7,212]

3 hours ago, The Skipper said:

Why? How is he better than James? 

James is a quality player I'm just fan of Bernardeschi who would cost less than James and I think Bernardeschi has potential to be smashing player in next couple of years 

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

Please sign him. He's a through ball monster and Goals/Assists machine. 

Would rather Ousman Dembele but Barca are reportedly in for him. 

[manpe 10,861]

10 hours ago, King11Didier said:

Where do you, guys, think he can be most useful in 3-4-3 or 3-5-2 formation, also in what position is he used in Colombian national team?

In a 3-4-3 as RAM (Pedro's position)
In a 3-5-2 as CAM.

He would fit in nicely in both formations.

3-4-3
Kante - Bakayoko
James - Lukaku - Hazard

3-5-2
Kante - Bakayoko
James
Lukaku - Hazard

 

I'm liking that. Baka and Kante shielding everything that passes by the front 3, get creative wing-backs and watch us destroy teams with physicality, flair, pace and creativity. Retaining Fabregas, Pedro and Matic as stand-ins would be ideal, our midfield would be set with adequate quality and depth.

[Supermonkey92 1,428]

3 hours ago, Jason said:

Will people ever make up their mind over Hazard's defensive work? When he was asked to track back under Mourinho, people were going mad about how he's an attacking player and he shouldn't need to do a defender's job. Now when he's tasked to do less on defending and more on attacking, people accuse him of being lazy.

Or you could, you know, stop lumping me in with everyone else. Just because one poster says something negative about Hazard defensively doesnt mean it's the same as all other negative comments on Hazard defensively 

[mashimaru161 77]

I agree that james is a good player but do we have funds to pull this off? From what i gather, lukaku is going to cost a 80-100m euros, james is 70m, baka is 40m. So the total sum will be 190-210m give or take.

This is insane, we will not have enough money left to buy another wingback.

[the wes 7,212]

1 hour ago, manpe said:

 

3-5-2
Kante - Bakayoko
James
Lukaku - Hazard

 

 

If we were to sign James i would choose that formation to play 

[manpe 10,861]

4 minutes ago, the wes said:

If we were to sign James i would choose that formation to play 

For this formation to work we would need very good wing-backs on both sides. At the moment I don't think 3-5-2 is a viable option.

[the wes 7,212]

22 minutes ago, manpe said:

For this formation to work we would need very good wing-backs on both sides. At the moment I don't think 3-5-2 is a viable option.

We are linked with sandro he's a great wingback 

[The Skipper 20,593]

6 hours ago, the wes said:

James is a quality player I'm just fan of Bernardeschi who would cost less than James and I think Bernardeschi has potential to be smashing player in next couple of years 

But he isn't better than James right now is he? 

[The Skipper 20,593]

3 hours ago, manpe said:

In a 3-4-3 as RAM (Pedro's position)
In a 3-5-2 as CAM.

He would fit in nicely in both formations.

3-4-3
Kante - Bakayoko
James - Lukaku - Hazard

3-5-2
Kante - Bakayoko
James
Lukaku - Hazard

 

I'm liking that. Baka and Kante shielding everything that passes by the front 3, get creative wing-backs and watch us destroy teams with physicality, flair, pace and creativity. Retaining Fabregas, Pedro and Matic as stand-ins would be ideal, our midfield would be set with adequate quality and depth.

This is actually not bad. Might've brought me back onto the James train.