25 Jun 2018 07:43:09
What a beeath of fresh air watching Colombia play yesterday. Cuadrado playing like a proper winger again and credit to juventus for reviving his career.
Brings me to James Rodriguez. What a performance he put in. Few months back, there was talk of United buying him, and i was against it as i thought he was lazy. But watching him at Bayern and for Colombia, changed my mind completely. Now, a midfield of matic, fred, rodriguez, pogba, hererra and lingard in rotation will be a fantastic midfield going forward.

1.) 25 Jun 2018
25 Jun 2018 08:34:57
But not great coming backwards AAA. Not seen too much of James at Bayern but from what I know of him from Real and Columbia, he isn't the third guy we need to play alongside Pogba and Magic. Maybe he can play wide right but I don't think he would flourish in the PL.
So no to James from me.

2.) 25 Jun 2018
25 Jun 2018 09:53:28
I agree Deep. He’s a good player but it can’t see where we need him. We need someone to play right side to give us some balance and options as it’s all down the left for us and much easier to defend as we can’t stretch teams.

3.) 25 Jun 2018
25 Jun 2018 10:54:48
Almost as if people throw around the word 'lazy' to tarnish a player with skill and ability who doesn't run around like a headless chicken.

Hopefully the same can be applied to french winger in our ranks.

4.) 25 Jun 2018
25 Jun 2018 11:33:59
Unfortunately, we are a nation that uses work rate as a defining factor on who is a great player. Young kids who tear about the pitch will always stand out above the others. When we go into an international tournament we use 'Passion', 'work rate', 'determination' as reasons for us to be hopeful for performing well rather than having technically great players or being tactically astute.

I think this mindset is slowly changing and we are now getting players who tick all the boxes but as fans, we still like to see a players charging 40 yards across the pitch to close down a player they have no chance of putting any pressure on but will succeed in tiring themselves out ready for that through ball or 10 yards to win a ball when we need them to!

5.) 25 Jun 2018
25 Jun 2018 11:41:07
Not really DSG. More to question a player who has struggled to raise his game at big clubs. His attitude and willingness to put in the work required to reach the very top has been questioned. And he was distinctly average at Bayern last season. Nobody is expecting him to play like Kante, but he needs to show the drive and determination to put in performances like yesterday on a regular basis. That is why Bayern haven’t already exercised their right to buy, and why I would be sceptical about how well he’d do here.

6.) 25 Jun 2018
25 Jun 2018 12:08:52
I would go for Willian for the right.
Matic and Fred as the holding midfielders then the three of Sanchez on the left, Pogba central floating about and Willian on the right and Rom up top . what a team that would be.