James Rodriguez - news & comments

Discussion in 'Colombians Abroad' started by Uzuriaga, Jul 6, 2010.

  1. HomietheClown

    HomietheClown Member+

    Dusselheim FC 1971
    Sep 4, 2010
    Club:
    --other--
    I hate when people say JAmes always plays well for the National Team or he always gives his best for the National Team.

    Look people. He has not played well for us since the Summer of 2019. That feels like a different time and a different world.
    Things have changed a lot since then and he is going to have to prove on the field he is worthy of being called up let alone starting against a great team like Brasil and a direct rival like Paraguay.
     
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  2. kromekote

    kromekote Member+

    May 22, 2012
    Club:
    America de Cali
    you're not alone in this opinion. I would even say his decline with the NT started back to the 2015 Copa and his influence was more sporadic. He has had some stellar moments in between but his game-changing moments when they matter were surely on the decline leading to him missing the most important moments of our WC 2018. In the last few years, I've watched him give up the ball much easier and in dangerous positions.

    BUT few players on our team currently lack wanting the ball as James does. And we need that today more than ever. Not as THE anwswer to the problems as we have been accustomed to relying on him but surely as an alternative for Rueda.
    Especially with teams like Paraguay that will lock you up defensively. I would venture to say, with few friendlies as a possibility and with 18 points up for grab, it's now or never. I wouldn't want James introduced in WC.

    As Pepino has mentioned, we are currently qualified and also have winnable matches in front of us but we need a bit more resolve to finish our plays when we get those moments.

    Regardless, Rueda will call him.
     
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  3. pepinointer

    pepinointer Member+

    Mar 12, 2007
    Santiago de Compostela
    Club:
    Millonarios Bogota
    Nat'l Team:
    Colombia
    also he didnt played well in some matches of wcq 2018 and we also get humillated, also zero goals in matches with him.....even when he was an elite player.......not his fault but agree the guarantee of his "good level with NT doest exist....

    nowadays imho he is far from his best shape....and isnt playing in a place with competitive football....the fact that they only have 13 teams...no demotion is a big red flag.

    a shame he didnt go to italy.....i would be the first to asked his called up.
     
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  4. villus

    villus Member+

    Jun 5, 2008
    Honestly the only reason he's so much of a call up is because the rest of our squad and midfield has been so poor on the ball. I think if JFQ was playing regularly in a really good league it wouldn't hurt as much, but the problem is he's not and wasn't at his best because of that. James hasn't been winning games or anything for us by himself that often, but the problem is when he's not there nobody else is linking the play from midfield and no one else is doing that role. It's all relative and unfortunately we don't have other midfielders playing at a higher level in the attacking areas aside from Cuadrado, and when Cuadrado is the main creative force we aren't super good because its all crosses and him slowing down the play to dribble and that's not ideal.
     
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  5. kromekote

    kromekote Member+

    May 22, 2012
    Club:
    America de Cali
    Glad you brought Cuadrado up. He has been somewhat of the glue that has held that MF together and/or created chances. However, these last 2 call-up cycles he's been kinda 'blah'. More heart than soccer, and without that glue than the other deficiencies stick out even further.

    I just can't believe that with such a prolific group of respected strikers/scorers: Falcao, Duvan, Muriel, Borre, Morelos, Borja, Cordoba, etc, aside from Argentina and Brazil, (don't think you'll find better options in Conmebol), we can't put the goal in the net or even come up with more than 1-2 dangerous chances.
     
  6. villus

    villus Member+

    Jun 5, 2008
    Yeah I won't fault Cuadrado, he's the player he's always been and he wants to do his best for Colombia. To be fair when he's been the main guy there isn't really other creators that are stepping up so it makes sense he fills the void, but its clear that its just not a dynamic that will make us super good at creating a lot of good chances. He works hard, defends when needed and while he can be frustrating for us at times the guy has answered the call to the best of his ability and is the same at club (he's better at Juve for me, but that's a system and manager thing probably).
     
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  7. pepinointer

    pepinointer Member+

    Mar 12, 2007
    Santiago de Compostela
    Club:
    Millonarios Bogota
    Nat'l Team:
    Colombia
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  8. J-Mezzy

    J-Mezzy Member+

    Oct 14, 2013
    Orlando
    Club:
    Real Madrid
    Nat'l Team:
    Colombia
    Why did he get the yellow

    never seen him react like that
     
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  9. Froboy69

    Froboy69 Member+

    Inter Milan
    Colombia
    Mar 25, 2011
    San Diego
    Club:
    FC Internazionale Milano
    Nat'l Team:
    Colombia
    A shame since he assisted the goal and was playing the full match. Now he misses a game.
     
  10. Froboy69

    Froboy69 Member+

    Inter Milan
    Colombia
    Mar 25, 2011
    San Diego
    Club:
    FC Internazionale Milano
    Nat'l Team:
    Colombia
    Now it makes sense why he got so furious.

     
  11. ryu79

    ryu79 Moderator
    Staff Member

    Oct 17, 2005
    NYC
    Club:
    America de Cali
    Nat'l Team:
    Colombia
    It seemed like he was just tying his shoe laces when the ref gave him the yellow and he was trying to ask what it was for and got a second for asking?

    Update: That's shocking. He got to the ball first and was the one fouled. Seems the ref misunderstood the play and gave him the yellow and James lost it trying to ask what it was for...
     
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  12. Froboy69

    Froboy69 Member+

    Inter Milan
    Colombia
    Mar 25, 2011
    San Diego
    Club:
    FC Internazionale Milano
    Nat'l Team:
    Colombia
    His assist.

     
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  13. pepinointer

    pepinointer Member+

    Mar 12, 2007
    Santiago de Compostela
    Club:
    Millonarios Bogota
    Nat'l Team:
    Colombia
    He is not the first player that received an unfair called from a ref....


    There is no reason to react like this. He isnt a boy

    Push a mate, touch the red and then applause....
     
  14. J-Mezzy

    J-Mezzy Member+

    Oct 14, 2013
    Orlando
    Club:
    Real Madrid
    Nat'l Team:
    Colombia
    Man but what was the ref thinking giving him a yellow

    no wonder he lost his shit
     
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  15. pepinointer

    pepinointer Member+

    Mar 12, 2007
    Santiago de Compostela
    Club:
    Millonarios Bogota
    Nat'l Team:
    Colombia
    Dont make sense the yellow ....but was onoy yellow.......and he makes it worse...
     
  16. villus

    villus Member+

    Jun 5, 2008
    Meh James completed his second 90 minutes in a week and then some dumb shit happened at the end of the game where he was on the end of a horror tackle in a shitty ass league where guys are gonna probably do that to him. Don't really know all the details and he overreacted but its not a big deal imo, lots of players have been in that situation and the first yellow looked insane.

    All of this is probably better for the NT and Rueda, James is at his lowest and needs us a lot, but we also need him if we want to hit a high level which we clearly haven't under Rueda yet. This gives Rueda lots of leverage, James has done dumb things, he's coming to the team as a player in a weak league who's just getting back into shape and Rueda freezing him out was vindicated in many ways. That puts James in a position not to ******** around and Rueda should have a lot of credibility on how he uses him. I mean we called up ********en Cardona who does stupid shit all the time and also pulled racist gestures while playing for us and still got called back into the squad.
     
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  17. Froboy69

    Froboy69 Member+

    Inter Milan
    Colombia
    Mar 25, 2011
    San Diego
    Club:
    FC Internazionale Milano
    Nat'l Team:
    Colombia

    I understood like half of that but...yes.
     
  18. ryu79

    ryu79 Moderator
    Staff Member

    Oct 17, 2005
    NYC
    Club:
    America de Cali
    Nat'l Team:
    Colombia
    Oh man, but if we are going to play sliding doors... if Rueda had let James play the Copa, he probably does well and earns himself a more dignified exit from Everton and does his purgatory in a better league...

    Anyway, he should know better than lose his head like that. As JMezzy said, he doesn't usually and apparently hadn't been red carded for almost a decade so he must have been particularly pissed off.

    I'm with Villus here, whether his plan was to domesticate James like his pet or not, Rueda's got total leverage on him here and I think is safe to call him. We havent had a dead ball taken remotely as well as that on the NT in ages...
     
  19. villus

    villus Member+

    Jun 5, 2008
    Also with all the drama surrounding the two, and although I think Rueda had legit reasons I'm sure to freeze out James all of this happening is with James never playing under Rueda in the squad, so he was never there to oversee the dressing room with James in it, he hasn't really worked with him to fully know how it would go and get to know him well. James has too long of a track record, and his level is too high comparatively to our depth in his position to not give him somewhat of a chance to see how it goes. As a manager its on you to make it work, and if he comes in and its bad then oh well Rueda did his best to get the team to its ceiling, but we are not playing well enough to simply not give it a go, even if James isn't a nailed on starter anymore.
     
  20. sidspaceman

    sidspaceman Moderator
    Staff Member

    Feb 20, 2002
    AMÉRICA DE CALI
    Club:
    America de Cali
    Nat'l Team:
    Colombia
  21. Froboy69

    Froboy69 Member+

    Inter Milan
    Colombia
    Mar 25, 2011
    San Diego
    Club:
    FC Internazionale Milano
    Nat'l Team:
    Colombia
     
  22. pepinointer

    pepinointer Member+

    Mar 12, 2007
    Santiago de Compostela
    Club:
    Millonarios Bogota
    Nat'l Team:
    Colombia
    The injury is fault of the opponent player.

    The yellow card was a bad call and mistake of the referee

    the red card was fault of james after his act......wasnt heroic or justified, despite he smile with scars.
     
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  23. Furnaccio

    Furnaccio Member+

    Feb 19, 2008
    New York, NY
    Club:
    Arsenal FC
    Nat'l Team:
    Colombia
    What do you make of this?

     
  24. villus

    villus Member+

    Jun 5, 2008
    Could be true but its also 3rd person report. IDK, James isn't in top shape by any means after only playing a few games, but if he can give us 30 and 60 of quality to help that would be great but he's not going to be able to jog around like he's above the team without any effort that's for sure.
     
  25. ryu79

    ryu79 Moderator
    Staff Member

    Oct 17, 2005
    NYC
    Club:
    America de Cali
    Nat'l Team:
    Colombia
    Umm... Anyone who watched that match would tell you that's false. He's been running like crazy... By James std of course.
     
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