Juan Guillermo Cuadrado - News & comments

Happy for JC that he found a home. I know many of us have had our share of frustrations in recent years but the guy has been a machine his whole career.

 

Didn't look too bad in is debut against Arsenal in the CL.

 

I forgot IRC played in that many Champions League matches.

 

Call him up.

 

How bout NOOOOOOO.

 

Had an assist today. Came in as a sub

 

video of the assist

Ustedes d verdad creen que Juan Guillermo Cuadrado no tiene con que jugar en la selección Colombia? pic.twitter.com/8OT5NKmCcb

— JamesMania (@Jamesmania109) November 23, 2024

 

my reaction when one of you tag me on Quintero doing something. Cool did he do it in yellow ? No then I don’t care

 

Even when he does it in yellow, you still don't care. What's the difference

 

he played well? when? he is invisible all the time in yellow or back passes. Was his goal nice yes. What else he do? Playing him is like playing with 9 men

 

-2 players! That’s mean lol

 

He assumes Cordoba is starting.

 

Was watching some highlights from his most recent appearance.
The manager had him playing out at Left wing.
Did not look out of place and was dangerous most of the minutes he played.
I mean, he was no Lucho Diaz or anything like that and he depended too much on his right foot but he played very well there.

 

Cuadrado got the start and had a great game. Set up a goal that got called back for offside, won a penalty and also had a shot cleared off the line. On top of that he played really quick, plenty of one touch passing and didn't do the shit where he delays on the ball non stop, was very efficient and makes me wish he could have played that disciplined and a team roll for us more often.

 

I still think he is an option for Lorenzo much to the chagrin of most posters around this message board.

If he keeps starting and playing like he did last night he will be called.

 

Eh he played as a wing back and has always done the job for club then played different for us plus the issues that were apparent with James. I wouldn't risk it personally, but maybe if we get some injuries and want to shift our formation a bit which wouldn't be the worst, but we ask alot of defending and running from our fullbacks and play only a back 4, not sure his skillset translates and he isn't getting any younger. We need to be getting younger guys who can help in 26 and beyond in the squad, limit the old guard unless desperate.

 

It is an interesting situation. We do need to move on and play younger guys.
That said, he still has his value (if he plays like he did last night) and he bleeds Colombian Yellow. He was our main focal point at midfield before James started to really step up and play out of his mind.
I mentioned an article months ago that Cuadrado made it seem like if he is playing regularly he will be called up by Lorenzo. Whether or not that is true or things have changed since then remains to be seen but I will keep an open mind to it.

 

Yes he was our main midfielder when we were terrible and he was pretty prickly to James. Our older guys need to be good, understand their role to help the team or/and they need to be big positives in the locker room there is a big long term risk for 2/3 with Cuadrado and imo its not worth it considering he always played on his terms for us and it didn't work a ton of the time.

Can't have too many chefs in the kitchen and Cuadrado never wanted to accept being a role player and not a main focal point for Colombia, and I think it was clear that was toxic and also didn't work, club Cuadrado would have been great but we didn't see it for a long time.