James Rodriguez signs for Everton for £20 million

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James Rodriguez signs for Everton for £20 million

Post by MT03ALG » Tue Sep 08, 2020 8:34 am

Everton have signed James Rodriguez from Real Madrid !

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Re: Rodriguez signs for Everton for £20 million

Post by Tall Paul » Tue Sep 08, 2020 8:38 am

Poor effort, if you'd said J Rodriguez you might have caught a couple.
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Re: Rodriguez signs for Everton for £20 million

Post by GodIsADeeJay81 » Tue Sep 08, 2020 8:42 am

Going to be interesting to see if he can recapture the form that got RM to sign him.

They haven't shifted anyone out the door yet have they?
I'd have that Tom Davies.

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Re: James Rodriguez signs for Everton for £20 million

Post by Wellsy1882 » Tue Sep 08, 2020 9:17 am

Good player in a bad side
Dont expect everton to do anymore than us

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Re: James Rodriguez signs for Everton for £20 million

Post by Mattster » Tue Sep 08, 2020 10:27 am

I think he'll be widely recognised as the transfer flop of the season in around 6 months time.

Isn't cut out for the Premier League, especially at a midtable side, he doesn't have the physicality required to cope with the intensity and he's made of glass. His season will be one or two moments of magic interspersed with long injury absences and anonymous performances IMO.

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Re: James Rodriguez signs for Everton for £20 million

Post by GodIsADeeJay81 » Tue Sep 08, 2020 10:28 am

Flop of the season at just £20 million?

We will see how that pans out

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Re: James Rodriguez signs for Everton for £20 million

Post by BurnleyFC » Tue Sep 08, 2020 10:30 am

James Rodríguez for £20m or Callum Wilson for the same?

I know who I’d rather have, and it isn’t the lad from Bournemouth.

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Re: James Rodriguez signs for Everton for £20 million

Post by scouseclaret » Tue Sep 08, 2020 11:36 am

J-Rod? They should be wary of cheap imitations!...

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Re: Rodriguez signs for Everton for £20 million

Post by Row Z » Tue Sep 08, 2020 2:22 pm

GodIsADeeJay81 wrote:
Tue Sep 08, 2020 8:42 am

They haven't shifted anyone out the door yet have they?
I'd have that Tom Davies.
I was thinking about Davies when we were linked with Delph, I know who I'd rather have.
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Re: James Rodriguez signs for Everton for £20 million

Post by GodIsADeeJay81 » Sun Sep 13, 2020 6:23 pm

Anyone watch the game?
I know he played a full 90mins and they're on the verge of winning.

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Re: James Rodriguez signs for Everton for £20 million

Post by FactualFrank » Sun Sep 13, 2020 6:27 pm

GodIsADeeJay81 wrote:
Sun Sep 13, 2020 6:23 pm
Anyone watch the game?
I know he played a full 90mins and they're on the verge of winning.
Every time I walked in and watched a few minutes, he was nowhere to be seen.

How did he play?

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Re: James Rodriguez signs for Everton for £20 million

Post by GodIsADeeJay81 » Sun Sep 13, 2020 6:32 pm

FactualFrank wrote:
Sun Sep 13, 2020 6:27 pm
Every time I walked in and watched a few minutes, he was nowhere to be seen.

How did he play?
Dunno, that's why I'm asking, I'm at work.

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Re: James Rodriguez signs for Everton for £20 million

Post by Quickenthetempo » Sun Sep 13, 2020 6:33 pm

He played quite well. Great first touch.

The jury was out for me but last week it was said it was a free transfer because Real needed him off the wage bill desperately.

They all seemed lacking in match fitness.
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Re: James Rodriguez signs for Everton for £20 million

Post by FactualFrank » Sun Sep 13, 2020 6:35 pm

Whenever I watched him at Real, he never looked to be anything special.

I think it's one of those with someone having a blinding major tournament (think it was the World Cup 2014) and then having to live up to it, which he never did.

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Re: James Rodriguez signs for Everton for £20 million

Post by jdrobbo » Sun Sep 13, 2020 6:37 pm

Allan key signing for me. Top performance!

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Re: James Rodriguez signs for Everton for £20 million

Post by Touchline » Sun Sep 13, 2020 6:51 pm

Everton much improved from last season. Some good signings. I can see them pushing the top 6 this season

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Re: James Rodriguez signs for Everton for £20 million

Post by Browntuba » Sun Sep 13, 2020 6:52 pm

jdrobbo wrote:
Sun Sep 13, 2020 6:37 pm
Allan key signing for me. Top performance!
Yes, very good :D
Turns very well
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Re: James Rodriguez signs for Everton for £20 million

Post by Quickenthetempo » Sun Sep 13, 2020 7:02 pm

Stats man on twitter saying he created 5 chances today on his debut. The most in one game by an Everton player in over 2 years.

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Re: James Rodriguez signs for Everton for £20 million

Post by CFS » Sun Sep 13, 2020 7:33 pm

Played fantastic and matched the physicality too.

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Re: James Rodriguez signs for Everton for £20 million

Post by Woodleyclaret » Sun Sep 13, 2020 8:25 pm

Apparently, according to Gary Neville James played well
He missed a couple of easy shots and contributed little but hes an ex Galactico so that meant he was class .Bxxxxxxs. Calvert Lewin looked far better
Spurs were awful and flattered Everton
Everton will not finish in the top six despite the hype

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Re: James Rodriguez signs for Everton for £20 million

Post by FactualFrank » Sun Sep 13, 2020 8:28 pm

Woodleyclaret wrote:
Sun Sep 13, 2020 8:25 pm
Apparently, according to Gary Neville James played well
He missed a couple of easy shots and contributed little but hes an ex Galactico so that meant he was class .Bxxxxxxs. Calvert Lewin looked far better
Spurs were awful and flattered Everton
Everton will not finish in the top six despite the hype
Yeah, as I only walked through and watched 5 or so minutes now and again he didn't really seem involved. But that's not to say he didn't do well. I watched a lot more him in Spain and I don't think he was all that. It might be why he was sold for like £20 million and not £120 million.

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Re: James Rodriguez signs for Everton for £20 million

Post by Devils_Advocate » Sun Sep 13, 2020 8:30 pm

How did Pickford play? Thats 3 clean sheets on the bounce to start the season so must be pretty happy

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Re: James Rodriguez signs for Everton for £20 million

Post by GodIsADeeJay81 » Sun Sep 13, 2020 8:34 pm

Woodleyclaret wrote:
Sun Sep 13, 2020 8:25 pm
Apparently, according to Gary Neville James played well
He missed a couple of easy shots and contributed little but hes an ex Galactico so that meant he was class .Bxxxxxxs. Calvert Lewin looked far better
Spurs were awful and flattered Everton
Everton will not finish in the top six despite the hype
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Re: James Rodriguez signs for Everton for £20 million

Post by CFS » Sun Sep 13, 2020 9:04 pm

Woodleyclaret wrote:
Sun Sep 13, 2020 8:25 pm
Apparently, according to Gary Neville James played well
He missed a couple of easy shots and contributed little but hes an ex Galactico so that meant he was class .Bxxxxxxs. Calvert Lewin looked far better
Spurs were awful and flattered Everton
Everton will not finish in the top six despite the hype
The question was how he played not did he play better than Calvert lewin because he was fantastic as was James. No-one said Everton will finish in the top 6 so what hype? Going off that performance they could sneak it mind.
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Re: James Rodriguez signs for Everton for £20 million

Post by tiger76 » Sun Sep 13, 2020 10:38 pm

Devils_Advocate wrote:
Sun Sep 13, 2020 8:30 pm
How did Pickford play? Thats 3 clean sheets on the bounce to start the season so must be pretty happy
I've only seen the match reports, but by all accounts he was solid, and produced the big save when he had too, Spurs didn't exactly overwork him though.

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Re: James Rodriguez signs for Everton for £20 million

Post by Devils_Advocate » Sun Sep 13, 2020 10:40 pm

tiger76 wrote:
Sun Sep 13, 2020 10:38 pm
I've only seen the match reports, but by all accounts he was solid, and produced the big save when he had too, Spurs didn't exactly overwork him though.
See how long he lasts before making a textbook clanger!!

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Re: James Rodriguez signs for Everton for £20 million

Post by martin_p » Sun Sep 13, 2020 11:03 pm

GodIsADeeJay81 wrote:
Sun Sep 13, 2020 8:34 pm
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I read that wrong and thought they’d signed Allan Brazil!

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Re: James Rodriguez signs for Everton for £20 million

Post by GodIsADeeJay81 » Sun Sep 13, 2020 11:06 pm

martin_p wrote:
Sun Sep 13, 2020 11:03 pm
I read that wrong and thought they’d signed Allan Brazil!
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His head is this red sat down, I think it would explode with a light jog nevermind a full game :lol:

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Re: James Rodriguez signs for Everton for £20 million

Post by tiger76 » Sun Sep 13, 2020 11:15 pm

This Rodriguez chap looks a good signing for only £20m, Everton were impressive, but Spurs were dire, and they looked miles off the pace.

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Re: James Rodriguez signs for Everton for £20 million

Post by Sheedyclaret » Sun Sep 13, 2020 11:24 pm

he was a class above

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Re: James Rodriguez signs for Everton for £20 million

Post by Lord_Bob » Mon Sep 14, 2020 3:39 am

Thought he looked good, as did Everton. Hard to judge as Spurs were horrible. Think Jose might be a busted flush, hasn't done too well lately.

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Re: James Rodriguez signs for Everton for £20 million

Post by ashtonlongsider » Mon Sep 14, 2020 8:16 am

Watched first half and fleetingly the second. Everton have made progress, no doubt Rodriguez looked classy and Allan very industrious. Early days but I feel Everton are on the up just as Spurs are on a downward trajectory. Just a hunch but I think they're in for a poor season by their recent standards.

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Re: James Rodriguez signs for Everton for £20 million

Post by ecc » Mon Sep 14, 2020 11:00 pm

Apparently Everton didn't pay anything for him.

Transfermarkt is usually pretty reliable:

"In James Rodríguez from Real Madrid, Everton announced one of the most prestigious signings in the club's history on Monday evening. According to information acquired by Transfermarkt, the 29-year-old did not – as initially reported – cost €25 million, but moved to the Premier League for free."

'Instead of a fee, Los Blancos secured themselves a sell-on clause, which would earn them a percentage of the Colombian’s next transfer fee. The percentage is understood to be in the lower and conventional range. As a result, Everton completed one of the biggest free transfers in the history of football. '

https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/everton ... ews/370196

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Re: James Rodriguez signs for Everton for £20 million

Post by FactualFrank » Mon Sep 14, 2020 11:17 pm

Definitely improved and the first 20-30 minutes looked very poor.

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Re: James Rodriguez signs for Everton for £20 million

Post by Taffy on the wing » Mon Sep 14, 2020 11:31 pm

Wellsy1882 wrote:
Tue Sep 08, 2020 9:17 am
Good player in a bad side
Dont expect everton to do anymore than us
They looked good against Tottenham........Rodriguez looked good too!
They'll finish way ahead of us IMO.

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Re: James Rodriguez signs for Everton for £20 million

Post by Wellsy1882 » Mon Sep 14, 2020 11:32 pm

Taffy on the wing wrote:
Mon Sep 14, 2020 11:31 pm
They looked good against Tottenham........Rodriguez looked good too!
They'll finish way ahead of us IMO.
Way ahead? How many points?

I bet its not double figures

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Re: James Rodriguez signs for Everton for £20 million

Post by Taffy on the wing » Mon Sep 14, 2020 11:45 pm

Wellsy1882 wrote:
Mon Sep 14, 2020 11:32 pm
Way ahead? How many points?

I bet its not double figures
I think it will be double figures!....I reckon we will struggle this season.

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Re: James Rodriguez signs for Everton for £20 million

Post by jrgbfc » Tue Sep 15, 2020 6:14 am

Everton should be way ahead of us if you compare the two squads.

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Re: James Rodriguez signs for Everton for £20 million

Post by GodIsADeeJay81 » Sat Sep 19, 2020 2:16 pm

Apparently another very good game, another goal and their main focal point /creative spark.

Going to be interesting to see if he can carry this on for the season.

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Re: James Rodriguez signs for Everton for £20 million

Post by Swizzlestick » Sat Sep 19, 2020 2:24 pm

Has been brilliant today.

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Re: James Rodriguez signs for Everton for £20 million

Post by KRBFC » Sat Sep 19, 2020 2:41 pm

Didn’t watch today but he was outstanding last week, ran the show against Spurs and barely gave the ball away. Allan and Doucoure also impressive, they look to have a great balance in midfield now.

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