Everton have signed James Rodriguez from Real Madrid !

Poor effort, if you'd said J Rodriguez you might have caught a couple.

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.

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

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.

Flop of the season at just £20 million?

We will see how that pans out

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.

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

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.

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

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?

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.

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.

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.

Allan key signing for me. Top performance!

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

jdrobbo wrote: ↑

Sun Sep 13, 2020 6:37 pm

Allan key signing for me. Top performance!

Yes, very good
Turns very well

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.

Played fantastic and matched the physicality too.

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

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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!!

GodIsADeeJay81 wrote: ↑

Sun Sep 13, 2020 8:34 pm

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I read that wrong and thought they’d signed Allan Brazil!

martin_p wrote: ↑

Sun Sep 13, 2020 11:03 pm

I read that wrong and thought they’d signed Allan Brazil!

His head is this red sat down, I think it would explode with a light jog nevermind a full game

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

he was a class above

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

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.

Has been brilliant today.

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.