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Reece James

Oh captain, my captain!

The only thing I want is for him to just stay fit.

Today's performance reminded me of our CL winning run. He was everywhere - blocking and clearing everything.

 
Scott Harris said:
Loved seeing him get 90 minutes. The diving header at the end was perfect. Could have easily been an own goal.
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And whilst Maresca is not wrong about leadership qualities, actions are so often so much stronger than words. The other players were all over him for that header and the others.

 
I think lampard said that James is shy and needed to grow more in terms of his personality so Maresca is probably right. 

 
Well done to him.

He needed that from maresca it seems and quick reminder at half time.

Amazing...saved 3 goals today with that last one, the header, I thought it was going to be an own goal!

 
Remodez said:
The whole point of that discussion was that it didn't matter previously, he would come back and perform to his usual world class standards regards of who it was agaisnt and how many mins he got. This is happening less frequently. I don't believe this is a controversial statement, it could be due to factors outside of his control seeing as our defence overall has gotten worse but the point still remains. 
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Came back and performing to his usual world class standards. Only took him 53 average minutes to get up to speed. 

 
Put him in my fantasy team last week. nuff said. had to slap myself to not put him as captain and keep palmer. 

someone put him in cryostasis until the next game and wheel him out. 

 
Played well today , much needed because in his fleeting appearances over the last year he’s been poor. Think Marescas comments about leadership is fluff, he generally does his talking on the pitch.

 
I thought he grew into the game, at times you could tell he isn't completely fit yet, but his positioning was top class and showed how good of a defender he is. When he's fully fit and back to showing what he can do in an attacking sense as well as defensively people will remember why Trent can't lace the guy's boots. He's the best all round RB in the world at full fitness, let's just hope he can stay injury free.

 
Reece did well, though clearly needing to gain match fitness & confidence. I want to see him shooting/crossing a bit more, the boy has it in his locker.

 
Malcolm9 said:
Reece did well, though clearly needing to gain match fitness & confidence. I want to see him shooting/crossing a bit more, the boy has it in his locker.
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It would be nice but is it really worth risk aggravating his injury issues?

Im perfectly happy with him as an inverted fullback, he can still offer us long balls. Personally I feel we’re still a long way from James being the explosive wing back 

 
timetowaste said:
I thought he grew into the game, at times you could tell he isn't completely fit yet, but his positioning was top class and showed how good of a defender he is. When he's fully fit and back to showing what he can do in an attacking sense as well as defensively people will remember why Trent can't lace the guy's boots. He's the best all round RB in the world at full fitness, let's just hope he can stay injury free.
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There was a moment, about 1 minute into the game where Reece had the ball in a central area and if he had looked up, he could have put Jackson straight through on goal. It's actually crazy how much space Jackson had there. Reece passed it to Madueke and it still resulted in a chance, but that sort of match awareness/sharpness worried me early on. Then he goes on to lock down first the left, then the right side of the pitch and puts in a dominant defensive display which won us the 3 points.

 
Was a bit caught out for their goal but overall was brilliant yesterday.

You actually forget just how good he is because he’s injured so much.

Elite footballer.

 
90 minutes.

2 clearances. 

2 blocked shots.

2 interceptions. 

1 clearance off the line.

3 ground duels (won 2).

3 aerial duels (won 3).

5 crosses.

8 long balls. 

86% pass accuracy. 

 
So, I love that Reece is back .. but this isn’t how I imagined it. Cucurella is one of the most in form players in the league. He is specifically good at what Gusto seems near unaccustomed to.

I pictured Reece building up his match fitness, starting 45, 60 minutes . Then playing maybe one game a week, the league, if his form calls for it.

Having Reece go 90 his second game back… we needed his heroics, but that seems off to me, and I would prefer to see him partnered with Cucu.

 
Bluelion7 said:
So, I love that Reece is back .. but this isn’t how I imagined it. Cucurella is one of the most in form players in the league. He is specifically good at what Gusto seems near unaccustomed to.

I pictured Reece building up his match fitness, starting 45, 60 minutes . Then playing maybe one game a week, the league, if his form calls for it.

Having Reece go 90 his second game back… we needed his heroics, but that seems off to me, and I would prefer to see him partnered with Cucu.
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From what i could see during the game was Gusto seemed to be pushing up next to Palmer when we attacked. 

Personally i wouldn't want to see Cucurella that high and if James is sitting in then Cucurella doesn't offer anything different. 

If its a choice between a fit Reece James OR Cucurella, no matter how good his form is Reece wins that battle every single time. 

 
Bluelion7 said:
So, I love that Reece is back .. but this isn’t how I imagined it. Cucurella is one of the most in form players in the league. He is specifically good at what Gusto seems near unaccustomed to.

I pictured Reece building up his match fitness, starting 45, 60 minutes . Then playing maybe one game a week, the league, if his form calls for it.

Having Reece go 90 his second game back… we needed his heroics, but that seems off to me, and I would prefer to see him partnered with Cucu.
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With Cucurellas recent suspension and overall number of games for the club, I’m wondering if Maresca is simply playing his best match day hand. He seems very pragmatic with selection, so have to believe he’s working his way back to Cucu and James in the league, Viega and Gusto in cups. 

 
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