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People may not like to hear this but James is a big reason why our midfield is non existent.

Maybe he just has zero chemistry with Lavia but he just doesnt track any runs whatsoever and we rarely get to benefit from his passing when hes in CM so its pointless him being there.

 
People may not like to hear this but James is a big reason why our midfield is non existent.

Maybe he just has zero chemistry with Lavia but he just doesnt track any runs whatsoever and we rarely get to benefit from his passing when hes in CM so its pointless him being there.
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He is world class!

 
He is world class!
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James hasn't put in a world class performance in about 9 months now. He's actually performed well below the standards we should expect of a player that is supposedly world class. He was even sh*t for England in his preferred position.

 
People may not like to hear this but James is a big reason why our midfield is non existent.

Maybe he just has zero chemistry with Lavia but he just doesnt track any runs whatsoever and we rarely get to benefit from his passing when hes in CM so its pointless him being there.
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In a back 3 if he tracks runners we will not have a midfield .. it’s a zonal system.. if you are referring to the goal against Arsenal it was just a brilliant move - 90 out of 100 times that doesn’t come off.. also our CBs need to move as one .. how did he find a gap between our back 3 .. James is the only one in the current midfield who can hold a ball under pressure - Barco and Lavia will lose it..

the current problem is that Lavia has no legs to press, he is had a decent games- many a time he saved out bacon against hull city .. you take hiM out and Leeds is what you will get.

 
Everyone needs a scapegoat and here they are, Jackson, Disaster Brothers, neto, Delap, still gets call sh*t on here after scoring a belter on weekend, Enzo is genuinely a c**t human and deserves everything he gets, We had a shocking season last year... it was appalling... we could hardly score, looked weak at the back. Now it appears as fans want to open up the canons on James.

In the last 9 months we have had 3 managers all trying different things.

Our world class captain has played in how many different positions and in how many different formations?

People need som persective 4 games in.

 
People may not like to hear this but James is a big reason why our midfield is non existent.

Maybe he just has zero chemistry with Lavia but he just doesnt track any runs whatsoever and we rarely get to benefit from his passing when hes in CM so its pointless him being there.
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Lavia as well. They are both horrific at it. James is essentially doing the Caicedo role in the build up which I too don't think he's even that effective.

It's 2026 and I am counting down the days until Jordan f**king Henderson is fit and can play in our midfield.

 
People may not like to hear this but James is a big reason why our midfield is non existent.

Maybe he just has zero chemistry with Lavia but he just doesnt track any runs whatsoever and we rarely get to benefit from his passing when hes in CM so its pointless him being there.
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Fully agree.

He’s not a midfielder and the sooner we get real midfielders back the better.

How he let Odegaard run off him shows a lack of a midfielders instinct.

There was even a couple of occasions where the crowd had to warn him someone was coming from behind to pinch the ball off him on Saturday. He isn’t used to looking at the full 360 degrees picture around him like a natural midfielder would, he’s used to the play being in front of him as a defender.

It’s those little details that could lead to goals being conceded or passing that tiny bit quicker can lead to scoring a goal.

I know he’s filling in but he is not the long term answer and he is lacking in those 2 details above.

The irony of it all is if he was in his natural position I’m convinced James wouldn’t have let the Hull player cross it in for the 1st goal like Gusto did.

 
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Fully agree.

He’s not a midfielder and the sooner we get real midfielders back the better.

How he let Odegaard run off him shows a lack of a midfielders instinct.

There was even a couple of occasions where the crowd had to warn him someone was coming from behind to pinch the ball off him on Saturday. He isn’t used to looking at the full 360 degrees around him like a natural midfielder would, he’s used to the play being in front of him as a defender.

It’s those little details that could lead to goals being conceded or passing that tiny bit quicker can lead to scoring a goal.

I know he’s filling in but he is not the long term answer and his lacking in those 2 details above.

The irony of it all is if he was in his natural position I’m convinced James wouldn’t have let the Hull player cross it in for the 1st goal like Gusto did.
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Are you sure he is just filling in? We have 3 RBs while playing once a week, the maths doesn’t add up. Every noise from the management team since last season has been he is a midfielder. He had a lil cameo at RB for the last 15mins of the Hull game, and it wasn’t pretty. His legs are gone, and once he gets turned it becomes a problem.

 
Are you sure he is just filling in? We have 3 RBs while playing once a week, the maths doesn’t add up. Every noise from the management team since last season has been he is a midfielder. He had a lil cameo at RB for the last 15mins of the Hull game, and it wasn’t pretty. His legs are gone, and once he gets turned it becomes a problem.
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That’s the problem I’m not sure at all. The noises from management isn’t encouraging.

Sort the midfield out in January, Reece goes to right wing back and Palestra can play there to share the load and Gusto brings the oranges out at half time.

Wins all round.

 
Biggest season of his career.

He has to find a position that’s his in this team. It’s not good for the team or him if he’s constantly shifting around.

James is a rare footballer and when he’s on it he makes the game look effortless. We’d be mad to move him on we really would.

However, I get the feeling everything would be easier if he wasn’t at the club. I repeat I don’t want him sold but if we qualify for the CL next season you would expect we’d bring in players that would be better suited to the positions of RCB, DM and even at RWB when you take his fitness concerns into account. The way we’ve set up the only position I see him playing every week is at RWB with much less emphasis on bombing forward than perhaps Palestra on the left. Or maybe Josh develops into the top tier defender we hope or we sign a defender at RCB that’s capable of covering for him when James is attacking.

As I said it’s a huge season in his career and I’m desperate for him to find his position because he’s genuine world class and one of our own.

Maybe he can excel in midfield but it has to be alongside Caicedo imo. It just hasn’t worked yet with anyone else.

 
Noted as hamstring injury on tv. No idea on severity.
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Minor hamstring issue according to Alonso. Probably translates to 6 months out with Reece's record sadly/

 
We should play him as a RB/RWB whenever he's fit.

He will breakdown regardless. Might as well get the best out of him in the very short periods he's fit.

 
It took him less than one month to get injured, but you will get your head bit off you say we need to move on from him. James is supposed to be one of our best players, our captain, somebody to lead, but he goes through multiple points per season where he isn't available which makes it impossible for him to do any of those things. Every time he gets injured now, he returns worse. He hasn't had a good game for Chelsea or England since last year.

 
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