Hames 'Don't call me James' Rodriguez

i wasn't sure about james to begin with...nothing against him personally but i never saw him play at porto nor monaco. and as much as people may criticize it, i don't like using a couple of world cup games (still football's top tournament imo) to judge players. But so far the guy has been fantastic, if carlo can find a way to give him a greater role next season, we can be even more dangerous....but of course the elephant in the room would be bale, and what a greater role for james could mean for bale.

El Messico wrote:Best #10 for Madrid this century. Just edges Lass imo.

OUT

https://twitter.com/101greatgoals/status/640257549111984128

Won't play this weekend due to injury.

Danilo out for a month


Gotta love NT break (:

So he's out a month min... Ffs. Thank god we have Isco.

James is out injured more than he plays. Talk about a crook

I watched the game. They were really, really aggressive with him. It's like they were trying to injure him on purpose.

What a disgrace!

James just confirmed that he has been fit for a long time and Benitez didn't want to play him and now it looks like there's tension between them.

"And yet some people keep saying I'm not fit…" was James' comment after the Columbia game, having played the whole 90 min.

I think i read somewhere that he meant the Columbian media who argued that he should not start because he was not ready

Is in trouble with the spanish police as he was caught by speeding on the highway and was being chased by the police at over 200 km/h. Ran away to the training ground to avoid getting arrested, and the police was stopped at the entrance given that it's a private facility and they obviously did not have a mandate to arrest him then.

what a way to start the yeah, bravo

WOW

I am growing tired of his antics.

Mr Nick09 wrote:Is in trouble with the spanish police as he was caught by speeding on the highway and was being chased by the police at over 200 km/h. Ran away to the training ground to avoid getting arrested, and the police was stopped at the entrance given that it's a private facility and they obviously did not have a mandate to arrest him then.

what a way to start the yeah, bravo

lol what an idiot
Is it true the excuse he used was his music was too loud to hear the sirens?

Top professional tbh. Risked his driving license, a monetary fine and his life in order to arrive on time for training.

halamadrid2 wrote:I am growing tired of his antics.

What antics are you talking about exactly?

LeSwagg James wrote:

halamadrid2 wrote:I am growing tired of his antics.

What antics are you talking about exactly?

He just doesn't like James.

James has dropped in form however and I did not agree with what he did when he was subbed out last game.

He also has a problem with Benitez which is obvious but now it's Isco who hasn't played in what 2 games? And it seems to line up with what the cameras caught him doing when he saw Kroos on the bench.

Also Jese seems to have fallen off as well.

Well we can start with him moaning to the media that he got benched. Then came the very public blanking of Benitez. And now he just sped past the Police like he is above the law. He has caused us too much problems already. Get rid

halamadrid2 wrote:Well we can start with him moaning to the media that he got benched. Then came the very public blanking of Benitez. And now he just sped past the Police like he is above the law. He has caused us too much problems already. Get rid

Get rid

I prefer players to keep their thoughts 'in house' but Benitez is an idiot so who cares? He should work on gaining the respect of his players.

LeSwagg James wrote:

halamadrid2 wrote:Well we can start with him moaning to the media that he got benched. Then came the very public blanking of Benitez. And now he just sped past the Police like he is above the law. He has caused us too much problems already. Get rid

Get rid

I prefer players to keep their thoughts 'in house' but Benitez is an idiot so who cares? He should work on gaining the respect of his players.

What kind of reasoning is that ? And what has Benitez done to be labelled as '' idiot '' ?

He has us playing a 4-1-5 or 4-2-4... and it's consistent which is scary. That's why he's an idiot.

sportsczy wrote:He has us playing a 4-1-5 or 4-2-4... and it's consistent which is scary. That's why he's an idiot.

Are you sure Rafa is in control of the team

sportsczy wrote:He has us playing a 4-1-5 or 4-2-4... and it's consistent which is scary. That's why he's an idiot.

Idiot is as good a word as any. The guy is hellbent on sticking to his 4-1-5. Do you realize that he hasn't been able to dominate a single team in the league, even at home? We always struggle regardless of whom we're playing against.

It's so frustrating to watch him being tactically outsmarted by almost every single coach in the league even though he has one of the best squads in the world.

Let's hope he doesn't get outsmarted by the Nevilles as well

James: "I feared the cops were kidnappers trying to kidnap me. It's common in Columbia."