@mattj282634111@toby_plant@Rory_Talks_Ball Do not use the last 4 games for England where he’s at 60%, and half of them were friendlies, to try and rewrite history. 7 seasons of watching James shouldn’t be eroded by recency bias. Stop being reactionary
@mattj282634111@toby_plant@Rory_Talks_Ball My basis for saying RJ is world class far exceeds one game against Newcastle lol. There’s not a single attribute of his game that is “bang average”. He is off a strong season where he played the vast majority of our games until his injury in March. He hasn’t be at 100% since then
@djames_83@david_reed Yeah hes definitely not 100% even after coming back from the injury against Newcastle. Shows in his performances, far below his usual level
@mattj282634111@toby_plant@Rory_Talks_Ball Not going to rise to the clear bait of the second bit. Because he had a couple of average games on 60% fitness for England in the last 2 weeks, it doesn’t detract from years of sample size we have of him being world class.
The other bit, what makes it a friendly tournament?
@HighlineCFC@Blue_Footy@JacobsBen Well he hasn’t. He’s regressed. He came in and was brilliant for the first 12 months albeit that sample size is hampered by injury. Which is a mitigating circumstance. Since then he’s been a shadow of his former self, and when he shows flashes of that once level it never lasts.
@yodadisdead11@bellunited48@SauceGMP I mean it is an inferior league to the Premier League. That’s just the objective reality in 2026. Theres validity in arguing Dimarco is better offensively for sure but defensively it isn’t even close. James is an elite all rounder.