So you should just say you don't rate him which is fair enough, instead you misjudged his performance.
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He's having a very good tournament.
He's good to have in our squad. Can cover both sides, shows up in top shape and gives work rate that this side ridiculously lacks outside of Bruno and Cavani.
I honestly think he will be around for years. I can see him becoming a full back later on like Ashley Young.
He's good to have in our squad. Can cover both sides, shows up in top shape and gives work rate that this side ridiculously lacks outside of Bruno and Cavani.
I honestly think he will be around for years. I can see him becoming a full back later on like Ashley Young.
Good for him.
It just goes to show how terrible most people are on here at appraising footballers. He doesn’t get enough consistent minutes to fairly judge how effective or productive he could actually be yet people write him off like their opinion is gospel. 900 mins in the league. There was no hope of anyone getting in on the left over Rashford no matter how off it he looked. It’s a pity. I think James has another level in him if he’s given a legit shot when the form of others is poor or they don’t look fit enough. The manager needs to be a lot braver.
I didn’t misjudge anything. He was awful yesterday as was most of Wales ‘attacking threats’. Not sure how you think he played well but like I said I agree to disagree.
On a different note; do you think he’s good enough for United?
Wales with their championship and can’t get into the prem first team midfield and defence against the team everyone is raving about this tournament and you think James and attackers had an awful game? What were they expected to do to get the ball and play free flow attacking football? All 3 of them?
I’d be interested to know what James could have done in your opinion to not have had an awful game.
I’d be interested to know what James could have done in your opinion to not have had an awful game.
While I acknowledge Daniel’s limitations, I like having him in the squad. He pops us now and then with some decent stuff. IMO we should be using him more on the left when Rashford needs rest.
Chiellini's words are quite amazing to hear, let the player get that priceless experience and then who knows... perhaps there's seriously some big club player there.
We can do this all day but not really getting anywhere. Do you think they played well then yeah? Against a team already qualified and made 8/9 changes.
They were poor as was the whole team minus the centre half and goalkeeper. Far too much credit given to players who quite frankly don’t deserve it. The same ‘fans’ who want James to come back as a squad player when other than a few games when he first joined has been a few notches below the talent we should have in our first team squad.
When posters haven’t seen the game and ask how he did and then Tomus saying he did well just adds to the shitshow. You have opinions like the poster above who things at 25 suddenly Dan James is going to morph into a player fit for a ‘big side’. It’s just baffling and complete bollocks. It’s either ill informed opinions from people who’ve never played the game or complete homer bias.
Yes I can see we can do this all day when you don’t answer what was put to you but ramble about shit again.
I’ll ask again, what could James have done to not be ‘awful’ yesterday? The championship midfield was up against Veratti and jorghino, Wales were always going to struggle to keep the ball and create. Should James have come deep to get the ball and take on a few players before getting an asssit? Was his defensive work rate not good enough? Did he not close Italy down good enough for you? Why was he awful?
What are you talking about? Why are you mentioning Italy’s centre midfield?
He’s a winger…should I judge him on closing people down as an indicator how he’s played?
If you want to judge in context, I’d suggest yes. Italy clearly controlled the game and how the game played out which led to how James game would need to be played out, and that was not Dan James fault.
If yesterday, Wales played a Sunday league team and had prime zidane and Seedorf in midfield with James on the wing, I’d judge him differently. Exaggerated but feel like I have to to make a point for you. Similarly, if Dan James played for Italy yesterday I would be judging him differently.
you still haven’t answered why he was awful or what he could have done to not be awful, and that’s what this all started from. I give up now.
Or how often players outperform internationally only to resort to form when back in a regular season?
I think I’ll judge him on the seasons he’s had at man utd than the less than 2 full games played so far
Couldn’t agree more with this.
Nice kid, but let’s just call a spade a spade here, he’s an average footballer blessed with pace, nothing more to see here
What did he say mate? I missed it.
@GioF , As you’ve repeatedly said James was awful yesterday and even had the gall to say people who think otherwise must have never played the game 
I’d like to ask once more, for the fourth time, why in your opinion he had an awful game? What could he have done to not have an awful game? You must have played the game to have such a staunch opinion so I’m interested in what you think of how the game played out and what Dan James didn’t do good enough for you.
and to be clear, we are not talking about his quality for United, I’m directly asking you about your opinion of him being awful yesterday.
I’d like to ask once more, for the fourth time, why in your opinion he had an awful game? What could he have done to not have an awful game? You must have played the game to have such a staunch opinion so I’m interested in what you think of how the game played out and what Dan James didn’t do good enough for you.and to be clear, we are not talking about his quality for United, I’m directly asking you about your opinion of him being awful yesterday.
Or how about he’s had 900 mins in the league and a few run outs in the EL. He’s been moderately productive but always very hard working, direct and aggressive. He doesn’t mind being a squad player but I’m sure he’d rather play a lot more. I don’t get how fans expect players to produce when the managers stop start use of them is all over the shop. I don’t think James should have lost his place in the team so easily last season.
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He's a solid PL player, you can see hes got another potential (aside of his renown pace) that he could positioned himself to receive the ball really well around oppo's pen box, creating panic among defenders I think that if he could improve his finishing he'd be a world class, it's just his final product which often let his team down perhaps with better instruction and more playing time he would get there. Problem is do we have time to afford him? with sancho's big money signing looming around James would have to face another internal competitor for playing time, and he's hitting his peak years as a footballer hence why i think the club and James should be open to part away this summer. 25-30M with buy back clause or future sale percentage.
If he can become a Blomqvist for us then I'm hapy to keep him in the current role.
And if he was awful then I wonder what should I say about the other attackers. There is a middle ground between a WC and awful performances.
If you can’t see how he destroys our build up play I can’t help you
We need more than a hard worker, his like a shit Dirk Kuyt
If your main asset as a winger is going to be hard graft then you need to be Park or Valencia level to make it here and he is nowhere near
If by that you mean a grand total of 38 games then moved on, I’m with ya
I think we will just have to agree to disagree. I think he can be very effective if used correctly. I’ve often seen him making good aggressive/direct runs in behind and being ignored by teammates. He runs the channels and presses from the front. He also gets up and down the pitch all match. I get he’s never going to be world class but I think he’s a very solid option whose energy would have been a lot more useful than some of the flat stuff we’ve seen from our forwards as the season wound down. Hopefully he keeps up his euros form into next season.
Said he likes him very much and enjoying his football, mentioned him together with Bale & Ramsey which is probably biggest compliment for not that experienced player on the big stage.
https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/sport/football/daniel-james-man-united-wales-20861762
Daniel James is a decent enough squad player for us. We just can't expect to have two world class at every position.
Rashford does the same
No he isn't. This is Lingard all over again.
Park and Nani were good enough squad players for us. That's the sort of work rate and talent you want to see on your bench. Players like James are not good enough to be playing in anything other than dead rubber third round league cup games at a club that's suppose to have title ambitions.
It’s hard at United for traditional wingers when you’ve got 1 in the box to aim for if you’re lucky. What do people expect?
lingard scored in a cup final. Very glad he did, and didn’t get binned by fans because he was the embodiment of mediocrity.
A shit Dirk Kuyt no less. That's a proper fecking insult
Though Dirk is quite the looker now that he's had all the cosmetic surgery.And when Martial plays he has 0 in the box.
I know you gotta feel sorry for the lad. We buy him as a traditional winger then don’t give him anything to aim for. It’s not the lads fault. If this is the way we are gonna play there’s no point in buying traditional wingers
He's a very good weapon for certain games and as a substitute. We need a player like him in our squad.
The idea that he may have to step up to become first team player is moot. He'll have spells in the first team because of injuries/rotation and hitting excellent form which we've already seen.
The idea that he may have to step up to become first team player is moot. He'll have spells in the first team because of injuries/rotation and hitting excellent form which we've already seen.
Traditional wingers in the mould of James are outdated. At a top team, you need to have more in your game and being able to link up well with your fullback and other forwards.
James is an average crosser, terrible passer and his shooting is also below par. He doesn't stack up well against our last traditional winger in Valencia who was a much better footballer overall.
James is an average crosser, terrible passer and his shooting is also below par. He doesn't stack up well against our last traditional winger in Valencia who was a much better footballer overall.
Nah, he was a decent player. See what you did there, though
Hopefully he does, we can agree there
but for me you just wrote “he runs” 3 different ways
Haha he was, no disagreements thereNah, he was a decent player. See what you did there, though
Hopefully he does, we can agree there
but for me you just wrote “he runs” 3 different ways
You can sum up everything a footballer does as “he runs” and “he kicks”. Maybe also “he heads” if you want a really nuanced discussion.
I’ve been lucky enough to watch Hughes, Giggs and to a lesser extent Clayton Blackmore.
Blackmore is very underrated, played LB, RB and CM, a true squad player. That right foot canon and even though he got stick for his err waist size he could shift. I’m pretty certain he scored a break away goal at Bramall Lane from RB, ran the entire length of the pitch to tap in a square pass.
Daniel James is a C lister compared to these guys and not a squad player.
nsmes mentioned in previous posts are not squad players in my opinion. Squad players are the Phil Neville’s, John O’Shea Blackmore types I think.
You can’t teach first touch to a 24 yo and he really struggles to bring the ball down when running. I could write quite a bit about his shortcomings but only one sentence about his strength (singular)
I’d rather pellistri/Amad sat on the bench. Seen amad’s free kick for his country?
Blackmore is very underrated, played LB, RB and CM, a true squad player. That right foot canon and even though he got stick for his err waist size he could shift. I’m pretty certain he scored a break away goal at Bramall Lane from RB, ran the entire length of the pitch to tap in a square pass.
Daniel James is a C lister compared to these guys and not a squad player.
nsmes mentioned in previous posts are not squad players in my opinion. Squad players are the Phil Neville’s, John O’Shea Blackmore types I think.
You can’t teach first touch to a 24 yo and he really struggles to bring the ball down when running. I could write quite a bit about his shortcomings but only one sentence about his strength (singular)
I’d rather pellistri/Amad sat on the bench. Seen amad’s free kick for his country?
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