My stand out player to date in my view has been James Rodriguez of Everton FC. He has taken to the Premier League "like a duck to water". The 29-year-old Columbia attacking midfielder was signed in the offseason from Spanish giants Real Madrid for a fee believed to be around 20 million pounds. He signed on a two-year contract for the Toffees. In the opening four games of the season James has scored three goals and assisted two and in general, has been at the hub of everything that Everton have done well in the attacking third of the pitch. A huge factor getting James to the Premier League was the fact that his old manager who he played under at Real Madrid is the current Everton gaffer. Italian Carlo Ancelotti is the man in question that attracted the flamboyant winger to the Premier League. They had a very good relationship at Real Madrid and they wanted to rekindle that at Everton. James has formed a frightening partnership with Everton duo Rich...
Fulham FC based in south-west London won promotion back into the Premier League at the first time of asking. They were relegated last campaign but managed to bounce straight back up beating London rivals Brentford FC in the Championship play-off final, 2-1 after extra-time. Beaten play-off finalists Brentford would be kicking themselves that they hadn't won automatic promotion. They narrowly missed out on finishing second by just two points behind West Bromwich Albion. The Bees' as they are known, scored a staggering 80 goals during the season (the best) and only conceded 38 (second best). So for them to not get promoted was a bit of a shock. They boast some really good talented players, namely Algerian winger Said Benrahma who scored 17 goals and striker Ollie Watkins who was the joint top goal scorer in the league tallying 26 goals. He shared the honors with Fulham's center forward Aleksander Mitrovic. To the game itself. It w...