{"id":750781,"date":"2026-06-21T12:11:11","date_gmt":"2026-06-21T12:11:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/750781\/"},"modified":"2026-06-21T12:11:11","modified_gmt":"2026-06-21T12:11:11","slug":"most-annoying-man-in-football-responsible-for-declan-rice-taking-on-corner-duties-with-premier-league-champions-arsenal-world-cup-hopefuls-england-benefitting-from-big-call","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/750781\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Most annoying man in football\u2019 responsible for Declan Rice taking on corner duties &#8211; with Premier League champions Arsenal &#038; World Cup hopefuls England benefitting from big call"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>While Rice dominates the headlines for his delivery, Chelsea captain Reece James is also making his mark as England&#8217;s primary right-back. Having missed parts of the build-up due to a hamstring injury sustained at the end of the domestic season, James has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.goal.com\/en\/lists\/england-really-win-world-cup-injury-prone-inexperienced-defence\/blt568c6616176ba603\" target=\"_blank\" data-affiliate-type=\"NONE\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">grown tired of the narrative surrounding his physical durability<\/a>. The 26-year-old managed 39 appearances last term and is determined to stay focused on his performances on the pitch.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;People always talk about injuries and availability, and to me it&#8217;s so boring now,&#8221; James told the media. &#8220;I have one job, which is to be the best I can when I&#8217;m on the pitch. To be honest, I understand the stigma at the start, but after a while it gets boring. I&#8217;ve been fit for a long time before my last injury, and I don&#8217;t listen to too much noise. I just focus on myself, my body, trying to perform the best I can and help the team I&#8217;m playing in.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"While Rice dominates the headlines for his delivery, Chelsea captain Reece James is also making his mark as&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":750782,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[563],"tags":[3361,64,63,360398,1208,596,85,21418],"class_list":["post-750781","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-football","tag-arsenal","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-d-rice","tag-england","tag-football","tag-sports","tag-world-cup"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/750781","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=750781"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/750781\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/750782"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=750781"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=750781"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=750781"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}