Bompastor will hope she has that sort of option at her disposal in the final weeks and months of this season, someone who can take some of the defensive attention away from James and also have the opportunity to get on the end of some of the opportunities the talented 24-year-old can conjure up.
Despite playing only eight leagues games this season, no Chelsea player has created more big chances than James, and it is that sort of quality in the final third that the Blues will need to show if they are to turn around a season that hasn't gone to plan. The WSL title is all-but-gone, sure, but qualification for next season's Champions League is paramount, with Chelsea still alive in this year's continental competition, where they will face Arsenal in the quarter-finals, while they are set to face Manchester United in both the FA Cup fifth round on Sunday and in the League Cup final in March. A treble is still very much on the table.
"I’m trying not to let the outside noise affect me," James said on Sunday. "I know what I’m capable of and I know what the team is capable of."
Many more do, too, which is why, despite all the negativity as of late, a successful end to this difficult campaign is still on the cards for Chelsea - especially if James is playing like this.