Jordan Roades

[BroadstairsR 2,138]

If they do land him (Norwood) he'll likely start half a dozen games, be their best thing since sliced bread and then sustain a season long injury. Such is the air in deepest Suffolk whereby all their new players breath in a few lungs full and then head for the treatment table; either that or the training ground needs a good rollering on a consistent basis... but that's down to Evans though isn't it?

 

Edited May 27, 2019 by BroadstairsR

[BroadstairsR 2,138]

"Rhodes was the guy to come off the bench with 5 or 10 mins to go last season to basically run around." 

I get what you say but I think you are belittling Rhodes's achievements last season (eg.Villa at home) and not fully appreciating the impact that Pukki made and it's part in restricting JR's starts.

For sure Rhodes is a far more limited player than many others in many ways, including Pukki, but what he is limited to he is very good at.

As a traditional "sniffer" he provides variety in any situation, and this includes lower end scraps in the PL.

£2m max though and then we look for one more Euro gem on the cheap, with promise and prospects, to give Rhodes even more competition for a showing.

 

[king canary 7,580]

 

1 hour ago, Capt. Pants said:

Bit surprised at this thread, seems to be far too much sentiment getting in the way of a sensible decision. Rhodes wasn't/isn't good enough to get in the Weds team and wasn't/isn't good enough to get in ours, at Championship level. Can't remember the last time he nailed down a regular first team place anywhere?  We are led to believe there are very limited funds next season and surely there must be a better striker in the world than Rhodes at £40k a week. We shouldn't be worrying about backups at that sort of money, I'd rather we blooded Idah.

Rhodes was the guy to come off the bench with 5 or 10 mins to go last season to basically run around. We'll need better than that to win games in the Prem.

This.

Worth remembering he was our starting striker until Ipswich then got dropped despite a healthy two goals in six starts. I think that suggests Farke wasn't sold on his all round game and what he offers outside of just goals.

[Branston Pickle 3,638]

Just now, king canary said:

 

This.

Worth remembering he was our starting striker until Ipswich then got dropped despite a healthy two goals in six starts. I think that suggests Farke wasn't sold on his all round game and what he offers outside of just goals.

We adjusted our formation, that’s the main reason.  If DF and SW do or don’t think he’s worth it I’ll happily go along with that, but the ‘noise’ that’s been coming out from the club/reported by MB et al was far more favourable than not.

 

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50 minutes ago, Branston Pickle said:

We adjusted our formation, that’s the main reason.  If DF and SW do or don’t think he’s worth it I’ll happily go along with that, but the ‘noise’ that’s been coming out from the club/reported by MB et al was far more favourable than not.

 

We went from playing one up front to playing one up front. Don't think any formational switch is the reason, just that Pukki showed he offered more than Rhodes all round.

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2 hours ago, lappinitup said:

What about that James Norwood fella? He's supposed to be similar to Holty and the right age too. Stiff competition for him though......

If he was was 5 years younger I’d certainly say yes, but again, would probably cost a couple million and at his age would be a gamble. Certainly the type of player who would get the fans onside.

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15 minutes ago, king canary said:

We went from playing one up front to playing one up front. Don't think any formational switch is the reason, just that Pukki showed he offered more than Rhodes all round.

Imo we tinkered with the formation and Pukki was brought inside as the lone striker.  This far from means that they didn’t rate Rhodes, though, just that the role suited Pukki more. 

[Branston Pickle 3,638]

The logic that is being applied to Rhodes could also be applied to Klose as he was bench warming almost exactly the same.  It didn’t mean he wasn’t wanted/fancied - otherwise we’ve just wasted a load of ££ on his new shiny 3-year contract.

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23 minutes ago, Branston Pickle said:

The logic that is being applied to Rhodes could also be applied to Klose as he was bench warming almost exactly the same.  It didn’t mean he wasn’t wanted/fancied - otherwise we’ve just wasted a load of ££ on his new shiny 3-year contract.

Not really. Klose wouldn't need a fee, has proven his ability over a few years and only lost his place due to injury.

Rhodes has spent 3 seasons as a Championship bench warmer, not troubled double figures for goals in a fair while and would cost a fee + chunky wages.

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I wish I could correct the name of this thread...

[BroadstairsR 2,138]

Sometimes clubs have to accept and then cut their losses, as we did with Naismith for example.

All clubs seem to make the occasional expensive mistake (relatively) and Wednesday are no exceptions because in the case of Rhodes they clearly paid far too much over the odds relative to their needs.

This exaggerated attempt to mitigate against their losses indicates that they need a dose of reality and that they should be thankful that another outfit is willing (probably) to pay a realistic amount for the player's services and then be more thankful that their financial nightmare is resolved.

[king canary 7,580]

9 minutes ago, BroadstairsR said:

Sometimes clubs have to accept and then cut their losses, as we did with Naismith for example.

All clubs seem to make the occasional expensive mistake (relatively) and Wednesday are no exceptions because in the case of Rhodes they clearly paid far too much over the odds relative to their needs.

This exaggerated attempt to mitigate against their losses indicates that they need a dose of reality and that they should be thankful that another outfit is willing (probably) to pay a realistic amount for the player's services and then be more thankful that their financial nightmare is resolved.

As Parma says, this may be one we'd need to play hardball over. The longer Sheffield Wednesday go without being able to shift his wages the lower the price may go.