gurujuan Posted January 13, 2018 Share Posted January 13, 2018 5 minutes ago, Peake said: 7 goals in 42 Championship appearances for us, it's not good enough really. He hasn't adapted his game over the years and you have to be versatile these days, the Championship has moved on. He only seems to be of use in the box and if it's laid on a plate for him, he needs to offer more for the team. This really is it, the quality in the championship has moved on since he last scored goals at this level As you say, he hasn’t been able to adapt his game to the modern approach What really annoys me, it was pretty obvious he wouldn’t be able to adapt, or at least it should have been to the professionals who recruited him Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S36 OWL Posted January 13, 2018 Share Posted January 13, 2018 3 hours ago, Bouncing Owl said: Absolutely shocking footballer and we paid £10m for him Carlos`s tactics would turn Messi into a shocking player. Play to Rhodes strengths and he guarantees you goals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hirstys_achilles Posted January 13, 2018 Share Posted January 13, 2018 34 minutes ago, debram said: Hes finished with swfc Only wednesdayites after witnessing the best improvement in everything in 4 days from a new manager to focus on a negative. None of players deserve any negativity after tonights performance at bramall lane. It was not rhoades best game but he still put a shift in which is a lot more than we seen before from some players this season. Surely if any player looked a weak link it was Loovens who is too slow and seems to not have the positional sense to make up for it. His sending off could have cost us the game. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peake Posted January 13, 2018 Share Posted January 13, 2018 20 minutes ago, gurujuan said: This really is it, the quality in the championship has moved on since he last scored goals at this level As you say, he hasn’t been able to adapt his game to the modern approach What really annoys me, it was pretty obvious he wouldn’t be able to adapt, or at least it should have been to the professionals who recruited him Winnall was overkill but at least it was good business. The Rhodes signing was just ludicrous. Even the most patient fans are losing faith in him now because he's not even backed up his main attribute since moving to us, his finishing. He's missed a boat load of sitters since joining us and a lot of fans don't seem to mention that. We can only beat the lack of service/confidence drum for so long. Good strikers make their own chances as well as finishing off a good cross or through ball. That's even before you start talking about off the ball play and link up play. I'd be listening to any offers that come our way this month but if not, see if half a season under Jos improves him at all. If that fails I'd be telling his agent to band his name about for a new club in the summer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonesy87shef Posted January 13, 2018 Share Posted January 13, 2018 Was very poor today, but when he's getting the ball either lumped to him, played slowly behind him and zero service it's kinda what I expect. He put in a shift like everyone else. Get better quality in and around to support him and he will find his goalscoring touch again. Hate to say it but if he played for united this season he wouldn't have easily been in double figures Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest RocketOwl Posted January 13, 2018 Share Posted January 13, 2018 4 hours ago, Think tank said: Weak link tonight. I was watching thinking how much better we would have been with Winnall up there with Joao. When we went down to 10 and took Rhodes off it made no difference - we were already playing with 10. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
osowl Posted January 13, 2018 Share Posted January 13, 2018 If Joao and Reach and Wallace passed to Rhodes instead of looking for the wondergoal then maybe he would have a chance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hirstys_achilles Posted January 13, 2018 Share Posted January 13, 2018 1 hour ago, Peake said: 7 goals in 42 Championship appearances for us, it's not good enough really. He hasn't adapted his game over the years and you have to be versatile these days, the Championship has moved on. He only seems to be of use in the box and if it's laid on a plate for him, he needs to offer more for the team. Thats rhodes purpose. Its like saying Wildsmith only any use when saving shots at goal. Rhodes best skill is goal sniffing. If he trying to do other things for the team he not in the place he needed when the time comes for him to score. Rhodes getting caught up in areas of pitch that he should not be around. He could be doing this through lack of confidence, tactics or boredom !! Most likely he trying to prove his worth in areas he just not good enough in because he not getting the bread and butter service that at others clubs he has had to score his goals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hirstys_achilles Posted January 13, 2018 Share Posted January 13, 2018 39 minutes ago, osowl said: If Joao and Reach and Wallace passed to Rhodes instead of looking for the wondergoal then maybe he would have a chance. Spot on mate. We would win more with Rhodes tap ins than the 1 in 20 joao and wallace get on target from outside box. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Westfield Owl Posted January 13, 2018 Share Posted January 13, 2018 5 hours ago, Bouncing Owl said: Absolutely shocking footballer and we paid £10m for him An expensive gamble on promotion, which shows poor judgement by the club - yes. A player that lacks pace, strength and ariel ability for a striker - yes. An unnecessary signing when we already had 5 first team strikers, plus Forestieri, Matias and Hirst - yes. One of the highest paid players in the division, when the club should be concerned about FFP and P&S - don’t know but I would speculate, quite possible. A shocking footballer - no, that’s not true. Rhodes’ goal record throughout his career speaks for itself. Just because Cowboy Carvalhal and Dejphon dropped a b*llock with this signing, doesn’t mean Rhodes isn’t good enough to play in the Championship. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peake Posted January 13, 2018 Share Posted January 13, 2018 1 hour ago, hirstys_achilles said: Thats rhodes purpose. Its like saying Wildsmith only any use when saving shots at goal. Rhodes best skill is goal sniffing. If he trying to do other things for the team he not in the place he needed when the time comes for him to score. Rhodes getting caught up in areas of pitch that he should not be around. He could be doing this through lack of confidence, tactics or boredom !! Most likely he trying to prove his worth in areas he just not good enough in because he not getting the bread and butter service that at others clubs he has had to score his goals. You can't carry anyone at this level though. You'd have to be a special player to warrant that treatment and Rhodes isn't. Like I said further up as well, he's missed far too many sitters for us which have cost us points. Maybe Jos will significantly increase his fitness, which in turn may see him become quicker and stronger and get him back to his Huddersfield form. We'll see. Personally I'd sell him if we could somehow get 75% of what we paid for him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SalfordOwl Posted January 13, 2018 Share Posted January 13, 2018 thing about rhodes, you can see the confidence draining from him as the game goes on. remember that player who scored 4 against us for udders. he's still in there somewhere Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twaddle Posted January 13, 2018 Share Posted January 13, 2018 Like so many I want JR to do the biz for us. He won't. Please watch the video Does anybody see the player we have and the player thats is in the video below ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SalfordOwl Posted January 13, 2018 Share Posted January 13, 2018 5 minutes ago, Twaddle said: Like so many I want JR to do the biz for us. He won't. Please watch the video Does anybody see the player we have and the player thats is in the video below ? not presently. but that player is still in there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dewsburyowl58 Posted January 13, 2018 Share Posted January 13, 2018 7 hours ago, Mr. Tom said: He’s good. His arms are 50% too long, looks like a windmill. Big up Jordan, 2018 is your year. Can’t see it not seen any positives so far Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dewsburyowl58 Posted January 13, 2018 Share Posted January 13, 2018 2 hours ago, hirstys_achilles said: Spot on mate. We would win more with Rhodes tap ins than the 1 in 20 joao and wallace get on target from outside box. Often hides behind centre halves , doesn’t find space in the box , can’t just buy a player for blooming tap ins for goodness sakes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cpt_Hatstand Posted January 13, 2018 Share Posted January 13, 2018 He was getting very frustrated with Joao ignoring him in good positions around the box Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoshTheOwl Posted January 13, 2018 Share Posted January 13, 2018 3 hours ago, Twaddle said: Like so many I want JR to do the biz for us. He won't. Please watch the video Does anybody see the player we have and the player thats is in the video below ? Most clinical performance from a striker I think I’ve seen. Just need him back to play with this confidence but I do wonder if that will ever happen as each game goes by Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
briggowl Posted January 13, 2018 Share Posted January 13, 2018 No one has scored more goals in the Championship. How have we ruined this lad? We need to play him 20,000 Blunts chanting 'What a waste of money' everyday as motivation, that or he'd never kick a ball again. Good job I'm not manager Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quinnssweetshop Posted January 13, 2018 Share Posted January 13, 2018 Under Jos, Rhodes will come good. carlos blagged his own ability, and let the cheque book take the strain. I can hardly bear to type his name now, when I think of what he wasted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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