Rhodes

[Watto]

7 minutes ago, DJMortimer said:

I've never been too much of a fan of the goal poacher as a concept as I think it is too simplistic and restrictive on the team as a whole. And one wonders if it is becoming something of an outdated notion in modern football at the higher levels.

 

But if you are a believer that this can work, whilst acknowledging that we have not been creating enough chances for such a player, there still should have been way more signs from Rhodes of the production that could occur in better circumstances. The truth is though, he has looked hopelessly ineffectual in the large majority of games he has played with precious little reason for having any faith things will change and he has been comprehensively outperformed by players with nothing like his prior reputation or value.

 

Yet the excuses keep coming. I can't think of any other Wednesday player who has been afforded such extraordinary leniency for such a long period. There have certainly been many examples in the past who would have been comparatively hung, drawn and quartered for being only 10% as unproductive.

 

Nailed it 

[Stoop]

1 hour ago, HOOTIE AND THE poo TU said:

A player like Rhodes is the final piece of the jigsaw

 

He's the player you sign when you're making loads of chances but not putting them away

 

Our problem is we signed him without having all the other pieces in place

 

We've just thrown him in and said 'score goals' without supplying him with chances

 

We need 4 or 5 quality signings before we will see the real Rhodes

Agreed

 

We are too one paced, every pass has to be to feet infront of the opposition, instead of played into space for someone to get in behind 

 

To get the best out of Rhodes we need to be faster and provide a better quality from wide areas, someone like Dyer at Swansea would be perfect for us

[Guest ka58]

Never has there been more excuses for a player.

 

the entire team / tactics has to change to suit him apparently.

 

Load of rubbish.

 

hes way off and unfortunately we’re stuck with him.

 

putting fletcher in his bracket is an insult to fletcher - he might not be everyone’s cup of tea but he’s never ever not put a performance in. Maybe not the best - but he’s given us something.

 

when rhodes plays it’s like we’re playong with 10.

Edited March 1, 2018 by ka58