prowl Posted September 25, 2018 Share Posted September 25, 2018 22 minutes ago, Stoop said: That’s 5 for the season On course for 20 13 minutes ago, Blatter said: 2 in the Championship I hope he rips the Championship a new one this season. The more he scores the better. We can either have him back or sell him for good money. We can't lose if he finds his scoring boots. All of our fans should be cheering him on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Apple Posted September 25, 2018 Share Posted September 25, 2018 52 minutes ago, TrickyTrev said: Could be the answer to our FFP problems. Isn't he the reason for it? 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest 103SecondsOfMagic Posted September 25, 2018 Share Posted September 25, 2018 35 minutes ago, Blue and white said: I really don't get the abuse he cops for, he is a class striker at this level, he came from a struggling Boro side when low on confidence and was made to change his game by our (then) joke of a manager, granted it didn't work out for him here but for the love of god get off his case. He was, once Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AwokenGiant Posted September 25, 2018 Share Posted September 25, 2018 He's having a slump, but my God some folks on here are quick to write him off. Fair play to him tonight. I see Nuhui, Mathias and Joao have all proven people wrong, along with Tiger Woods on the weekend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 25, 2018 Share Posted September 25, 2018 Never understand why people get all surprised when Rhodes scores goals the bloke is a natural, it never worked here for many reasons Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dukeries Owl Posted September 25, 2018 Share Posted September 25, 2018 16 minutes ago, Apple said: Isn't he the reason for it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue and white Posted September 25, 2018 Share Posted September 25, 2018 18 minutes ago, Apple said: Isn't he the reason for it? That will be our current owner and his fantastic advisors. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Owl Rly Posted September 25, 2018 Share Posted September 25, 2018 48 minutes ago, Beholder said: Need not playing in the championship though is he? Seems like its panning out much the same as last season for us. Only getting starts in the cup. And only really scoring in the cup, I remember his brace he got against Bolton last season during a stellar 3-2 defeat... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swfcjack27 Posted September 25, 2018 Share Posted September 25, 2018 Good striker with a proven record, really nice bloke hope he does well rest of season Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Tom Posted September 25, 2018 Share Posted September 25, 2018 He’s an instinctive old-school striker and he’ll score goals if you play that way. The fact he’s an incredibly rare breed of modern footballer in that he’s a genuinely lovely personality and utterly down to earth is a bonus but it clouds the issue; he wasn’t much cop for us ‘cos we didn’t play that way. He did, however, work his absolute nuts off to try to make it work, and for that he gets full marks from me. He wanted to score for Wednesday more than he wanted to for pretty much anyone else, and that’s got to be worth summat even for the coldest statistician amongst us. As others have said, we should all be cheering him on - if he smashes 20+ this season we either get a striker in form back, or we get a decent fee for a 30-year-old who wanted to be here but it didn’t work out at a time when frankly naff-all was really working out. Good on you JR and best of luck, I wish more footballers were like you. 3 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S36 OWL Posted September 25, 2018 Share Posted September 25, 2018 30 pages minimum 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gurujuan Posted September 25, 2018 Share Posted September 25, 2018 I always knew he could get goals against teams like Wycombe, I said it many times. Actually I’m really pleased for the lad, him moving on has helped us, and hopefully, it can reignite his career Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shetland Owl Posted September 25, 2018 Share Posted September 25, 2018 That's 5 for the season Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blatter Posted September 25, 2018 Share Posted September 25, 2018 Although I fully agree he’s a lovely hard working guy, I’m still to be convinced he’s a top striker in a very competitive Championship. His big scoring time was four years ago. Standards have improved. Hope I’m wrong cos he could solve our ffp problem if he can once again become a 20 goals plus a season man . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Tom Posted September 25, 2018 Share Posted September 25, 2018 7 minutes ago, Blatter said: Although I fully agree he’s a lovely hard working guy, I’m still to be convinced he’s a top striker in a very competitive Championship. His big scoring time was four years ago. Standards have improved. Hope I’m wrong cos he could solve our ffp problem if he can once again become a 20 goals plus a season man . If pushed I’d probably argue ‘changed’ rather than ‘improved’, but I fully agree with the thrust of what you’re saying. I don’t think defenders have got better at defending, per se - actually the opposite, if anything - but I think formations have become more conservative on the whole and based on playing out from the back, so defenders are no longer immobile stoppers but more like DMs. Players like JR, the classic ‘fox in the box’, now have a harder time because backlines are more likely to be reasonably mobile ballplayers than brick sh1thouses forming a physical barrier. Skills that JR has in abundance, like movement and positional savvy, don’t stretch as far against deep-lying outfield players and wingbacks. Look at Hooper: a hugely important player for us once he settled, but he didn’t half have to change his game to achieve that. He learned to drop deeper and became incredibly effective as a midfield-to-attack link player for us, whereas he was always an out-and-out CF at previous clubs. Ended up making a massive difference for our overall attacking game but his annual goals average took a right beating. JR might’ve done the same, he’s a clever enough player, but we already had Hooper, Nuhiu, FF, Joao AND Fletch all starting to do similar. Rather like Winnall, we just wanted JR to stop up top and somehow *do something* even though there was no ball in for that role. The phrase ‘hiding to nothing’ springs to mind for me. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Tom Posted September 25, 2018 Share Posted September 25, 2018 34 minutes ago, Shetland Owl said: That's 5 for the season Decent return at this stage, barely quarter of the season gone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Tom Posted September 25, 2018 Share Posted September 25, 2018 By the way, his second was actually a bit of a belter. Fair play lad! https://youtu.be/XwFXY2fr228 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sonofbert2 Posted September 25, 2018 Share Posted September 25, 2018 2 hours ago, Blue and white said: I really don't get the abuse he cops for, he is a class striker at this level, he came from a struggling Boro side when low on confidence and was made to change his game by our (then) joke of a manager, granted it didn't work out for him here but for the love of god get off his case. I don't get this opinion re. Rhodes when all you ever ramble on about is the chairman wasting loads of money on past it players and their big wages. He is arguably THE biggest gamble, mistake and flop (all with hindsight of course) of DC's reign. (I actually hope Rhodes regains his confidence and form by the way and am happy for him tonight). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DuttyTeabags Posted September 25, 2018 Share Posted September 25, 2018 (edited) 3 hours ago, TrickyTrev said: Just got a hat-trick for Norwich. Granted it’s only against Wycombe but if it gives him some confidence going into the league that can’t be a bad thing, we all know he’s capable of scoring for fun in the Championship!! Could be the answer to our FFP problems. I was hoping to never see this players name again on Owlstalk other than, 'sold for 5m' but I guess that's fantasy. He could score a hundred goals this season against whomever and I still would never want to see him in an Owls shirt as he contributes little and for me Fletch, Matias, FF, Joao, Hooper are much better footballers with attributes which collectively and individually create different types of problems for opposition. Pace, power, movement, trickery, aerial, cunning, ball carrying. When Rhodes plays on the shoulder even my gran could catch up and she's been dead 16 years God bless. Not what we need but good luck to him elsewhere in terms of market value. Edited September 25, 2018 by DuttyTeabags Dead Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lomas613 Posted September 26, 2018 Share Posted September 26, 2018 5 hours ago, Groundhopping Owl said: Apparently his second goal was brilliant. It was a fumble I’ve seen it tbf yep he scored it but how he scored it was pretty funny reminded me of some of his fumbles for us that didn’t go in Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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