Holmowl Posted August 12, 2019 Share Posted August 12, 2019 2 minutes ago, dorian gray said: I don't want him to burn out. if fletch is unavailable what have we to fill that role? Rhodes is clearly second choice in Bully’s eyes. I assume Nuhiu after that for the central role. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asteener1867 Posted August 12, 2019 Share Posted August 12, 2019 Just now, Holmowl said: Rhodes is clearly second choice in Bully’s eyes. I assume Nuhiu after that for the central role. Was it just me..or did Rhodes look a bit listless? When he came on his closing down looked pedestrian..after Fletcher...Maybe its not his game, and he didn't really have time to get into it...Pity that half chance didn't go in. he got a great reception when he came on...Hope that helps Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dorian gray Posted August 12, 2019 Share Posted August 12, 2019 6 minutes ago, Holmowl said: Rhodes is clearly second choice in Bully’s eyes. I assume Nuhiu after that for the central role. if nuhiu has to come in for fletch, he'll have to play his ballz off, his supporting players may have to be closer to him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheffwed1 Posted August 12, 2019 Share Posted August 12, 2019 Think Nuhiu could be affective with pace around him. More suited to the role after Fletcher. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cookeh Posted August 12, 2019 Share Posted August 12, 2019 On 10/08/2019 at 22:07, Salmonbones said: Chucking him up there as a straight swap Fletcher when we are winning is almost just giving him time on the pitch to keep him fit and happy. I couldn't see him scoring, but then I suppose we had stopped pushing forwards on the wings too towards the end so maybe i'm not giving Rhodes enough credit. It did feel like we just chucked him on after having pulled the supply out from under him. Murphy off for Pessy a few minutes before. Still, a really good ball to slot in Luongo. He got a bit ****blocked by Hutch when Hutch really should have scored. Rhodes was well positioned for the same pass from Luongo that went to Hutch, Hutch should really have made a more central run, and Rhodes would have been in. Can't blame Hutch of wanting it, but it wasn't the right run. Still Rhodes was alive to get on the end of the rebound, but the defender was on top of it by then too. He also did a decent Fletch impression, in our own half, surrounded by their players, no out ball, but shielded it and won the freekick. Smart play. So for a 'last 10' cameo, I thought he did really well. Laid on a goal for someone else, could have scored and got us out of a sticky defensive situation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheffwed1 Posted August 12, 2019 Share Posted August 12, 2019 8 minutes ago, cookeh said: It did feel like we just chucked him on after having pulled the supply out from under him. Murphy off for Pessy a few minutes before. Still, a really good ball to slot in Luongo. He got a bit ****blocked by Hutch when Hutch really should have scored. Rhodes was well positioned for the same pass from Luongo that went to Hutch, Hutch should really have made a more central run, and Rhodes would have been in. Can't blame Hutch of wanting it, but it wasn't the right run. Still Rhodes was alive to get on the end of the rebound, but the defender was on top of it by then too. He also did a decent Fletch impression, in our own half, surrounded by their players, no out ball, but shielded it and won the freekick. Smart play. So for a 'last 10' cameo, I thought he did really well. Laid on a goal for someone else, could have scored and got us out of a sticky defensive situation. Rhodes should of put the rebound away too... would of helped if he hit the ball properly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
109Waddle Posted August 12, 2019 Share Posted August 12, 2019 On 10/08/2019 at 21:56, Beholder said: Also thought Rhodes looked excellent when he came on. Fitter and stronger than I remember Just a shame Rhodes doesn’t look to be enjoying it at Wednesday! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holmowl Posted August 12, 2019 Share Posted August 12, 2019 58 minutes ago, asteener1867 said: Was it just me..or did Rhodes look a bit listless? When he came on his closing down looked pedestrian..after Fletcher...Maybe its not his game, and he didn't really have time to get into it...Pity that half chance didn't go in. he got a great reception when he came on...Hope that helps I thought he was extremely effective. Sharp, great awareness and movement. Would have made our third goal but for a very good save. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cookeh Posted August 13, 2019 Share Posted August 13, 2019 15 hours ago, sheffwed1 said: Rhodes should of put the rebound away too... would of helped if he hit the ball properly. There was quite a lot of spin on that ball after the save, so was always going to be hard to take on the volley and he didn't have time to bring it down. I think you're a being a tad harsh in term of what players "should" score. Aguero's probably getting pelters off you most weeks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheffwed1 Posted August 13, 2019 Share Posted August 13, 2019 47 minutes ago, cookeh said: There was quite a lot of spin on that ball after the save, so was always going to be hard to take on the volley and he didn't have time to bring it down. I think you're a being a tad harsh in term of what players "should" score. Aguero's probably getting pelters off you most weeks. At championship level it was a very good chance. There was time for a touch if there was “a lot of spin” on the ball. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IWEDFM Posted August 13, 2019 Share Posted August 13, 2019 Fletch is class I must admit I wasn't too keen when we handed him a 4 year contract but he's done the business and has got better every season Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MRGRIM Posted August 13, 2019 Share Posted August 13, 2019 Its a long season, expect to see Nuhiu and Rhodes both having purple patches Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holmowl Posted August 13, 2019 Share Posted August 13, 2019 1 minute ago, MRGRIM said: Its a long season, expect to see Nuhiu and Rhodes both having purple patches It’ll be the new fabric conditioner the club are using. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holmowl Posted August 13, 2019 Share Posted August 13, 2019 On 11/08/2019 at 00:55, IstillhateSteveBould said: Was bang average at best for the first couple of years here. But since the arrival of Bruce, he’s been very much the player we thought we were getting. Seems fitter and more confident. I think the faith shown in him by Bruce was exactly what he needed. Which seasons was he bang average? 16/17 when he missed out as top scorer by one goal, scored at a better rate than anyone, dragged us almost single-handed into the Play-Offs and almost got us into the final? or 17/18 when he and Hooper forged a partnership in which they scored at almost a goal per game, before Fletcher’s season ended early December from injury? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DuttyTeabags Posted August 13, 2019 Share Posted August 13, 2019 18 hours ago, cookeh said: It did feel like we just chucked him on after having pulled the supply out from under him. Murphy off for Pessy a few minutes before. Still, a really good ball to slot in Luongo. He got a bit ****blocked by Hutch when Hutch really should have scored. Rhodes was well positioned for the same pass from Luongo that went to Hutch, Hutch should really have made a more central run, and Rhodes would have been in. Can't blame Hutch of wanting it, but it wasn't the right run. Still Rhodes was alive to get on the end of the rebound, but the defender was on top of it by then too. He also did a decent Fletch impression, in our own half, surrounded by their players, no out ball, but shielded it and won the freekick. Smart play. So for a 'last 10' cameo, I thought he did really well. Laid on a goal for someone else, could have scored and got us out of a sticky defensive situation. he should have buried that chance, look at it again. Hooper would have just put his foot through it and roofed it, Rhodes miskicked it, half volley, right foot. 8m says should do better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cookeh Posted August 13, 2019 Share Posted August 13, 2019 23 minutes ago, DuttyTeabags said: he should have buried that chance, look at it again. Hooper would have just put his foot through it and roofed it, Rhodes miskicked it, half volley, right foot. 8m says should do better. It's on target.. it's blocked by the defender.. Oh.. and all hail the mythical hooper. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluesteel Posted August 13, 2019 Share Posted August 13, 2019 Can see both Fletcher and Rhodes doing well with the likes of Harris and Murphy cutting the ball back on a plate for them. Look at some of Rhodes goals for Norwich, Hernandez did the hard bit and Rhodes was there waiting Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sMacLean Posted August 13, 2019 Share Posted August 13, 2019 If you sign Fletcher for his all round play you have a great player if it's purely as a goal machine it won't happen. We ended up relying on him for goals far more than we should have usually as his strike partners were injured or in FF's case banned. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick_Turpin Posted August 13, 2019 Share Posted August 13, 2019 19 hours ago, asteener1867 said: Was it just me..or did Rhodes look a bit listless? When he came on his closing down looked pedestrian..after Fletcher...Maybe its not his game, and he didn't really have time to get into it...Pity that half chance didn't go in. he got a great reception when he came on...Hope that helps He's just not as fit, strong or as athletic as Fletcher and never will be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DuttyTeabags Posted August 13, 2019 Share Posted August 13, 2019 1 hour ago, cookeh said: It's on target.. it's blocked by the defender.. Oh.. and all hail the mythical hooper. I think you've been wearing the Rhodes tinted 'messiah' specs again. If he strikes it cleanly, he's got half of the unguarded net to hit. It's not even a difficult angle, but he miscues it towards the opposite bottom corner where there is a covering defender and keeper. You'd score it, I'd score it. He gets paid 2.5m a year. As said. He's just not good enough. Winnall def sticks that away. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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