What’s the point in playing Rhodes?

[shandypants]

He obviously didn’t have anything to do with Cardiff’s goals l but he contributed absolutely nothing when he came on. He had a 10/10 game when he got his hat-trick but what’s the point in playing someone that has one good game in 30?!!  

He’s over 6’ tall and built well but puts himself around like a schoolgirl. 
 

...and you can fvvck off if you say we don’t make chances for him because the ball went into the box enough for him to fashion at least half a chance. 

[jrh]

We had Nuhiu, Rhodes and Winnall on the pitch yet never delivered one decent ball into the box and started passing it out from the keeper and playing really deep. But yes, it must be Rhodes' fault. 

[should know better]

We did not create a single chance for him, we use him as a number 9 and our long ball style does not suit him, nor Dave who does not jump, nor a natural number 10 like Winnall.

When you have weal characters like Lees, Palmer and possibly Fox you will struggle.

Reach is an absolute disaster, he has the engine and the physical body to do the job but simply pulls out of any physical challenge,  he is just going through the motions. 

Players with character like Borner are dropped and we play one up front at home! Bannan eclipsed again despite all he has to do is get us forward because he certainly never has helped defensively, waste of a shirt but I suppose the forward thinking better link man and better tackler called Lee is left on the bench.

Kadeem Harris now confirming what I saw pre season no brain and poor decision making.

Garry Monk has to do much better.

[jrh]

I also hate seeing him defending on the edge of our box. If he's playing he has to be the striker furthest up the pitch in my opinion. But again that's not his fault. 

[alanharper]

10 minutes ago, 2roland2 said:

he’s had 30 mins in each of the last two poo house performances where no one can come out with any respect and you pick him to shout at rather than anyone else?
 

 

 

Nuhiu got slated on here the other day because we threw away 3 points when he wasn't even on the pitch when we lost it...

[alanharper]

1 minute ago, 2roland2 said:

 

tbf he had 65 minutes of playing like a cheeky monkey in that game and as soon as he went off we scored two goals......

 

A sentence that applies almost as equally (just 5 minutes difference) to Rhodes...

[davey_wells]

I genuinely think the Rhodes goals at Forest were due to some kind of wierd freak time-loop passing through Nottingham.

 

Everything he's done for us before or since has been so poor.

 

Check him out in the training/warm ups though... he's like a bloody machine hitting the back of the net. 

 

Wierd.  Needs moving out fast, he's taking up the space in the squad of a youngster who would be so much more effective.

[Frazzlebeak]

28 minutes ago, shandypants said:

He obviously didn’t have anything to do with Cardiff’s goals l but he contributed absolutely nothing when he came on. He had a 10/10 game when he got his hat-trick but what’s the point in playing someone that has one good game in 30?!!  

He’s over 6’ tall and built well but puts himself around like a schoolgirl. 
 

...and you can fvvck off if you say we don’t make chances for him because the ball went into the box enough for him to fashion at least half a chance. 

I’ve seen him up close and he wouldn’t frighten a mouse. He’s about as physically imposing as Larry Grayson was.

Edited December 29, 2019 by Frazzlebeak

[debram]

28 minutes ago, shandypants said:

He obviously didn’t have anything to do with Cardiff’s goals l but he contributed absolutely nothing when he came on. He had a 10/10 game when he got his hat-trick but what’s the point in playing someone that has one good game in 30?!!  

He’s over 6’ tall and built well but puts himself around like a schoolgirl. 
 

...and you can fvvck off if you say we don’t make chances for him because the ball went into the box enough for him to fashion at least half a chance. 

Hese finished, a spent force, think his contract is up end of season, another one that will drift into obscurity.

[agentwalker]

You could have stuck drogba and ibrahimovic up front and we'd still be here now. There was not one quality ball in the box all game and I'm including the corner we scored from in that.

[SiJ]

He's just not a very good footballer.

 

Yeah, there was a time when he was a deadly goalscorer, but outside of that he offers very little. Unfortunately, he's not even a goalscorer these days. 

[poite]

Funny how it's JRs fault. Had our defenders not been asleep for the first 15mins we'd have won 1-0

[Jim]

Needs to play alongside Fletcher otherwise there isn't any point of playing him.

[Mr. Chow]

He’s good a finishing but that’s it. Offerers nothing else he doesn’t put him self about like a striker should.

[alanharper]

5 minutes ago, Great Big Galaa said:

Needs to play alongside Fletcher otherwise there isn't any point of playing him.

 

Will WBA take Rhodes off our hands then? 

[shandypants]

32 minutes ago, 2roland2 said:

he’s had 30 mins in each of the last two poo house performances where no one can come out with any respect and you pick him to shout at rather than anyone else?
 

 

What did he contribute? Name one single thing. He’s doesn’t even contribute in ways where you need no natural talent.  For example, every single player should get stuck in at the very least; Bannan and Harris are 6” shorter than Rhodes and look to be two stone lighter yet both contribute more physically than him. 
 

Id love Rhodes to prove me wrong but, sorry, I just think he’s rhubarb. 

[Hack-Abusi]

Last 2 games messi and ronaldo would have written how we set up ..

 

Our defending as well has been shambolic. Why isn't Borner back in?

Edited December 29, 2019 by Hack-Abusi

[shandypants]

13 minutes ago, agentwalker said:

You could have stuck drogba and ibrahimovic up front and we'd still be here now. There was not one quality ball in the box all game and I'm including the corner we scored from in that.

Rhodes has a chance to compete against Cardiff’s keeper a couple of times but neshed it. 

11 minutes ago, poite said:

Funny how it's JRs fault. Had our defenders not been asleep for the first 15mins we'd have won 1-0

I stated clearly in my opening post that Rhodes wasn’t at fault for Cardiff’s goals. 

[Mike Hunt]

44 minutes ago, 2roland2 said:

he’s had 30 mins in each of the last two poo house performances where no one can come out with any respect and you pick him to shout at rather than anyone else?
 

 

Was he taken off after 30 minutes at Stoke ?

[poite]

3 minutes ago, shandypants said:

Rhodes has a chance to compete against Cardiff’s keeper a couple of times but neshed it. 

I stated clearly in my opening post that Rhodes wasn’t at fault for Cardiff’s goals. 

TBF I wasnt really making that comment against your original post. Mainly just at the comments in this thread generally