Holmowl Posted February 20, 2020 Share Posted February 20, 2020 This came up earlier discussing briefly with @Inspector Lestrade and @gurujuan who were pretty dismissive of anyone who has partnered Fletcher this season. Here’s the Fletcher-Rhodes pairing this season:- Millwall Away - 25 minutes - no team goals Swansea Home - 7 minutes - 1 team goal Brentford Home - 45 minutes - 2 team goals - Fletcher 2 Derby Away - 72 minutes - 1 team goal - Fletcher Forest Away - 87 minutes - 4 team goals - Fletcher Rhodes 3 Hull Home - 30 minutes - no team goals 266 minutes in tandem 8 team goals Team goal every 33 minutes (compared to every 82 minutes otherwise) Fletcher 4 goals Rhodes 3 goals As soon as Fletcher is back I hope this is given a few games to see if this really promising early courtship could blossom into a fabulous long-lasting marriage. 1 2 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inspector Lestrade Posted February 20, 2020 Share Posted February 20, 2020 2 minutes ago, Holmowl said: This came up earlier discussing briefly with @Inspector Lestrade and @gurujuan who were pretty dismissive of anyone who has partnered Fletcher this season. Here’s the Fletcher-Rhodes pairing this season:- Millwall Away - 25 minutes - no team goals Swansea Home - 7 minutes - 1 team goal Brentford Home - 45 minutes - 2 team goals - Fletcher 2 Derby Away - 72 minutes - 1 team goal - Fletcher Forest Away - 87 minutes - 4 team goals - Fletcher Rhodes 3 Hull Home - 30 minutes - no team goals 266 minutes in tandem 8 team goals Team goal every 33 minutes (compared to every 82 minutes otherwise) Fletcher 4 goals Rhodes 3 goals As soon as Fletcher is back I hope this is given a few games to see if this really promising early courtship could blossom into a fabulous long-lasting marriage. Well why you didn't say that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonnyowl Posted February 20, 2020 Share Posted February 20, 2020 We are never seeing Rhodes again! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holmowl Posted February 20, 2020 Author Share Posted February 20, 2020 2 minutes ago, Inspector Lestrade said: Well why you didn't say that. Cos Mrs H would have had my balls on toast if I’d interrupted our family day trip to break off to study Sheffield Wednesday stats. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McRightSide Posted February 20, 2020 Share Posted February 20, 2020 I fear I will actually vomit if I see Rhodes start again for us. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holmowl Posted February 20, 2020 Author Share Posted February 20, 2020 1 minute ago, jonnyowl said: We are never seeing Rhodes again! Very much hope you are wrong. It would be criminal not to try this partnership some more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holmowl Posted February 20, 2020 Author Share Posted February 20, 2020 Just now, McRightSide said: I fear I will actually vomit if I see Rhodes start again for us. What don’t you like about the partnership that has seen the team score 8 goals at a rate of one every 33 minutes? With the two partners scoring 7 of the 8? 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lunny1968 Posted February 20, 2020 Share Posted February 20, 2020 Can we stop this Rhodes obsession. He is not good enough and arguably pound for pound our worst signing ever. Let’s move on for crying out loud. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holmowl Posted February 20, 2020 Author Share Posted February 20, 2020 Just now, Lunny1968 said: Can we stop this Rhodes obsession. He is not good enough and arguably pound for pound our worst signing ever. Let’s move on for crying out loud. I repeat what I replied to @McRightSide What don’t you like about the partnership that has seen the team score 8 goals at a rate of one every 33 minutes? With the two partners scoring 7 of the 8? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theowlsman Posted February 20, 2020 Share Posted February 20, 2020 Was thinking about the future. So, moving forwards then. Yes, I think we should. That was it really. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rogers Posted February 20, 2020 Share Posted February 20, 2020 2 minutes ago, Holmowl said: I repeat what I replied to @McRightSide What don’t you like about the partnership that has seen the team score 8 goals at a rate of one every 33 minutes? With the two partners scoring 7 of the 8? Take that Forest game out and what do the stats look like? That game was in a parallel universes never to be repeated. Stars aligned Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest oz_owl Posted February 20, 2020 Share Posted February 20, 2020 (edited) 9 minutes ago, Lunny1968 said: Can we stop this Rhodes obsession. He is not good enough and arguably pound for pound our worst signing ever. Let’s move on for crying out loud. Apart from Fletcher our main options to play through the middle are Rhodes, Nuhiu, or Winnall - none of whom have been particularly successful for us. Given the outlay for Rhodes it would make sense that we try to get some return from the investment. Partnering him with Fletcher seems like the best chance we have of achieving that return. Edited February 20, 2020 by oz_owl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holmowl Posted February 20, 2020 Author Share Posted February 20, 2020 Just now, Rogers said: Take that Forest game out and what do the stats look like? That game was in a parallel universes never to be repeated. Stars aligned Why would you look at one of the games they partnered rather than every minute of all six games? But, to please you, even taking that wonder-game out, the team has scored at a rate of a goal every 44 minutes, compared to a goal every 82 minutes when they’ve not been in tandem. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucas Joao's Tooth Posted February 20, 2020 Share Posted February 20, 2020 It's what Fletch and Rhodes have needed, Rhodes has always played off a target-man when he has done well such as Gestede. Fletch needs someone who is intelligent and someone who can make runs off his hold up play or flick ons, such as a Hooper/Rhodes. The problem has been managers are obsessed at the moment with playing 1 up top and packing out a midfield. It happened under CC and from then on, Rhodes coming on for 20 minutes playing as a lone striker etc, its not his game, if your going to play him like that your playing with 10 men play him off a Fletcher/Gestede type player and he will score goals, unfortunately his spell here has gone terrible and in most fans eyes he's finished, its a tough place to come from getting 20 mins up top on your own with a fan base that has written you off. Same situation with Winnall, he went to Derby after most of our fans had written him off and he scored goals but he does nothing in the 20 minutes he comes on and he should "never play again" "get rid" etc etc... Meanwhile Nuhiu has 47 goals in 268 games, but deserves chance after chance. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holmowl Posted February 20, 2020 Author Share Posted February 20, 2020 1 minute ago, oz_owl said: Apart from Fletcher our main options to play through the middle are are Rhodes, Nuhiu or Winnall - none of whom have been particularly successful for us. Given the outlay for Rhodes it would make sense that we try to get some return from the investment. Partnering him with Fletcher seems like the best chance we have of achieving that return. Absolutely. In the final sad episode of Blackadder, Baldrick finally has a cunning plan that would work. Use the “nasty splinter” on the ladder to get Blackie injured and sent back to Blighty. It gets ignored. We have one chance to a. Score lots of goals and win matches b. Get Rhodes price tag back up again. Lets not ignore it before we’ve tried it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billyblack Posted February 20, 2020 Share Posted February 20, 2020 27 minutes ago, Holmowl said: This came up earlier discussing briefly with @Inspector Lestrade and @gurujuan who were pretty dismissive of anyone who has partnered Fletcher this season. Here’s the Fletcher-Rhodes pairing this season:- Millwall Away - 25 minutes - no team goals Swansea Home - 7 minutes - 1 team goal Brentford Home - 45 minutes - 2 team goals - Fletcher 2 Derby Away - 72 minutes - 1 team goal - Fletcher Forest Away - 87 minutes - 4 team goals - Fletcher Rhodes 3 Hull Home - 30 minutes - no team goals 266 minutes in tandem 8 team goals Team goal every 33 minutes (compared to every 82 minutes otherwise) Fletcher 4 goals Rhodes 3 goals As soon as Fletcher is back I hope this is given a few games to see if this really promising early courtship could blossom into a fabulous long-lasting marriage. FFS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holmowl Posted February 20, 2020 Author Share Posted February 20, 2020 Just now, billyblack said: FFS ??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inspector Lestrade Posted February 20, 2020 Share Posted February 20, 2020 15 minutes ago, Holmowl said: Very much hope you are wrong. It would be criminal not to try this partnership some more. Rhodes only contributed goal wise in one game. Did he give any assists or was in the build up for any of Fletchers goals? I so much want Rhodes to get back to somewhere near to what he's capable of achieving but no evidence of it really happening. Even if he got halfway there it would be a start. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billyblack Posted February 20, 2020 Share Posted February 20, 2020 14 minutes ago, Holmowl said: I repeat what I replied to @McRightSide What don’t you like about the partnership that has seen the team score 8 goals at a rate of one every 33 minutes? With the two partners scoring 7 of the 8? Tell you what i dont like. It wont happen going forward. Try it. But it wont. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
i used to be sc_owl Posted February 20, 2020 Share Posted February 20, 2020 27 minutes ago, Holmowl said: This came up earlier discussing briefly with @Inspector Lestrade and @gurujuan who were pretty dismissive of anyone who has partnered Fletcher this season. Here’s the Fletcher-Rhodes pairing this season:- Millwall Away - 25 minutes - no team goals Swansea Home - 7 minutes - 1 team goal Brentford Home - 45 minutes - 2 team goals - Fletcher 2 Derby Away - 72 minutes - 1 team goal - Fletcher Forest Away - 87 minutes - 4 team goals - Fletcher Rhodes 3 Hull Home - 30 minutes - no team goals 266 minutes in tandem 8 team goals Team goal every 33 minutes (compared to every 82 minutes otherwise) Fletcher 4 goals Rhodes 3 goals As soon as Fletcher is back I hope this is given a few games to see if this really promising early courtship could blossom into a fabulous long-lasting marriage. Nice in principle but it’s based on less than three full games of football. In the games stated, all of JRs goals came in one game. If the return was scaled up over 10 full games, for example, it would be more likely to be significant rather than a freak set of stats. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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