Carbone Posted September 8, 2020 Share Posted September 8, 2020 34 minutes ago, the monk said: What good teams did he play for ? And if he thrives on average why isn't he doing it now ? He hasn’t scored and played for good teams, that’s my point, he was best in League One and a poor Blackburn side. He came to us and his confidence was obviously shattered after a disastrous first season, you don’t tend to see players recover from 4 years out of form like he is now. Absolutely, Rhodes probably would be suited to us right now if he was the player he was 4 years ago, but that player no longer exists Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carbone Posted September 8, 2020 Share Posted September 8, 2020 15 minutes ago, Blue and white said: Carlos. Made him miss chance after chance and refuse to take a penalty yeah? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markg Posted September 8, 2020 Share Posted September 8, 2020 Just now, Carbone said: Made him miss chance after chance and refuse to take a penalty yeah? Exactly. I'm not even convinced that Carlos wanted to sign him. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andysowls Posted September 8, 2020 Share Posted September 8, 2020 Was a marquee signing gift from Chansiri t’us...meant well but well & truly back-fired Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shandypants Posted September 8, 2020 Share Posted September 8, 2020 (edited) I am absolutely sick of talking about Rhodes. The responsibility to get his goal scoring form back lies with him. He needs to find a way to start scoring again; nobody can do that for him. I’d suggest stepping up to take penalties is an opportunity he should have grasped with both hands. Alas... Edited September 8, 2020 by shandypants 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emilianenko Posted September 8, 2020 Share Posted September 8, 2020 1 hour ago, DJMortimer said: It's nonsense isn't it? A few tap ins will get the children giddy as if football is about nothing else. They're essentially advocating we play much of the game a man down just so Rhodes might have a chance to rescue his reputation. We don't have the players to create that many chances and he would probably miss most of them even if we did. From memory, I think he started 16 of the first 20 games after he arrived at Hillsborough and scored a paltry 3 goals. His strike rate hasn't improved since. Apart from that unlikely hat trick at Forest, he's currently on a run of 1 goal in his last 17+14 appearances. As for Norwich, they scored 93 times that season and finished 11 points clear of the play off positions. I doubt his 6 goals made that much difference, especially as the first 2 of them came in defeats. Even his game for the ages that 'proved' what the magic formula is only saw 1 goal that met that kind of description, and to be fair, a wheelie bin placed there would have struggled to miss such a free header from 6 yards. All he had to do was avoid the keeper. So hat tricks don’t count now lol. Add them to penalties and tap ins. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Posted September 8, 2020 Share Posted September 8, 2020 If he doesn’t start on Saturday then I do wonder what we’re going to do with him this season? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FreshOwl Posted September 8, 2020 Share Posted September 8, 2020 4 hours ago, IWEDFM said: I get that but it wasn't that long ago he was banging them in for fun at this level when he was at Blackburn I’d call that peak Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fudge27 Posted September 8, 2020 Share Posted September 8, 2020 5 hours ago, IWEDFM said: I get that but it wasn't that long ago he was banging them in for fun at this level when he was at Blackburn That's 5 or 6 years ago now too. He's basically a lower level version of Torres who went from top 3 in the world to a shadow of himself almost overnight, then Chelsea paid millions for him and he failed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Django Posted September 8, 2020 Share Posted September 8, 2020 It’s all very strange. He just looks constantly miles off the pace. It’s not as if he’s consistently missing chances either, he’s nowhere near 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rogers Posted September 8, 2020 Share Posted September 8, 2020 There’s a reason why he scored a lot of goals in the lower leagues and not one top division team took a punt on him. Even Sharp went to Southampton Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heppers Posted September 8, 2020 Share Posted September 8, 2020 Has he scored more at Hillsborough for Udders than he has for Wednesday? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heppers Posted September 8, 2020 Share Posted September 8, 2020 33 minutes ago, fudge27 said: That's 5 or 6 years ago now too. He's basically a lower level version of Torres who went from top 3 in the world to a shadow of himself almost overnight, then Chelsea paid millions for him and he failed Yeah. Won the Golden boot at the euros and the champions league. I wish my off years were like that. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Kagoshimaowl Posted September 8, 2020 Share Posted September 8, 2020 5 hours ago, Ellis Rimmer said: He's a flake. At the end of the day what sort of centre forward won't take a penalty? He's not even willing to work on that issue by talking one v Walsall in the 1st round of the league cup Unfair. He could have been down for penalty number 5. We don’t know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Owls-Fan Posted September 8, 2020 Share Posted September 8, 2020 26 minutes ago, Django said: It’s all very strange. He just looks constantly miles off the pace. It’s not as if he’s consistently missing chances either, he’s nowhere near Indeed, think back to games Rhodes has played in a part from Forest and remember him having an attempt on goal?.. nope I’ve got nothing. I’d love to see his goal attempt stats in an owls shirt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fudge27 Posted September 8, 2020 Share Posted September 8, 2020 27 minutes ago, heppers said: Yeah. Won the Golden boot at the euros and the champions league. I wish my off years were like that. You think torres at Chelsea was as good as when he was in his prime at Liverpool? I'll have whatever you're on Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Therealrealist Posted September 8, 2020 Share Posted September 8, 2020 (edited) 5 minutes ago, fudge27 said: You think torres at Chelsea was as good as when he was in his prime at Liverpool? I'll have whatever you're on Players can’t be in their prime all the time or it wudnt be called their prime..I wud say Rhodes prime was when he scored 4 against us..and that was 9 years ago..and I think it’s fair to say he’s been in a steady decline ever since..so now we are in his 9th year of this steady decline Edited September 8, 2020 by Therealrealist Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fudge27 Posted September 8, 2020 Share Posted September 8, 2020 Just now, Therealrealist said: Players can’t be in their prime all the time or it wudnt be called their prime..I wud say Rhodes prime was when he scored 4 against us..and that was 9 years ago Agreed, my point was torres was unplayable for a time at his level, then almost overnight lost that magic and became a more workman like forward. Rhodes to a much lesser level was lethal, then again almost overnight has lost the sparkle he had. It won't come back imo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Therealrealist Posted September 8, 2020 Share Posted September 8, 2020 1 minute ago, fudge27 said: Agreed, my point was torres was unplayable for a time at his level, then almost overnight lost that magic and became a more workman like forward. Rhodes to a much lesser level was lethal, then again almost overnight has lost the sparkle he had. It won't come back imo Rhodes didn’t lose it overnight imo..but I know what your sayin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Therealrealist Posted September 8, 2020 Share Posted September 8, 2020 Rhodes is just lucky that in this mammoth decline..he’s probly the highest paid forward in the division Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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