Rhodes goals return

[whatdial]

I know it’s too late, as he will probably be leaving at the end of the season, but Rhodes goals return per minute is excellent this season, in a poor team. 
 

164 minutes per goal - at that rate he’d be on 21 goals by now if playing every minute. 
 

let’s hope this season carries on for the rest of the season. 
 

 

[Guest wilyfox]

Palmer’s stats are a bit out. It’s one goal every 10yrs.

[Dutch McLovin]

Been a critic of Rhodes over the years.

 

Didnt want us to sign him as i didnt think he would suit our style and we had also just signed Winnal who was a similar player.

Came in and didnt make much of a impact, was against making it a permeant transfer.

He never has fit into our style of play so never done anything but also seemed to have lost a yard of pace. of

 

However, Bullen, Jos, Agnew, Bruce, Monk, Thompson all didnt play him or try to play to the strengths that made him the goalscorer he was.

 

Moore and team have, and it is no surprise that he is scoring. Unfortunately this is too late and he is out of contract. If we had adopted this approach at the beginning of the season we may have survived.

 

Fair play to Rhodes aswell he could be sat on his hands and seeing out his contract like so many of them seem to have been in the last two years but he hasnt hes fit and giving it his all.

[pat blondeau]

26 minutes ago, Dutch McLovin said:

Been a critic of Rhodes over the years.

 

Didnt want us to sign him as i didnt think he would suit our style and we had also just signed Winnal who was a similar player.

Came in and didnt make much of a impact, was against making it a permeant transfer.

He never has fit into our style of play so never done anything but also seemed to have lost a yard of pace. of

 

However, Bullen, Jos, Agnew, Bruce, Monk, Thompson all didnt play him or try to play to the strengths that made him the goalscorer he was.

 

Moore and team have, and it is no surprise that he is scoring. Unfortunately this is too late and he is out of contract. If we had adopted this approach at the beginning of the season we may have survived.

 

Fair play to Rhodes aswell he could be sat on his hands and seeing out his contract like so many of them seem to have been in the last two years but he hasnt hes fit and giving it his all.

He was on loan at Norwich when Agnew and Bruce were here so you can’t include those in the list but he’s been criminally underused by the others.

 

Pulis and Monk treatment of Rhodes this season was a disgrace 

[Dutch McLovin]

Just now, pat blondeau said:

He was on loan at Norwich when Agnew and Bruce were here so you can’t include those in the list but he’s been criminally underused by the others.

 

Pulis and Monk treatment of Rhodes this season was a disgrace 

Correct i forgot about his loan spell. Where he was loved !

[0742]

I used to be a goalkeeper, was once injured for most of a season, so towards the end when there was nothing to play for, the manager sent me on up front for the last 3 minutes of a game. I scored in a goal mouth scramble. 

 

Never bothered playing me up front again though, despite my 1 goal every 3 minutes strike rate. 

 

Saying Rhodes would have banged in 21 goals so far this season is absurd. The manager's, club, players around him have never been set up for him to do that. 

[pat blondeau]

The game against Stoke at home this season was the worst.

 

Pulis brought him on half time, had the ball punted up to him for 40 minutes with no support and then hauled him off on 85 minutes even though it was still 0-0.

 

I hated watching us under Pulis 

[Holmowl]

His personal goal tally is important, but we look such a better team with him playing. As indeed we did in the few early season starts he was given.

 

None of the other players used up top could play the striker role. 
 

If we go down the biggest single reason is Rhodes sitting on the bench while other non-strikers toiled and failed.

 

Dreadful management.

[CircleSeven]

Yesterday Rhodes scored a good goal, kept the ball out of the net in a goalmouth scramble and headed the ball away as it was on its way to Keifer Moore’s head (taking a blow to the back of his head for his effort). 
He is a much improved player all round and miles better up top than any of our other choices. If I didn’t know who he was and was on loan from elsewhere I’d be saying sign him up. 
There is a bit of the way we are playing is better for him, and maybe he is also playing to get another Championship club interested but at least it’s to our benefit now. 
I do wonder if he’s realised he’s close to being the top championship scorer ever and just fancies getting a few more goals under his belt?

All in all he should have started more games this season. 

[Holmowl]

Watch his input into Borner’s goal too. 
 

Two of their big lads try to attack the ball but Rhodes holds them both back.

 

Hugely underrated striker.

[Bassetts Allsorts]

Pound for pound, probably the worst signing we've ever made and that's crackers considering it is Jordan Rhodes.  That's not entirely on him, we've not played to his strengths and it was such a bizarre signing at the time considering the strikers we had. 

 

I know it should be a given, but it's refreshing to see him giving his all for the cause when you consider others in a similar situation faked injuries to protect their own interests.

Edited April 6, 2021 by Bassetts Allsorts

[kirksandallowl]

There was one piece of play that is often overlooked, in the second half after a Cardiff attack the ball broke to Rhodes on half way towards the north stand, there was nothing on but he managed to get his body between ball and defender and drew a free kick in the way Hooper used to do expertly, thus reliving the pressure.  He does this quite a lot.

[Jim]

He would’ve been a success here had managers had formulated a system to play to his strengths. None with the exception of Moore ever have.

 

7 games under Moore, 4 goals and 1 assist and I think there is a very good chance he’ll add to this before the season’s out.

[Holmowl]

Recent form

 

740 minutes

6 goals

1 assist

 

We dropped him for Birmingham, Luton and Rotherham.

 

I’m just at a complete loss.

[Guest LondonOwl313]

9 minutes ago, Bassetts Allsorts said:

Pound for pound, probably the worst signing we've ever made and that's crackers considering it is Jordan Rhodes.  That's not entirely on him, we've not played to his strengths and it was such a bizarre signing at the time considering the strikers we had. 

 

I know it should be a given, but it's refreshing to see him giving his all for the cause when you consider others in a similar situation faked injuries to protect their own interests.

Abdi was definitely worse value for money

[Holmowl]

7 minutes ago, kirksandallowl said:

There was one piece of play that is often overlooked, in the second half after a Cardiff attack the ball broke to Rhodes on half way towards the north stand, there was nothing on but he managed to get his body between ball and defender and drew a free kick in the way Hooper used to do expertly, thus reliving the pressure.  He does this quite a lot.

Interesting that his goals per minute are not far behind Forestieri and very close to Fletcher.

[WalthamOwl]

Disgraceful he hasn’t had more of a run in the team under previous managers. Wish we could keep him but he will go at the end of the season and do very well for another championship team imo. 

[S72 Owl]

His best return since the 2015/16 season 

[heppers]

He does seem like a waste when we look at the current squad. However, we did have a lot of strikers at one point.

 

Arguably too many.

[punkskaphil]

What amazes me about that table is that Adam Reach has scored six goals. I honestly assumed yesterday's goals were his first for the season - I literally have no recollection of any of the others.

 

I just looked on Soccerbase to see when he scored and I can't visualise any of them. I can visualise his handball to save a certain goal at home to Reading though...