[Archived] Jordan Rhodes

[RevidgeBlue]

Worryingly a guy on twitter who is not one for making up rumours is saying a reliable source has informed him that the Rhodes to Wigan deal is done.

Michael Taylor ‏@MarpleLeaf9h

I have heard that Jordan Rhodes to Wigan is a done deal. #brfc #sadface

I hope he's wrong, don't forget any money we do get for Rhodes 5.5m has to go straight to Hudds.

Why do people try to make themselves look important and itk by posting absolute crap on twitter.

[Blandy]

rhodes to wigan, just a couple of days after shaw saying they wouldn`t sell him to a rival club..? c`mon ffs! why are people planting this negative shyte on this messageboard? oh yeah, remembered, it`s the anti venky`s propaganda forum, ain`t it..?

Just posting what i've read no anti Venkys propaganda from me; from what Glen Mullan has said the decision to sell Rhodes would not come from the top, so it looks like it would be GB's decision to sell to generate funds and reinforce our squad.

[RevidgeBlue]

That wouldn't overly concern me. My priority would be to bring in a striker who can play the lone role well so that we can retain possession more effectively against better teams. Question would be whether the players that play in the 3 behind can chip in enough. As Parson alluded to yesterday, take a look at Cardiff's top scoring chart last year - might just surprise you.

All these supporters like jimmy, den and parson who seemingly can't wait to offload our best scorer. It's like lemmings scrabbling to hurl themselves off a cliff.

[Ricky]

Rev, I don't think he's trying to make himself itk. The Marple leaf blog has been about for years and years and has posted some very accurate stuff.

He's also not stating its his own opinion but saying he's heard it's a done deal.

[Tom]

rhodes to wigan, just a couple of days after shaw saying they wouldn`t sell him to a rival club..? c`mon ffs! why are people planting this negative shyte on this messageboard? oh yeah, remembered, it`s the anti venky`s propaganda forum, ain`t it..?

You are more than welcome to leave

[DavidMailsTightPerm]

All these supporters like jimmy, den and parson who seemingly can't wait to offload our best scorer. It's like lemmings scrabbling to hurl themselves off a cliff.

I am not racing to sell him - but I can see a strong argument that Rhodes lack of pace and ability to hold up the ball does have a detrimental impact on the team as a whole. It is a tough call for GB.

[jim mk2]

Why do people try to make themselves look important and itk by posting absolute crap on twitter.

Agree absolutely. It's like people who post attention-seeking crap on messageboards about MGP.

Marpleleaf is a damn good blog and always beautifully written. Doesn't strike me as the sort to make this sort of thing up.

[beanie]

So sell our best striker and use the 4.5m if we even get that to bring in three or four to replace him looking forward to seeing these quality players turn out for rovers.

[roversR4ever]

Well this could be interesting to say the least.

Either

1. We are so strapped for cash we have to sell him. The thing is if we are that short of cash how can we afford Ben Marshall? Surely we would have had to sell Rhodes first?

2. Management don't rate Rhodes and want a striker who can hold up the ball etc. Bowyer does seem to want to keep him though.....comments about getting assurances he wouldn't have to sell him etc. Also if he has that much doubt about his contribution wouldn't he have played Best more? Of course he could have already got a few options in mind to replace Rhodes and doesn't rate Best. Perhaps if Rochina and DJ were fit we would have a better idea as to whether they don't rate Rhodes overall contribution.

Also we have publically stated as a club we don't want to sell him to a championship club. There don't seem to be any prem teams knocking down our door for him.....

Of course the other option is its all pure speculation and we don't want to sell unless we get a big £10mil bid.

[den]

All these supporters like jimmy, den and parson who seemingly can't wait to offload our best scorer. It's like lemmings scrabbling to hurl themselves off a cliff.

None of those people "can't wait to offload him Rev". All last season we were the team with the 30 goal a season striker on the park, yet game after game we were run ragged by opponents who were stronger all over the park. Burnley were exactly the same as us. We have no money, so how do we change that?

You really do seem to struggle with a discussion. I can understand and accept people disagreeing about Rhodes, but you just misinterpret the discussion continually.

As for Marpleleaf, well he hasn't said Rhodes is leaving, he said he's heard from someone else that he's leaving, - which is a lot different. I think Marpleleaf is a solid guy.

[Parsonblue]

All these supporters like jimmy, den and parson who seemingly can't wait to offload our best scorer. It's like lemmings scrabbling to hurl themselves off a cliff.

It's a forum to discuss what may or may not happen. I've seen Pickering, England, Newton, Field, Bailey, Hird, Barker, Speedie, Shearer, Sutton, Santa Cruz and many more leave and guess what the club is still here, life goes on and let's be honest, I wouldn't put Rhodes in the same class as any of those in terms of footballing ability. This is Blackburn Rovers Rev. We usually have to sell in one area to strengthen in another. That said, I honestly don't think Rhodes will go. I don't see another Shebby on the horizon who will be daft enough to give us £8 million for a player who is still developing. Then again, this is football and a fool and his money are easily parted as we know only two well.

[JonnyBRFC]

There will be no real class to be seen on the pitch if Rhodes leaves imo.

[beanie]

It's a forum to discuss what may or may not happen. I've seen Pickering, England, Newton, Field, Bailey, Hird, Barker, Speedie, Shearer, Sutton, Santa Cruz and many more leave and guess what the club is still here, life goes on and let's be honest, I wouldn't put Rhodes in the same class as any of those in terms of footballing ability. This is Blackburn Rovers Rev. We usually have to sell in one area to strengthen in another. That said, I honestly don't think Rhodes will go. I don't see another Shebby on the horizon who will be daft enough to give us £8 million for a player who is still developing. Then again, this is football and a fool and his money are easily parted as we know only two well.

While not in the class of many the team would struggle to score any goals without him and there would be a massive chance we would be relegated.

[Parsonblue]

While not in the class of many the team would struggle to score any goals without him and there would be a massive chance we would be relegated.

It would depend on who was brought in with the money we got for him and which other areas of the team were strengthened. Cardiff won the title without anyone hitting double figures in terms of goalscoring. I don't think you need a 27 goal a season man to avoid relegation. However, I think it's an academic discussion as I don't think anyone would play anywhere near what we paid for him.

[EgyptianPete]

It would depend on who was brought in with the money we got for him and which other areas of the team were strengthened. Cardiff won the title without anyone hitting double figures in terms of goalscoring. I don't think you need a 27 goal a season man to avoid relegation. However, I think it's an academic discussion as I don't think anyone would play anywhere near what we paid for him.

Why all of a sudden is Jordan Rhodes a bad player, he cant do this or that etc, i have just read two pages of rubbish and reasons of why we should get rid, i think many are being disrespectful to probably the best CF we have, --- or as many would like to think had, in many a year, because you can not dispute his goal scoring attributes which are second to none. If GB cant see that then he's in the wrong job.

[walk down bolton road]

For the life of me how anybody on this board can see selling Rhodes as anything but a backward step is beyond me.

Last season he scored the goals that saved us from relegation,with a bit of luck and a injury free Rhodes we might just have a shot at the playoffs.

What have we got to replace him ?.

Leon and Dj the boys from the hood,do me a favour.

[Uddersfelt Blue]

Sell Rhodes and we're as good as sunk this season.

It's unlikely we will adequately replace him at this late stage of the window and with only Best as the main striker I can't see us scoring anything like the number of goals that Rhodes contributes.

I can understand that we may need to cash in but it's also unlikely we will get much more than the £8m we paid Town, so unlikely to be much left for a replacement.

[RevidgeBlue]

Rev, I don't think he's trying to make himself itk. The Marple leaf blog has been about for years and years and has posted some very accurate stuff.

He's also not stating its his own opinion but saying he's heard it's a done deal.

Ok, let's see if it happens. It would be an act of monumental stupidity to sell Rhodes to one of our rivals even by our owners standards.

However the point about the money owing to Wigan is a fair one. Don't know that we'd have to give Huddersfield 5.5 m in one lump as all transfers are usually spread out in installments over the life of the contract these days. Also it maybe that the total fee due to Huddersfield isn't 8m without numerous performance related add ons being triggered. However in broad terms I think you can assume that if we sold Rhodes for 10m we'd get that over 4 or 5 years whilst still having to pay off Huddersfield 5.5m over three or four so I think it is a very tall order indeed to assume the team could be rebuilt on that sort of money.

[McClarky]

Let's be clear on this. If Rhodes is sold to Wigan (which I very much doubt) it is down to finance and finance alone and so is not GB's decision. No manager would sell his only regular goal scorer to a rival. It's probably twitter nonsence anyway so let's not get carried away eh.

[Speedie Dived]

Rhodes is a brilliant finisher, no question. His all round game though is nothing to write home about, last year we scored 55 goals and constantly had less possession than most teams we played, you cannot ignore his part played in that when considering whether or not we will sell him.

In the modern game you simply to have to do more than score nowadays.

[Mike E]

Worry when we've sold him. Until then I'm trying to stay sane haha.

[Gav]

The Rhodes to Wigan "done deal" story was around last week and went viral on twitter, so its old news, move on.

[Leonard Venkhater]

For the life of me how anybody on this board can see selling Rhodes as anything but a backward step is beyond me.

Last season he scored the goals that saved us from relegation,with a bit of luck and a injury free Rhodes we might just have a shot at the playoffs.

What have we got to replace him ?.

Leon and Dj the boys from the hood,do me a favour.

Yep.

I confess I have never made a proper, scientific analysis of Rhodes' game.

I have seen that he is a very good goalscorer. Yes, I do sense he is not yet the finished article re other centre forward attributes. However, I am very conscious that I have only seen him in the context of a Rovers machine, in which he component parts were not working well together-poor service/dysfunctional midfield etc

I would like the opportunity to see him operate with better service and more creativity. If the above rumours are true, maybe i won't get the chance.

I have decided am just going to grit my teeth and wait until September.

It does look to me like Bowyer knows his trade and is capable of sorting out the lack of creativity and the misfiring midfield.

If Rhodes is still here in September, I think we will have reason for optimism.

What a crying shame, if we are to be denied the opportunity because of the financial mess left by the profligate, egotistical mismanagement of Singh et al !

[roveranout]

Rhodes is a brilliant finisher, no question. His all round game though is nothing to write home about, last year we scored 55 goals and constantly had less possession than most teams we played, you cannot ignore his part played in that when considering whether or not we will sell him.

In the modern game you simply to have to do more than score nowadays.

Totally agree that this is the modern game but i can't for the life of me think that all Rhodes does is finish. On Saturday alone he was chasing lost causes and putting the back 4 under pressure at every available opportunity. He works hard for the team even though he is constantly isolated in his position. Not sure what else the man can do to please people.

[Gav]

Let's be clear on this. If Rhodes is sold to Wigan (which I very much doubt) it is down to finance and finance alone and so is not GB's decision. No manager would sell his only regular goal scorer to a rival.

If Rhodes is sold then its makes Bowyer look stupid, as he's gone on record as saying he's not going anywhere and owners won't sell him.

So time will tell on that one I guess.

For the life of me how anybody on this board can see selling Rhodes as anything but a backward step is beyond me.

Last season he scored the goals that saved us from relegation,with a bit of luck and a injury free Rhodes we might just have a shot at the playoffs.

What have we got to replace him ?.

Leon and Dj the boys from the hood,do me a favour.

Absolutely

People are trying to convince us that he doesn't do anything other than score goals, THATS ALL HE NEEDS TO DO FOR GOODNESS SAKE