[Archived] Rhodes Wants To Leave

[Dunnfc]

NO STRIKER YOU SAY?.......................

[Mike Graham]

Thing is at the time it was rumoured bling venky paid for Rhodes out of his own money . So maybe he doesn't want instalments back in return but a big fat juicy profit all in one go.

I doubt we will see any of the Rhodes money when Jocky goes.

[perthblue02]

Thing is at the time it was rumoured bling venky paid for Rhodes out of his own money . So maybe he doesn't want instalments back in return but a big fat juicy profit all in one go.

Can't blame him really, after getting burned by their Barnet buddy with promise of untold riches for Formica and Rochina after the cheques were signed off to the football investment fund

[chaddyrovers]

Simon Garner says Rhodes must stay at Rovers

http://m.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/sport/13521375.Simon_Garner_column__Embargo_or_no_embargo_Blackburn_Rovers_cannot_afford_to_lose_Jordan_Rhodes_as_well_as_Rudy_Gestede/

[Coatbridge rover]

Once a player makes it clear he wants away,90% of the time it happens.Jordan owes us nothing and a silver lining might be.12 @ 6 @ 3 @ 3 =24 million the venksters might just cut and run

[AllRoverAsia]

Rhodes wants to leave.Mr Bowyer is not playing him sell I say.

Mr Bowyer? why not Gazza, Gary or GB?

Once a player makes it clear he wants away,90% of the time it happens.Jordan owes us nothing and a silver lining might be.12 @ 6 @ 3 @ 3 =24 million the venksters might just cut and run

OK so you sell Rhodes and also Marshall, which you advocate somewhere else on the MB. What is your preferred line-up for Rovers first Laegue game?

[47er]

Dingle?

Troll?

[imy9]

I hope Gestede is the last major sale. If it is then a couple of shrewd loan signings would see us comfortable in mid table. After that anything is a bonus.

[JHRover]

Once a player makes it clear he wants away,90% of the time it happens.Jordan owes us nothing and a silver lining might be.12 @ 6 @ 3 @ 3 =24 million the venksters might just cut and run

I disagree. I think Rhodes does owe us something.

He made a commitment to this football club 12 months ago when he put pen to paper on an extended contract. He didn't need to, but was happy to tie himself down for longer. Anyone and everyone knew that the chances of an embargo were extremely high and that losses would have to be reduced further.

I don't think anyone would begrudge him a move to a team in a higher division offering a better standard of football. But that's not what's on offer here. What's on offer is a better shot at promotion than we can offer, whilst still traipsing to the likes of Brentford and Milton Keynes week after week.

If Aston Villa were trying to sign him I would be happy to see him go and progress and I would genuinely wish him all the best. But to Middlesbrough? In the Championship? A team we will be competing against next season? Sorry, but no.

If Middlesbrough are as good as everyone thinks they are then they will breeze to promotion this season. Then if they like Rhodes so much they can come back next summer when armed with more money and the lure of a genuine step up.

Until then the owners should say no way is he going to a rival and only goes if a Premier League side come in. I think that's fair enough. Until that time comes Rhodes should concentrate on doing his job for the club that he is contracted to and who pays his considerable wages every week.

[Damien]

Spot on! Good post!

[roverandout]

Makes no difference if he stays or goes, we won't be pushing for the playoffs.

[EgyptianPete]

Makes no difference if he stays or goes, we won't be pushing for the playoffs.

Either way if hes stays then great and lets sing his name out loud and proud, make him realise we the fans care

[Amo]

Makes no difference if he stays or goes, we won't be pushing for the playoffs.

If Rhodes does leave, we'll be lucky to stay up next season with Brownie & Delfy up front. Then again, apparently we're a weaker team with Rhodes, so maybe this means Willo & Lowey will end up getting 12 goals apiece.

[Rover_Shaun]

But he only ever scores when he wants

"Score when we want" should be the cry

[roverandout]

Anyone think a premier league team will come in for him before September1st?

[Waggy76]

I hear on SKY Gestede has signed for Villa...

If Rhodes leaves now , we will be relegated !

[Steve Kean's Hypnotoad]

He's his own worst enemy with this Rhodes. Contracts don't mean contracts in football anymore, they mean how much you get to charge for players when they want to leave. Rhodes keeps signing long contracts, then keeps saying he wants to leave, and of course we then say fine but its gotta be a massive fee. We'll say the same this time unless Venkys have decided they want the cash.

We've no obligation at all to sell him, we can ignore his requests, stick him in the first team and if he sulks and plays rubbish, stick him in the reserves. And what happens then, well he has to get over his sulking or he won't get a move anyway because he's not putting himself in the shop window.

If I were Rovers I'd stick a £10m price tag on him and if nobody matches it then tough.

[roverandout]

He will get a move though, people know what hes capable of and sticking him in the rreserves only hurts rovers, why pay 40 grand a week to a reserve player, i think he will be gone by the end of the window, boro or no boro

[DE.]

He's his own worst enemy with this Rhodes. Contracts don't mean contracts in football anymore, they mean how much you get to charge for players when they want to leave. Rhodes keeps signing long contracts, then keeps saying he wants to leave, and of course we then say fine but its gotta be a massive fee. We'll say the same this time unless Venkys have decided they want the cash.

We've no obligation at all to sell him, we can ignore his requests, stick him in the first team and if he sulks and plays rubbish, stick him in the reserves. And what happens then, well he has to get over his sulking or he won't get a move anyway because he's not putting himself in the shop window.

If I were Rovers I'd stick a £10m price tag on him and if nobody matches it then tough.

We're asking for around £12m by the sounds of it, pretty much all paid up-front.

[Steve Kean's Hypnotoad]

It doesn't only hurt us, it hurts him too. So its a question of who does it hurt more. Well with him we'll probably be mid-table, without him we'll probably be bottom half. Does that actually matter? I can't see how it does personally. As for him, well if he keeps sulking and keeps staying in the reserves, other clubs will very quickly forget about him and move on to other targets.

All we have to do is not blink first, it should be very easy.

Everyone told me he was moving in the summer of 2013 and I spent the entirety of it saying not unless we get a massive fee. Seeing as he's just put himself in exactly the same situation (4 years left on his contract) by short-sightedly signing another one, it'll be not unless we get a massive fee again.

[roverandout]

Yes you're right in the most part but surely his valuation would go down

[Steve Kean's Hypnotoad]

Does that matter though as we don't want to sell him anyway? And when he gets over his sulk and starts playing well again, it'll go back up. It probably seems ruthless, like we're holding him hostage during the prime years of his playing career, but he keeps making the decision to sign new contracts.

Every time he signs one he gets a substantial pay rise, but he makes it harder for clubs to buy him. That's the trade off, he's always happy to take the first, so he's gonna have to lump taking the second.

This is why I never understood the animosity for Lucas Neill when he left. Its just good sense for players who want to leave a club to not sign a new contract, and its up to the club to realise this is on the cards 1-2 years before and get them sold for a fee while they still can. We dropped the ball with both Neill and Hoilett, but have made the smart move with Gestede.

Rhodes on the other hand just keeps making it easy for us, we get to completely dictate the circumstances under which we sell him.

[SIMON GARNERS 194]

We are in a massive lose/lose situation here,no benefit at all to this club.

[yoda]

He may score when he wants,

He don't leave when he wants

[Exiled in Toronto]

Does that matter though as we don't want to sell him anyway? And when he gets over his sulk and starts playing well again, it'll go back up. It probably seems ruthless, like we're holding him hostage during the prime years of his playing career, but he keeps making the decision to sign new contracts.

Every time he signs one he gets a substantial pay rise, but he makes it harder for clubs to buy him. That's the trade off, he's always happy to take the first, so he's gonna have to lump taking the second.

This is why I never understood the animosity for Lucas Neill when he left. Its just good sense for players who want to leave a club to not sign a new contract, and its up to the club to realise this is on the cards 1-2 years before and get them sold for a fee while they still can. We dropped the ball with both Neill and Hoilett, but have made the smart move with Gestede.

Rhodes on the other hand just keeps making it easy for us, we get to completely dictate the circumstances under which we sell him.

I agree with you 100%. It was the same with these players signing new contracts which guaranteed an extension if they played so many games. Happy to take the increased wages but too thick to see the trigger clause was actually a reason not to play them as they approached it.