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Post by terrierpark on Mar 11, 2015 19:45:26 GMT 1
Some of you need to realise we sold the lad for £8m, I bet we never sell a player for that much in our history again! maybe not even half of that! And look where its got us and the quality we are signing!
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Post by Chips Longhorn on Mar 11, 2015 19:50:32 GMT 1
Hang on he scored 40 goals .. without them we wouldn't have got in the playoffs.. Ok #" singlehandedly " Is ott . But kindon robins and Fletcher are seen as legends and Rhodes contributed more than those for example
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Mar 11, 2015 19:56:18 GMT 1
Post by Frankiesleftpeg on Mar 11, 2015 19:56:18 GMT 1
Dont agree any player single handily got us promotion but if one player did it was smithies, saved pens then scored the winning one,if he hadn't done that then not one of rhodes goals would of counted for shit. If you put it like that, you could also say that without those goals Smithies wouldn't have had the opportunity to save those penalties as we wouldn't have got anywhere near the play offs without them.
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Mar 11, 2015 19:56:57 GMT 1
Post by Frankiesleftpeg on Mar 11, 2015 19:56:57 GMT 1
Hang on he scored 40 goals .. without them we wouldn't have got in the playoffs.. Ok #" singlehandedly " Is ott . But kindon robins and Fletcher are seen as legends and Rhodes contributed more than those for example You beat me to it
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Mar 11, 2015 20:06:07 GMT 1
Post by terrierpark on Mar 11, 2015 20:06:07 GMT 1
Hang on he scored 40 goals .. without them we wouldn't have got in the playoffs.. Ok #" singlehandedly " Is ott . But kindon robins and Fletcher are seen as legends and Rhodes contributed more than those for example I know what you mean, he was a phenomenal goal scorer and would be a legend in my eyes had he not behaved the way he did after we finally got to the division which i thought would see us keep him. All those players you mention are from an era of legends when you went to the match not worrying if you would win but thinking about by how much by!Because the whole team were Legends. Rhodes shone in a team that pretty much every player had its critics.
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Mar 11, 2015 21:13:29 GMT 1
Post by Giggity on Mar 11, 2015 21:13:29 GMT 1
What's the betting that Blackburn are being tight arses and trying to pull a fast one? Loan fee + £8 million in the summer is better than £8-10 million in the summer minus sell on fee.
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Mar 11, 2015 21:38:03 GMT 1
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Post by teddytheterrier on Mar 11, 2015 21:38:03 GMT 1
We miss his goals nearly as much as we miss wards assists!
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Post by terrierng on Mar 11, 2015 21:43:27 GMT 1
Dont agree any player single handily got us promotion but if one player did it was smithies, saved pens then scored the winning one,if he hadn't done that then not one of rhodes goals would of counted for shit. If you put it like that, you could also say that without those goals Smithies wouldn't have had the opportunity to save those penalties as we wouldn't have got anywhere near the play offs without them. Take your point but it came down to sudden death, the season, goals, points, win,draw,losses all became irrelevant, it came down to smithies scoring his last pen,he did and after sheff u skied it it was his goal that took us up.
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Mar 11, 2015 22:55:06 GMT 1
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Post by teddytheterrier on Mar 11, 2015 22:55:06 GMT 1
Scored tonight, keeps Bolton below us!
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Post by Deleted on Mar 11, 2015 22:57:40 GMT 1
Scored tonight, keeps Bolton below us! For now
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Mar 11, 2015 23:42:25 GMT 1
Post by Deleted on Mar 11, 2015 23:42:25 GMT 1
Strikers who can find the back of the net on a regular basis are like gold dust, because goals win games and without Rhodes's goals, Town would still have been in League One competing with the likes of Crawley, Fleetwood & Yeovil.
Rhodes scored 73 league goals for Town in 124 "League One" games. He then moved to Blackburn and has proved that he can also do the same at Championship level, having now netted 66 league goals in 124 "championship" games. So, he's proved he can still score at a rate of over 1 goal for every two league game played, so who is to say that he couldn't do it at Premiership level?
Premiership team Hull tried to sign him recently and all the current top teams in the Championship appear desperate to sign him right now for around £12 million, so they must be confident he will also be able to do it at Premiership level.
The only reason he left Town for Blackburn was money and who can blame him for more than doubling his salary to over £2 million/year. If Town had matched his salary and kept hold of him, along with Clayton & Pilkington etc, we would now be challenging for a play-off place at least, instead of struggling to avoid the drop and hoping like hell that Wigan, Millwall & Blackpool keep losing.
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Mar 12, 2015 0:00:09 GMT 1
Post by thrice on Mar 12, 2015 0:00:09 GMT 1
He has played as many games for Rovers as he did for Town!
Time flies.
Still the sale of the century.
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Mar 12, 2015 3:12:05 GMT 1
Post by ritchie on Mar 12, 2015 3:12:05 GMT 1
He has played as many games for Rovers as he did for Town! Time flies. Still the sale of the century.Was it? given he's likely going to be sold for more than that i dont see how think had we managed to keep hold he'd have fired us to the top end of the table at which point we could have sold him to a PL club for 10m+ not saying we could/should have turned down the 8m......but if we had, i think equal/better offers would have come...with the bonus of having his goals in the meantime
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Post by Deleted on Mar 12, 2015 3:33:40 GMT 1
I think we got a great deal at the time. He wanted to leave for financial purposes, I don't blame him but often that can lead to a lower price.
My main criticism of Rhodes is he could have stuck with us half a season and got a better move, but he is obviously more focused on his wallet than playing at the highest level. His actions since then has also shown that.
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Mar 12, 2015 8:45:30 GMT 1
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Post by teddytheterrier on Mar 12, 2015 8:45:30 GMT 1
Should have stayed half a season with us, gone to town, to blackburn to derby/ Middlesbrough? Think he'd have done a good job at a bigger club like an Everton, Newcastle or a Sunderland! Can see him in prem but it will be with a promoted/ yoyo club probably! Focussed too much on his wallet, was always gonna get a bigger move! But fair play to the lad if he's on 50k week, we'd never be able to pay those sort of stupid wages!
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Mar 12, 2015 9:08:15 GMT 1
Post by captainblack on Mar 12, 2015 9:08:15 GMT 1
I think we got a great deal at the time. He wanted to leave for financial purposes, I don't blame him but often that can lead to a lower price. My main criticism of Rhodes is he could have stuck with us half a season and got a better move, but he is obviously more focused on his wallet than playing at the highest level. His actions since then has also shown that. My thoughts exactly, I am not having a pop at Rhodes who I believe is an excellent goal scorer and I was disappointed when he joined Blackburn Rovers . The move has been fantastic for Rhodes's bank balance but as a career move it was a flop. I think he realises now the move to Blackburn Rovers was not a good move and is desperately trying to move to either a top Championship club who look like being promoted or a premiership club. Blackburn Rovers will be understandably wanting substantially more than £8 million.I hope he eventually plays in the premiership and am still very surprised more clubs have not put in offers. I cannot see him being at Blackburn Rovers next season.
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Mar 12, 2015 12:33:39 GMT 1
Post by thrice on Mar 12, 2015 12:33:39 GMT 1
He has played as many games for Rovers as he did for Town! Time flies. Still the sale of the century.Was it? given he's likely going to be sold for more than that i dont see how think had we managed to keep hold he'd have fired us to the top end of the table at which point we could have sold him to a PL club for 10m+ not saying we could/should have turned down the 8m......but if we had, i think equal/better offers would have come...with the bonus of having his goals in the meantime Time will tell if after notching umpteen championship goals he gets sold for more than what we got. I still doubt that he will. How much has it cost Blackburn just to have him there for these past few seasons? Undoubtedly the sale of the century.
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Mar 12, 2015 13:10:45 GMT 1
Post by goodbet on Mar 12, 2015 13:10:45 GMT 1
Blackburn could have been down without him
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Mar 12, 2015 14:00:14 GMT 1
Post by AndySk on Mar 12, 2015 14:00:14 GMT 1
Was it? given he's likely going to be sold for more than that i dont see how think had we managed to keep hold he'd have fired us to the top end of the table at which point we could have sold him to a PL club for 10m+ not saying we could/should have turned down the 8m......but if we had, i think equal/better offers would have come...with the bonus of having his goals in the meantime How much has it cost Blackburn just to have him there for these past few seasons? They prob would've gone down the first season he was there so they've probably got their money's worth just in a different way than they were expecting
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Mar 12, 2015 14:00:43 GMT 1
Post by ACW on Mar 12, 2015 14:00:43 GMT 1
Blackburn could have been down without him We seem to like selling strikers to help Blackburn out. Jon Stead's goals kept them in the Premiership in 2003-04. He scored 4 winning goals for them, and undoubtedly contributed massively to keeping them in the Prem. Unfortunately for him, that was as good as it got for him.
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Mar 12, 2015 17:53:12 GMT 1
Post by thrice on Mar 12, 2015 17:53:12 GMT 1
How much has it cost Blackburn just to have him there for these past few seasons? They prob would've gone down the first season he was there so they've probably got their money's worth just in a different way than they were expecting I fancy that for a fraction of the £8m they spunked they could have found a hitman to help them maintain their championship status & it would not have cost them a further £2m a year to run him.
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Mar 12, 2015 17:58:35 GMT 1
Post by galpharm2400 on Mar 12, 2015 17:58:35 GMT 1
they overpaid and then paid him far too much.. that's their business..
I was trying to imagine him playing here on his jack over the last couple of seasons, I cant...I think he might as well have come and sat with us in the stand in quite a lot of them..
I guess on the odd occasions we made a few chances he may well have put one or two in but the 8 million was beter spent on debt.. its a bit sad for us but true..
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Mar 12, 2015 18:12:39 GMT 1
Post by Chips Longhorn on Mar 12, 2015 18:12:39 GMT 1
Well you say they overpaid for him.. But he's got sackfuls of goals for them and they're likely to bag a profit ?? So not the dumbest piece of business ever
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Post by AndySk on Mar 12, 2015 18:14:31 GMT 1
They prob would've gone down the first season he was there so they've probably got their money's worth just in a different way than they were expecting I fancy that for a fraction of the £8m they spunked they could have found a hitman to help them maintain their championship status & it would not have cost them a further £2m a year to run him. 27 goals that season and they only stayed up by 4 points. Not sure they could've. Anyway, was a good deal for us so who gives a shit
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Mar 12, 2015 18:19:27 GMT 1
Post by galpharm2400 on Mar 12, 2015 18:19:27 GMT 1
not the dumbest piece of business but add the wages they have paid and the lack of an 'upsurge' in paying customers at ewood park..
the main point for us was that he could have looked very poor with us for a season and knocked the price somewhat..
the 8 million was good business for us.. what players do afterwards is only of interest via the sell on clauses..Rhodes has done well enough to get us an extra few bob, so good on him..
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Mar 12, 2015 18:47:48 GMT 1
Post by Chips Longhorn on Mar 12, 2015 18:47:48 GMT 1
Oh yeah it was good business for us to be sure , and Jordan
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Post by Deleted on Mar 12, 2015 19:02:59 GMT 1
Well you say they overpaid for him.. But he's got sackfuls of goals for them and they're likely to bag a profit ?? So not the dumbest piece of business ever If you factor in his wages they wont make a profit. Even if they got 12 million from someone the 8 they paid us and his 2 million a year is still more than 12.
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Mar 12, 2015 19:07:03 GMT 1
Post by Chips Longhorn on Mar 12, 2015 19:07:03 GMT 1
Well you say they overpaid for him.. But he's got sackfuls of goals for them and they're likely to bag a profit ?? So not the dumbest piece of business ever If you factor in his wages they wont make a profit. Even if they got 12 million from someone the 8 they paid us and his 2 million a year is still more than 12. I'm sure there won't be one Blackburn fan who regrets them buying jordan Rhodes
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Post by Deleted on Mar 12, 2015 19:10:50 GMT 1
Has town got ALL the Rhodes money now? Anyone know?
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Mar 12, 2015 19:33:55 GMT 1
Post by terrierpark on Mar 12, 2015 19:33:55 GMT 1
People claim it was an amazing deal. It might have been for Jordan and those in charge of the club, but i dont see it myself. If we had got a large fee at once up front instead of doing a deal that resembles selling a sofa and invested that wisely on the players i doubt we would have had the seasons we have had looking at the drop zone, and players giving up on the season so early, thre lack of ambition debate etc etc. Six million could have bought us three or four cracking players and pushed us on the way Bournemouth have when they reinvested following the sale of their best players. We have fannied about and are still fannying when it comes to the strikers and we still have not got a midfield two that can be effective without a third player , reducing the team to one striker or one winger at times. That 8 million has proved a white elephant as its frittered away once again on mediocre players like coady or edgar. As the saying goes the proof of the pudding is in the eating and ours is half baked.
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