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Post by overtonterrierspirit on May 21, 2021 18:57:26 GMT 1
I kind of think that our Coaching team might actually have a plan to get the best out of him. Why else do you think we’ve signed him? Someone might have to explain the plan to them first. Cus if its the same plan they had with Ward, Keogh and Holmes, then they probably devised it while they were pissed up. I’m only guessing here, but maybe they plan for us to have a better season than the last one?
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Post by turbo2 on May 21, 2021 19:00:06 GMT 1
He is to them what Pritchard, diakhaby and mbenza are to me. Jesus I hope he proves me wrong
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Post by Christ in Shades (art) on May 21, 2021 19:02:30 GMT 1
Between Rhodes and Koroma there's 30 goals there, hopefully, plus there is Phillips too. Given that comment how many games do you envisage Danny Ward & Campbell playing? Hopefully none.
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Post by muffinman on May 21, 2021 19:07:58 GMT 1
Not happy with this signing to be honest. Dont understand how he will fit in to the style of play CC proposes.
3 year contract, no wonder he is happy to be back!
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Post by goodbet on May 21, 2021 19:09:11 GMT 1
I think that we all hope that we have signed a Rhodes that is someone close to what left us a few years ago. Based on his stats from his last few clubs this does not seem to be the case. It could be that they tried to get him to play to different system that did not suit his natural game, I don't know, and I guess that no one else does with any certainty.
I would like him to replicate what he did for us previously and I am sure that Rhodes does as well, but is it realistic to expect this? I doubt it based on his last few seasons, I will live in hope now that he has signed he can replicate his form.
I will ask the recruitment team to throw all out their old telephone directories and concentrate on young up and coming young players from now on in.
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Post by huddersfc on May 21, 2021 19:09:49 GMT 1
Someone might have to explain the plan to them first. Cus if its the same plan they had with Ward, Keogh and Holmes, then they probably devised it while they were pissed up. I’m only guessing here, but maybe they plan for us to have a better season than the last one? What was the plan for the year just gone then? Unless it was anything other to scrape home with less points than the previous season, they failed pretty miserably. While we are on guessing, here is my guess as to what I think. CC doesnt want 90% of the signings we have made including Rhodes. Our signings are a combination of doing things on the cheap and lack of any kind of decent contacts.
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Post by lochnessterrier on May 21, 2021 19:13:59 GMT 1
Jordan pissed off the Wendies when he scored four at their place. Now he can piss them off again by making a success of his second spell. Welcome back Jordan and best of luck mate.
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Post by overtonterrierspirit on May 21, 2021 19:14:39 GMT 1
I’m only guessing here, but maybe they plan for us to have a better season than the last one? What was the plan for the year just gone then? Unless it was anything other to scrape home with less points than the previous season, they failed pretty miserably. While we are on guessing, here is my guess as to what I think. CC doesnt want 90% of the signings we have made including Rhodes. Our signings are a combination of doing things on the cheap and lack of any kind of decent contacts. I’m so glad that I don’t have the same negativity embedded within myself. Both of our signings “want” to be at the club, that’s a major move forwards in my opinion. Will there ever be a time when people start to look forward and not back?
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Post by Champers on May 21, 2021 19:17:02 GMT 1
What was the plan for the year just gone then? Unless it was anything other to scrape home with less points than the previous season, they failed pretty miserably. While we are on guessing, here is my guess as to what I think. CC doesnt want 90% of the signings we have made including Rhodes. Our signings are a combination of doing things on the cheap and lack of any kind of decent contacts. I’m so glad that I don’t have the same negativity embedded within myself. Both of our signings “want” to be at the club, that’s a major move forwards in my opinion. Will there ever be a time when people start to look forward and not back? Who you asking that to, our fans or our recruitment team?
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Post by sykeylad on May 21, 2021 19:21:12 GMT 1
The miserable bastards are out in force I see.
We need a striker! Phil open the cheque book!
What, a 3 year deal for Rhodes? How ridiculous.
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Post by Clark W Griswald (CAS) on May 21, 2021 19:21:41 GMT 1
He'll get 15 goals next season no sweat, probably would have only given him 2 years mind. Quite pleased he's back. If he scores 10 + he's an improvement on what we have (JK aside). Sometimes players just fit right with a club, Jordan is one of us, he'll feel the love, he'll score goals. Welcome home Jordan UTT
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Post by Clark W Griswald (CAS) on May 21, 2021 19:23:03 GMT 1
Jordan says he’s expecting us to have a full house and the place to be rocking next season. Some hope by the sounds of it with all the negativity still around! 18 months with no live football - I can’t wait to get back. Me neither
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Post by kennyk2 on May 21, 2021 19:24:40 GMT 1
Haha the miserable buggers are out in force this afternoon! Drink it in lads! Poacher, languid, reminds me so much of Pawel Abbott. As far as his recent history is concerned... he can't score if you don't play him, but needs service.
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Post by Clark W Griswald (CAS) on May 21, 2021 19:25:58 GMT 1
Give him a bit of service and he'll score. So has he never had any service for the last 6 years then 🤔 Porra, you can take our lass shopping of a Saturday whilst I'm at the game, pick me up at the Vulcan on your way back UTFT
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Post by Ross83 on May 21, 2021 19:26:33 GMT 1
Getting a bit nostalgic now it's been confirmed. Watching the highlights vs Wycombe.. the sublime finishing, commentator absolutely creaming over him and the post match interview with "he's not for sale" ringing out. Goosebumps!
He's a far, FAR better finisher than Campbell and Ward, even Mounie or Grant. Give him the chances and he'll score.
You can tell he's genuinely buzzing to be back and that's good enough for me. Personally I can't wait to hear and chant his name when he scores his trademark 4 in the opener 😉 seriously though, I think we could have done a lot worse for a free transfer this early on.
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Post by Waterloo Terrier on May 21, 2021 19:27:38 GMT 1
Would much rather we went after someone young looking to prove themselves like Liam Delap from Man City than another aging ex player looking for a final payday. Our recruitment team are plain fucking lazy. Personally I’d prefer them both. Rhodes and Delap sounds like a decent front pairing. Despite his age Jordan is twice the player Ward ever will be.
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Post by Captainslapper on May 21, 2021 19:28:59 GMT 1
This pretty much how I see it. Hes a proven player. He's decent in the air and at linking up play. My concern would be about his fitness because he's struggled with injuries so hopefully we've done our homework on that. But if we can keep him fit then IMO he'll be a good option to have. With equal game time id be very confident he'd comfortably outscore any of our existing strikers, so to me that's an improvement.. what you want with a signing. Welcome back Jordan. He was shit at linking up play when he was here, he had to be good at first time finishes cos his ball control was awful. He just had Novak doing the work of 2 men. Cant begin to tell you how wrong I think you are!
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Post by andyeastleake on May 21, 2021 19:29:47 GMT 1
TBF having read about half the thread, the impression I'm getting is that whilst they accept they paid too much for him and too much to him he always put the effort in and he should have been played a lot more than he was. TBH I was a bit surprised the comments were so positive given (it appears) he declined to take a penalty against us and the simple fact he was so closely tied in fans minds to us (& declined to take a penalty). You only need to look at his face to see he was putting his body on the line for Wednesday.
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Post by Champers on May 21, 2021 19:30:23 GMT 1
Would much rather we went after someone young looking to prove themselves like Liam Delap from Man City than another aging ex player looking for a final payday. Our recruitment team are plain fucking lazy. Personally I’d prefer them both. Rhodes and Delap sounds like a decent front pairing. Despite his age Jordan is twice the player Ward ever will be. Wouldn't be against it, I just wonder if the two would be a little bit too similar in style. Tbh, City may want any loan to be to a club a bit more renowned for creating chances which we aren't exactly adept at quite yet!
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Post by goodbet on May 21, 2021 19:30:49 GMT 1
I’m only guessing here, but maybe they plan for us to have a better season than the last one? What was the plan for the year just gone then? Unless it was anything other to scrape home with less points than the previous season, they failed pretty miserably. While we are on guessing, here is my guess as to what I think. CC doesnt want 90% of the signings we have made including Rhodes. Our signings are a combination of doing things on the cheap and lack of any kind of decent contacts. The issue is do we need decent contacts? We need to identify players that we want and contact their agents. If we made a list of the positions that we need filling the agent will be beating down our door with the players that want to get as good a position as possible. If this is correct we don't seem to be able to identify the players we want and just end phoning up old players and try to get them back without a plan or any methodology. Out of the old players we have signed Rhodes is the only one that could be half decent, I would not have had the others here at any price.
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Post by huddersfc on May 21, 2021 19:32:56 GMT 1
What was the plan for the year just gone then? Unless it was anything other to scrape home with less points than the previous season, they failed pretty miserably. While we are on guessing, here is my guess as to what I think. CC doesnt want 90% of the signings we have made including Rhodes. Our signings are a combination of doing things on the cheap and lack of any kind of decent contacts. I’m so glad that I don’t have the same negativity embedded within myself. Both of our signings “want” to be at the club, that’s a major move forwards in my opinion. Will there ever be a time when people start to look forward and not back? How do you know they do? Rhodes wasnt going to find anyone else stupid enough to give him 3 years. Its football ffs, he didnt want to be here last time. He made that clear to our chairman at the time if you recall. Now amazingly at 31 he wants to be here again. Wow, and you think it has nothing to do with money or the ridiculous contract length. You think he just suddenly WANTS to be here again. You can call me negative all you like, I dont really care, but its better than being in some dream world and burying my head in the sand, where after years and years of doing nothing, a 31 year old Rhodes, will all of a sudden become good again for 3 years because he wants to be here. Oh, I forgot to mention he was once our 8th top scorer... cus that also seems to be relevant too.
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Post by kennyk2 on May 21, 2021 19:33:20 GMT 1
Pleased that he's signed, but we don't need to do this:
When a player wants to come back to a club, it’s because he feels close to the supporters and that there’s something special to him about being a Terrier.
One of his biggest ambitions is to score 100 goals for the Club and he knows he’s only 13 away from reaching that impressive milestone. Well I think that's a certainty unless he breaks his leg in eight places.
He's going to prove a lot of people wrong though. Funny how a lot of these players across the country, want to return to "home". Something to do with Covid possibly and they realise that family is more important.
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Post by huddersfc on May 21, 2021 19:38:35 GMT 1
What was the plan for the year just gone then? Unless it was anything other to scrape home with less points than the previous season, they failed pretty miserably. While we are on guessing, here is my guess as to what I think. CC doesnt want 90% of the signings we have made including Rhodes. Our signings are a combination of doing things on the cheap and lack of any kind of decent contacts. The issue is do we need decent contacts? We need to identify players that we want and contact their agents. If we made a list of the positions that we need filling the agent will be beating down our door with the players that want to get as good a position as possible. If this is correct we don't seem to be able to identify the players we want and just end phoning up old players and try to get them back without a plan or any methodology. Out of the old players we have signed Rhodes is the only one that could be half decent, I would not have had the others here at any price. Yes, I think you do need someone with good contacts. Its been said many times before, but look at what Webber did when he was here. Look at what he has done at Norwich since leaving us. I never used to like the director of football role at all until we had Webber, and I realised when utilised properly what could be done. Just look at whats happened since he left in terms of our recruitment.
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Post by Waterloo Terrier on May 21, 2021 19:39:53 GMT 1
Personally I’d prefer them both. Rhodes and Delap sounds like a decent front pairing. Despite his age Jordan is twice the player Ward ever will be. Wouldn't be against it, I just wonder if the two would be a little bit too similar in style. Tbh, City may want any loan to be to a club a bit more renowned for creating chances which we aren't exactly adept at quite yet! True. I think having a striker with pace alongside him or aerial ability would help big time. He definitely needs a partner. Carlos needs to work out how to make that work now.
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Post by Deleted on May 21, 2021 19:42:37 GMT 1
Regardless of Sheff Wed. I'd be after Adam Reach. He can cross a ball. No fucking about and tippy tappy. He can deliver. Him and Rhodes I said I'd have all day, fuck Bannan, Reach all day
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Post by drumriggend on May 21, 2021 19:45:08 GMT 1
Wow... Let’s get warnock back as manager.. Keith longbottom as chairman.. Play in hobnail boots.. It’s like the film tenet.. We are moving backwards in time .. Whilst everyone else is moving forrard.. Is our club operating in a parallel universe?? 🤷🏻♂️ Much like your backward thinking Eh?? So signing rhodes is forward thinking?? 🤷🏻♂️
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Post by goodbet on May 21, 2021 19:53:26 GMT 1
The issue is do we need decent contacts? We need to identify players that we want and contact their agents. If we made a list of the positions that we need filling the agent will be beating down our door with the players that want to get as good a position as possible. If this is correct we don't seem to be able to identify the players we want and just end phoning up old players and try to get them back without a plan or any methodology. Out of the old players we have signed Rhodes is the only one that could be half decent, I would not have had the others here at any price. Yes, I think you do need someone with good contacts. Its been said many times before, but look at what Webber did when he was here. Look at what he has done at Norwich since leaving us. I never used to like the director of football role at all until we had Webber, and I realised when utilised properly what could be done. Just look at whats happened since he left in terms of our recruitment. Did Webber have good contacts or did he know a good player when he saw them? With all the agents that I assume are knocking on our door we don't seem to be able to select a good one from ones thrown at us, so we pick on ones we have seen before. If you phone up club 'A' and asked about player 'Z' would it make much difference? They would say what the want you to know about him i.e. say he is for sale and big him up or say that he was not for sale. It may help if you knew them but business is business you need to get the best price for your player. So you may give someone you know a slight discount but you would not drive interest away if you did not know the person from the other club making inquiries.
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Post by turbo2 on May 21, 2021 19:54:09 GMT 1
Regardless of Sheff Wed. I'd be after Adam Reach. He can cross a ball. No fucking about and tippy tappy. He can deliver. Him and Rhodes I said I'd have all day, fuck Bannan, Reach all day You do realise the massive were relegated???
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Post by drumriggend on May 21, 2021 19:56:31 GMT 1
Seriously mind fooooked by this signing..
So we are trusting Carlos to build us a team to potentially make us top 6 contenders..
Does anybody seriously think he’s been banging on the chairman’s door saying “we have to sign Jordan rhodes “
Or has he just been told it’s happening..
Either let Carlos have full control and sign his own players..
Or sign some lower league nomark manager and let’s play hoofball..
Idiotic recruitment policy..
Can’t believe anybody thinks this is a good signing..
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Post by Deleted on May 21, 2021 19:57:02 GMT 1
Regardless of Sheff Wed. I'd be after Adam Reach. He can cross a ball. No fucking about and tippy tappy. He can deliver. Him and Rhodes I said I'd have all day, fuck Bannan, Reach all day You do realise the massive were relegated??? Shit team Not all players are shit. There's a difference. Get ya post obviously. Relegation doesn't mean they're all shit, just shit as a team. Carlos can change it..... I hope
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