Jordan Rhodes - The Poll

[BarnhamBlue]

Just a thought!

Everyone is mentioning a £5m - £6m fee and that Rhodes can not play alongside CMS, just maybe they will swap in a part exchange deal? That would reduce the fee to a reasonable level and Huddersfield will have an automatically replacement. Afterall, there is a rumour that Charlton are looking at CMS. I can not believe Gus will spent all his money on one player so he will be looking at all options, including player exchanges.

I don't want CMS to go as i believe he will have a better season.

 

[Brightonfan1983]

Hasn't someone at the club already said it's not Rhodes signing? The press officer I think?

 

[Silent Bob]

I think we spent around £4m last summer in total (on fees), so I suppose a £5m player is not impossible. But it still seems crazy to me. If we were doing it we'd surely be blowing our entire transfer budget. To do that on one player, he needs to be good. Having spent £2.5m on a 30 goal League One striker last year and it not really working out, to go and spend twice that on another one? I think Rhodes is a better player than CMS but I don't know why people think he's so good that he should be signing for Tottenham or whatever. A lot of goals in League One (and u21 football) don't prove that for me, and I haven't seen enough of him actually playing to say how good he really is. If we sign Rhodes for £5m I won't be dancing in the streets, I'll be hoping it works out.

Whether it's realistic, who can even tell any more. Maybe we're interested but I'm not convinced it's on the verge of happening or anything.

 

[repomanse25]

i think alot of people are being very narrow minded here, he is 22yrs old, 6ft 2" tall and a scottish international who scores goals for fun. you have to be prepared to invest in the future and allow for development of players . ok if mr bloom is going to pay out big wages on proven players each year then buy ready made players but as you add to your squad the wage bill just keeps going up and if promotion takes a while that becomes a burden on any club

 

[ROKERITE]

i think alot of people are being very narrow minded here, he is 22yrs old, 6ft 2" tall and a scottish international who scores goals for fun. you have to be prepared to invest in the future and allow for development of players . ok if mr bloom is going to pay out big wages on proven players each year then buy ready made players but as you add to your squad the wage bill just keeps going up and if promotion takes a while that becomes a burden on any club

I am surprised by how many seem unexcited and unimpressed by the prospect of signing Rhodes. As you suggest, he'd be a wonderful addition.

 

[Pavilionaire]

Ricky Lambert scored plenty of goals in League 1. He also scored them in the Championship too. Therefore, to say £5million is a guaranteed waste of money is a groundless statement.

The fee looks a little on the high side by £1 - £1.5mill but then again there is a general lack of goalscorers out there. I look at Jermain Beckford - scored plenty in League 1 with Leeds, Everton got him on a free but sold him a year later for £2.5 million to Leicester. He was 5 years older than Rhodes. The CMS fee also suggests that the market rate for a League 1 goalscorer is typically £2.5 - £3 mill. However the lad is 22 so you can stick a million on.