Sky Sports reporting that 2 championship clubs have bid for Jordan Rhodes....

[Easy 10]

For £12 million, I'd want a striker with more than just a good goalscoring record in the 2nd tier of English football.

And the moon on a stick.

You can spend half that and take a chance on a Carlos Kickáball, hoping they adapt to England and the rigours of this league. Or you go cheaper and get a third division goalscorer and hope they can make the stepup in class. Or you just luck out and discover a goalscoring machine for peanuts.

£12m would be a massive gamble but he pretty much guarantees you 20 goals, even if you're a bang average team. Whether he could score regularly in the PL is neither here nor there, we'd be in a position to address that if we got there.

 

[Honky Tonx]

Rhodes is the type of player who we need to sign to get us in to the PL but not for a transfer fee that is being insinuated. We can understand why our club looks to sign foreign players. Anyone who thinks he is over rated is plain stupid. As others have mentioned, it does seem strange that it's only championship clubs that seem to be interested. One would have thought that the likes of Norwich, Newcastle or WBA would all be sniffing about.

 

[Taybha]

Odd that a Championship newbie Goldson , and Dunk who could not defend a pair of french nix according to some , managed to snuff his threat out on saturday , the two clear chances he got he fluffed , yep a good player and if he were in our team i would be happy i suppose , but spunking that amount of dosh for him ? nahhhh good luck Wednesday

 

[Spunk Bubble]

Nogan's partner was Andy 'MAD Dog' Kennedy

Initially then it was Junior

 

[Rugrat]

Hmmmmmm?

Correct, meant McLean

 

[perseus]

http://www.whoscored.com/Players/33704/History/Jordan-Rhodes

Blackburn fans say he is a bit slow. I think Gestede would have been a better bet.

More worried about the Conway-Rhodes combination than either player on his own.

I completely forgot his was playing on Saturday. Was he? I did not hear his name mentioned (video stream was too naff to tell).

http://www.whoscored.com/Matches/959532/Live/England-Championship-2015-2016-Blackburn-Brighton

 

[Icy Gull]

If he gets whoever signs him the goals to get to the Premier League then the 12 million plus wages will be peanuts. If he doesn't cut it at the top level the next wave of Championship teams determined to get to the Premier League will sign him up next January. Signing him is a bit of a no brainer if your team needs a goalscorer. I wonder which of the top 6 clubs are most lacking in that department?

A 20 goal a season striker is something we will no doubt continue to dream about.

Is it a gamble? Yes of course it is but then so is every big money player.

 

[saafend_seagull]

He's fat and slow but scores goals.

I'd be annoyed if we spent 12M on him, Zamora is better. We do need to upgrade Hemed though.

 

[Not Andy Naylor]

He's fat and slow but scores goals.

I'd be annoyed if we spent 12M on him, Zamora is better. We do need to upgrade Hemed though.

I didn't know there was an upgrade option. Can we make him faster and a bit taller?

 

[5ways]

Not worth the money imo.

 

[Cowfold Seagull]

Rhodes is inferior to BZ

Once upon a time that would have been true, but Bobby is very much on borrowed time now. Jordan Rhodes is ten years younger, in his prime, and will go on for many years yet.

 

[Marshy]

He is clearly a very good striker.

Prices are insane though at the moment, not just for Rhodes.

 

[Foolg]

He's fat .

Jesus christ. I assume you are fishing?

Have you actually seen Rhodes recently? I think that's possibly the very last word I would've thought to describe him.

 

[Goldstone1976]

Jesus christ. I assume you are fishing?

Have you actually seen Rhodes recently? I think that's possibly the very last word I would've thought to describe him.

Indeed so. Peng is far more appropriate.

 

[dwayne]

His price is determined by what the market will pay for him. As a comparison point afobe is 12m.... Therefore he ain't overpriced at 12 million.

You want proven quality you pay for it other clubs realise that. You can't force bloom to part with the cash but it's a shame we can't go the extra yard.

 

[Doc Lynam]

Part of me thinks this is just a smoke screen!

 

[James Bond's body double]

Part of me thinks this is just a smoke screen!

For what/who?

 

[Grombleton]

For what/who?

Greg Bobkin.

 

[Icy Gull]

For what/who?

Who is the top scorer in League One?

 

[Blue Valkyrie]

Who is the top scorer in League One?

*Shudder*