LightwaterRoyalSeal The more I look at our squad the more I think £6m on Rhodes is a gamble worth taking.
With the money from the new TV deal kicking in next season, this is arguably the most important year in Premier League history to stay up. It can cement us as a top 20 club.
Three top 20 clubs get relegated every year though
LightwaterRoyalSeal The more I look at our squad the more I think £6m on Rhodes is a gamble worth taking.
With the money from the new TV deal kicking in next season, this is arguably the most important year in Premier League history to stay up. It can cement us as a top 20 club.
Three top 20 clubs get relegated every year though
Ian Royal As for Pog vs Rhodes.
I'll take the guy who (trying to factor in wages) will cost half as much and has PL experience, over the guy who's scoring record doesn't even include the Championship.
If Rhodes scores >10 goals by Xmas he might be worth £6m. If he doesn't, there's every chance we won't want him and rightly so, or he'll go for less than £6m.
SealIan Royal As for Pog vs Rhodes.
I'll take the guy who (trying to factor in wages) will cost half as much and has PL experience, over the guy who's scoring record doesn't even include the Championship.
If Rhodes scores >10 goals by Xmas he might be worth £6m. If he doesn't, there's every chance we won't want him and rightly so, or he'll go for less than £6m.
If Rhodes scores 10 by Xmas he will go for more than £6m, and we will have almost certainly missed the boat.
TheSiegeIdeal I'm sure Rhodes is a good player and all that, but scoring tons of goals in league one isn't proof of anything, Jamie Moralee scored just as many, and he didn't ammount to anyting.
Taking gambles is great, if it is £150K or so, we didn't pay over the odds for Le Fondre, Long or Doyle, but now we are talking about £6M, imagine if he flops, you and the rest of them on here will be fuming about "wasted money" etc.
Unless he can be signed at a more reasonable price, I don't see why we should push the boat out just for this one player who isn't proven at higher level.
In this transfer window, our biggest gamble has been the return of Shorey (big deal). Every so a often a player comes through the divisions and starts being noticed by the big clubs. That player may not always turn into pure quality but, sometimes it does happen. We have 6 new recruits already and we have spent little on transfers. I believe that Rhodes would be a reasonable gamble at the price. We may still have the budget and Church could be on his way. Lets not be too tight-arsed this time in the Prem. Lets live a little! If we spend 6m and Rhodes does not set the Prem alight in his first season, that does'nt mean he will not learn, nor does it mean that he is suddenly worth nothing. All natural goalscorers have value!
TheSiegeIdeal I'm sure Rhodes is a good player and all that, but scoring tons of goals in league one isn't proof of anything, Jamie Moralee scored just as many, and he didn't ammount to anyting.
Taking gambles is great, if it is £150K or so, we didn't pay over the odds for Le Fondre, Long or Doyle, but now we are talking about £6M, imagine if he flops, you and the rest of them on here will be fuming about "wasted money" etc.
Unless he can be signed at a more reasonable price, I don't see why we should push the boat out just for this one player who isn't proven at higher level.
In this transfer window, our biggest gamble has been the return of Shorey (big deal). Every so a often a player comes through the divisions and starts being noticed by the big clubs. That player may not always turn into pure quality but, sometimes it does happen. We have 6 new recruits already and we have spent little on transfers. I believe that Rhodes would be a reasonable gamble at the price. We may still have the budget and Church could be on his way. Lets not be too tight-arsed this time in the Prem. Lets live a little! If we spend 6m and Rhodes does not set the Prem alight in his first season, that does'nt mean he will not learn, nor does it mean that he is suddenly worth nothing. All natural goalscorers have value!
TheSiege
Don't be silly, we have been after Rhodes for a long time and the only problem has been the fee. If Rhodes was free, he would already be with us!
Seal Go on then. Who else would you buy for £6m?
TheSiege Why Pog vs Rhodes, why not Pog, Rhodes, ALF, Roberts and Hunt as our Prem strikeforce (perhaps with Zaha as the icing on the cake). I really don't get this negativity about a guy who scored 40 goals last season - regardless of the division. Natural-born goalscorers are rare and usually continue their progress at higher levels. The only example I can think of when this did not happen is Steve Bull - but he still played for England!
Royal RotherTheSiege Why Pog vs Rhodes, why not Pog, Rhodes, ALF, Roberts and Hunt as our Prem strikeforce (perhaps with Zaha as the icing on the cake). I really don't get this negativity about a guy who scored 40 goals last season - regardless of the division. Natural-born goalscorers are rare and usually continue their progress at higher levels. The only example I can think of when this did not happen is Steve Bull - but he still played for England!
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Seal International goal scorer now...
The Rouge
TheSiege This guy is the real deal and his club currently want one of our CB's and Church on loan. Surely there is a deal to be done!,
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