TheSiege If you look at RFC over the last 12 months, which of course includes the Championship, we have been linked with a lot of strikers - sometimes with some foundation. Many of those strikers have played in Div 1 and none of them have scored anything like the goals that Jordan Rhodes has. Where is the problem? If you are looking for potentially lethal strikers (that we can actually afford at the moment), Rhodes is head and shoulders above the rest. A lot has been said about what would happen if he cannot take the step-up - what if he can? You may have forgotten that Long took a bit of time to blossom into the player that he became in his last season at RFC. Rhodes has never needed the time to blossom, he has scored hatfuls of goals at every level he has been at since childhood. Michael Owen did the same. Funny that!
It's funny, becuase Rhodes, Zaha and CarroLOLLOL are not on free's either, and Long would be cheaper than Rhodes, cheaper than Zaha, cheaper than Carroll, and cheaper than any other completely unrealistic 'target' you've come up with. Plus, Long is proven in our style of football, and proven at PL level...