I do wonder whether he would be another Patrick Bamford. Awesome in the Championship but lacking for the Premier League.

Plus, it would cost us a great deal to find out rather than just a loan fee.

Bolasie is injured and Zaha doesn't seem to be pitting decent balls into the box. He would rather try and take everyone on with his fancy flicks and s***.

I'd take the gamble on Rhodes but we need 1/2 midfielder who can get the into the box as well.

Punch and Zaha not been on great form and can't be dropped as we have no one to replace them with.

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I second that - the most natural finisher in the Championship and a player who bags goals season after season.
Would love to sign him.

"It feels much better than it ever did, much more sensitive." John Wayne Bobbit

Realistically, regardless of our recent relative success (bar recent run) we still struggle to attract top quality and proven players at this level. This, without taking into account any politics or agent skulduggery, leaves us in a position whereby we pay over the odds on a risk from a lower league that may or may not pay-off, or we don't. I feel confident in hypothesising that we won't be signing a prolific striker from abroad nor The Premier League and on those grounds would favour us making a move for Rhodes.

I pretty much agree with this. I'd rather have Dembele from Fulham if we're going to sign a Championship player but the issue with Rhodes is that he's going to require a fee in excess of his real value for a player who'd be a gamble. Plus, I think we'd have to significantly change our tactical approach to get the best out of him and I doubt we are willing to do that. I think Pards not only wants a forward, but a certain type of forward. Anyway, at 5-6 million it'd be worth it. At 10 million, really not.

As an addendum, think about it this way: Rhodes is going to cost you say 9 million in transfer fees and a 3 year contract at around 50k a week (at a guess) for a player unproven at this level.

Adebayor is going to cost you nothing and a 6 month contract at maybe 80,000k a week for a proven Premier League player. So all in all, you're gambling 16 million on Rhodes versus a little over 1 million on Adebayor. And if that one million doesn't pan out, you've got the other 15 million to spend in the summer when there's a better market. Rhodes is too much for someone unproven unless Pards believes he is the real deal.

Edited by sydtheeagle (17 Jan 2016 7.54am)

Sydenham by birth. Selhurst by the Grace of God.

Would have thought a punt on Adebayor for 6 months would be a no brainer as he is going to score us goals.
Rhodes is perhaps too much of a risk at this level where the former is well proven.