So, In Hindsight, Should We Have Got J-Rod?

[ElectroClaret]

People made their views clear at the time, but I only ask because Andy Payton on R/Lancs on Saturday (speaking at the Stanley game) was vehement in his insistence that we should have paid West Brom what they were asking, saying how even at the age of 29 we'd have still got three seasons out of him and might now be glad of his goals.

Personally, because of the poor service the forwards are currently receiving, I don't think he'd have made that much of a difference.

Should we have gone the extra millions?

[piston broke]

Yes and West Brom have a £100m chance at season end so won’t be giving him away.

[Right_winger]

Yes because Jay rod can play the Hendrick role perfectly and has a bit of pace about him too. Not only that being a local Lad he’d give that bit extra

It’s sad that the club sold him despite him not wanting to go. Anything for that piece of silver for our board

[GodIsADeeJay81]

Yes because Jay rod can play the Hendrick role perfectly and has a bit of pace about him too. Not only that being a local Lad he’d give that bit extra

It’s sad that the club sold him despite him not wanting to go. Anything for that piece of silver for our board

He didn't want to go?
Where have you dug that up from?

I thought he signed that last extension to his contract to see if we could get promoted and when we didn't, off he went ..

[taio]

He didn't want to go?
Where have you dug that up from?

I thought he signed that last extension to his contract to see if we could get promoted and when we didn't, off he went ..

He certainly didn't push for a move

[moaninclaret]

Dont think Jay would have made any difference to any of our results, as Electro mentioned, the service to the strikers has been abysmal, a lot of hearts ruling heads as far as Jay is concerned, we wont pay the Baggies what they want so lets forget the lad now. As we all are too aware of, the board have made it very clear that they wont be splashing out much in January , certainly not the 20 odd million wanted by West Brom, i think they are resigned to relegation and dont give a toss about the players, the fans or SD. They have lined their pockets and not willing to dig into them.

[jurek]

No, because I don't think one player can make the difference.
Even if we had/got Messi I don't think our problems would evaporate.

Yes, Jayrod might have made some difference but insufficient to change
things that much. It's not as if we've been close to winning games.

Now, I don't think he would come or WBA would let him leave
and we may have decided/realised that we need more than one player coming in anyway.

Hopefully Riggs and Dyche can pull something out of the hat in January
as we'll more than likely need reinforcements even if we somehow manage to get a reasonable number of
points on the board before then.

[Tall Paul]

How exactly have the board lined their pockets given that they don't take anything out of the club?

[Right_winger]

He didn't want to go?
Where have you dug that up from?

I thought he signed that last extension to his contract to see if we could get promoted and when we didn't, off he went ..

Jay didn’t want to move he was forced by the board for the transfer fee

[Funkydrummer]

Narr.

[Lancasterclaret]

You can't say that Tall Paul, this isn't the board for facts!

Its for people making stuff up for whatever reason floats their boat.

[Belgianclaret]

IMO he would have made a difference, we could us good players like him

[Vegas Claret]

we should have got some better scouts

[SalisburyClaret]

In a word Yes - the money is irrelevant, if the manager wants him that much we should pay the price (which didn’t seem unreasonable)

[Vino blanco]

He is playing well tonight on tv, much more pace and vision than any of our strikers. Could have had a couple of goals.

[BabylonClaret]

Yep absolutely. He can drop deeper much more effectively than any of our current squad and can also play wide better than Ash. So for example on Monday night when Brady was so poor it's much easier to reshuffle.

He'd have given us a different option in Europe - we could have rested some wide mf/forwards for example, and who knows he may have made the difference to progress to the groups, thereby bolstering confidence rather than denting it and increasing disappointment.

He's local and would have given the crowd a focal point as well.

Plus the gaffer wanted him. Wanted him so badly he spent all the window chasing him. That we failed to land him despite a long chase and to the exclusion of all others is poor management. As a number of us said at the time.

[Steve1956]

West Brom have some cracking players,I fully expect us to be shopping there next month

[boatshed bill]

No.

[Steve-Harpers-perm]

In a word Yes - the money is irrelevant, if the manager wants him that much we should pay the price (which didn’t seem unreasonable)

Totally agree they should have landed the managers number one target especially after delivering a 7th place finish.

[theroyaldyche]

No. We should be aiming better than what we have. Vydra is better than j rod

[gsyclaret]

Who ?

[Im_not_Robbie_Blake]

No doubt about it. A big YES from me.

[BabylonClaret]

No. We should be aiming better than what we have. Vydra is better than j rod

No he's not. Not yet anyway.

[Pimlico_Claret]

West Brom are so full of brilliant players that they got relegated

[GodIsADeeJay81]

He is playing well tonight on tv, much more pace and vision than any of our strikers. Could have had a couple of goals.

In the championship..



Against Brentford.

[Nonayforever]

He is playing well tonight on tv, much more pace and vision than any of our strikers. Could have had a couple of goals.

I've got more pace and vision than our strikers at the moment.

[beddie]

Perhaps. I really don't think it's worth us going back at any price in January as they don't need to sell him to be honest, he's very important to them and I can't imagine they need the money.

[scouseclaret]

West Brom have some cracking players,I fully expect us to be shopping there next month

...with the usual outcome. Come January, West Brom’s players will be thinking they have a better chance of playing PL football next season if they stay put.

[tiger76]

J-Rod would have helped but not massively,as he wouldn't have got any service,same as our other strikers.

And it's by no means certain he would have played often,look at how much game time Vydra has had since signing.

[IanMcL]

Without a doubt, he would have raised morale and added an edge.
Let's hope he still can.

[Vegas Claret]

at this point there is more chance of him being in the PL next season with the boingers than us and that is going to be a major issue for us. Summer was the time for us to move the club forwards, we didn't and we all know why.

[theroyaldyche]

No he's not. Not yet anyway.

Yes he is. Jay rod is past it and we should be aiming higher

[Claretforever]

I know time is a healer and all that, but I heard at the time he wouldn’t sign for Burnley again. We were arguing over peanuts in Premier League terms, and forced Jay to tell his employers he wanted to join Burnley, only to then pull the plug when so close.

An awkward situation to put the lad in, and apparently it’s then he said he wouldn’t have anything to do with us again.

I’m answer to the opening post though, yes, we should have got him.

[ontario claret]

J-Rod? How about Danny Ings? A second coming of the Vings combination would suit me fine.

[ClaretTony]

J-Rod? How about Danny Ings? A second coming of the Vings combination would suit me fine.

There was clearly an interest in Rodriguez but there was also clearly no interest in Ings

[SGr]

No we shouldn’t. Should not have even been interested.

No value, no longevity.