JayRod to West Brom

Have heard from a random source who has no reason to tell porkies that it looks like JayRod is off to West Brom imminently

Make of it what you will but he's never going to get back to his best so he can leave with my blessing.

Think it's been the worst kept secret that he's off this summer, just a case of who and how much we get.

Feel sorry for him that he has to settle for WBA though, wouldn't wish that on anyone.

Have heard from a random source who has no reason to tell porkies that it looks like JayRod is off to West Brom imminently

 

Make of it what you will but he's never going to get back to his best so he can leave with my blessing.

How Random is the source?

How Random is the source?

Actually not so random moreso the scenario in which it happened i spose.

Been right in the past; kit design, sponsor and signing so who knows!

Heard the same today. Would be a shame, but maybe best for all parties. Hopefully he can get back to his best, amazing under Poch

Jay Rod is going to West Brom so that means goals goals goals.

Actually not so random moreso the scenario in which it happened i spose.

 

Been right in the past; kit design, sponsor and signing so who knows!

Ok, cheers. Certainly agree with the others that he's been pretty desperate to move.

I'd wish him well. Actually curious to see if he can get anywhere near his best.

The B'mouth goal was fantastic.

Well he's been a right ungrateful b**tard this past season or so, with a real arrogance / entitlement about him when he just hasnt delivered on the pitch. Saints didnt need to give him a massive pay rise and contract whilst he had a potentially career threatening injury - it would be nice if he (or maybe more so, his familia) could remember that...

It's a shame he hasnt got back to his best, but would be good to get some money in and free up some funds for someone who is currently good!

Good that's a start on clearing out the dead wood hopefully a few others are going to get moved on this summer to.

Any idea what he'd be worth in today's market?

Any idea what he'd be worth in today's market?

Half a $long?

Half a $long?

Not a lot then...?

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Half a $long?

Being English surely starts him off at £10m.

Not used well under Puel. Id give him a shot under our new manager.

Sell in January if he's not in new managers plans

Victim of the rotation policy unfortunately for him.

Think he'd be better off looking for a move to a decent Championship club where he's more likely to start each week and find regular goal scoring form.

Not used well under Puel. Id give him a shot under our new manager.

 

Sell in January if he's not in new managers plans

Agree with this . Still a quality player that could get back on form if he was used properly by a decent manager .

Don't blame him for getting frustrated.

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Good. He's pants.

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Feel sorry for him. Until that horrific injury he looked on the verge of something special. Now, he looks like an average Championship striker at best. Maybe a change will do him good. Hope so.

Wish him well. Awesome under Poch and could've been an England starter if it wasn't for the injury. Looked dreadful for most of last season.

Felt sorry for all our strikers this season. They played very isolated all season long with not much service. A point backed up with a poor goal tally of 41 (Our lowest since being back in the top flight)

£12m seems a fair price.

Had he never been injured, it's likely he'd be at a bigger club (like Spurs) and a regular for England now, but unfortunately he'll never be the same player he was. We have Gabbiadini as the main striker, and Austin and Long as competition. Whether we rely on Gallagher or bring another striker in as competition remains to be seen, but JRod us the obvious one that's surplus to requirements.

WBA though, jeez. He'd be better off going back to Burnley.

What a shame. On the verge of going to the Brazil World Cup with England to being pretty much career over with one funny landing vs Man City. He's not been anywhere close to what he was. We all wanted it and wanted to believe it when he showed us glimpses. Hope he can get a run at WBA but I expect him to be a regular in their treatment room rather than the team.

West Brom would be a good landing place for him. I hope he does well. I definitely think he needs a change of scenery, everyone does once and a while.

I'd say pretty Rondon.

Ha ha very clever.

I expect us to pay an extra £15m to land him.

Nowhere near the player he was before his injury, shame as I like him.

Extremely fortunate to get another premier club in for him though

Not much service would normally mean get rid of Prowse and Davis and get two decent attacking midfielders in . Right?

Felt sorry for all our strikers this season. They played very isolated all season long with not much service. A point backed up with a poor goal tally of 41 (Our lowest since being back in the top flight)

One of the players who everyone wants to do well, but who simply isn't good enough anymore. Lost all his pace which was his main asset and has failed to adapt otherwise. He's been very poor for the past two years.

If true this would indicate to me Puel is staying, I think Jay Rod would stay if he had a different manager, personally I would of sold Long and gone into next season with Austin Gabba Jay Rod with Redmond Tadic Boufal and Sims as the attacking options.

I did not feel we needed to buy any attacking players this summer but if Jay Rod goes I would prefer to have another option who can play wing or striker, as I do like Long but he's only playing if Austin and Gabba is not playing as he only really plays well down the middle.

Good get rid he is never going to be as good as he once was...... Way to slow and sluggish

Probably quite a good move for him if true. Shame he never really has seemed quite the same player as before, though when he was at his best for us it was out wide rather than through the middle where he played this season.

Given regular games he would score more than Long IMO.

I think JRod has probably burnt too many bridges within the club and equally the black box has undoubtedly revealed another young, cheap, foreign starlet who we will be attempting to bring in. Let's hope he isn't another Boufal.

Given regular games he would score more than Long IMO.

Not exactly a massive bench mark....Jrod got more game time than Austin and Gabbi and scored less.

Big mistake. He'll be back to haunt us.

Wouldn't have thought he was a Pulis type player tbh. I would have thought he might go to one of the promoted teams.

Actually not so random moreso the scenario in which it happened i spose.

 

Been right in the past; kit design, sponsor and signing so who knows!

The random source is Joe Ward Prowse on twitter.

Shame, he is one of my favourite Saints players. He just isn't getting the game time so there isn't much point in being here.

Never looked quite the same...not sure if that's because of rotation, the injury or the tactically turd way we've utilised him.

I guess we'll see.

Victim of the rotation policy unfortunately for him.

He wasn't a victim of the rotation... he benefitted from it!

Rodriguez was 4th choice striker up against Austin, Gabbiadni & Long for 1 role in the team. If there hadn't been rotation, as 4th choice he'd hardly have played so he can't complain about the rotation.

He wasn't a victim of the rotation... he benefitted from it!

 

Rodriguez was 4th choice striker up against Austin, Gabbiadni & Long for 1 role in the team. If there hadn't been rotation, as 4th choice he'd hardly have played so he can't complain about the rotation.

Not sure thats true tbh, Austin is never fit, and Long doesn't score goals, so personally I think JRod should have been given a longer spell in the side. When he did play, we did ok...!

Given regular games he would score more than Long IMO.

Not used well under Puel. Id give him a shot under our new manager.

 

Sell in January if he's not in new managers plans

No I disagree, given multiple opportunities and rarely taken them. In addition, assuming we want to bring in additional quality which is badly needed still to replace Vic, Pelle and Mane from a year ago, you have to move some people on. Otherwise you end up with a bloated squad which breeds discontented little cliques and unhelpful newspaper articles.....

I'd say pretty Rondon.

lol.......random...!

No I disagree, given multiple opportunities and rarely taken them. In addition, assuming we want to bring in additional quality which is badly needed still to replace Vic, Pelle and Mane from a year ago, you have to move some people on. Otherwise you end up with a bloated squad which breeds discontented little cliques and unhelpful newspaper articles.....

Was never given a run of full games imo which after a long term injury was a must , unfortunate as he's a great guy !

Was never given a run of full games imo which after a long term injury was a must , unfortunate as he's a great guy !

Totally agree with this - he's a good guy and deserved a decent run in the side as I was surprised by how strong he looked again.

Was never given a run of full games imo which after a long term injury was a must , unfortunate as he's a great guy !

He was given under 900 minutes in the league so played the equivalent of less than 10 league games.

He scored 5 league goals.... Not bad given his mismanagement.

Think he was dropped either immediately or sharpish afyer every goal too.... Go figure

Two trains of thought on this.

1 - I think he's got more to offer than Long and in a better team he could yet do it again. I rarely thought he looked bad last year, just lacking in confidence and decent service.

2 - It's obviously not going for him here and hasn't been for a few years. Maybe he needs a fresh start, like Kevin Davies had at Bolton.

J Rod's winner against Man Utd yesterday was his 11th league goal of the season.

In comparison, Austin, our top scorer has scored 8, all our strikers combined (Austin, Gabi, Long, Carillo) have scored... 13.

In hindsight I think he could have been useful this season, was sad to see him go and at the time assumed that it was because we had someone better lined up to come. Maybe he needed the change of scenery, or maybe he just needed an injury free season and a run of games.

J Rod's winner against Man Utd yesterday was his 11th league goal of the season.

 

In comparison, Austin, our top scorer has scored 8, all our strikers combined (Austin, Gabi, Long, Carillo) have scored... 13.

 

In hindsight I think he could have been useful this season, was sad to see him go and at the time assumed that it was because we had someone better lined up to come. Maybe he needed the change of scenery, or maybe he just needed an injury free season and a run of games.

*edit - actually Austin's scored 7, although the combined total remains the same.