2 Words... Jordan Rhodes. I'm sure by now you all know that Jordan Rhodes is arguably the best goalscorer on this game behind Cavani, but not many of you will know his capabilities. It was deadline day, 2nd September 2014, Real Madrid had sold Karim Benzema to Chelsea, i was left with Ronaldo and Jese as my main men, but obviously i needed a backup, so with 2 hours remaining, i snapped up Jordan Rhodes for ?9m. I knew it was a risk as he was a lower premier league side player but i was out of options. Ronaldo was out with a calf injury forcing me to play Barcelona with Rhodes and Jese.. No chance right? No. Rhodes scored a hattrick as we won 5-0 in the nou camp. The season went on and i won the league with 102 points, Jordan Rhodes scored in every game but 2. he finished the season top scorer ahead of Messi and El Arabi with 36 goals. In all my other saves i could never get the best out of my strikers, but it goes to show with the right roles, tactics and formation, you can make the most of your strenghts and cancel out any weaknesses. As Cavani and Falcao were both on the market i could not turn down the ?29m bid received from Man Utd, but i still followed Rhodes during the following season as he won the Golden Boot award and scored 31 goals for Man Utd. No doubt in my mind Rhodes is the bargain of the game.
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