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Yann Kermorgant or Jordan Rhodes?

CallumcafcCallumcafc
edited September 2022 in Other Football and Sports
Stirring quite a debate on Twitter.

Five sets of fans all saying it’s a silly question. Charlton, Reading and Bournemouth fans all say Yann. Huddersfield and Blackburn fans say Rhodes.



To be honest, the debate just leaves me depressed that we only got two and a half seasons from one of my favourite ever players when he spent eight seasons total in England.
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  • cafcdave123cafcdave123
    I don't recall Jordan Rhodes ever refusing to play for Charlton.
  • CAFCsayerCAFCsayer
    What a stupid question... Yann and it is not even remotely close
  • Addick AddictAddick Addict
    edited September 2022
    CAFCsayer said:
    What a stupid question... Yann and it is not even remotely close
    My sentiments entirely but I suppose fans of a player that scored 160 goals in 309 games for Blackburn and Huddersfield is rather going to say the opposite. It's probably the modern day equivalent of comparing a Frank Worthington to Killer. How many of us would vote for Worthington?
  • se9addickse9addick
    Rhodes was a goalscorer and not much else, and as a goalscorer he was only prolific for three or four seasons in his career. Yann wasn’t really about scoring goals, he contributed in other ways. He chipped in with goals and I think he had one very decent season in that respect with us, but really Yann offered more than just finishing chances.

    At his peak Rhodes played for Scotland and never did much (the team was awful at that time to be fair). As a Scotland fan I would have preferred Yann, so maybe that tells you what you need to know. 
  • SELR_addicksSELR_addicks
    Rhodes as a striker is better. 

    Yann is a great talisman however and depending on the team would suit them more. 
  • killerandflashkillerandflash
    A difficult question, as they're different types of player.

    Rhodes at his peak was a lethal Championship goalscorer, the slight surprise is how poor he's been since 2016, as he's still only 32.
  • Karim_myBagheriKarim_myBagheri
    Tbf @se9addick you probably could of played for Scotland at that time, or even now actually. 

    I'm surprised the selectors haven't asked me and I'm not even Scottish.
  • cafcfan1990cafcfan1990
    edited September 2022
    Yanns the better footballer, Rhodes the better goalscorer. If you needed a partner for Heskey, you’d choose Rhodes. If you had Owen, you’d choose Yann. 
  • killerandflashkillerandflash
    Addick Addict said:
    CAFCsayer said:
    What a stupid question... Yann and it is not even remotely close
    My sentiments entirely but I suppose fans of a player that scored 160 goals in 309 games for Blackburn and Huddersfield is rather going to say the opposite. It's probably the modern day equivalent of comparing a Frank Worthington to Killer. How many of us would vote for Worthington?
    Hales vs Flanagan is another interesting  comparison too. 
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  • Karim_myBagheriKarim_myBagheri
    Hopefully if sandgarrd doesn't sell him we can have a discussion of who's better Leaburn or Leaburn. 
  • North Lower NeilNorth Lower Neil
    Karim_myBagheri said:
    Hopefully if sandgarrd doesn't sell him we can have a discussion of who's better Leaburn or Leaburn. 
    Leaburn.
  • kentaddickkentaddick
    rhodes was a poacher. Yann could play just about any role in the front line. They are not the same. But as has been said - would've been a deadly pairing.
  • Karim_myBagheriKarim_myBagheri
    North Lower Neil said:
    Karim_myBagheri said:
    Hopefully if sandgarrd doesn't sell him we can have a discussion of who's better Leaburn or Leaburn. 
    Leaburn.
     think your being a bit rash. It's obviously Leaburn.
  • Addick AddictAddick Addict
    killerandflash said:
    Addick Addict said:
    CAFCsayer said:
    What a stupid question... Yann and it is not even remotely close
    My sentiments entirely but I suppose fans of a player that scored 160 goals in 309 games for Blackburn and Huddersfield is rather going to say the opposite. It's probably the modern day equivalent of comparing a Frank Worthington to Killer. How many of us would vote for Worthington?
    Hales vs Flanagan is another interesting  comparison too. 
    In Flash's early days and when he played as a left winger, I used to have big arguments with my Dad. He was brought up on playing football in Hungary at the time of Puskas and could see that Flash had a great touch and vision. All I could see was the number of times he lost the ball. When he moved through the middle I began to recognise what he was on about!
  • cafcdave123cafcdave123
    edited September 2022
    Karim_myBagheri said:
    Tbf @se9addick you probably could of played for Scotland at that time, or even now actually. 

    I'm surprised the selectors haven't asked me and I'm not even Scottish.
    neither is Jordan Rhodes 
  • mid_life_crisismid_life_crisis
    Yann was a absolute quality.
    Not suggesting Rhodes is anything less than a very good goalscorer, but Yann was dynamite.
  • lolwraylolwray
    Yann every time 
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  • CAFCsayerCAFCsayer
    SantaClaus said:
    They're very different strikers who would have been absolutely lethal if they'd ever been paired together.

    That would have been an absolute beast of a pairing
  • soapboxsamsoapboxsam
    edited September 2022
    This would have been a fantastic partnership in the Championship:

    You would have to turn the clock back 9 years when both men were at their Peak.

    *Yann Kermorgant would be 31 and in his best positions as a number ten where he would score his 1 goal in 3 and link up with the 23 year old Jordan Rhodes who was a goal poacher of the highest quality and with Yann along him his record of a goal every two games would be even better and would've turned him into the top striker in the championship.

    Yann played this position for Bournemouth and unlike at Cafc they played it too his feet more and Wilson was the main striker who benefitted.
  • Todds_right_hookTodds_right_hook
    Callumcafc said:
    Stirring quite a debate on Twitter.

    Five sets of fans all saying it’s a silly question. Charlton, Reading and Bournemouth fans all say Yann. Huddersfield and Blackburn fans say Rhodes.



    To be honest, the debate just leaves me depressed that we only got two and a half seasons from one of my favourite ever players when he spent eight seasons total in England.
    The player that got a winners medal must be held in higher esteem than a player that lost in the play offs.
  • LincsaddickLincsaddick
    bit of an apple/oranges question .. Rhodes was/is a goal hanging consistent scorer, Kermorgant the far better all round footballer and team contributor
  • kimbokimbo
    Easy -YANN  <3
  • ME14addickME14addick
    Definitely Yann, my favourite player ever. 

    I'll never forgive Katrien for selling him.
  • BR7_addickBR7_addick
    Heads says ones a good goalscorer who doesn’t really contribute much else (not particularly a bad thing), the others a cultured intelligent player who can create as well as nick goals.  Two different players, depends what you need.  
  • golfaddickgolfaddick
    killerandflash said:
    Addick Addict said:
    CAFCsayer said:
    What a stupid question... Yann and it is not even remotely close
    My sentiments entirely but I suppose fans of a player that scored 160 goals in 309 games for Blackburn and Huddersfield is rather going to say the opposite. It's probably the modern day equivalent of comparing a Frank Worthington to Killer. How many of us would vote for Worthington?
    Hales vs Flanagan is another interesting  comparison too. 
    In the ring I'd give it 3 rounds. 
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