All posts tagged The Colossus of Jordan Rhodes - a three-part saga

This is the final section of The Seventy Two’s three-part examination of the goalscoring phenomenon that is Huddersfield Town striker Jordan Rhodes, written by Marco Jackson. The goal at Notts County was Jordan’s 83rd for club and country; rather neatly, he has made 165 appearances. That’s practically a goal every other appearance on average, which is nothing if not impressive. It is slightly misleading, though. Only 62 of those appearances lasted 90 minutes. It works out that Jordan has played 11,196 minutes (as of January 2nd) since his debut (including games for Ipswich, Oxford United, Rochdale, Brentford, Huddersfield Town, Scotland…

Part Two of our three-part look at Huddersfield Town’s goalscoring gem is written by Marco Jackson. Jordan Rhodes is a phenomenon; there’s no other way to describe him. His goal in Huddersfield’s 2-2 draw at Notts County was his 22nd goal for the team this season, in 22 appearances. This follows on from scoring 22 last season, and 23 the season before that. He knows where the goal is and is finding it more and more as he gets older. He is 21 years old. That’s not all Jordan Rhodes is, though. Here’s a little of what we know of…