I think Rhodes will be available, but at a price.
Ings will be worth mega bucks if his goalscoring continues. The lad's English and 21.
Long is a good player, but I don't think you need him.
You need a goalscorer. The type of guy that gets his shots on target and the kind of guy that finishes chances. I don't think Long is that type of player.
Rhodes is who you should go for.
EDIT: Good to see you Candy, it's been a while. How are you doing fella?
I see where you're coming from about Long, but look at our current options:
Danny Graham hasn't scored a goal in 2013, and just seems drained of confidence.
Nick Proschwitz gets his cameo 10 minutes at the end of games, bangs goals in for fun in the reserves but doesn't deliver when he gets his chance.
Gedo looked good against Spurs, but there's constant question marks about his fitness and match sharpness.
Yannick Sagbo is rather impressive so far, holds the ball up well, makes good runs, link-up play is excellent and gets in the right places. Yet to see whether he can become clinical in front of goal though. He's a 'wait and see' sort of player.
Aaron McLean doesn't even need explaining. Ever since his move from Posh, his effort has been 110% all the time but he can't finish for ****e. His penalty miss was just another to put in the draw of sitters that he's missed.
Matty Fryatt deserved a chance in the Premier League IMO. He's better than Proschwitz but sometimes he needs too many chances to score. I wouldn't say he's a Premier League player at all, and Championship is definitely his level, maybe he gets his sharpness back whilst at the Wendies.
Sone Aluko is great as a 'in the hole' player and most of our play goes through him. He isn't prolific enough in front of goal for us to depend upon him though and we need someone to link up with him and put in a chance should one come his way.
Shane Long has been a good goalscorer and West Brom fans love him, so he must be doing something right. If you could get him between £1M-£2M then I'd definitely take him.
I agree that we should go for Rhodes. I was saying to a fan at North Ferriby pre-Season that we should have pushed the boat out and gone for either Rhodes or Hooper.
Anyway, I'm not doing too bad mate, yourself?