The Son v The Father

Jordan & Andy Rhodes

This weekend puts a family pride on the line in the Rhodes household as Son, Jordan, will hope to spoil his Father, Andy's, hard work this week. For those that don't know Andy Rhodes is the goalkeeping coach for Sheffield Wednesday and he will have spent the week preparing, first team keeper, Kieran Westwood for the strike force he will face at the weekend, the only difference is knows opposition strikers game probably better than anyone in football having trained him in their back garden!

Alan Irvine, Paul Lambert & Rob Kelly pose for the Lancashire Tele

Rovers fans will be hoping that the 25 year old Scotland International can frustrate his Dad and reach double figures fir the season, currently he has 9 goals from his 15 appearances looking back to his clinical best with the ankle injury behind him. New management team Paul Lambert and Alan Irvine will hopefully have told Rhodes that he is their main man which will fill  the striker full of confidence as he looks to reach a tally of 20+ for the FOURTH consecutive season at Ewood Park.

Following the equaliser at Hull

The link between Father and Son was mentioned in the Mirror only two weeks ago, ahead of the January transfer window, as the speculation has begun already over Rovers Talisman. Sheffield Wednesday now coached by Carlos Carvalhal are rumoured to be preparing a £12m bid as they look to make a push for promotion. The Yorkshire club are an attractive proposition with Carvalhal, a former Braga, Sporting Lisbon and Besiktas coach has plenty of experience and developed a solid squad who play attractive football, with the backing of a Thai Consortium who control the worlds tuna supply, a stadium which holds over 39,000 and finally with your Dad as Goalkeeping Coach, you can see the appeal for Rhodes.

Top Scorers in the Championship

Rovers fans will hope that Venky's keep their word and do not sell Rhodes to a rival, evidenced by the turning down of a reported £14m bid from Middlesbrough during the summer. Without Rhodes Blackburn and Bolton would be struggling at the foot of the table while Burnley push for promotion. The only focus this weekend however should be for Rhodes to get the better of his dad, Andy, by getting his name on the score sheet en route to securing three points as Rovers look to close the gap on their opponents Sheffield Wednesday.