Current Price: 6.2m Popularity: 10.1% of Teams Points per game played: 4.35 Appearance Rate: 100% (17 Starts, 3 Subs) Goals: 8 (0.4 per game played) Assists: 2 (0.1 per game played) Jay Rodriguez fits the bill as a run-of-the-mill bargain basement striker. He has a 100% appearance record, he's already got 8 goals this season, and he's 4th on the striker form list. Plus, he's an absolute steal at 6.2m. You'd be hard-pressed to find better value around. His form is nice; 3 goals and an assist in 5 matches; plus the fact that his 8 goals have come in the last 14 matches. West Brom and Sunderland are the next fixtures for the Saints, so he looks like a plausible option to have in your team. He's also squeaky-clean on the discipline stakes (1 yellow card this season so far), so there shouldn't be many problems in that regard. The main thing to note here with Rodriguez is that he doesn't score that much against the big boys; he's only scored against 1 of the top 7 teams in the Premier League (Chelsea). He may therefore be a bench favourite when Man City, Liverpool, and Arsenal come knocking.
Diarmuid is a freelance student and studious sports journalist operating out of the wilds of Dublin, Ireland. His specialist subjects include the English Premier League, the GAA, and track and field athletics.
