Whakarāpopototia te tuhinga:  I kii a Gordon Strachan ko Scotland me te whakamaharatanga o te kaikawe a Jordan Rhodes kua rite ki te mahi tahi i te wa roa i a ia e whakareri ana ki te whakauru i te 'kaute pai rawa atu o te motu' i roto i te whakataetae whakataetae mo te wa tuatahi i roto i nga marama 18. Ko te kaiwhakahaere ā-motu i pupuri i te kaituku patu a Blackburn Rovers i te whakarauora i a ia e haere ana ki te whakapai i tētahi pūnaha mō te whakapai ake i ngā Pākehā, e mea ana kāore a Rhodes i te tika mō te kēmu ā-ao i hiahia ai ia ki te waihanga. Engari i whai ake te kaitākaro i tana hokinga ohorere ki te kapa me te ahua whakakapi i te wikitoria o te wiki i runga i a Northern Ireland <unk> a ka whakapumautia e Strachan i te Rahoroi ko te 25-tau-tau ka tukuna ki Gibraltar i etahi waahanga o te Euro 2016 tohu i te Ratapu. I whakahokia mai te kaitākaro Scotland, a Jordan Rhodes, i kīia ko ia te kaitākaro tino pai rawa atu o tōna whenua. I mahue i a Gordon Strachan, te kaiwhakahaere o Scotland, a Rhodes i te taha o te kapa, i a ia e huri ana i tana whakatakotoranga. I hoki mai a Rhodes ki te kapa Scotland i te tukinga ki Ireland ki te Raki i te Wenerei. Kua whakaritea a Strachan ki te wehe atu i tana whakatakotoranga 4-2-3-1 i roto i te tono mo nga whaainga ka taea e Rhodes te tiimata i roto i te ope patu tokorua ki nga rookies o te Roopu D. Ka whakaatuhia he hit ki te Tartan Army, ko te ahua whakamutunga o Rhodes i roto i te whakataetae tohu ko te whakakapi i te hinganga 2-0 na Belgium i te marama o Hepetema 2013, i muri i te mea i kii a Strachan i whakapau kaha ia ki te ahua 'kaore e pai' ki te £ 8million. Inaianei kua rite nga mahere a Rhodes raua ko Strachan ki te whakakotahi, me te korero a te kaiwhakahaere: 'Ki taku whakaaro kua whanake taatau mai i tana wa whakamutunga i roto i te roopu, ahakoa kaore ia i whanake ki a maatau, ki taku whakaaro he mohio ia ki te whakapai ake i nga wa katoa na te mea ka taea e ia te tango i nga mea. Engari e whakaaro ana ahau ka māmā ake tana tākaro ki a mātou ināianei i te mea i te rua tau ki muri. Ki taku whakaaro, ka māmā ake te tākaro a te kaiwhawhai ki a mātou. 'Ko ia pea te kaitakaro whaainga pai rawa atu i a tatou. Engari ehara i te mea koinei te paearu hei tiimata i a maatau ki te waahi e hiahia ana matou ki te haere. ' Ko Rhodes...
Kua hoki mai a Jordan Rhodes ki te kapa Scotland whai muri i te 11 o nga tukinga i ngaro ai ia. Ko te kaiwhakahaere a Gordon Strachan i pupuri i a Rhodes i waho o te taha i a ia e tarai ana i nga tikanga me nga hanganga. Inaianei, kua rite a Strachan ki te whakamahi i te kaikawe ki a Gibraltar.