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27 May 2015 10:01:58
Hi,
All a question for fans aswell as Ed's.
I am a bit confused about the whole Bentekke situation, as an Ed said on another post which I very much agree with
"if your tactics are direct, whipping the ball in to the box at every opportunity, then he will score goals, but pass the ball around and he looks lost. That is why he suddenly returned to form when Tim Sherwood introduced long ball tactics"
I do not understand why we are "reportedly" going to spend 20-30m on him. Now I'm not going to slate the guy in the right team and with the right tactics he can be a really good player but we do not play like that we keep the ball on the floor and pass it around this will obviously not get the best out of him. So why,
Why? I don't get it!!
We have good money to spend on a striker surely we will spend it on a player who is ready made for our system or pretty close. Tekkers just isn't that player imo and I am sick to the teeth of us buying players who just don't work out. Who's genius idea is this? Rodgers?
Committee?
Opinions most welcome from Ed's, If ye feel ye can shed some light and fellow fans also, I can't be the only one left disillusioned at this.

Cheers,

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27 May 2015 10:17:30
So maybe it is time to start to change how we play?

In any case we will not get Benteke for reasons I have explained in a longer post that made its way to the 'other posts' page, but we will need to make changes to our game for any striker we bring or we face another Baloteli season.

27 May 2015 10:29:43
You´re being naive. According to papers we are intrested in 100+ of players, but most of these stories are made up, so you will click on their stories so they can make money.

My advice to you, don´t believe anything before the deals have been finalised.

27 May 2015 10:38:01
Im really hope you are right, but there is too many reporting it for there not to be an interest imo

{Ed002's Note - You have a very naïve view about how the media works - one story will be reported by many outlets.}

27 May 2015 10:39:19
Change the way we play?? To long ball? Under Rodgers??

OK

27 May 2015 10:46:45
WHO? Jackson Martinez, Heung Min Son, Henrikh Mkhitaryan, Carlos Tevez, Luis Muriel, Gonzalo Higuain, Alvaro Morata, Theo Walcott. Most will not come to us. and other than Theo Walcott (who is yet to clarify his own situation).

Benteke is a proven goal scorer and not just some long ball jockey. He has good pace and dribbling stats but outstanding strength and finishing. He is, though, the worst free kick taker around. He would more than likely give us between 15 and 25 goals per season. That said, it doesn't matter what we think as everything is just poor guess work until we hear from official channels what target (if any) we have.

27 May 2015 11:16:04
Nevin, we definitely have to add crosses from the wings and have more people in the box when we attack. If it will happen with BR or not I don't know but whichever striker we bring, if we will just keep on trying short passes and go from the centre it will be as easy to defend against us as it was this season unless we bring Messi and Iniesta. I don't think we scored one header from open play this season (other than maybe GJ diving header) and hardly any from corners and free kicks either. I hope even Br understand we need to add this element to our game (though lost many hopes for him).

I must say I have just read that Benteke demand guarantess he is a first striker in any time he will sign for. This actually makes me slightly more optimistic that we may get him eventually. We are the only team of the bigs team who can gurantee him that. If we agreed this with GJ we can defintley do it with Benteke.

27 May 2015 11:22:31
Reynard, have you actually seen Benteke play? He is most effective when a long ball is played to him, so yes, he is a long ball jockey in that respect. If he signs I doubt he would get anywhere near double figures. A lot of money badly spent if it happens.

27 May 2015 11:26:17
Great thanks all let's hope it is just rumours, I did say "reportedly"some seem to think I was was saying we are for sure getting him.
Just wanted opinions and that seems to be it isn't going to happen.

27 May 2015 11:33:11
Villa did not play long ball football when they played us off the park. Belgium do not play long ball when he scores for them. You only have to look at the quality of his goals to see that he is more than just a Carew or Heskey. With the players we have capable of creating chances I don't think many teams would fancy facing him.

27 May 2015 12:30:04
Why can't you play a big striker in a good team, you don't need total movement capabilities, if the team passes it around, the big number 9 offers a focal point, and a target to mix things up, especially from the byline not deep, then it's not long ball football!

27 May 2015 13:03:54
Anyone remember Andy Carroll, reason why he was pushed out.

27 May 2015 15:49:22
Check out his goals on YouTube ( I know everyone will say the milkman can look good on there) but you can't make goals look better than they are on YouTube and most were scored in the premier league against premier league opposition ( which is what we failed to do so many times last season) surprisingly not many headers -strange given whenever I've watched him he's always causing problems for defenders with crosses and set pieces. I for one think with a few tweaks to our play he could be a good addition.







 

 

 
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