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29 Jun 2015 05:10:19
Let me go out on a limb and say I'm forlorn by the impending signing of Mr Christian Benteke. If signed I feel Benteke will be our first choice striker as Sturridge will be injured most of the season. I just cannot see any positives apart from the fact Migs will have a fellow Belgian chum to play Xbox with. I can't see Christian dovetailing effectively with Couts and Firmino or will he get the high balls he covets from the flanks. This is a needless piece of business and an uber expensive one to boot. If we have 32 million quid spend it on Aubameyang and see how Couts, Firmino and Aubumeyang destroy defenses all season and get us to at least 4th. The kid from Guinea has it all, left foot, right foot, movement, intelligence, goal and precise heading ability. I fail to comprehend how our fabled Transfer Committee haven't got the nous and expertise to appreciate that Benteke is the archetypal 'square peg in round hole'???? And for all the people that are likening Benteke to Drogba please give me a break the only similarity between the two is that they both speak English. Drogba was a monster of a football player. When he was in the mood no defender in world football could live with him. When Christian Benteke's in the mood Martin Skirtel would give him a good game that's the difference. I find it hard were not taking a punt on Bacca who fits our system perfectly yet playing ridiculous money for a player who doesn't fit(granted we don't have much of a system), isn't pacy by any stretch of the imagination and from what I've seen isn't the same player he was pre his injury. I loath to be negative about our great club but I really can't see the benefit of this acquisition! I hope I'm eating humble pie come May 2015.

{Ed001's Note - Benteke reminds me of Heskey personally. All the ability in the world but not the right attitude to use it, though for different reasons.}

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29 Jun 2015 05:42:01
I suspect this may not be popular, but I'd much rather see Walcott come in than Benteke.

29 Jun 2015 06:29:37
I think Benteke will thrive at LFC and his true potential realised.

LFC is a strikers paradise.

{Ed001's Note - yeah, tell that to Lambert, Balotelli, Borini, Carroll etc.}

29 Jun 2015 07:31:29
Well ed, this is Benteke and not Lambert, Balotelli, Borini, Carroll etc.} and my opinion is that he will succeed just like Suarez, Torres, Rush etc

29 Jun 2015 07:50:39
I think Benteke is a decent footballer, but the problem is that we don´t play a football style that would fit him at all. From the last 17 matches he has scored 13 goals which is quite impressive. The same could be said about Carroll, Balotelli and Borini before they joined LFC.

So I really can´t see why we would spent a record fee on a player who most likely won´t fit in, unless we decide to build our tactics around Benteke.

To be honest I would rather we ended our spending spree now, and put our faith in our current players. I know it´s putting a lot of pressure on the likes of Ings and Origi, but pouring more money on the wrong solution won´t help us.

29 Jun 2015 08:02:23
What makes Benteke so special? I have seen him hit dyer runs of form, so take the rose tinted specs off. No one is saying he is a bad player, but he hardly sets the world alight. Additionally, he is too static and very much a target man, in which every target man we have had under Rodgers has failed miserably. We need a striker more agile and mobile.

29 Jun 2015 08:23:45
Agree 100% RedFuzz - not ideal, but if the right player isn't available now we should be comfortable enough with Studge/Firmino/Ings/Origi (and Balo/Lambert if not sold) to be patient rather than massively overspending on someone that's not perfect.

You've got to think Firmino/Coutinho/Llalana behind Ings or even Origi would be able to score a few.

29 Jun 2015 08:55:31
Would prefer a striker that can make scoring opportunities for himself as well as being able to run off the shoulder of the last defender or make arcing runs to beat the offside or simply make dummy runs to create space for other players.

Benteke can play off the shoulder of defenders and hold the ball up but that seems about it. He is good at what he does but i would think it is limited for a team that plays it on the ground the majority of the time.

Heskey was similar but his all round play while limited was still more dynamic than benteke who i feel is just plain lazy considering the ability he obviously has. This draws parallels with a certain player we already have on our books.

On top of all that we are looking at bringing in someone to be the main striker and cover for sturridge. But from my recollection benteke has been injured for large portions of every season he has played for villa. Is that really what we require?

I am not panicking or worrying about his signing because nobody really knows yet who the club is targeting. But should we purchase him i would be confident he would score more than 4 goals unlike the strikers we had last season who managed that between them. Will he score 20 plus, well that is debatable and is he what we need, that i'm afraid is not debatable.

29 Jun 2015 08:57:36
I haven't

29 Jun 2015 09:00:38
That's fair enough Zimbo but it feels like we're settling again. It's been 2 years since Suarez left and we' re now over 160 millon spent and still no adequate replacement. I rate Firmino and perhaps he's the plan but it feels like we don't have a natural scorer other than sturridge. I hope the current strikers get a good run so at least they have a chance of delivering.

29 Jun 2015 13:21:23
to be fair to if we had a team of balo, sturridge - coutinho, firmino - henderson, milner (4222 or 41212) I think mario would do well in it.

29 Jun 2015 18:24:56
YNWASA, those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat them. Ed mentioned all the target men that have been signed or have played under BR`s system and all have failed, miserably. Your comparing him with Suarez is the poorest excuse of comparison to make your argyument look strong whereas it weakens it. Suarez is a hardworking beast who plays the game like his life depends on it while benteke couldn`t even be arsed to give his all in the FA Cup final where he strolled around the pitch and a poor excuse for a CB in Mertesacker kept him quiet. So except he changes his system to fit him which is ludicrous in itself because he won`t and doesn`t need to, why and how will Benteke succeed especially with a very poor mentality and work ethic as well as his laziness and aeeming inability to workrder to get better? And why should we have to settle again for who we clearly know, doesn`t fit our system? Have you learned nothing from the AC and Balo debacles because clearly you haven`t?







 

 

 
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