16 Jul 2015 15:25:47
Is it just me who thinks signing Benteke is ridiculous, and for that price, it's nearly on par with Andy Carroll as a mistake
I can't stand the idea that we need a target man who can give us another option. Rodgers clearly, if the last three years is anything to go off isn't capable of playing one. We signed Lambert last season because he would be that option. Balotelli too is very capable of holding the ball up. Considering the fact that neither did well suggests that we play a style or game that doesn't suit them.
I just don't see how that will change signing Benteke. Balotelli is still our second best striker at the club, we have still failed to sell our unwanted strikers and Benteke adds nothing more than unnecessary depth.
The way I see it is that you can look at Benteke and think we could have done worse, but most definitely I think we could have done so much better, especially with the price we're willing to pay. Disgraceful.
Thoughts?
16 Jul 2015 15:38:31
I think its too much money for sure, but he has a lot of talent and if its possible to work on his attitude and make him work for the ball more he would be very good. I still think he would almost certainly bag 15 premiership goals minimum a season
16 Jul 2015 16:55:39
My opinion is that it will all depend how much playing time he gets. Considering the price tag of him and firmino I would say that BR will have more peessure to play both together. Benteke is mostly a target man and you r right in saying that both lambeth and balo are target man. I would say he must play 2 strickers and so 442 as benteke may struggle as a lone striker and at the end of the season we will all be here saying what a flop. BR has to change his tactics and play to get the best out of some players. But he will put cb alone and expect him to win us every game. I would say give players a decent number of games and then the team will gel together. IF AFTER 3 YEARS AND £250M SPENT BR STILL SAYS HE IS THE BEST AND NEED MORE TIME TO GET HIS TACTICS RIGHT how does he expect players to achieve their full potential with few minutes here and there.
442 or 352. We need 2 strikers to play together. Give balo and origi a fair chance. DO NOT LOAN OUT IBE. Give the lad his chance.
We loan players more than WONGA give out loan.
comments welcome.
kit
16 Jul 2015 17:20:17
The only comparison between Carroll and Benteke is transfer cost. Carroll was bought for potential, Benteke for actual production. They are not even in the same conversation in regards to being "proven". I agree that it is an over payment but only because we have turned into a value buying club (buy low and sell high). Man U, Man C, Chelsea, are throwing crazy money at players with plenty of question marks and no one bats an eye. They are in the business of spending no matter what the cost to win. If we want to be a big club again and we want players that are proven we may see more of these types of purchases especially with out (at the moment) Champions league to offer
16 Jul 2015 17:28:10
The club are going out and paying the required amount to get the targets they want and it's disgraceful?! I feel for you eds. The club has done a great job of acquiring the targets they wanted this summer. They may have missed out on the odd one such as bacca and obviously conducted themselves poorly in their dealings with inter. However they seem to have learnt from that and have done some good business. Whether they are the right players or not only time will tell but let's get behind them!
16 Jul 2015 18:18:12
If his goals lead us to the champions league or better then it'll be a great deal - if not then yes he'll be deemed an expensive flop.
Time will tell but I'm certainly excited about his pending arrival