Benteke v Sherwood: Who's right?

Benteke is right. My thought process behind this is two fold;

1. Sherwood is a cunt.

2. Benteke plays for Liverpool.

Everyone who said he's a lump shares their opinion with Tim Sherwood.

I wouldn't say Sherwood's right - as it was a weird backhanded compliment that made him sound one dimensional - but he has a point in that you're not using all his assets if you fail to give him headers to attack.

I don't care about how well rounded he is, if we're paying £32m and a large chunk of that value is based on his tally of headed goals then we'd be a bit foolish to neglect that side of his game completely.

We'll refuse to cross the ball when Benteke is on the pitch and send in crosses when he's on the bench.

We'll refuse to cross the ball when Benteke is on the pitch and send in crosses when he's on the bench.

Joking aside that's what will no doubt happen. We did the same with Lambert.

I'd expect the quick feet of Coutinho, Firmino, Lallana, etc to win plenty of free kicks around tbe box. Liverpool won a reasonable number of corners last season too, so there's plenty for him to work with already without having to adjust the style of play at all.

I don't think we'll change our game a great deal, there were times last year we had plenty of opportunities to cross but couldn't as we had no one up top, so instead of passing backwards or sideways, we might now see it delivered into the centre, hardly us turning into a long ball team, and we'll now have a threat from set pieces.

Rodgers will play him as a wide receiver.

It's a strength to his game, I hope we provide all kinds of chances as long as they are chances.

Ibe down the wing, cuts it across low at every opportunity. Big Ben to slot home from 6-10 yards. Number 19 on the way. bish bash bosh.

We'll refuse to cross the ball when Benteke is on the pitch and send in crosses when he's on the bench.

Towards him, on the bench.

We'll refuse to cross the ball when Benteke is on the pitch and send in crosses when he's on the bench.

Whipping in crosses to Borini.

Joking aside that's what will no doubt happen. We did the same with Lambert.

We did it with Carroll, too.

There's more to him than just being a target man, Sherwood is talking nonsense.

I did though watch a re-run of the 1314 season recently and Sturridge and Suarez scored a few headers each. Skrtel scored a lot from set pieces too so it's not as though Rodgers teams can't score from simple situations.

Benteke will score headers from crosses for us if he's given service but he'll score a lot from various other situations too.

Sherwood's comments clearly suggest that he would have preferred Benteke to stay (even though the money earned from the transfer is beneficial to his club) and that he would be playing a more direct approach this year. Signing Gestede to play up front emphasises that point.

My instinct in any situation is to disagree with Timmy the Tit. However, I do think we'd be mad not to try and exploit his aerial threat as he's an absolute beast in the air. Equally though that can't be all we do with him.

My boy Tim knows his stuff....

I'd expect the quick feet of Coutinho, Firmino, Lallana, etc to win plenty of free kicks around tbe box. Liverpool won a reasonable number of corners last season too...

All good until you realise it's gonna be Henderson standing over most of these free-kicks and corners.

I have only one answer now. Drogba, did he need much crossing?

“If Liverpool bought me, then they know how to use me” Benteke added.

Tim Sherwood it is then.

I hope Benteke succeeds at Anfield but I have doubts.

I last saw him in action for Belgium against Wales. He was anonymous. Marked out of the game by some Taffy reserve. Belgium dominated possession, pinned Wales into their own box and delivered a series of decent far-post crosses, yet Benteke hardly won a header and didn’t have a single strike on goal.

Origi was far more dangerous in that match. His pace, touch and ability to turn a defender from a standing start made him a far greater threat than Benteke.

Over the course of the season I fully expect Origi to establish himself as a crowd favourite and the best Belgian at Anfield.

As for Benteke, I fear the worst. Hope I’m wrong.

Let's be realistic, if Tiger Tim gets off to a flyer and B-Rod bombs then he'll probably get the chance to coach him here himself as Klopp looks on in disgust.

He scored roughly two thirds of his goals for Villa with his feet.  Also it's Tactics Tim.  So no.

Bump