Christian Benteke

[Jairzinho]

Portentous, vous?

[Dr Nowt]

Always remember Jagger saying it in a documentary and doing that Stella Street wiggle.

[Strontium]

Darren Benteke

[Tyler Durden]

Well at least we've got a good many more weeks of this 'saga' at the end of which we'll pay what they want or sign no one due to wasting our time low-balling another team.

That doesn't mean I think we should pay what villa want just that I can't see them budging exactly like they haven't in the past on previous dealings we've had

[Paco]

If and when we sign Benteke. If and when Sturridge returns from injury, will this be rodgers starting 11?

 

----------------------------Mignolet--------------------------------

Clyne-----------Skrtel-----------Sakho-------------Moreno

 

Firmino-------Milner----------Henderson----Coutinho

 

-------------------Benteke-------Sturridge----------------------

 

Subs from:

Flanagan

lovren

Toure

lucas

allen

can

lallana

markovic

origi

ings

Ibe

[El Dangerous]

Darren Benteke

David Brenteke.

[El Dangerous]

If and when we sign Benteke. If and when Sturridge returns from injury, will this be rodgers starting 11?

 

----------------------------Mignolet--------------------------------

Clyne-----------Skrtel-----------Sakho-------------Moreno

 

Firmino-------Milner----------Henderson----Coutinho

 

-------------------Benteke-------Sturridge----------------------

 

Subs from:

Flanagan

lovren

Toure

lucas

allen

can

lallana

markovic

origi

ings

Bit exposed down the left.

[magicrat]

Never mind Benteke I am amazed that three days after we sold Sterling we haven't been mugged off by some cunt selling a handful of magic beans. We must be getting better.

[El Dangerous]

Beanteke

[Paco]

Bit exposed down the left.

hes our only left back so if we have to play a grafter like henderson or milner out left to compensate for him then hes not good enough.

 

Coutinho can graft too.

[Dr. J]

Brenando Morientabente.

[Jairzinho]

If we play Coutinho left wing in a 4-4-2 I hope Rodgers is sacked at half time against Stoke.

[El Rojo]

Lewandowski's agent being quoted as saying that it will take a bid of over £35m for Bayern to consider selling. In a world where Raheem Sterling costs £49m, that seems pretty low.

 

For me, he's the best striker in the world not named Luis Suarez.

 

To clarify, I'm not classifying Messi/Ronaldo/Neymar as pure strikers.

 

I'd have Lewandowski every time over Higuain or Benzema though. Thoughts? Opinions? Postcards?

[Guest Super Sub]

Lewandowski's agent being quoted as saying that it will take a bid of over £35m for Bayern to consider selling. In a world where Raheem Sterling costs £49m, that seems pretty low.

 

For me, he's the best striker in the world not named Luis Suarez.

As well as said club/s being called Barcelona or Real Madrid.

[zigackly]

So apparently we play the fewest crosses and the third fewest long balls in the league, and we're looking to sign the attacker who heads the ball most.

 

This is a level of genius which is somehow completely eluding me.

[TheHowieLama]

Maybe it has been identified as a weakness and we are trying to improve?

[zigackly]

Maybe it has been identified as a weakness and we are trying to improve?

 

In that case shouldn't we be buying the two or three other players we would need to change our style so radically, as well?

[TheHowieLama]

Milner bangs em in like nobody's business. Clyne will get down the right more than anyone we have had in years.

[JohnnyH]

In that case shouldn't we be buying the two or three other players we would need to change our style so radically, as well?

 

Why is it a radical change?  Benteke is not some target man who just heads a ball.  This myth that he's a John Hartson type seems to have become fact all of a sudden.  He's quick, strong and can finish in every way possible. Scoring from crosses is just one of his very good attributes.

[Jairzinho]

We've signed a wide midfielder to play in the centre of midfield to provide crosses.

[TheHowieLama]

The fact that he runs about 14km a match means there will be times when he is over here

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

then over here.

[Jairzinho]

I can assure you I am expecting our central midfielders to often be out of position.

[Russ Atmosphere]

The only quality side Benteke has played for is Belgium. What has gone wrong there?

[Cardie]

So apparently we play the fewest crosses and the third fewest long balls in the league, and we're looking to sign the attacker who heads the ball most.

 

This is a level of genius which is somehow completely eluding me.

And by third fewest you actually mean a massive three corners less than Villa per game on average?

 

[Cardie]

Sorry I meant crosses rather than corners.