04 Jul 2016 15:46:31
Palace up their bid for Benteke.

1.) 04 Jul 2016
04 Jul 2016 21:35:33
Snap their hands off. no disrespect intended because he'll be a very good buy for someone who can play to his strengths which Brendan and his team misinterpreted as being our style of play.
No doubt he'll haunt us next season but the money could partly pay off our catalogue of poor buys or go towards a decent left-back!
If we can thin out the squad even more but keep a hard-core 25 or so pool of quality "squaddies" whilst keeping the wages down then now is the season to do it. I hate to use the word "transition" but without Europe we can easily mount a serious challenge on domestic fronts without breaking the bank!

2.) 04 Jul 2016
04 Jul 2016 21:49:49
Take the money and disappear into the wind before they change their minds.

3.) 05 Jul 2016
05 Jul 2016 01:47:13
I think people are mixing up Bentekes lack of confidence with him not being able to play our "style". He may not be able to run non stop and press quickly like Origi but do all of our strikers actually do that. He had the quality and scored a good few goals. All sorts of goals. He was getting into the positions too, that shows it wasn't the style. He missed so many sitters that if he had scored his goal tally would have been good.

{Ed001's Note - actually, the problem was that he was not getting into the positions, he was being caught stood around on the edge of the box instead of racing into the 6 yard box.}

4.) 05 Jul 2016
05 Jul 2016 07:13:43
Spot on Ed. I postedvyour very words all thru last season till yesterday. The guy is just lazy and wsnts everything done for him. Many times last season, nhe always seemed to be behind the flow of play while Studge, Origi and Firmino are always on the move hence, they scored more goals than he did. I played the CF position and trust me, Benteke doesn't even do the fundamentals of the podition as in making runs and counter runs to lose his markers and win the ball. He just stands there hidden behind the CBs and expects the ball to cine to him. Tgat shows his ooor attitude and lack of desire to score and succeed. Tgat is not a style of play not fitting a player. That is a player who couldn't be arsed to do his job yet people wonder why he doesn't score yet iur other strikers score mire eithnkessvtime on the pitch. The answer is sopimple. They are willing to do what it tsjes to score while Benteke isn't interested in doing any of that hence, he's getting the boot.

{Ed001's Note - it is a shame, because a bit of effort could easily have taken him onto a whole new level. He has all the basic attributes needed, pace, power, height, strength, technique, but a terrible attitude to using them. He wants it all done for him.}

5.) 05 Jul 2016
05 Jul 2016 07:51:47
Ed/ Ohio,
I agree on the observations, it's there for anyone to see. However, I wonder about the wording 'terrible attitude'. For me, Balo is the schoolbook example of bad attitude. Ben seems at least somewhat interested in making it here. In Ben's case, I think it is more a case of 'bad decision making' and 'not being well-equipped in the brain department'. And historically, I would have put some blame on the coaches and scouts and everyone involved. Klopp seems more normal in that sense - realizing, It was never going to be us, Ben.

6.) 05 Jul 2016
05 Jul 2016 15:45:02
That's true ed. I was more talking about the numerous times he ran through clean on goal and fluffed his lines. I think his positioning became worse as he lost more and more confidence. Like you say it was a lack of effort for him to get in there and score not that he can't.

{Ed001's Note - such a waste of talent, it is a shame.}