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20 Jun 2015 07:56:43
Morning EDS, great work on all your updates.what are your thoughts on ray Houghton comments about us going all out for benteke and him being our big main target? contrary to rh I don't really think he'd suit the system and style Brentan wants or like to play.he's a target man essentially who thrived on crosses last year of which were lowest in league or something,i would have thought we'd want a runner with the ball? we do lack power and presence all over the field however.
{Ed001's Note - I have no idea what Houghton has said, nor would I look at him for insight. Benteke would not suit the way we play, he needs early balls hit to him or crossed to him, to be effective. He is suited to long ball, direct football, not passing.}
1.) 20 Jun 2015 11:09:06
Yesil and Sinclair would be far better utilised and would save £30m. I see no hope if we sign Benteke.
2.) 20 Jun 2015 11:23:24
All Benteke is is another Andy Carroll with a more exotic name. He relies on route 1 kick and rush football (if you could call it that)
3.) 20 Jun 2015 11:45:14
Villa have been a counter attacking team for most of Benteke's time there. He's very mobile. Not saying he's made for us but your portayal of him is completely wrong. And surely its his goalscoring ability that should be judged first and foremost.
{Ed001's Note - counter attacks can be route 1 you know. He may be mobile but he doesn't use his mobility enough. He needs the ball played early to him to have any real effect, which is exactly what Sherwood did.}
4.) 20 Jun 2015 12:18:37
Exactly right Ed01 and so a player that would allow us to mix it up and hit it forward early might be a good thing as clearly Benteke can also play in a team that relies on speedy counter attacks (see his goals against us as part of a three with Agbonlahor & Weimann).
Nothing route one (in the up-to-the-big-man sense) about those goals.
He scores all sorts.
{Ed001's Note - how would he allow us to mix it up? We either play to his strengths or we don't. He needs early crosses, we don't play with a single player who can cross the ball. He is lazy, got an attitude problem and would be a terrible buy for us, unless we intend to go loan ball. He scores all sorts on a very rare basis, but you continue basing your assumptions on one match, as it is clear you have MOTD fever regarding him. If we want a player like that then we would be better off getting Austin for a lot less, he has a much better attitude and will actually try.}
5.) 20 Jun 2015 12:42:41
Go watch any Aston Villa match were Lambert tried to control the ball more and tell me how good Benteke plays and how many he scored ?
This mix it up it useless players tend to be able to play one system, we saw a lot last year that constantly changing it doesn't work within a match.
And we have Zero people in the squad who can actually wip a ball in the box, well hendo maybe but I mean more from the wings.
Every other signing we have made has with (hope) been brought in to play a possession /pressing game. They couldn't work with Benteke.
There's one place that boy should go and its Chelsea. Or wherever Mourinho goes, although he might not last long with his attitude problem.
Please Steer clear Liverpool.
6.) 20 Jun 2015 13:42:58
What's all this crossing nonsense about. Please go and research how he scores his goals, his shot accuracy and the fact he has more than 40 PL goals in 3 (injury affected) seasons with a relegation candidate side. My point is he's rather different than the caricature on these pages.
{Ed001's Note - nonsense? Why is it nonsense? Stats are nonsense used by people with no real ability to understand and analyse to cover their shortcomings. I get so sick of reading stats. They are irrelevant if you have no understanding of them and how to put them in context, which you clearly do not. He struggled badly when the team was not playing long ball direct football, whether on a counter or otherwise, it is still direct long ball football. We do not play direct long ball football, so he would not suit us. He wants it quickly played into the corner to be whipped in where he can attack it from the cross, or, because the attack is direct, control it and shoot as there is time before the defence can get back. Again not our style. He is a caricature because he will never make the most out of his pace and power.}
7.) 20 Jun 2015 14:00:30
he scored 23 goals under lambert in his first season??? Not saying we should buy him but you asked the question.
8.) 20 Jun 2015 14:12:11
You don't fancy him then Ed?
{Ed001's Note - he is not my type. Oh you mean as a player? No, not in the slightest, he doesn't use his ability. He is just a tiny upgrade on Balotelli. Shame because he has more in his locker but he will never use it to its full.}
9.) 20 Jun 2015 15:17:16
So. nearly 100 career goals, aged 24.
Always double figures in the FAPL in a struggling side.
At international level, 1in 3 rate (7 in 24) for Belgium who are ranked 2 in the world.
Blimey, I'd like to see what he could achieve if he really tried.
{Ed001's Note - if you took the time to look at the way Villa are set up, they have set up specifically to give him chances. In a similar way to the way we used to be under Ged with Owen, where everything was built around getting the ball into Owen. Mind Villa wouldn't have struggled so badly if they didn't persist with Agbonlahor who is such a poor striker that he makes Ngog look clinical.}
10.) 20 Jun 2015 20:54:24
Even his manager in the National team doesn't rate him. Says it all, really.
06 Mar 2015 20:54:24
Hi eds, flanno back in training, good to see, we have missed him, proper fearless front footed defender, that's good news. Wonder how he would fit the new system though as an old Sokol fullback? What do you think.
{Ed001's Note - he can play as a DM or wingback.}
1.) 06 Mar 2015 21:25:40
Maybe long term might be a Half decent dm but I don't think till he has learnt the game more.wingback better option.
2.) 07 Mar 2015 10:11:23
I think he will play u21 games for the next month or so, let's hope he doesn't come back as unfit as Martin Kelly did
3.) 07 Mar 2015 10:55:57
but can he play as a DM and wing back? or would he be more as just a stopgap.
4.) 07 Mar 2015 11:32:32
I don't think he will be a DM at all. His passing and technique isn't simply good enough with all due respect to Flanno. He would be a good back up full-back, and a loyal one.
18 Apr 2017 20:49:51
studge has lost his way and pace, he will do well somewhere but he is too lazy for our style o play, on another note I see the echo has some ambitious local architect plans how anfield could develop in the future to 108000.first thing doing re-routing slightly Walton breck road so the KOP can be enlarged. really needs doing, is dated and small, esp compared to the main stand. i know there is infrastructure problems but as the article says, they are about to develop much of it as houses but now would time to revise it so the stadium can be made bigger.
05 Jun 2016 18:11:02
They can't do any more until infrastructure is improved beyond 60k. access, transport etc. the Kop is supposed to be the iconic focal point but will now be dwarfed and be considered inferior to the other towering stands when annie road is done.
05 Jun 2016 09:33:21
They should have sorted the Kop before anything else, even if it meant knocking down and rebuilding, I know the roads there but there's ways round it.
11 Aug 2015 09:30:00
there will be games soon when a Defensive Central midfielder will be needed or if not exclusively defensive someone that can screen and play (playmaker) which we unfortunately in the premier league and country as general lack. Spain and Germany/Italy have them such as Alonso, Pirlo was, Busquets, Kroos etc.
maybe and hopefully Rossiter will get a chance and step-up as Brenda doesn't fancy Lucas. At the end of the day, boring game, few chances, you get them, we won and got 3 points so let's go again get 3 in the next one, keep happy and positive everyone.
08 Aug 2015 00:32:43
thanks a lot to the unexpected performances a couple of seasons ago certainly not last year.
We don't seem to have much of defensive protection or a defence especially in the middle of the park so I think brentan is going for the keegan attack is the best form of defence approach unless o'driscoll can sort out our dodgy defending, especially from set-pieces, for which big ben should help immensely with his heading power.
I have been shortlisted for the season ticket holders role on the lfc supporters committee after 24 years in the kop, would really appreciate any votes, I hope I can do the fans proud.
thanks all, Paul Wilcox.
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