McGregor1888 Posted December 1, 2013 Share Posted December 1, 2013 I think that might be the case as well Con. Hopefully Lambert sees (if this is the case) that Benteke is being an utter c*** and hasn't just turned into Harewood, and so still gets a good deal for him. Embarrassing comment. Have a rest son. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr_Pangloss Posted December 1, 2013 Share Posted December 1, 2013 If this is true, why on earth did we buy Helenius and Kozak? I think we'll be in serious trouble if either of those two are Benteke's replacement. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chappy Posted December 1, 2013 Share Posted December 1, 2013 If this is true, why on earth did we buy Helenius and Kozak? So fans had something else to moan about? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVFCRAMTIN Posted December 1, 2013 Share Posted December 1, 2013 If this rumour ends up being real I would be thrilled! Locadia is simply awesome!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaChris Posted December 1, 2013 Share Posted December 1, 2013 Lambert loves his 6ft + bulldozer forwards doesn't he? His Norwich squad were full of them aswell. Fair enough it's worked with Benteke but is it out of the question to bring in a striker who can drop off the forward line, link up with midfield and thread a throughball through, a Robbie Keane type. Maybe then we might not need a number 10 so badly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isa Posted December 1, 2013 Share Posted December 1, 2013 No. The signing of Kozak showed that Lambert will never play without a big guy up front. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattyp_avfc Posted December 1, 2013 Share Posted December 1, 2013 Locadia is certainly a beast... pretty fast, strong and can finish.... While your at it lambo... Bring Depay, Rekik and Willems back with you please!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaChris Posted December 1, 2013 Share Posted December 1, 2013 True but that doesn't mean we need a squad full of them...the best striking quartets all often something different like Man. City have with Negredo, Dzeko, Kun and Jovetic even if he hasn't played much. Back in the day it was Cole, Yorke, Sheringham and Solskjaer. Even what we had a few years ago...Carew, Luke Moore, Gabby and Maloney. ATM the only striker we have who can drop deeper and pick up good positions in the field is Weimann but his touching is usually woeful 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isa Posted December 1, 2013 Share Posted December 1, 2013 (edited) Locadia is certainly a beast... pretty fast, strong and can finish.... While your at it lambo... Bring Depay, Rekik and Willems back with you please!! I wouldn't say he is a particularly good finisher at the moment but he improve on that aspect no doubt. Edited December 1, 2013 by Isa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AntrimBlack Posted December 1, 2013 Share Posted December 1, 2013 If this is true, why on earth did we buy Helenius and Kozak? I think we'll be in serious trouble if either of those two are Benteke's replacement. Well, Helenius certainly is not, he himself said he was not bought for that position. Kozak may have been bought for the role he has fulfilled, as back up for Benteke. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisVillan Posted December 1, 2013 Share Posted December 1, 2013 Bit of a fan of this guy but not sure he's up to Prem standard just yet. Another one for the future maybe but a huge gamble if he were to come in as an immediate replacement. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattyp_avfc Posted December 1, 2013 Share Posted December 1, 2013 Locadia is certainly a beast... pretty fast, strong and can finish.... While your at it lambo... Bring Depay, Rekik and Willems back with you please!! I wouldn't say he is a particularly good finisher at the moment but he improve on that aspect no doubt. Indeed but they all said that about Benteke year before last... Shame he's been off it recently mind. On topic of Locadia his finishing will come better through playing games... Just think that PSV will hold for a massive fee.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isa Posted December 1, 2013 Share Posted December 1, 2013 True but that doesn't mean we need a squad full of them...the best striking quartets all often something different like Man. City have with Negredo, Dzeko, Kun and Jovetic even if he hasn't played much. Back in the day it was Cole, Yorke, Sheringham and Solskjaer. Even what we had a few years ago...Carew, Luke Moore, Gabby and Maloney. ATM the only striker we have who can drop deeper and pick up good positions in the field is Weimann but his touching is usually woeful Yes well this comes back to whether has an actual Plan B when it comes to the system. Locadia is certainly a beast... pretty fast, strong and can finish.... While your at it lambo... Bring Depay, Rekik and Willems back with you please!! I wouldn't say he is a particularly good finisher at the moment but he improve on that aspect no doubt. Indeed but they all said that about Benteke year before last... Shame he's been off it recently mind. On topic of Locadia his finishing will come better through playing games... Just think that PSV will hold for a massive fee.. I don't think they'd be able to demand a massive fee as he is very raw as has been said whereas the likes of Mertens and Strootman were pretty much the finished article. Also, they have a few other players (Matavz, Jozefzoon etc) who also play in the CF role. So he wouldn't be a major loss for them. In fact, he hasn't established himself as an automatic pick yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrackpotForeigner Posted December 1, 2013 Share Posted December 1, 2013 This window's Coutinho probably Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVFCRAMTIN Posted December 1, 2013 Share Posted December 1, 2013 I would love to see him in a Villa shirt, big fan of him!! My cousin is a PSV supporter and all he talks about is Bakkali and Locadia!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mantis Posted December 1, 2013 Share Posted December 1, 2013 I thought Kozak was our Benteke replacement? I also can't see us selling him in January before a world cup, and nor can I see anyone wanting to buy him for the price we'll want for him given his performances so far this season. We laugh at Spurs for all the money they spent on Soldado but what Benteke has done this season doesn't really suggest he'd have been better value. Hopefully the beast will wake from his slumber at some point though. No, Kozak was our Benteke back-up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wainy316 Posted December 1, 2013 Share Posted December 1, 2013 As soon as I saw Mirror I scrolled straight to reply so that I can comment this won't happen due to the Mirror's 100% transfer rumour failure rate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRO Posted December 2, 2013 Share Posted December 2, 2013 we could sign messi and manage to bring him down to our level. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Con Posted December 2, 2013 Share Posted December 2, 2013 Not sure about this guy. Just got a red card for diving dangerously. Also, his goals are in-the-box. Looks like another Bent finisher, rather than a power-forward like Benteke. He doesn't take on players, doesn't shoot outside the box, relies on being in right place at right time for his goals. All in all, no thanks. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yd7dTemk2i0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
romavillan Posted December 3, 2013 VT Supporter Share Posted December 3, 2013 gets to the ball first, only problem with that is he then tries to kick the keeper in the face whilst diving instead of getting up and getting the ball Lose the kick in the face and he'd done well there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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