LondonLax Posted September 9, 2015 Share Posted September 9, 2015 Needs game time but with 1 up front it's a difficult conundrum whether we can invest the time while not winning. I am sure he has the making of a decent player, the long contract suggests the management do too. Difficult days for all new players. Benteke started slowly too. Benteke started slowly? Your memory must be off thunderball, he was great from the off. He's started off slowly for Liverpool though If you go to the first few pages of the Benteke thread people were comparing him to Heskey as the start. He was messing up a lot of good chances. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KSV Posted September 9, 2015 Share Posted September 9, 2015 Needs game time but with 1 up front it's a difficult conundrum whether we can invest the time while not winning. I am sure he has the making of a decent player, the long contract suggests the management do too. Difficult days for all new players. Benteke started slowly too. Benteke started slowly? Your memory must be off thunderball, he was great from the off. He's started off slowly for Liverpool though If you go to the first few pages of the Benteke thread people were comparing him to Heskey as the start. He was messing up a lot of good chances. Yeah he was shit at the start for us too. I was at the WBA match at VP.. and Benteke started and he was horrible. Bent came on and got the equaliser. He had a few rough months at the start. Kicked on in the back end of that season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
norwegianvillain Posted September 9, 2015 Share Posted September 9, 2015 Benteke didn't perform well until october/november. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
briny_ear Posted September 9, 2015 Share Posted September 9, 2015 Benteke started slowly? Your memory must be off thunderball, he was great from the off. He's started off slowly for Liverpool though I'd say 2 goals in his first 10 games is starting pretty slowly, Ah, "lies, damn lies and..[football] statistics", eh? 2 goals in his first 10 LEAGUE games, OK. But then 3 goals in his first 11 and 5 in his first 14. Or if you just take the first 10 games he played for villa in all comps, it's 4 in his first 10. So I guess it's where you decide to start and stop counting, and what you count. Anyway, this thread is about Ayew and it would be good to stop talking about Benteke here. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SeanO Posted September 9, 2015 Share Posted September 9, 2015 Stats don't always explain everything, Benteke was great from the off imo.As Briny has said this is about Ayew, as I have already said I believe he will be one of the better signing Sherwood made this summer he just needs time to settle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Czechlad Posted September 9, 2015 Share Posted September 9, 2015 I just don't think he suits our formation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avfc1982am Posted September 10, 2015 Share Posted September 10, 2015 I just don't think he suits our formation. Which one? The 4-3-3, the 4-5-1 or the 4-4-2? Rest assured we will use several formations this season and when he adapts to his team mates and the pace he will be fine. Give the lad a chance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Czechlad Posted September 10, 2015 Share Posted September 10, 2015 I just don't think he suits our formation. Which one? The 4-3-3, the 4-5-1 or the 4-4-2? Rest assured we will use several formations this season and when he adapts to his team mates and the pace he will be fine. Give the lad a chance.Seems more suited for a two striker formation in my opinion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abdulaziz1 Posted September 10, 2015 Share Posted September 10, 2015 Benteke started slowly? Your memory must be off thunderball, he was great from the off. He's started off slowly for Liverpool though I'd say 2 goals in his first 10 games is starting pretty slowly, Ah, "lies, damn lies and..[football] statistics", eh? 2 goals in his first 10 LEAGUE games, OK. But then 3 goals in his first 11 and 5 in his first 14. Or if you just take the first 10 games he played for villa in all comps, it's 4 in his first 10. So I guess it's where you decide to start and stop counting, and what you count. Anyway, this thread is about Ayew and it would be good to stop talking about Benteke here. He only played 10 minutes in the fourth game also. So you could say its two in 6 or 7. He wasnt even signed in the first couple of games. Didnt have any preseason too. Not trying to say bad things about Ayew, I appreaciate him needing time. I was just talking about Bentekes beginning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dn1982 Posted September 10, 2015 Share Posted September 10, 2015 We haven't seen enough of Ayew to make a decision. Even if he'd have played every minute so far it'd still be way to early to decide. He scores goals at International level and in top flight football in France so he's not a bad player yet people are writing him off as if he's worse than Jordan Bowery! As mentioned Benteke was written off in the same sort of fashion when he started playing and he turned out OK. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Thomas Posted September 13, 2015 Share Posted September 13, 2015 Hope he gets some game time. Think this lad is going to be better that people expect. Just needs a goal to get him going. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodders0223 Posted September 13, 2015 Share Posted September 13, 2015 I don't know what this guys main attribute is supposed to be.He is crap at almost everything. At the very least I thought the guy would be quick. He isn't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulC Posted September 13, 2015 Share Posted September 13, 2015 Early days but never thought it was a good signing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NurembergVillan Posted September 13, 2015 Moderator Share Posted September 13, 2015 The Ghanaian Tonev. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
This Could Be Rotterdam Posted September 13, 2015 Share Posted September 13, 2015 Ayew didn't lose us this game. At 2-0 it made some sense to give him a run when we were on top. What lost us this is sherwood not taking Sinclair off for verretout to shore up the midfield! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Czechlad Posted September 13, 2015 Share Posted September 13, 2015 He is shite. No more give him time nonsense. He shys from the ball, constantly turns it over when he does get it, and stands still. Whatever position Tim sees him at there are much better options. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JB Posted September 13, 2015 Share Posted September 13, 2015 Is this guy actually a footballer? He doesn't seem like he can actually do anything... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ozvilla28 Posted September 13, 2015 Share Posted September 13, 2015 Utter garbage loses the ball and offers nothing yet Kozak doesn't make the bench. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr_Pangloss Posted September 13, 2015 Share Posted September 13, 2015 (edited) Sorry but Ayew and Gestede look like terrible business, for the combined fee we could have signed better quality to come straight into the first team. Ayew looks terribly off the pace and generally lacking in ability to me. I said at the time we bid that he was poor and sadly I've yet to be proved wrong on this one. Edited September 13, 2015 by Dr_Pangloss Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeyAnty Posted September 13, 2015 Author Share Posted September 13, 2015 Is this guy related to George Whea by any chance? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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