bobzy Posted February 21, 2015 Share Posted February 21, 2015 Stop pointing the finger at him were is the service and delivery from our midfield and support upfront next to nothing.If he was at a better team he would be banging in the goals. He's as much to blame as anyone else man. He's been poor lately. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ROTTERDAM1982 Posted February 21, 2015 Share Posted February 21, 2015 Poor service today too him, and poor movement off him.Needs a midfielder to run off his flicks/knock downs.Gabby isn't intelligent enough to know when/where to run.Maybe try Bacuna or Cole or Gil running off him. He doesn't become a bad player over night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StefanAVFC Posted February 21, 2015 Share Posted February 21, 2015 He's never his fault is it? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobzy Posted February 21, 2015 Share Posted February 21, 2015 Poor service today too him, and poor movement off him.Needs a midfielder to run off his flicks/knock downs.Gabby isn't intelligent enough to know when/where to run.Maybe try Bacuna or Cole or Gil running off him. He doesn't become a bad player over night. He had the worst passing accuracy of anyone in our team - and that was from his basic play of; come short and try to lay it off. He doesn't become a bad player overnight, but he's woefully out of form right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sonic_bouma Posted February 21, 2015 Share Posted February 21, 2015 We will go down. And because he's been pretty cack for 2 seasons his value will have decreased to about 7m Newcastle or Stoke will pounce. Lerner will cash in. The future of Aston Villa. So much to look forward to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bunnski Posted February 21, 2015 Share Posted February 21, 2015 Benteskey 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samjp26 Posted February 21, 2015 Share Posted February 21, 2015 He's never his fault is it? I don't think he was as bad as usual, but he was defended against very well by Stoke IMO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StefanAVFC Posted February 21, 2015 Share Posted February 21, 2015 He's never his fault is it? I don't think he was as bad as usual, but he was defended against very well by Stoke IMO. This isn't really in relation to today to be honest. He's been woeful for weeks now and some will still defend him by putting others down. It's maddening. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCJonah Posted February 21, 2015 Share Posted February 21, 2015 Am hour a go you postedI suppose it's westwood's fault that Sanchez was atrocious again? Is that not defending someone by putting down another player? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StefanAVFC Posted February 21, 2015 Share Posted February 21, 2015 (edited) Not even remotely similar. I'm not even bashing Sanchez to defend Westwood at all That was in direct relation to a point somebody made that 'Westwood has hampered Sanchez' which has proven to be totally false. Keep point scoring though Edited February 21, 2015 by StefanAVFC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KHV Posted February 21, 2015 Share Posted February 21, 2015 Benteke is dreadful lately Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farlz Posted February 21, 2015 Share Posted February 21, 2015 Really poor yet again, so annoying watching him when you know he's capable of so much more. Would be a miracle if anyone can get him consistently scoring goals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCJonah Posted February 21, 2015 Share Posted February 21, 2015 Not even remotely similar. I'm not even bashing Sanchez to defend Westwood at all That was in direct relation to a point somebody made that 'Westwood has hampered Sanchez' which has proven to be totally false. Keep point scoring though Oh my mistake. Looked like you were putting down one player to defend another. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StefanAVFC Posted February 21, 2015 Share Posted February 21, 2015 :crylaugh: :crylaugh: Not even remotely similar. I'm not even bashing Sanchez to defend Westwood at all That was in direct relation to a point somebody made that 'Westwood has hampered Sanchez' which has proven to be totally false. Keep point scoring though Oh my mistake. Looked like you were putting down one player to defend another. Apology accepted 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samjp26 Posted February 21, 2015 Share Posted February 21, 2015 :crylaugh: :crylaugh: Not even remotely similar. I'm not even bashing Sanchez to defend Westwood at all That was in direct relation to a point somebody made that 'Westwood has hampered Sanchez' which has proven to be totally false. Keep point scoring though Oh my mistake. Looked like you were putting down one player to defend another. Apology accepted Give it a rest guys Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StanBalaban Posted February 21, 2015 Share Posted February 21, 2015 Benteke needs coaching (or reminding) on how to play as a centre forward. Every time he receives the ball there's always plenty of defenders behind him. His only option is to try and nod the ball down back into the midfield. He needs to be giving defenders a hard time whether he's in-line to receive the ball or not. Needs to be pulling his marker all over the place, to allow a strike partner more space. Also needs to be reading the position of the last defender more effectively, preventing the opposition from pushing up, whilst being ready to have a run at goal. Benteke is at his best when he's running onto a ball, either over the top or a through ball, running towards the goal. At the moment, he's playing very deep preventing any meaningful service. Don't get me wrong, the midfielders need to be more inventive when looking for him, but he needs to be far better at making space for himself. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HanoiVillan Posted February 21, 2015 Share Posted February 21, 2015 He's totally bereft of confidence. Personally I can see now that getting rid of him will be good for the team. We need to develop a new footballing identity, in all likelihood in the Championship, and even if he came down with us (which he won't), he'd be more of a hindrance than a help. We seem to have no clue how to play with him - I don't think he played at all well today, but launching the ball at his head from 40 yards away, which is all we did in the second half, isn't going to be any use at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr_Pangloss Posted February 21, 2015 Share Posted February 21, 2015 (edited) Utter shite with the ball at his feet, no excuses. Edited February 21, 2015 by Dr_Pangloss Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted February 21, 2015 Share Posted February 21, 2015 We played long to him, which vs Stoke was ridiculous, they doubled up on him and he hardly had a sniff, anything he did seem to win gabby didn't read Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dodgyknees Posted February 21, 2015 Share Posted February 21, 2015 Bent would be a better option than Benteke. Lazy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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