Sam3773 Posted July 22, 2015 Share Posted July 22, 2015 (edited) No pressure, but the season starts in a couple of weeks. Edited July 22, 2015 by Sam3773 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HanoiVillan Posted July 22, 2015 Share Posted July 22, 2015 Genuine question coming up.... In previous seasons, I remember that goal against West Brom and the third against Liverpool where Benteke was in full-on beast mode and created the goals out of nothing. Then there's the assists for Weimann against Man U and Liverpool again. Can anyone remind me of a Benteke goal from last season that was above and beyond the remit of any good striker? Genuine question, I simply can't recall. There's probably more, but the goal against Palace away where he robbed Dann on the touchline and then used Hangeland as a shield to unsight the keeper was a thing of beauty, and he created it and executed it entirely by himself. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StanBalaban Posted July 22, 2015 Share Posted July 22, 2015 Genuine question coming up.... In previous seasons, I remember that goal against West Brom and the third against Liverpool where Benteke was in full-on beast mode and created the goals out of nothing. Then there's the assists for Weimann against Man U and Liverpool again. Can anyone remind me of a Benteke goal from last season that was above and beyond the remit of any good striker? Genuine question, I simply can't recall. There's probably more, but the goal against Palace away where he robbed Dann on the touchline and then used Hangeland as a shield to unsight the keeper was a thing of beauty, and he created it and executed it entirely by himself. Yes, I'd forgotten that one. Very clever play. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Villan81 Posted July 22, 2015 Share Posted July 22, 2015 His goal against manure at villa park was pretty special 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ulver Posted July 22, 2015 Share Posted July 22, 2015 Genuine question coming up.... In previous seasons, I remember that goal against West Brom and the third against Liverpool where Benteke was in full-on beast mode and created the goals out of nothing. Then there's the assists for Weimann against Man U and Liverpool again. Can anyone remind me of a Benteke goal from last season that was above and beyond the remit of any good striker? Genuine question, I simply can't recall. Palace away ? United at home ? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StanBalaban Posted July 22, 2015 Share Posted July 22, 2015 Just for the sake of discussion then, is it not feasible that a good £10m striker could in theory score a similar amount of goals for us? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mightysasquatch Posted July 22, 2015 Share Posted July 22, 2015 Something I thought about. Rumours are that we are not after Austin. Well the noises coming from the club are that we won't be after him. Yet plenty of clubs are an yet he has not moved yet. Could it all be a game and we will make our move as soon as we let Benteke go? Or am I just bored on a Wednesday afternoon? I don't get out club sometimes, why wouldn't we be after Austin, he is a proven goalscorer. It's like juninho and Robbie Keane (1st time around) again It's more the supposed 60k a week than the actual fee for Austin. I think our stance is we can we Adebayor & a young forward for the price/wages of Austin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ulver Posted July 22, 2015 Share Posted July 22, 2015 Just for the sake of discussion then, is it not feasible that a good £10m striker could in theory score a similar amount of goals for us? Of course it's feesible, if we're very lucky But Benteke did a whole lot more than score goals in our side. His whole game will be missed not just the goals. Someone like Austin (for example) wouldn't replace what we'd be losing at all IMHO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mightysasquatch Posted July 22, 2015 Share Posted July 22, 2015 (edited) Saw pics of tekkers at lime street on Twitter https://twitter.com/paulsenior1/status/623899968408055809 Edited July 22, 2015 by mightysasquatch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Raphael Posted July 22, 2015 Share Posted July 22, 2015 Looks like him. Same shaped head. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StanBalaban Posted July 22, 2015 Share Posted July 22, 2015 Just for the sake of discussion then, is it not feasible that a good £10m striker could in theory score a similar amount of goals for us? Of course it's feesible, if we're very lucky But Benteke did a whole lot more than score goals in our side. His whole game will be missed not just the goals. Someone like Austin (for example) wouldn't replace what we'd be losing at all IMHO I actually agree, I'm just trying to keep the topic going on another slow news day. I think Benteke's sheer presence will be very difficult to replace. Defenders must be shit scared of him, but we lacked players with the intelligence to make the most of the attention CB was receiving by the opposition, therefore paying less attention to the likes of CNZ and Gabby. Got to be said, if you look back there are many a match thread where we'll find the phrased 'Bentesky' being used. However, I think the big man will leave a largely unfillable hole in the team. I'm hoping that Tim plans to plug the gap with more quality across the park rather than hoping he can find someone to fill those boots alone. Saw pics of tekkers at lime street on Twitterhttps://twitter.com/paulsenior1/status/623899968408055809 Fake. That Mercedes is not on bricks. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HanoiVillan Posted July 22, 2015 Share Posted July 22, 2015 Just for the sake of discussion then, is it not feasible that a good £10m striker could in theory score a similar amount of goals for us? That depends. If you're talking about the 1-in-2 that he scored over his Villa career, then yes, it's feasible but very unlikely. At the end of last season he was scoring a goal a game, that's definitely not going to be replicated by anyone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nabby Posted July 22, 2015 Share Posted July 22, 2015 I think the question might not be can one striker replace him more can we develop and system and purchase/intergrate players to have the team be a more fully functional attacking unit. If for instance we could have a midfield that could produce 10-15 goals between them then a striker with 10 would make us a more attacking threat than last season. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mightysasquatch Posted July 22, 2015 Share Posted July 22, 2015 I think the question might not be can one striker replace him more can we develop and system and purchase/intergrate players to have the team be a more fully functional attacking unit. If for instance we could have a midfield that could produce 10-15 goals between them then a striker with 10 would make us a more attacking threat than last season. Exactly, teams knew that if they shut Benteke down then that's our scoring chances pretty much gone. If we can get more goals from other positions all of a sudden we aren't so one dimensional. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted July 22, 2015 Share Posted July 22, 2015 Genuine question coming up.... In previous seasons, I remember that goal against West Brom and the third against Liverpool where Benteke was in full-on beast mode and created the goals out of nothing. Then there's the assists for Weimann against Man U and Liverpool again. Can anyone remind me of a Benteke goal from last season that was above and beyond the remit of any good striker? Genuine question, I simply can't recall. the 2nd goal against QPR, if Rooney did it they would still be talking about the genius of it 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supernova26 Posted July 22, 2015 Share Posted July 22, 2015 (edited) Edited July 22, 2015 by supernova26 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bannedfromHandV Posted July 22, 2015 Share Posted July 22, 2015 Just for the sake of discussion then, is it not feasible that a good £10m striker could in theory score a similar amount of goals for us? A £500,000 striker could in theory score the same amount of goals, as could a £50m player..........no offence but bit of a pointless question really given that, to my knowledge at least no-one can see into the future......... Oh and Benteke cost 50% of £10M so there's your answer if you really needed one. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob182 Posted July 22, 2015 Share Posted July 22, 2015 This Tekkers the piss. Shouldn't it be done by now? The deal was supposedly agreed at the weekend Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil Posted July 22, 2015 Share Posted July 22, 2015 Takin' a while to finalise ain't it? Do I need to go fill the car up with fuel and deliver him myself or what? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PieFacE Posted July 22, 2015 VT Supporter Share Posted July 22, 2015 Just hurry the **** up with it all. I really don't understand what can be taking so long with this transfer? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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