Teale's 'tache Posted May 23, 2019 Share Posted May 23, 2019 2 hours ago, wilko154 said: Hypothetically... would you take Benteke at a cut price £8 million this Summer if we are promoted on Monday (Sorry when we are promoted Monday) Would it be worth the risk of trying to play him back into his old Villa form as a reserve striker initially? I don't think he fits the way we play anymore, he's out of form and injuries have not been kind either. His wages would be too much just to take a punt. A no from me. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodders0223 Posted May 23, 2019 Share Posted May 23, 2019 3 hours ago, wilko154 said: Hypothetically... would you take Benteke at a cut price £8 million this Summer if we are promoted on Monday (Sorry when we are promoted Monday) Would it be worth the risk of trying to play him back into his old Villa form as a reserve striker initially? I wouldn't take him on a free. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThunderPower_14 Posted May 23, 2019 Share Posted May 23, 2019 I still love the idea of him but I haven't watched him since we were relegated. Checking the stats, he scored 49 in 101 appearances for us and has managed just 21 in 89 appearances for Palace. Fallen a long way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulC Posted May 23, 2019 Share Posted May 23, 2019 45 minutes ago, ThunderPower_14 said: I still love the idea of him but I haven't watched him since we were relegated. Checking the stats, he scored 49 in 101 appearances for us and has managed just 21 in 89 appearances for Palace. Fallen a long way. and nearly all of them for Palace came in one season. wouldn't want him back myself Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xela Posted May 23, 2019 Share Posted May 23, 2019 8 hours ago, wilko154 said: Hypothetically... would you take Benteke at a cut price £8 million this Summer if we are promoted on Monday (Sorry when we are promoted Monday) Would it be worth the risk of trying to play him back into his old Villa form as a reserve striker initially? Nope. Best days are long gone. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
privateer Posted May 23, 2019 Share Posted May 23, 2019 6 hours ago, rodders0223 said: I wouldn't take him on a free. I wouldn't take him on a pay as you play when he is the one paying us when he plays. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheStagMan Posted May 23, 2019 Share Posted May 23, 2019 Nope definately not. Left us to go on to "better" things. Turned out to not be as good as he thought. Don't want him back. We need better than him if we go back up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Rev Posted May 23, 2019 Share Posted May 23, 2019 13 hours ago, wilko154 said: Hypothetically... would you take Benteke at a cut price £8 million this Summer if we are promoted on Monday (Sorry when we are promoted Monday) Would it be worth the risk of trying to play him back into his old Villa form as a reserve striker initially? No. He won't find his old form and we don't owe him anything. He left to join a bigger club and was victim to a managerial change ten games into the season. Sometimes life works out like that. He played the best football of his career at Villa Park, we quadrupled our money on him and I'd rather just be left with the fond memories. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyblade Posted May 23, 2019 Share Posted May 23, 2019 If we went up last year then I'd say yes. A year later and it's clear he's completely finished at PL level. We're also on the up, and I think we can do better anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted May 23, 2019 Share Posted May 23, 2019 5 hours ago, TheStagMan said: Nope definately not. Left us to go on to "better" things. Turned out to not be as good as he thought. Don't want him back. We need better than him if we go back up. He has definitely done better things than us since he left Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wilko154 Posted May 24, 2019 Share Posted May 24, 2019 Glad we are all in agreement on this! Finally this may be the season where the transfer rumour's thread isn't taken up with Benteke back to Villa talk. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Zen Posted May 24, 2019 Share Posted May 24, 2019 I genuinely thought he’d be world class. Sadly, I agree, wouldn’t have him back now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaJ100 Posted May 24, 2019 Share Posted May 24, 2019 24 minutes ago, Michelsen said: I genuinely thought he’d be world class. Sadly, I agree, wouldn’t have him back now. And me. I thought he'd be playing for Bayern or Real one day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheStagMan Posted May 24, 2019 Share Posted May 24, 2019 13 hours ago, Zatman said: He has definitely done better things than us since he left Yeah, a year at Liverpool then a couple of seasons at Crystal Palace. The stuff of dreams! Still, we got a good price for him Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaAlex Posted May 24, 2019 Share Posted May 24, 2019 Damaged goods. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AvfcRigo82 Posted May 25, 2019 Share Posted May 25, 2019 On 24/05/2019 at 09:17, Michelsen said: I genuinely thought he’d be world class. So did he. One great season and thinking onto his dream move of Arsenal as we were only a stepping stone for him anyway, then sulked and caused all sorts of problems cause he never got his move. Got that nasty injury and never came back the same. He is finnished imo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted May 25, 2019 Share Posted May 25, 2019 11 minutes ago, AvfcRigo82 said: So did he. One great season and thinking onto his dream move of Arsenal as we were only a stepping stone for him anyway, then sulked and caused all sorts of problems cause he never got his move. Got that nasty injury and never came back the same. He is finnished imo. Cant remember him causing any problems here at all or even sulking Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AvfcRigo82 Posted May 26, 2019 Share Posted May 26, 2019 12 minutes ago, Zatman said: Cant remember him causing any problems here at all or even sulking It wasn't really dramtised as such, but I recall Lambert saying one or two things about convincing him to stay, at the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRO Posted June 4, 2019 Share Posted June 4, 2019 That boat has sailed....I trust Klopps judgement. lets move on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
privateer Posted June 4, 2019 Share Posted June 4, 2019 1 hour ago, TRO said: That boat has sailed....I trust Klopps judgement. lets move on. We had. Nearly ten days ago before you broke the shitecrust again. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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