villalad21 Posted September 21, 2019 Share Posted September 21, 2019 What a player he was! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KenjiOgiwara Posted September 21, 2019 Share Posted September 21, 2019 Never. Go. Back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jim Posted September 29, 2019 Share Posted September 29, 2019 4 goals in 52 league appearances! He really has gone to shit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xela Posted September 29, 2019 Share Posted September 29, 2019 He was very good for us, not going to deny that, but he was never one of us was he? Like Laursen, Mellberg or Carew. They all bought into the club and you can see how much the club means to them. For Benteke it was just a stepping stone. Nothing wrong with that, he was great for us, but i'll never regard him as fondly as the others. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bannedfromHandV Posted September 29, 2019 Share Posted September 29, 2019 10 minutes ago, Xela said: He was very good for us, not going to deny that, but he was never one of us was he? Like Laursen, Mellberg or Carew. They all bought into the club and you can see how much the club means to them. For Benteke it was just a stepping stone. Nothing wrong with that, he was great for us, but i'll never regard him as fondly as the others. To be fair (though not sure if it excuses it) but didn’t he set his stall out from day one? I recall him saying something like his dream was to play for Arsenal within days of signing for us, then in his first summer he looked to try and join spurs before signing a new contract. Im happy that for once, we got the good end of the deal, we had the best Benteke possible then cashed in before he went shit, not often we’ve been able to do that. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villalad21 Posted October 10, 2019 Share Posted October 10, 2019 He scored a goal! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyblade Posted October 10, 2019 Share Posted October 10, 2019 48 minutes ago, villalad21 said: He scored a goal! He still plays for Belgium? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted October 10, 2019 Share Posted October 10, 2019 5 minutes ago, Keyblade said: He still plays for Belgium? Belgium also had Chadli, Vermaelen, Boyata and Batsuhayi in the squad today Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr_Pangloss Posted October 11, 2019 Share Posted October 11, 2019 9 hours ago, Zatman said: Belgium also had Chadli, Vermaelen, Boyata and Batsuhayi in the squad today Don't forget Januzaj Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villalad21 Posted October 11, 2019 Share Posted October 11, 2019 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr_Pangloss Posted October 11, 2019 Share Posted October 11, 2019 Great goalkeeping. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A'Villan Posted October 11, 2019 Share Posted October 11, 2019 For a time, you just had to play a receivable ball to Benteke and whatever he tried would come off for him, he found and worked the angles really well when finishing. I reckon my favourite goals from Benteke were against West Brom and Norwich in terms of technique, but he often found the back of the next in a very deliberate fashion. I heard from a Liverpool fan the other day that he thought Benteke was never a bad player for Liverpool, he just didn't suit the system and wasn't prolific as a consequence. I thought Ayew always showed potential to influence games in the top tier, but it surprises me to see him preferred to and taking minutes from Benteke this season. I've done a bit of a U-turn, I'm pretty damn confident he won't, it's impractical and I don't think either party are interested, but I'd be open to a return this January a lot more than I was. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted October 12, 2019 Share Posted October 12, 2019 On 29/09/2019 at 09:18, jim said: 4 goals in 52 league appearances! He really has gone to shit. Probably getting £120k+ a week for that. They probably have several “kids” in the setup who could return that or more for 1/10th of the salary. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villalad21 Posted October 12, 2019 Share Posted October 12, 2019 (edited) Everyone and their mother is a genius regarding team selection post game. Edited October 12, 2019 by villalad21 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuart_75 Posted October 18, 2019 Share Posted October 18, 2019 Just had a contract extension I think. Madness. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theboyangel Posted October 18, 2019 Share Posted October 18, 2019 31 minutes ago, stuart_75 said: Just had a contract extension I think. Madness. He was out of contract in the summer so probably tied him down to a similar paid wage to avoid him leaving for nothing next year, after their initial outlay of over £20m for him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted October 18, 2019 Share Posted October 18, 2019 2 hours ago, theboyangel said: He was out of contract in the summer so probably tied him down to a similar paid wage to avoid him leaving for nothing next year, after their initial outlay of over £20m for him. I'm surprised he signed it tbh. As a free agent I'm sure someone decent would take a chance on him with no transfer fee. Shows a bit of a lack of confidence by him and his agent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaJ100 Posted October 18, 2019 Share Posted October 18, 2019 Well we all know is agent is a total dingbat 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
privateer Posted October 18, 2019 Share Posted October 18, 2019 11 hours ago, theboyangel said: He was out of contract in the summer so probably tied him down to a similar paid wage to avoid him leaving for nothing next year, after their initial outlay of over £20m for him. So, to protect their investment they give him another contract, throw several millions more at him over the next 18 months, get a handful of goals out of him as he continues to decline by getting older, slower, lazier and even shitter and then he leaves for nothing. Genius strategy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vancvillan Posted October 19, 2019 Share Posted October 19, 2019 8 hours ago, privateer said: So, to protect their investment they give him another contract, throw several millions more at him over the next 18 months, get a handful of goals out of him as he continues to decline by getting older, slower, lazier and even shitter and then he leaves for nothing. Genius strategy. To be fair you wouldn't have to think too hard to find a few examples of us doing the same in recent years... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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