TheAuthority Posted June 12, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted June 12, 2022 WARNING: Turn the sound off 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob182 Posted June 12, 2022 Share Posted June 12, 2022 7 hours ago, TheAuthority said: He should never have gone to Liverpool. It was completely the wrong move for him and many on here saw it. Then Brenda was sacked about 3 months later and in came Klopp who was never going to play to Benteke's strengths. If he'd gone to Tottenham when they first came in for him who knows where he might have ended up. Shame - I loved him as a player here. So the lesson is, when the first club comes to get you from Villa, f^%#*#g run! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommo_b Posted June 12, 2022 Share Posted June 12, 2022 I said to my Liverpool supporting mates at the time who weren’t thrilled with the signing, you have sign possibly one of the best strikers in the world, he can do it all and score goals from anywhere. Turns out I knew f-all and his career nose dived massively… Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rds1983 Posted June 12, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted June 12, 2022 5 hours ago, Keyblade said: He was on the cusp of being truly world class. Even now, there aren't many strikers who were doing what he was doing in a Villa shirt. Could create a goal out of nothing. Hold up play was amazing. Had a very good first touch and could run with the ball. If we had 2012-15 Benteke in our team right now I'd tip us for top 6. If we'd have had 2012-15 Benteke a few years earlier when O'Neil was in charge we'd have actually got top 4 and be one of the top 6 already. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post May-Z Posted June 12, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted June 12, 2022 Genuinely think he is one of our best ever signings. £7m and he was an absolute monster for us. Goals made out of nothing...accuracy and power with both feet and his head...great inside and outside the box To get 49 in 101 games whilst playing in the shambles of the Villa team when he was signed is absolute unreal. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tayls Posted June 12, 2022 Share Posted June 12, 2022 I wonder if he has any regrets about leaving us at the time. I’d assume not based on how things were going for the club as a whole. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom13 Posted June 12, 2022 Share Posted June 12, 2022 (edited) 22 hours ago, Villatillidie95 said: 49 goals and in 101 appearances for us, genuinely thought he would go on to be one of the all time greats of the PL era (not necessarily with us, especialy after his first season). Coming up to the 10 year anniversary of signing for villa, just hasnt hit the heights unfortunately. From his own perspective he has made a good living and chipped in with goals in games for them and can still do a job upfront but dosent seem to be number 1 and get the feeling he is happy to get paid handsomely and be a substitute. Did his achilles injury hinder him a fair bit do we think? Swear he lost a yard of pace. Unplayable. Could score goals out of nothing. That goal against WBA away one of my favs ever. Edited June 12, 2022 by Tom13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Villatillidie95 Posted June 12, 2022 Share Posted June 12, 2022 58 minutes ago, Tom13 said: Did his achilles injury hinder him a fair bit do we think? Swear he lost a yard of pace. Unplayable. Could score goals out of nothing. That go against WBA away one of my favs ever. yeah i think it did do him some damage tbf, i remember he was quite fast and mixed with his physicality he really was unplayable. he stopped trying to drive at people and take them on after that, and although he did still score a lot of headers, it took him down a notch. Before that he used to be Lukaku-like in running at the defence (the peak WBA and Everton Lukaku) and i honestly thought Benteke would be the one to have the brighter future in the international setup. That WBA goal was great, he scored so many good ones for us. I liked his one against liverpool away in 2012, he kept running and was able to use his strength to then finish the ball from close range. in that game he got a nice backheel assist for weimann who finished from close range. It was a great CF performance from him that day and held the ball up really well. hard to believe that game was 9 and a half years ago 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom13 Posted June 12, 2022 Share Posted June 12, 2022 Just now, Villatillidie95 said: yeah i think it did do him some damage tbf, i remember he was quite fast and mixed with his physicality he really was unplayable. he stopped trying to drive at people and take them on after that, and although he did still score a lot of headers, it took him down a notch. Before that he used to be Lukaku-like in running at the defence (the peak WBA and Everton Lukaku) and i honestly thought Benteke would be the one to have the brighter future in the international setup. So did I, he had a lot more to his game. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidcow Posted June 12, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted June 12, 2022 Remember when that defender tried to barge him off the ball and ended up rebounding off him and breaking his own shoulder? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
May-Z Posted June 12, 2022 Share Posted June 12, 2022 21 minutes ago, sidcow said: Remember when that defender tried to barge him off the ball and ended up rebounding off him and breaking his own shoulder? Smalling absolutely died. (In what was another play well, score two, and not win game against Man U.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJ_Villain Posted June 13, 2022 Share Posted June 13, 2022 Should have never left… but he made his bed and has had to lie in it since… Im sure he sits and thinks about us from time to time… then checks his bank balance… 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted June 13, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted June 13, 2022 12 minutes ago, DJ_Villain said: Should have never left… but he made his bed and has had to lie in it since… Im sure he sits and thinks about us from time to time… then checks his bank balance… You think all players should just stay at Villa forever don't you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted June 13, 2022 Share Posted June 13, 2022 9 minutes ago, DJ_Villain said: Should have never left… but he made his bed and has had to lie in it since… Im sure he sits and thinks about us from time to time… then checks his bank balance… More than just money He had the chance to go play CL and win stuff, with hindsight he didn't do either of those but with where we were as a club I don't blame him Dont know if footballers ever do take a step back and watch a load of football, do some tactical analysis before a potential transfer and say nah my face doesn't fit there, part of that confidence and arrogance of being a top striker doesn't fit with doing that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fun Factory Posted June 13, 2022 Share Posted June 13, 2022 I don't begrudge his move. He kept us up for 3 years and its not his fault we reinvested the money on players that the then manager didn't like. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodders0223 Posted June 13, 2022 Share Posted June 13, 2022 The achilles injury did for him any real chance of reaching his peak Still had a good run of form got a belting move but took more than a yard of pace off him and took a good 3 years off the back end of his career. Even last year when he was bagging goals you could barely believe he wasn't 40. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wainy316 Posted June 13, 2022 Share Posted June 13, 2022 I think the fact we got 17 points the following season would more than justify him wanting to move. Shame it was such a bad move in the end though. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dodgyknees Posted June 13, 2022 Share Posted June 13, 2022 He signed for the wrong team, he should have signed for Arsenal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJ_Villain Posted June 13, 2022 Share Posted June 13, 2022 58 minutes ago, Stevo985 said: You think all players should just stay at Villa forever don't you? Not necessarily… Mellberg left for a big club in another country… Didn’t play against us… Still think he is fantastic. Albrighton didn’t want to leave in the first place… Got told lie after lie by the management at the time, got released and then went on to do really well for himself… Happy to see it and wish him well… Carew never wanted to leave but was forced to… Love the bloke Laursen and Petrov were both forced into retirement through I’ll health… Great players of their era… But as soon as someone actively WANTS to leave us… They can go **** themselves 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted June 13, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted June 13, 2022 2 minutes ago, DJ_Villain said: Not necessarily… Mellberg left for a big club in another country… Didn’t play against us… Still think he is fantastic. Albrighton didn’t want to leave in the first place… Got told lie after lie by the management at the time, got released and then went on to do really well for himself… Happy to see it and wish him well… Carew never wanted to leave but was forced to… Love the bloke Laursen and Petrov were both forced into retirement through I’ll health… Great players of their era… But as soon as someone actively WANTS to leave us… They can go **** themselves What a deluded way to view the world. Each to their own Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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