daggy_333 Posted August 5, 2022 Share Posted August 5, 2022 Just saw something on Twitter suggesting he's possibly joining DC United. Decent signing for Rooney if it's true! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted August 5, 2022 Share Posted August 5, 2022 Seems its a done deal from some journos Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bannedfromHandV Posted August 5, 2022 Share Posted August 5, 2022 Sky just announced it live on air Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Steve Posted August 5, 2022 Share Posted August 5, 2022 On the DC United website now: https://www.dcunited.com/news/d-c-united-sign-belgian-international-christian-benteke-from-crystal-palace 37 goals in 177 games is a really poor return for Palace. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr_Dogg Posted August 5, 2022 Share Posted August 5, 2022 If he's fit, he will maul that league. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zhan_Zhuang Posted August 5, 2022 Share Posted August 5, 2022 Good luck to the fella... I often wonder if he should have just stayed at Villa. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Django_Zooms Posted August 5, 2022 Share Posted August 5, 2022 6 minutes ago, Zhan_Zhuang said: Good luck to the fella... I often wonder if he should have just stayed at Villa. Not once Randy Lerner had set his sights on Bowery and Gestede... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Villatillidie95 Posted August 5, 2022 Share Posted August 5, 2022 Thought this guy would go on to be one of the all time great PL strikers after that first season a decade ago! Still a good move for him to see out the latter stages of his career, He could help them a lot if they use him correctly. I'm sure he hoped things worked out differently though, looking back 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xela Posted August 5, 2022 Share Posted August 5, 2022 He was great for us but bizarrely, I don't have any affection for him at all. I think it was because he made it patently clear we were just a stepping stone for him. Which is fine, he wasn't deceiving anyone, but it just meant that I never really warmed to him as a character. Very good striker mind you. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodders0223 Posted August 6, 2022 Share Posted August 6, 2022 10 hours ago, Mr_Dogg said: If he's fit, he will maul that league. He won't as Higuain has found out. MLS is not a good league , at times it's actually laugh out loud comical but it's all action and physical and exhausting. If you can't run anymore. You won't compete. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommo_b Posted August 6, 2022 Share Posted August 6, 2022 I also touted him to become one of the Premier League greats, then he moved and that basically ended his trajectory, strange, as at Villa he looked the complete striker. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaJ100 Posted August 6, 2022 Share Posted August 6, 2022 15 minutes ago, Tommo_b said: I also touted him to become one of the Premier League greats, then he moved and that basically ended his trajectory, strange, as at Villa he looked the complete striker. Yeah if you think of Lukaku back then and the career he had (having I guess) and Benteke was more than a good shade above him then in my opinion, I thought he could go to the top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a-k Posted August 6, 2022 Share Posted August 6, 2022 Just re-watched his 2012-13 highlights. What an absolute beast. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted August 6, 2022 Share Posted August 6, 2022 11 hours ago, Mr_Dogg said: If he's fit, he will maul that league. I bet he doesnt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chappy Posted August 6, 2022 Share Posted August 6, 2022 Shame he checks out on 86 PL goals, was good enough to join the hundred club. He was so good for us, disappointing that his career petered out. Should do well in the US though! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Agbonla-score Posted August 6, 2022 Share Posted August 6, 2022 11 hours ago, Django_Zooms said: Not once Randy Lerner had set his sights on Bowery and Gestede... Please someone post that old giff of Bowery spinning in his chair Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rds1983 Posted August 6, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted August 6, 2022 3 hours ago, chappy said: Shame he checks out on 86 PL goals, was good enough to join the hundred club. He was so good for us, disappointing that his career petered out. Should do well in the US though! Weren't something like 40+ of those goals for us? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chappy Posted August 6, 2022 Share Posted August 6, 2022 Just now, Rds1983 said: Weren't something like 40+ of those goals for us? Think he had 49 for us (could be in all comps) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rds1983 Posted August 6, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted August 6, 2022 6 hours ago, chappy said: Think he had 49 for us (could be in all comps) So basically half his goals in the 3 years he was with us and we were awful. Really shows how moving was a mistake. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodders0223 Posted August 6, 2022 Share Posted August 6, 2022 3 minutes ago, Rds1983 said: So basically half his goals in the 3 years he was with us and we were awful. Really shows how moving was a mistake. Yup. Really missed out on the glory years of Garde Tim and Bruce. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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