mjmooney Posted September 6, 2012 VT Supporter Share Posted September 6, 2012 Benteke is quite tall IMO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barry'sboots Posted September 6, 2012 Share Posted September 6, 2012 Biggest question mark for Albrighton is that how he suits the style of Lambert's play since he doesn't use wingers and Albrighton is pretty much pure winger. He might not have used wingers at Norwich but doesn't mean to say he won't. He does appear to want to be flexible and switch tactics to suit situations/opponents and therefore a winger may increase his options, particularly with a big lad like Benteke in the middle? It will be interesting if he doesn't use wingers to see how we develop Grealish and Graham, who appear to be our two brightest young players at the minute from what I read. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVFCforever1991 Posted September 6, 2012 Share Posted September 6, 2012 Wiki says hes 6'5, but a lot of reports say he is 6'3... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GarethRDR Posted September 6, 2012 Share Posted September 6, 2012 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted September 6, 2012 Moderator Share Posted September 6, 2012 I didn't realise he was so big. Most reports said 6ft 2. He's easily 6ft 5 like Felliani, what a monster. His wikipedia says he is 3ft 11 at the moment though. Some Belgian football fan posted a photo on Twitter yesterday of him with Fellani and Benteke, Benteke looked a good two inches taller than Fellani tbh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samjp26 Posted September 6, 2012 Share Posted September 6, 2012 Apologies if this has been posted already but just found a few more glimpses of him in the highlights of the U21 game between England and Belgium earlier this year: Definitely watch the Lansbury goal before proceeding to check out Tekkers @ 0:54, 2:00, 2:55, 3:13. Again, this may have already been posted, but only just seen it myself. Shows some diversity with silky hold up play, a header attempt and some passes that should have ended up in goals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larscapaldi Posted September 6, 2012 Share Posted September 6, 2012 he's 6'3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LondonLax Posted September 6, 2012 Share Posted September 6, 2012 Apologies if this has been posted already but just found a few more glimpses of him in the highlights of the U21 game between England and Belgium earlier this year: Definitely watch the Lansbury goal before proceeding to check out Tekkers @ 0:54, 2:00, 2:55, 3:13. Again, this may have already been posted, but only just seen it myself. Shows some diversity with silky hold up play, a header attempt and some passes that should have ended up in goals. Some handy passing in there for a big guy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaGoMarching Posted September 6, 2012 Share Posted September 6, 2012 He's a monster, Fellaini towered over our team, can't wait to see him in Claret and Blue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob182 Posted September 6, 2012 Share Posted September 6, 2012 Paging BOF and Bicks.... Richard Dunne in a wheeley bin! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorthEastVillan Posted September 6, 2012 Share Posted September 6, 2012 Apologies if this has been posted already but just found a few more glimpses of him in the highlights of the U21 game between England and Belgium earlier this year: Definitely watch the Lansbury goal before proceeding to check out Tekkers @ 0:54, 2:00, 2:55, 3:13. Again, this may have already been posted, but only just seen it myself. Shows some diversity with silky hold up play, a header attempt and some passes that should have ended up in goals. Some very good touches there. I was worried he was gonna be a bit of a hoofer/Typical target man but looks like he has a good first touch and an eye for a pass. Like the ball sprayed out wide then racing in to get onto the end of the cross @ 2.00. very encouraging. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted September 6, 2012 VT Supporter Share Posted September 6, 2012 Good feet for a big man? [/cliche] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVFCforever1991 Posted September 6, 2012 Share Posted September 6, 2012 Him playing for Belgium tomorrow: Pros - Keeps his match fitness up, And we all get to see what he can do. Cons - Possibility of injury. Hopefully he gets taken of at around 60mins. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larscapaldi Posted September 6, 2012 Share Posted September 6, 2012 Lukaku is injured so there's a chance he will start the game, although the Belgian head coach has said that "there is a chance we'll start without any real strikers". We'll have to wait until just before kickoff to know who will be playing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVFCforever1991 Posted September 6, 2012 Share Posted September 6, 2012 "there is a chance we'll start without any real strikers" That suggest he could go with mirallas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVFC_Hitz Posted September 6, 2012 Share Posted September 6, 2012 I hope Benteke will take note of the apparent success of Belgian players in the league. Bit of healthy competition between them can't be too bad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larscapaldi Posted September 6, 2012 Share Posted September 6, 2012 possibly, or maybe he'll stick Dembele up front. If he doesn't start Benteke will be coming on at some point for sure. Still got a feeling Wales will beat the Belgians though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barry'sboots Posted September 6, 2012 Share Posted September 6, 2012 possibly, or maybe he'll stick Dembele up front. If he doesn't start Benteke will be coming on at some point for sure. Still got a feeling Wales will beat the Belgians though You haven't seen much of Wales then? :winkold: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
8pints Posted September 6, 2012 Share Posted September 6, 2012 I've put money on him to score tomorrow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVFCforever1991 Posted September 7, 2012 Share Posted September 7, 2012 Unless Bale turns up and scores a hat-trick, I doubt the welsh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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