Is this post a windup?

He’s scored nine goals in three and a half seasons!

I don’t care how good his link up play is, he’s a 30 million pound centre forward.

He needs to score

Edited by Tom-the-eagle (15 Jan 2021 7.06pm)

"It feels much better than it ever did, much more sensitive." John Wayne Bobbit

It's a mix of both. To Roy Hodgson's credit he has done the job of keeping us in the PL, however he does have his failings which have been mentioned here by many. However, I'm going to cut Roy some slack: having the completely inept Benteke up front must be immensely frustrating for a manager. That said, Roy does seem to prefer him at the moment over other options, which makes Benteke's failings his (Roy's) responsibility.

Ayew is woeful..!!

The post is " return to form ".

The post will only wind up those who don't read well.

And I had him at 10/1 to score against West Ham when all faith was lost

Responsibility Deficit Disorder is a medical condition. Symptoms include inability to be corrected when wrong, false sense of superiority, desire to share personal info no else cares about, general hubris. It's a medical issue rather than pure arrogance.

CB has certainly improved recently, but the clue is in the title.. striker! 3 goals including a tap in, is not good enough at this level. That said, a strikers role is not just scoring...would that he did... but flick ons, hold up play etc, which he does pretty well, and he is a decent target when we use the flanks. I just wish he would use his ample frame and get stuck in. He is lightweight. One thing that he and the rest of the squad are guilty of is not shooting. Stats shown on Sky last night show Patrick Bamford top of the ‘shots attempted’ (28!) and his goal tally is resultant of same. H Kane was 2nd. The lucky deflection HK got against us proves the point, we don’t shoot enough!
Aside from an ageing team, that frequently give the ball away, get outpaced in most positions, and regularly sit back rather than press ( as we actually did against the Gooners), we are not a bad side!

Keep the faith.

He still has a heck of a lot to do in the rest of the season if he is going to make up for the paucity of his contributions in the last 3 years, and to convince me he has found his form.

For me he doesn't have the niggling aggression that majority of good centre forwards have. I don't see him making a nuisance of himself around the opposition penalty area. He's a big bloke and should be putting the fear of god up defenders.