Good man management. Trying to get his confidence back. He should have scored today but too reluctant to shoot.

Those remarks seem spot on to me. Perfectly right to point out that a centre-forward does about 100 things apart from putting the ball in the net and Benteke did 99 of them yesterday. And Sam observes that its for "us" (the coaching staff) to get him scoring again; his predecessor would have chucked him under the 'bus. But then of course his predecessor wouldn't have been commenting on a victory but excusing another feeble defeat.

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Most would I think agree his off the ball work often goes unpraised but he does a lot since SA arrived, not so much before that TBH

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.

You'd be surprised how big a factor confidence is. His most glaring opportunity (where he should've hit first time) was wasted by his hesitation, which is caused by his lack of confidence. A confident Benteke scores that and perhaps gets another; you have to remember that Benteke hasn't been great since he left Villa almost just over a year and a half ago.

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He was not bought for his work rate off the ball but to score goals, this is in short supply. It's his all round game which, needs vast improvement. As I have said previously he has gone from being a beast to being afraid to run at players and a shadow of his Villa form. Whether this is down to confidence which, can hopefully return through hard work and good man management or that form being left in the past never to return, who knows and only time will tell!

Bring back Brolin

I have to agree with you. I am not currently seeing 30 millions worth of a player. He can run around off the ball as much as he likes but ultimately he has to be judged on what he does when he has the ball.