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View AERO's Profile AERO Flag 11 Apr 18 1.43pm Send a Private Message to AERO Add AERO as a friend

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Unlikely,but what if he scored one on Saturday ,would all be forgiven ?

 

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Erm, depends what you define as forgiven.

If he scored a hat-trick against our fiercest rivals and that in turn dragged us over the line to safety then I wouldn't be very hard on him for the rest of the season.

I'd still want him sold in the summer and new striker brought into the club.

If he scores a hat-trick and then misses sitters for the rest of the season which result in us being relegated I'd still blame him for a lot of it after the chances he's missed and stealing that penalty in the Bournemouth game.

To be truly redeemed he'd need to score a hat-trick, then score and assist several more helping us win all 5 games remaining and finishing comfortably. He'd then cry at the end of the season speech on the pitch and beg for one more chance and I'd say he should stay until January.

That last ones a bit unlikely so I guess the answer is to your initial question is temporarily yes, but not really, I'd still dislike him a lot.

 

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View Woolsy's Profile Woolsy Flag Essex 11 Apr 18 2.07pm Send a Private Message to Woolsy Add Woolsy as a friend

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I'd forgive him & sing his name until 5pm on 13th May, then he can p**s off!
He's now becoming an embarrassment. Even my wife doesn't know anything about football, calls him the useless lump upfront!

 

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View npn's Profile npn Flag Crowborough 11 Apr 18 2.29pm Send a Private Message to npn Add npn as a friend

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I don't think there's anything to forgive as such. He's having a disastrous season, undoubtedly, but it can only require forgiveness if he's either doing it on purpose, or disobeying management orders, which I don't think he is. Even if lack of work rate in tracking back is an issue, you'd have to think that's on management orders to preserve his energy for what it's needed for up front (and if it's not, it's down to management to kick his backside)

 

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View Forest Hillbilly's Profile Forest Hillbilly Flag in a hidey-hole 11 Apr 18 2.37pm Send a Private Message to Forest Hillbilly Add Forest Hillbilly as a friend

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I hope he scores loads in any of our final games. Then we might be able to sell him to someone, and get him off our wage bill and get a good price for him.

Who wants a 5hlt striker who can't score ?

 


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even if he scores just one goal it would be a hattrick of sorts I suppose

 

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Honestly this whole 'would you want Benteke playing against you?' question, i think is stupid. If I was an opposition defender, the answer would be yes please he'll do my clearing work for me

 

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View Forest Hillbilly's Profile Forest Hillbilly Flag in a hidey-hole 11 Apr 18 7.48pm Send a Private Message to Forest Hillbilly Add Forest Hillbilly as a friend

Maybe we can appeal to the PL Goals Accreditation Panel. [Link]

Benteke was on the pitch when some of our other goals went in. If we can credit a lot of these to Benteke, he could end up being our top scorer this season.

 


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View grumpymort's Profile grumpymort Flag US/Thailand/UK 12 Apr 18 2.11am Send a Private Message to grumpymort Add grumpymort as a friend

I do think the current system doesn't favour him which is why he is not looking so great also just think of it this way you are being asked to do something you are not best at and dont like this tends to effect you I think this is large case with him.

the other things are his attitude he does appear lie nice guy but he has that vibe about him like a arrogance/cockiness which doesn't come across well his penalty misses show this (just compare ronaldo penalty to bentekes last minute ones big difference)

with the players we have defoe would of been perfect for us but i do think if roy changed it so zaha and townsend put balls in box benteke could be scoring more we dont really do this anymore and when we do both players mostly zaha mess about on the ball rather then quick ball in.

 


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View DutchEagleJohan's Profile DutchEagleJohan Flag Vlissingen, Netherlands 12 Apr 18 10.57am Send a Private Message to DutchEagleJohan Add DutchEagleJohan as a friend

So now Wilf holding up the ball is messing about rather then taking pressure of our defense and giving us an actual chance to build. Amazing. I have to agree the crossing is often poor, however what has been very conspicuous is that crosses at the far post mainly seem to disappaer in nomansland. You would think that Roy would have sorted that. Either the crossing is poorer then I would imagine possible, or the running both into and around the box could be a lot more smarter too.

Originally posted by grumpymort

I do think the current system doesn't favour him which is why he is not looking so great also just think of it this way you are being asked to do something you are not best at and dont like this tends to effect you I think this is large case with him.

the other things are his attitude he does appear lie nice guy but he has that vibe about him like a arrogance/cockiness which doesn't come across well his penalty misses show this (just compare ronaldo penalty to bentekes last minute ones big difference)

with the players we have defoe would of been perfect for us but i do think if roy changed it so zaha and townsend put balls in box benteke could be scoring more we dont really do this anymore and when we do both players mostly zaha mess about on the ball rather then quick ball in.


 

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View VKR1888's Profile VKR1888 Flag London 12 Apr 18 11.17am Send a Private Message to VKR1888 Add VKR1888 as a friend

Originally posted by DutchEagleJohan

So now Wilf holding up the ball is messing about rather then taking pressure of our defense and giving us an actual chance to build. Amazing. I have to agree the crossing is often poor, however what has been very conspicuous is that crosses at the far post mainly seem to disappaer in nomansland. You would think that Roy would have sorted that. Either the crossing is poorer then I would imagine possible, or the running both into and around the box could be a lot more smarter too.


I have to agree with Grumpy. We do not play to Big Bens strengths. We don't whip in enough balls with height. We like to play it low and last minute rather than high and early. Which is why we see the likes of Jimmy getting on to the end of things and scoring more.

I just think he is not an ideal fit. So we have two options, play more to his strengths or change personal. The latter is not a great option as we have no other strikers!

 

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View taylors lovechild's Profile taylors lovechild Flag 12 Apr 18 11.18am Send a Private Message to taylors lovechild Add taylors lovechild as a friend

Only the top six clubs have had more shots than us this season:

[Link]

...but with regard to Tekkers it doesn't make good reading though. 57 shots, 19 on target, only 2 goals.

[Link]

On a positive note, only Townsend has provided more assists this season, and he is runaway leader in the PL for aerial battles won:

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He is clearly devoid of confidence and the question is whether he can get it back. Whatever happens what we can't do is sell him before we get an adequate replacement.

 

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