Bournemouth are not the best defensively only keeping a clean sheet in 1 of their last 13 games.
They have conceded 14 goals in their last 6 games.

Now that is spot on, hit the nail right smack on head with that post.

I think we're way past this now, sad to say. I've been rooting for him for so long now but it's just not happening. I have no problem at all with his game apart from the fact he can't score to save his life anymore, if it's a confidence thing, I honestly don't think dropping him can make it any worse, there's even a small chance of forcing him, psychologically, to prove himself. I think he's a good player, the rest of his game is excellent, his assists, his defensive play can be remarkably good and I'm not at all one of the people on here that thinks he's lazy or doesn't care about the club (one of the more ridiculous opinions on here). But he's our striker, he should be scoring goals, at the very least hitting the target and he's not unfortunately.

Saying that though, I think in hindsight he should have been dropped earlier in the season, at this point it is a risk with what he brings to the team in other areas. So should he be dropped for Sørloth? Your guess is as good as mine but I really think we should be looking to move him on at the end if the season. As I said earlier in this thread, despite how much he's paid, he must be f***ing hating his job at the moment, I'd love to see him go somewhere else and start scoring his arse off (even if it causes us problems next season) but it's just not happening here, for whatever reason.

Bangell - If Camus wrote The Myth of Sisyphus today, it would be about Jason Puncheon eternally trying and failing to pass with his right foot.

If we had bought a different striker with the fee and costs of Benteke we may well have ended up with someone who scored as many if not more last season and certainly more this season.

It's all speculation but when people comment that Benteke's goals kept us up, we wouldn't have been playing with ten men were he not there.

I am worried that we don't part with Benteke because he shows a sparkle of form ion the last few games, I don't wish him ill bit I wish us better

Edited by HKOwen (05 Apr 2018 4.04am)

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