TBH I dd think of Crystanbul when I wrote it and also fond memories of him scoring very quickly away from home against the Geordies.

Was he a lone striker in those games though? Was he a sub against Liverpool and bought on with us chasing the game and throwing players forward?

I did yes add his goals against PL opponents (at that time) Newcastle and West Brom in the Cup games.

Still, it was 15 goals in only in 2700 minutes for Palace in the Premier League, I don't see where you get the 3451 minutes figure from.

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And for someone saying he can't lead the line, all his 23 goals in 2100 minutes in the Championship season when Newcastle got promoted came from lone striker position.

That's got to be worth at least 1 goal every 200 minutes in the Premier League, which makes for a decent striker (fact proven at Newcastle with 6 goals and 3 assists in 1900 minutes against Chelsea and other good opposition).

I agree that now is not the time anymore as he's closing in on 30 years of age, but he should have been kept all those years ago.

I said to yall that Benteke's no better than him, but you didn't want to listen.

Maybe not you especially, but 99% of people I was talking to 3 years ago here

I'm sure there are more but this is what I could find:

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It was a response from me after several posters had claimed that Benteke is worth 50 million and Gayle isn't even worth 5. Ok, maybe Gayle wasn't a better forward than Benteke, but time has proven that there isn't really much difference between the two.

Also, notice the thread that was made by me about Alan Pardew and his tactics.
See the first pages and what people thought about my ideas.

See the next message in the linked page I posted. It's a poster laughing of me because I had set Townsend as my favourite player on my profile.

Aee what I had to go through years ago when I was telling people something? Only time has proven I was right, but now those topics are largely forgotten...

Ah, so your posts are after we had signed Benteke.

So you didnt say anything before we signed Benteke? What were you saying then? Are there any posts from you in that period? I think there was a guy called Miles who said that he wasn’t all that, but most other people thought he would be a good signing.

Do you still think all that you said is right? What about the bit about him coming up to the Premier League and being successful for someone else?

Many of your assessments are based on an assessment of value, so do you still stand by the fact that Benteke is £50 million and Gayle is £5 million?

Mattteo, I am not trying to bait you. But It does pain me to see you diminishing your knowledge by clinging to your binary opinions. Opinions are all about making judgements, some are right, others are wrong. Your opinions would be so much more compelling if you were able to see the wrongs as well as the rights.

Also, you shouldn’t bestow Expert status on yourself. Others do that by the way they treat your opinion. Not people on a forum, but your peers in the industry that you want to be in. If they treat your opinion with gravitas then you me opinion has gravitas.

I am not being patronising, but you definitely have talent. You just need to stop being so wedded to your opinions, accept that there are other views and provide more rounded analysis and you would have me won over.

Technically at Newcastle but on loan to WBA until the end of the season.
That said, I totally agree with the sentiments about his ability to be effective in the PL.