With the current forwards at our disposal and playing 4-4-2, with Zaha as one of the two, the best partner for him is Benteke.
They have played well previously together and Zaha knows how to play off him and read Benteke’s flicks and hold up play.
There is no sign of any partnership between Zaha and either Ayew or Batshuayi.
Zaha made a goal for Ayew v Leeds and Batshuayi made a goal for Zaha v Fulham, but these were very much isolated incidents.
I’m not suggesting Benteke is the long term solution or the player he used to be, but he still seems the most natural partner for Zaha amongst the current options.

Townsend had a solid first half I can not see what other fans are criticising him for, but as the second half wore on the whole team seemed to freeze with horror of not being able to break Burnley down, we had two to three really easy moments to get at Pope and I understand he is brilliant in positioning himself (much much better then Pickford) but poor ball control overhit and underhit passes undermined us and the frustration eventually culminated in Benteke's unfortunate control for what should've been the equalising goal with the last kick of the game.
The problem we have is that our players do not seem to be able to learn from these silly mistakes no matter how much I keep on believing they will, this is purely the reason they do not play for the likes of Chelsea or Liverpool and something we have to just swallow because if they didn't make these very silly mistakes they would be.

Hodgson is playing 4-4-2 this season and has been doing so since pre-season.
He’s a methodical manager and is unlikely to change the system any time soon so anything else is wishful thinking.

My opinion, Benteke should have started, We need someone that can hold the ball up, take the pressure off the defence, bring players like Eze and Andros into the game, create space. Ayew just runs down blind alleys, no one rants when he passes the ball out for a throw when it was an 8 yard pass, he did nothing in 75 mins, yet Benteke has max 15 mins and is expected to turn things around. Roy got his tactics wrong, Benteke could help at defending set plays , everyone could see we were struggling. Yes he had a chance at the end, keeper saves it. Others missed easier chances but that’s ok.

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Please say it's not true...

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You're asking me what it's all about, and I can't tell you because I don't know what's going on myself.

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if that fella scored ten goals per game for the next six months i would still wonder if he is worthy of wearing that hallowed Eagle Shirt.

Eze Peasy at Anfield....