No when Benteke’s contract is running out. Yes for the majority of his contract.
Realistically we will keep him as we have no one else. But unless we cross the ball there is no point him being there. If we actually crossed the ball a little more often he might even run.

If you saw Lukaku today, there is a textbook example of power centre forward at his best. Compare that performance with how Benteke approaches the game and there is an ocean of difference - not even close. Bekkers is lazy, as noted previously, and his ball control is worse than the average PL forward. Hard to imagine who he would displace as a starter in any of the other 19 teams we are going to face this year!

I don’t get this playing for a contract chat. To think that a striker only scores when he is in the last couple of months is crazy. A forward will always want to score, and to think he could simply turn on the goals is mad.

Unfortunately, he is the best we have, so until that changes it’s a yes and he starts. He is lazy and doesn’t move much, hence why he didn’t work at Liverpool. He doesn’t run to the near post and won’t do a lot of the stuff we want him to do. He isn’t Lukaku, and he also isn’t worth 100m.

We all know what he is and what he isn’t. What he is excellent in the air. In the top 10 for headed prem goals.

But what baffles me is that that we don’t play to his strengths. The last 3 or 4 seasons we have been statistically one of the lowest crossers in the league.

Ironically in 16/17 we were 2nd in the league for crosses, and guess what, he scored 15 that year.

I really don’t know why the debate rages on. Put a decent number of nice lofted crosses into the box and he will score. Barely cross, or ping them along the floor to the near post and he wont.

And for half of those seasons we haven't given him the service to score more.

Point remains, he is what he is. But he is the best at the business at 1 thing...we just don't help him do that thing

No.
However, that May change depending on signings.

Problem with Benteke is that he's become incredibly one dimensional in attack. People keep saying that he needs service, and that is true - but he has become reliant on the perfect cross. If that service is not coming or is not where he wants it, then he's useless.

He appears to have lost his hunger for goals that every striker needs (and he had at Villa). He's not anticipating, he's not making things happen and not creating his own chances. A Half-chance is a No-chance for Benteke.

Those that said he only got one cross - well Motd highlighted 2, one which he missed (should have at least hit the target) and one that he should have made a run for. I'd be surprised if there weren't more that he could have done better with.

"It was a Team effort, I guess it took all players working together to lose this one"