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View Petereagle's Profile Petereagle Flag Brockley 26 Jul 16 7.18am Send a Private Message to Petereagle Add Petereagle as a friend

Originally posted by Casual

I'd like him to score the 12-15 goals that you mention, but with new players coming in and his fondness for the Physio table , I'd be surprised if he gets that many starts.
I think he will look back on his career and realise that last season was his real big chance to really make it as a first choice centre forward, with minimal competition upfront , but unfortunately he was held back by injuries.

So you must never ever compare any players as they are all slightly different.
Both of them are similar in age, pace wise, height. Their main jobs are to score goals and bring others into play , neither are particularly tricky, both direct who like to have a dig when possible. I can't think of another centre forward that Wickham should be looking at and trying to emulate that is currently playing.
But I'm sure it seems pretty obvious to you.

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According to this Palace will meet asking price

 

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Said mon or tues we would hear some news

 

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View DANGERCLOSE's Profile DANGERCLOSE Flag london 26 Jul 16 9.09am Send a Private Message to DANGERCLOSE Add DANGERCLOSE as a friend

The deal is back on

 

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I suppose we could look at it as if Benteke is on holiday at the moment why rush the transfer through and pay his wages while he sits on the beach? If we had signed him 3 weeks ago by now we'd have paid him the best part of 500k and he wouldn't have even pulled on a training bib so if he's due back in the next week or so now might be the time we sign him up!

 

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View djmobi's Profile djmobi Flag Oxford 26 Jul 16 9.56am Send a Private Message to djmobi Add djmobi as a friend

Originally posted by Baldfella

I suppose we could look at it as if Benteke is on holiday at the moment why rush the transfer through and pay his wages while he sits on the beach? If we had signed him 3 weeks ago by now we'd have paid him the best part of 500k and he wouldn't have even pulled on a training bib so if he's due back in the next week or so now might be the time we sign him up!

Absolutely....I think this is bang on....SP isnt stupid, why pay half a million quid to someone sat on a beach when you can make Liverpool pay it.

 

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this topic has had 401,708 views ha must be a forum record

 

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View bexleydave's Profile bexleydave Flag Barnehurst 26 Jul 16 9.59am Send a Private Message to bexleydave Holmesdale Online Elite Member Add bexleydave as a friend

Originally posted by Baldfella

I suppose we could look at it as if Benteke is on holiday at the moment why rush the transfer through and pay his wages while he sits on the beach? If we had signed him 3 weeks ago by now we'd have paid him the best part of 500k and he wouldn't have even pulled on a training bib so if he's due back in the next week or so now might be the time we sign him up!

He's not on holiday, he's joined Liverpool's US tour:

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As has been said before, Benteke is Liverpool's player and they can ask what they want for him but Klopp doesn't want him and surely the player doesn't want a sore arse sitting on the bench. Personally I think what we're rumoured to have offered is enough but it is what it is.

Unusually we've already done some really good business but every Palace fan knows how badly we need a proven PL striker and he is definitely that and suits the way we play. Imagine Bolasie Zaha Townsend Puncheon coming at you and Benteke too - that's a lot of brown trouser moments for any defence. For that reason I think we should give Liverpool what they want if we can afford it. If he comes we'll get our money back with our league position imo.

All that said, we have the best owners in the country and have faith that they will do their best for the club even if this deal comes to nothing - they are Palace fans too at the end of the day.

 

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Originally posted by bexleydave

He's not on holiday, he's joined Liverpool's US tour:

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Good, a few days of Klopp blanking him will only strengthen his desire to leave!

 

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View Petereagle's Profile Petereagle Flag Brockley 26 Jul 16 10.38am Send a Private Message to Petereagle Add Petereagle as a friend

Originally posted by eagle6764

As has been said before, Benteke is Liverpool's player and they can ask what they want for him but Klopp doesn't want him and surely the player doesn't want a sore arse sitting on the bench. Personally I think what we're rumoured to have offered is enough but it is what it is.

Unusually we've already done some really good business but every Palace fan knows how badly we need a proven PL striker and he is definitely that and suits the way we play. Imagine Bolasie Zaha Townsend Puncheon coming at you and Benteke too - that's a lot of brown trouser moments for any defence. For that reason I think we should give Liverpool what they want if we can afford it. If he comes we'll get our money back with our league position imo.

All that said, we have the best owners in the country and have faith that they will do their best for the club even if this deal comes to nothing - they are Palace fans too at the end of the day.

Great post, totally agree. Also, at the beginning of the window it did seem that LP were being totally unreasonable in demanding such a huge fee for a player who had 'gone off the boil' so to speak. However, the last few weeks have shown that the whole PL transfer market has gone crazy with prices, especially for strikers, spiralling out of control. Eg how can a striker like Berahino, near the end of his contract, suddenly be worth £25m? So maybe what seemed unreasonable a month ago now seems par for the course?

 

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Originally posted by bexleydave

He's not on holiday, he's joined Liverpool's US tour:

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On tour but arguably as Pool's 5th choice striker? Time to move on, abf for Palace to meet the asking price

 

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Originally posted by eagle6764

As has been said before, Benteke is Liverpool's player and they can ask what they want for him but Klopp doesn't want him and surely the player doesn't want a sore arse sitting on the bench.

I'm not so sure as he could be loafing around receiving his rumoured £140,000 per week wages for the next three or four years without having to break a sweat.

I would be quite happy to receive £21.5m over the next three years for just polishing a bench with my bum

 

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